Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in danger. Many species of animals are threatened, and could easily become extinct if we do not (41) an effort to protect them. There are many reasons for this. (42) some cases, animals are hunted for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, (43) alive and sold as pets. For many animals and birds, the problem is that their habitat - the place where they live - is disappearing. More land is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open spaces than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better crops, (44) these chemicals pollute the environment and harm wildlife. The most successful animals on earth - human beings - will soon be the only ones left unless we can (45) this problem.

The country is more beautiful than a town and pleasanter to live in. Many people think so and go to the country for the summer holidays though they can not live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard where people are buried.
The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have the water brought through pipes into each house.
Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops.