영어1 비상 홍민표 3과 본문 빈칸

In a suburb in the Pacific Northwest, Justin ties his shoes for his morning run and steps out at ____.

As he walks off his front step, he spots some racoons ____ the street.

Up in a tree, he sees a family of ____.

Birds ____ to sing, and he enjoys the beauty of his neighborhood.

While running, a ____ sight interrupts the idyllic scene.

A coyote watches as a black bear ____ through a garbage bin for food.

Justin is surprised at his neighborhood ____ into a place full of wildlife encounters.

In 2019, it was estimated that more than 1.5 million squirrels were living in Chicago and approximately ____ foxes in London.

In Seoul, ____ wild boars were captured in 2022.

Why are there so many animals in big ____?

One reason is that many cities are built on biologically fertile and productive land areas, which are attractive not only to ____ but to other creatures as well.

Another reason is due to urban areas ____ greener, inviting more wild animals.

Cities have begun building more ____, parks, and legally protected areas for educational, recreational, or other purposes, attracting more wild creatures.

In addition, for some animal ____, cities have become a perfect place for feeding, mating, and nesting.

Peregrine falcons, for example, use tall buildings for nesting sites, man-made lighting to hunt for prey at night, and warm urban ____ currents to soar easily.

Cities have become home, sweet home, not only to humans but to ____ animals.

To some, living among animals might sound idyllic, but to others, wild animals near residential areas, especially those predators high up in the food chain, ____ be an annoyance and a threat.

What could be an ____ approach to dealing with these new neighbors?

Is there a solution for ____ and animals to live together peacefully in their shared habitat?

In ____, tragic news shocked Los Angeles residents.

A ____ girl was attacked and killed by a coyote in front of her home.

People were outraged and ____ took action to remove the species from their neighborhoods.

They killed a total of 55 ____ over a period of 80 days.

Scientists, however, questioned such a destructive control method, as coyotes are highly ____ and breed quickly.

A study showed that a simulated coyote population survived ____ when 70% were killed annually.

This means that killing even most of the coyotes in population will have no significant ____.

In coyote packs, a dominant adult pair maintains a strict structure that prevents others from breeding and ____ the population.

Destructive control methods often disrupt this ____ structure, resulting in increased populations.

Moreover, completely eliminating the species using a ____ method could cause other issues such as over-population of rodents and other small prey.

Clearly, it is difficult to predict how nature will balance itself out when humans ____ to control.

____, Kenya is unique because it is the world’s only capital with a national park, which attracts many international tourists with wild lions and other beasts against the backdrop of tall buildings in its urban center.

Living near the park, a thirteen-year-old boy named Richard Turere was responsible for keeping his family’s cattle safe ____ lions that often came out of the park at night to hunt.

Many neighbors had lost their cows, and ____ their goats and sheep.

While rounding up his cattle one night, Richard discovered that lions were scared of moving lights and didn’t come near the cattle ____ when he walked around carrying a flashlight.

Soon, he fastened flashing LED ____ onto poles around the enclosure facing the outside and connected them to an old car battery powered by a solar panel.

He devised the lights to flicker on and off ____ time to time.

It ____ perfectly.

After he installed his first “lion lights,” he never spotted lions again, and his family ____ lose any cattle to them.

Neighbors followed suit, protecting their valuable ____ of income without killing the unwanted neighbors.

This is an example of a keen ____ on animal behavior leading to a creative approach that brought peace and harmony.

Coyotes and racoons cause conflicts with residents in many ____ in North America.

Elephants damage crops and ____ in Africa.

Wild ____ destroy agricultural fields in Asia and Europe.

The idea that wild animals are annoyances or threats that need to be eliminated is ____ in many parts of the world.

However, ____, unintended consequences occur because of this attitude.

A balanced approach is needed, particularly between human safety and the wellbeing of the animals, which ____ be found when we grasp a proper understanding of their behavior as well as their role in their natural habitat.

After all, we should acknowledge the fact that both ____ and animals are temporary tenants of this precious planet.

Neither is less valuable nor more ____ than the other.

Maintaining balance and ____ among all living species is the only choice.