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DOLPHINS
Dolphins are / were marine mammals related / relatingto
whales and porpoises. There are / isalmost forty species of
dolphin.Theyvaryin/onsizeandweight.
Theyare/werefoundworldwide,mostlyin/attheshallower
seas of/off thecontinentalshelves.Theyarecarnivores.They
eat / eating mostly fish and squid.Dolphins are /isvery
intelligent animals / animal, and their often friendly /
friendappearance and seemingly playful attitude have /
hasmadethem/theyverypopularwiththehuman/humans.
KANGAROO
A kangaroois / wasa marsupial.
Kangarooscan/wouldbefoundat/inAustralia.Theyhave/
had large,powerfulhindlegs,largefeetadaptedforleaping,a
longmusculartail of/for balance,andasmallhead.Female
kangarooshave/hasapouchcalledamarsupiumin/onwhich
joeyscompletepostnataldevelopment.
Wildkangaroosareshot/shoot formeat,leatherhides,andto
protectgrazinglandfrom/forsheepandcattle.Althoughthere
is/aresomecontroversy,harvestingkangaroomeathas/have
many environmental and health benefits / benefitover
traditionalmeats.
Thekangaroo is/wasanationalsymbolofAustralia. its/it's
emblem is used / use on the Australian coat of arms,on /
insomeofitscurrency,aswellasbysomeofAustralia'swell
knownorganisations,includingQantas.
LION
The lionbelongs / belongto
thecatfamily.Withsome/fewmalesexceeding250kg(550lb)
inweight,itisthesecondlargestliving/livecatafterthetiger.
Wild lionscan / maybe found in / atthesubSaharan Africa
andin/onAsia.
The lions are / havefacinga major population decline /
declinedof3050% over/ofthepasttwo decades/decade in
itsAfricanrange.Althoughthecauseofthedeclineis/arenot
fullyunderstood,habitatlossand/orconflictswithhumansare
currentlythegreatestcausesofconcern.
Lionsare/wereunusuallysocialcompared/comparetoother
cats.Aprideoflions/lionconsistsofrelatedfemalesand
offspringandasmallnumberofadultmales.Groups/Groupof
femalelionstypicallyhunt/huntedtogether.Whilelionsdonot
typicallyhunthumans/human,somehavebeenknowntodo/
doneso.
MOUNTRUSHMORE
TheMountRushmoreNationalMemorialisa/ansculpture
carved / carve into the granite face of Mount Rushmore
nearKeystone,SouthDakota,in/attheUnitedStates.Sculpted
byDanishAmericanGutzonBorglumand/orhisson,Lincoln
Borglum,MountRushmorefeatures60foot(18m)sculptures
of / off the heads / head of four United States presidents /
president :George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore
RooseveltandAbrahamLincoln.Theentirememorial covers/
covering5.17kmandis1,745mabove/belowsealevel.
HistorianDoaneRobinsonconceived/conceivetheideafor/to
MountRushmorein/on1923topromotetourismin/onSouth
Dakota.In1924,RobinsonpersuadedsculptorGutzonBorglum
to/fortraveltotheBlackHillsregiontoensure/ensuringthe
carving could / canbe accomplished.The carving started in
1927,andendedin1941.
Becauseofits/it'sfameasamonument,MountRushmoreis/
wasfrequentlydiscussed or/and depicted in/at media,film
andpopularculture.
PARKOUR
Parkouris a/the typeoftrainingdiscipline which/who uses
movement. It/itswasdevelopedout of/off militaryobstacle
course training. Parkour practitioners aim to move /
movedquickly and / or efficiently through their /
theyenvironment using only their bodies / body and their
surroundings to propel themselves / themself , negotiating
obstaclesin/onbetween.
They try / tried to maintain as much / manymomentum as
possible without being / be unsafe. Parkour can include /
includingrunning, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping,
rollingorquadrupedalmovement/movements.
Parkouris/arenoncompetitive.Itmay/mightbeperformed
on an/aobstaclecourse,butisusuallypracticedinacreative
andsometimesplayfulmanner/manners.
Developed by / with Raymond Belle, David Belle, Sebastian
Foucan and others in / on the late 1980s,Parkour became
popular in/atthelate1990sand2000sthrough film/films,
documentaries and advertisements featuring those / these
practitionersandother/others.
ANSWERS
ARTICLE 1
answers:are, related, are, in, are, in, of, eat, are,
animals, friendly, have, them, humans.
ARTICLE 2
answers: is, can, in, have, for, have, in, shot, for,
is, has, benefits, is, its, used, on.
ARTICLE 3
answers:belongs,some,living,can,in,are,decline,ov
er,decades,is,and,
are,compared,lions,group,hunt,humans,do.
ARTICLE 4
answers: a, carved, in, and, of, heads, presidents,
covers, above, conceived, for, in, in, to, ensure,
could, its, is, or, in.
ARTICLE 5
Answers:a,which,it,of,move,and,their,body,themsel
ves,in,try,
much,being,include,movement,is,may,an,manner,b
y,in,films,
these,others.
