∙ You are going to read one extracts which is all concerned in some way with animals. For questions 1 - 2, choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) which you think fits best according to the text. ║ What Cats Catch In a recent survey, people in the 173-household English village of Felmersham collected their cats’ prey. Over one year their seventy cats produced over 1,000 prey items. A professor in America saw these figures and worked out that on this basis the cat population of Britain must be killing 100 million birds and small mammals each year! The mesmeric effect of big numbers seems to have stultified reason. It is not realistic just to multiply the number of catches of these rural cats by the entire cat population of Britain. Most cats are town cats with small ranges and catch fewer items of prey than the cats in this survey. The key question should have been this: are the numbers sustainable? The answer would seem to be yes. In winter many householders feed birds, while garden trees and buildings provide nesting sites, and in this way, the bird population is kept at well above ‘natural’ levels. The survey found that the cat is a significant predator, but not that it is devastating Britain’s bird population. 1) What is suggested about the American professor? A. He did not use his common sense. B. He did not understand English village life. C. He misunderstood the results of the survey. D. He asked the wrong questions. → Explanation: …………………………………………………….…………………………………………………….…………………………………………………….………………………………………... 2) What point is made about cats in Britain? A. They are no more dangerous than other predators. B. They have an effect on the numbers of birds. C. They are not increasing in numbers. D. They do less harm in rural areas. → Explanation: …………………………………………………….…………………………………………………….…………………………………………………….………………………………………...