Reading Comprehension Unit 3A

1. 1. What is the reading mainly about?

• a. how a woman is saving koalas from extinction

• b. ways that humans and koalas can learn to live together

• c. new methods for studying koalas in the wild

• d. threats to koalas and efforts to protect them

2. 2. What does Megan Aitken use the blanket for?

• a. to catch the koala after it falss from a tree

• b. to cover the koala so it doesn't harm her

• c. to keep the koala warm after it's placed in the cage

• d. to place over the cage so the koala inside stays calm

3. 3. Why is the koala that Aitken caught released nearby the park?

• a. because koalas feed in the same trees again and again

• b. because it's the only place nearby that has eucalyptus

• c. because that's where the koala probably has its baby

• d. because wild koalas are not allowed in residential areas

4. 4. According to Deidré de Villiers, what is the main thing that suburban areas must do to protect koalas?

• a. lower speed limits in areas with koalas

• b. build green corridors for koala movement

• c. preserve koalas' existing eucalyptus trees

• d. create special koala-only habitat zones

5. 5. Why do you think de Villiers captures Tee Vee?

• a. to seee if she had her baby

• b. to attach a signaling device to her

• c. to check on her condition

• d. to take her to an animal hospital

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