Parrots and macaws have become so rare that special varieties of these birds are fetching up to £9,000 each on the black market in Britain. Macaws from Brazil cost from £1,000 and parrots from Australia can cost £7,500 a pair. The demand for parrots, cockatoos and macaws has led to a (1) ______ increase in thefts from zoos, wildlife parks and pet shops. London and Whipsnade zoos are among the many places from which parrots have been stolen. Some thefts have not been (2) ______ in an effort to prevent further incidents. Parrot rustling, as it is known among bird fanciers, has increased rapidly in Britain since 1976 when imports and exports of exotic birds became (3) ______ controlled. Quarantine controls, coupled with the scarcity of many types of parrots in the wild in Africa, Australia, Indonesia, and South America, have caused a shortage of birds which can be sold legally under (4) _____ This has sent prices to (5) _____ levels. Working at night and equipped with wire-cutters, nets and
substances to dope the birds, the rustlers are prepared to (6) _____ serious risks to capture the parrots they want. At Birdworld, a specialist zoo, thieves stole two parrots after picking their (7) _____ through an enclosure containing cassowaries, The cassowary is a large flightless bird, related to the emu, which can be extremely aggressive and has been known to kill humans with blows from its powerful legs.

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Please turn off your television. I also like watching TV but now I am having to study for the exam.

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The unemployment rate is getting higher, so the crime rate is becoming higher as well.

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A pilot cannot fly by sight alone. In many conditions, such as flying at night and landing in dense fog, a pilot must use radar, an alternative way of navigating. Since human eyes are not very good at determining speeds of approaching objects, radar can show a pilot how fast nearby planes are moving. The basic principle of radar is exemplified by what happens when one shouts in a cave. The echo of the sounds against the walls helps a person determine the size of the cave. With radar, however, the waves are radio waves instead of sound waves. Radio waves travel at the speed of light, about 300,000 kilometers in one second. A radar set sends out a short burst of radio waves. Then it receives the echoes produced when the waves bounce off objects. By determining the time it takes for the echoes to return to the radar set, a trained technician can determine the distance between the radar set and other objects. The word “radar”, in fact, gets its name from the term “radio detection and ranging”. “Ranging” is the term for detection of the distance between an object and the radar set. Besides being of critical importance to pilots, radar is essential for air traffic control, tracking ships at sea, and for tracking weather systems and storms.

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Her identity will never be revealed in order to protect her children from being judged.

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If you do to see Helen, could you ask her to call me? => Should _______

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Even if rural areas are winning or losing from increased trade, however, remains uncertain.

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The doctor said that she was making a relatively slow progress because she was quite old.