This exercise will help you prepare for reading on the computer screen.

1. Print out this worksheet.

2. Go to http://www.wnet.org/nature/attractions/zoos.html on the Internet.

3. Read the article, "Modern Zoos," on the computer screen. Do not print it out.

4. Refer to the story on the screen as you complete the following paraphrased sentences about "A Modern Zoos" with appropriate adverbs, present participles (-ing form of the verb), or the correct verb tense forms of the verbs in parentheses. Use each adverb at least once.

Adverbs:

1. ____________ _____________ (combine) education exhibits with research areas, modern zoos __________________(try) to create a place where wild animals feel at home.

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2. ____________ ______________ (provide) a new experience for zoo visitors in the late 20^th century, zoos __________________(keep) animals in cages.

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3. ___________ _______________ (open) its gates in 1886, Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo was quickly followed by the Philadelphia Zoo and New York City's Central Park Zoo.

4. ____________ people in the 20^th Century ______________ (destroy) wild habitats, zoos ________________(begin) to collect the remaining wild animals.

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5. ___________ 1907, bars ________________(use) to hold wild animals in zoos, but _______ ____________(learn) about Carl Hagenbeck's idea of moats, Harry Wegeforth ______________ (create) a moated lion exhibit at the San Diego Zoo in 1922.

6. ___________ ______________(build) the first moated exhibit in 1922, the San Diego Zoo ________________ (expand) its "Wild African Plains" exhibit so that now all of the animals ________________(seem) to be close together.

7. ______________(simulate) the safari experience, photo caravans _____________ (carry) tourists through a pasture of African animals.

8. ______________(feed) the animals, the visitors are completely safe because the animals are tame.

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9. ______________(create) "psychological space," zoo horticulturalists _________________(build) naturalistic habitats to be interesting to both the inhabitants and the visitors.

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10. _______________(not be able) to approximate the huge distances of the Arctic for their polar bears, zoo architects ______________(provide) a varied environment of slides, pools, and streams to make them feel at home.

11. _______________ (give) the bears toys and puzzles to figure out, the zoo keepers ______________(try) to keep the bears interested.

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12. _____________ (keep) public safety in mind, the zoo designers _________________(put up) a thick glass barrier between the visitors and the bears.

13. ______________(watch) the bears underwater, visitors _______________(feel) they are as close to them as possible.

14. ______________(watch) the people through the glass, the bears _______________(appear) to be enjoying themselves as well.

When you are done, click here for the answers.