· For questions 1 - 3, read the following texts about animals. For questions 1 - 2, answer with a word or short phrase. You do not need to write complete sentences. For question 3, write a summary according to the instructions given: ║ For a million years people were hunters; for ten thousand years they were farmers; for the last one hundred years, people in the west have been trying to deny all that, at least in terms of their relationship with animals. To an ever more urban population in the western world, animals are things, like the antiseptic plastic-wrapped packages of featherless chicken wings sold on a Styrofoam tray; or they are people, like the tea-drinking chimpanzees in a television commercial. The true character of animals and their meaning in the world, once common knowledge to the humans whose lives intertwined with theirs, is today lost in a miasma of human fantasies. If the Industrial Revolution made animals into mere objects to be used as humans saw fit, the nature-worshipping counter-revolution that followed made them into objects of adoration to be revered. Wolves, the favorite villains of traditional fairy tales, are now ecological heroes, majestic symbols of the wild and freedom. Our favorite animal, as revealed in a survey of visitors to a well-known zoo, is the giant panda, typically described by zoo-goers as ‘cute, cuddly, and adorable’. (Line 16) It’s solitary, ill-tempered, and aggressive, but never mind, Genuine understanding, which used to come from the experience of the natural world, and which today could come from scientific studies of behavior and ecology, is no match for such human preconceptions in a world where nature is viewed either as a factory or a theme park. 1) In your own words, explain what the example of the chimpanzees in the first paragraph illustrates. → ................................................................................................................................. 2) In your own words, explain the meaning of the phrase ‘but never mind’ (line 16) in the context of the passage. → ................................................................................................................................. 3) In a paragraph of 50-70 words, summarise in your own words as far as possible why people tend to like some animals more than others, using information from both texts. Write your summary on the separate answer sheet. .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................