31.01.27: Level 4; listening; Nūntiī Latīnī [5]

Numerus rhīnocerōtum in mundō inter centum quīndecim et centum trīgintā mīlia esse cēnsētur. Populātiōnī imminent vēnātōrēs clandestīnī, habitātiōnēs rārēscentēs, inquinātiō morbīque. Ante duōs annōs plūs ducentī rhīnocerōtēs in Namibīā anthrace periērunt. In viridāriō natiōnālī Aethiopiae mēnse Aprīlī duodētrīgintā rhīnocerōtēs dē causā adhūc ignōtā mortuī repertī sunt.

[i] The total number of rhinoceros is estimated to be between:

A: 1,500 – 3,000

B: 105,000  - 113,000

C: 115,000 – 130,000

D: 30,000 – 50,000

[ii] In which order are the following causes of death referred to?

disease _____

loss of habitat _____

poaching _____

pollution _____

[iii]

[a] How many rhinoceros died from anthrax?

[b] When did these deaths occur?

[iv]

[a] How many rhinoceros died from unknown causes?

[b] Where did these deaths take place? (2)

[c] When did they take place?

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[i] C

[ii]

disease: 4

loss of habitat: 2

poaching: 1

pollution: 3

[iii]

[a] more than 200

[b] two years ago

[iv]

[a] 28

[b] Ethiopia (1); national park (1)

[c] April

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The number of rhinoceroses in the world is estimated to be between 115,000 and 130,000. The population is threatened by poachers, shrinking habitats, pollution, and disease.

Two years ago, more than 200 rhinoceroses in Namibia died from anthrax. In April, in a national park in Ethiopia, 28 rhinoceroses were found dead from a cause still unknown.