REFERENCE TO THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH IS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.

Always highlight time phrases (nowadays, these days, etc.)

REFERENCE TO THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. Years (back in 1998, from 2000 onwards...) ,
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Chronology (first, since then, later,etc.)
Part 7 WHAT/WHO ARE "THEY"?
You are going to read an extract from a magazine article. Six paragraphs have been removed from A The recruitment of men to the D They probably used deciduous and
the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A – G the one which fits each gap (41 – 46). There is one armed forces during the conflict coniferous woodland for shelter,
extra paragraph which you do not need to use. in Europe from 1914 to 1918 meant particularly in winter, and hunted over
there was very little persecution, since more open areas such as forest edge,
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. gamekeepers went off to fight. As the open woodland, thickets and scrub,
number of gamekeepers decreased, grassy areas and marsh. The wildcat
the wildcat began to increase its range, was probably driven into more
Scottish Wildcat recolonising many of its former haunts. mountainous areas by a combination of
Extinction was narrowly averted. deforestation and persecution. Where do they
On my living-room wall I have a painting of a western Scotland. This is a cause for real emerge from?
wildcat by John Holmes of which I am concern, given that the animals in these areas B The wildcat waits for a while in rapt E As the animals emerge, their curiosity
extremely fond. It depicts a snarling, spitting have less contact with domestic cats and are Emerge : to come out
concentration, ears twitching and eyes is aroused by every movement and of something or out from
animal, teeth bared and back arched: a taut therefore purer. watching, seeing everything and rustle in the vegetation. Later they will
coiled spring ready to unleash some unknown behind something

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hearing everything, trying to detect the accompany their mother on hunting
fury. 44 tell-tale movement of a vole or a trips, learning quickly, and soon
Differences between mouse. But there is nothing, and in become adept hunters themselves.
WHAT DOES
what or whom? 41 Part of the problem stems from the fact that the WHAT PROBLEM? another leap he disappears into the
"THIS"
accepted physical description of the species gloom. F This is what makes many people think REFER TO?
However, the physical differences are tangible. originates from the selective nature of the that the wildcat is a species in its own
The wildcat is a much larger animal, weighing examination process by the British Natural C The results, which are expected shortly, right. Research currently being
will be fascinating. But anyone who undertaken by Scottish Natural

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in some cases up to seven kilos, the same History Museum at the start of the century, and
However : contrast link has seen a wildcat will be in little doubt Heritage is investigating whether the
as a typical male fox. The coat pattern is this has been used as the type-definition for

USE OF
What comes after WHAT RESULTS? that there is indeed a unique and wildcat really is distinct from its home-
"However" superficially similar to a domestic tabby cat but the animal ever since. Animals that did not
it is all stripes and no spots. The tail is thicker conform to that large blunt-tailed ‘tabby’ distinctive animal living in the Scottish living cousin, or whether it is nothing
contrasts with what
and blunter, with three to five black rings. The description were discarded as not being Highlands, whatever his background. more than a wild-living form of the

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was previously said.
animal has an altogether heavier look. wildcats. In other words, an artificial collection domestic cat. WHAT IMAGE?

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of specimens was built up, exhibiting the
The Scottish wildcat was originally features considered typical of the wildcat. Always highlight pronouns before and after the gaps. G It is a typical image most folk have of
distinguished as a separate subspecies in the beast, but it is very much a false
(He, she, it, they, his, her, their, theirs, this, these, that, those,
1912, but it is now generally recognised that The current research aims to resolve this one, for the wildcat is little more than a

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any, another, etc.) You can download a list here :
there is little difference between the Scottish potential problem. It is attempting to find out bigger version of the domestic cat, and
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probably shows his anger as often.

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years and an excellent report on the wildcat printed in characterise the so-called wild-living cats.
time periods. 1991, the animals originally occurred in a
The text may

variety of habitats throughout Europe. 45
follow a His: Possessive pronoun.
chronological It refers back to a noun
order. 42 But what of his lifestyle? Wildcat kittens are from the previous paragraph.

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usually born in May/June in a secluded den,
It was during the nineteenth century, with the secreted in a gap amongst boulders. Another
establishment of many estates used by favourite location is in the roots of a tree.

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landowners for hunting, that the wildcat
became a nuisance and its rapid decline really 46
began; 198 wildcats were killed in three years
in the area of Glengarry, for example.
However, things were later to improve for the Rabbits are a favourite prey, and some of the
Next paragraph best areas to see wildcats are at rabbit
may explain species.
warrens close to the forest and moorland edge.
how things
improved
Mice, small birds and even insects also form a
43 large part of the diet, and the animal may
occasionally take young deer.
The future is by no means secure, though, and
recent evidence suggests that the wildcat is The wildcat is one of the Scottish Highlands’
particularly vulnerable to local eradication, most exciting animals. Catch a glimpse of one
especially in the remoter parts of northern and and the memory will linger forever.

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Though : contrast link
makes the previous statement
seem surprising

Always highlight contrast links before and after the gaps.

(However, although, (even) though, even so, despite, but, yet, whereas , etc.)
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