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Polar bears live (1) shores and on sea ice in the icy cold Arctic. When sea ice forms (2) the ocean in cold weather, many polar bears head out (3) the ice to hunt seals. Polar bears (4) on sea ice hundreds of miles from shore. When the warm weather causes the sea ice to (5), polar bears move back toward shore.
In fall, pregnant polar bears make dens in earth and snowbanks, where they’ll stay (6) the winter and give birth (7) one to three cubs. In spring the mother comes out (8) her den followed by her cubs. Generally, she nurses them for two and a half years. During that time she protects them and teaches them how to hunt.
Polar bears primarily eat seals. Polar bears often rest silently at a seal’s breathing hole (9) the ice, waiting for a seal to come (10) of the water. Once the seal comes up, the bear will spring and sink its jagged teeth into the seal’s head.
Sometimes the polar bear stalks its prey. It may see a seal lying near its breathing hole and slowly move toward it, then charge it, biting its head or grabbing it with its massive claws. A polar bear may also hunt by swimming beneath the ice.
The U.S., Canada, Denmark, Norway, and the Soviet Union (11) an agreement in 1973 to protect polar bears. Each of these countries either banned hunting or established rules for how many polar bears could be hunted within its own boundaries. These rules help keep polar bear populations (12). Today, 25,000 to 40,000 polar bears roam the Arctic.

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1 a) along            5 a) meld                 9 a) in
   b) at                    b) melt                     b) at
   c) in                     c) smelt                    c) on
   d) on                   d) melts                   d) for

2 a) through          6 a) through         10 a) up
   b) over                 b) while                  b) out
   c) by                    c) into                     c) along
   d) at                     d) for                     d) here

3 a) into               7 a) for                 11 a) wrote
   b) at                     b) of                       b) have
   c) onto                 c) by                       c) brought up
   d) over                d) to                        d) signed

4 a) have spotted                  8 a) from          12 a) same
   b) have been spotted            b) through           b) silent
   c) have been spot                 c) of                    c) stable
   d) can spot                           d) at                    d) still

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(C) 2006 Bernie Zöttl

 

1a, 2b, 3c, 4b, 5b, 6a, 7d, 8c, 9a, 10b, 11d, 12c

 

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