3. a) Some nouns from the article are missing from the definitions below. How many can you find without looking back at the article?
2)
1) population (n.) [U] - all the people who live in one area, city or
country.
(n.) [U] - a process of making water, air, soil, etc.
dirty.
3)
(n.) [U; C] - when sb or sth becomes impossible
to see or find.
4)
(n) [C] - a person who carefully studies the topic
to find new facts or information.
5)
(n.) [U] – the process of something being made
worse.
6)
7)
8)
(n.) [U] - the state of being safe and protected
from danger.
(n.) [C; U] - a rise in the number.
(n.) [U] - physical harm to something that makes
it less attractive or useful.​

The most common North American wildcat. Lives in forests and mountains, swamps, mountains, grasslands and deserts. Her legs are not as long and wide as the European lynx, because she did not have to wander in deep snow. And indeed it is less. A Bobcat hides in tree hollows, crevices between rocks, in the bushes. It is important to have protection from the wind and a bed of moss and leaves. A year in the mother is sometimes two broods, two kitten each. Red lynx preys on voles, squirrels, hares, small deer. Maybe to catch fish. In the desert it sometimes can be seen on the cactus looking for prey: her vision is excellent. So I wouldn't want to meet her.

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Самая распространенная в Северной Америке дикая кошка. Живет в лесах и горах, на болотах, в скалах, на травянистых равнинах и в пустынях. Лапы у нее не такие длинные и широкие, как у европейской рыси, ведь ей не приходится бродить по глубокому снегу. Да и сама она поменьше. Прячется рысь в дуплах, расщелинах между скал, в зарослях кустарников. Ей важно, чтобы была защита от ветра и подстилка из мха и листьев. В год у матери иногда бывает два выводка, по два котенка в каждом. Рыжая рысь охотится на полевок, белок, зайцев, небольших оленей. Может и рыбу поймать. В пустыне ее порой можно видеть на кактусе высматривающей добычу: зрение у нее отменное. Так что я не хотел бы с ней встретиться.

Rose is the oldest flower in the history of mankind. To grow roses and to select the best models began three millennia BC in ancient China. According to legend, the first striking beauty of the wild plants of roses, created by nature itself, were brought from the banks of the Yangtze and huange. Ancient Chinese gardeners lovingly tended the roses, noticing and choosing the most beautiful. Some sources also refer to the experience of the gardeners of Ancient Egypt, learned to achieve an abundant and almost continuous flowering roses throughout the year. The birthplace of the rose is the Ancient India and Central Asia, where the flower came to Asia Minor, Greece and later in Europe. The ancient peoples of the East, the rose has always been a sacred and deeply revered flower. In Ancient India the rose belonged to the status of flower preserver of the Universe Vishnu, therefore the priests were decorated with roses, temples, rose-petal strewn path during religious celebrations and festive processions. It was believed that the contemplation of blooming roses clears the mind, heals the soul and brings it into harmony with the world. Special honor rose were used in Ancient Persia, where it was considered a flower of Allah and his gift to the people. To Russia rose hit from Bulgaria. Christian art glorified the rose as a sign of innocence, purity and Holiness, it was considered a heavenly flower. Over time the rose became closely associated with the virgin Mary, which depicted surrounded by bushes of roses in Paradise. The red rose became a symbol of the suffering Christ, which was shed in the name of living people on Earth blood.