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English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive Vocabulary Practice: Elephants 1.Elephants are amazing creatures and are mainly found on the .... countries cities villages continent

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Vocabulary Practice: Elephants

1.Elephants are amazing creatures and are mainly found

on the of Asia and Africa

countries

cities

villages

continents

2.African elephants are the largest living animal

marine

sea

land

tundra

3.Elephants have large , that look like long noses,

but they use these to pick up food and other material as

well as drink water

trunks

tanks

snouts

tails

4.Both male and female African elephants also have large

teeth, called , that stick out on either side of their

mouths and are made of ivory

knives

stems

tusks

spears

5.Both African and Asian elephants have large

They can hear very well because of these but they also

use them to cool themselves off in the hot, summer

months by flapping them against their bodies like a large

fan

ears

tusks

turbines

trunks

6.Both Asian and African elephants mainly eat fruit, grass,

stems and leaves Because they only eat plants, they are

called They have to eat about 400 to 500 pounds of

food per day to survive

herbivores

omnivores

carnivores

plants

7.Elephants are great swimmers and have few natural

This means that there are not many wild animals

that hunt and/or kill elephants because they are so large,

strong and intimidating

enemies

prey

victims

targets

8.Humans beings are the elephant's worst natural

predator Many people have trapped and killed wild

elephants in order to take and, illegally, sell their ivory

tusks on the black market These people are criminals and

are known as

prey

fatalities

injuries

poachers

9.Many people also illegally trap and use elephants for

purposes because elephants are so strong and they

can do a lot of hard work for people

display

pictures

labor

vision

10.There are not many elephants left in the but

many committed people are working to keep more

elephants in their natural habitats

zoo

store

wild

circus