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Exercise
Exercise
E Exxeerrcciissee

A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. Jane Goodall’s dream was to go to _____________ .

(a) America (b) Africa (c) Antarctica (d) Europe

2. A palaeontologist is a scientist who studies the history of _____________ .

(a) life on earth (b) life of chimpanzees

(c) animal behaviour (d) stones

3. Louis Leakey was _____________.

(a) an archaeologist (b) a palaeontologist

(c) an orthopaedist (d) an astronaut

4. Jane’s oldest chimpanzee friend is _____________ .

(a) Leakey (b) Fifi (c) Pygmy (d) Elephant

5. _____________ have been described as the fifth great ape.

(a) Humans (b) Gorillas (c) Chimpanzees (d) Monkeys

B. Fill in the blanks.

1. Jane Goodall had a wonderful and _____________ mother.

2. The famous palaeontologist _____________ gave Jane a chance to support chimpanzees.

3. Jane got her PhD from _____________.

4. Chimpanzees teach us to feel _____________.
5. In the Great Congo Basin, pygmy hunters were given to kill animals _____________.

C. Write T for true and F for false statements.

1. Jane Goodall’s mother did not want her to study chimpanzees.

2. Jane started her study of Gorillas in India.

3. Fifi arrived in Jane’s life in 1960s.

4. We do not owe a debt of gratitude to the chimpanzees.

5. Today, we have around 2,00,000 chimpanzees across the world.

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