Ferdinand Magellan 1) …was……(be) a Portuguese sailor who 2) …wanted…… (want) to sail around the world. Emperor Charles V of Spain 3) …gave…… (give) him five ships and two hundred and sixty-five Spanish sailors. They 4) left……… (leave) Spain on the 20th of September 1519 and 5) …begun…… (begin) their long and dangerous journey.
On the journey, Magellan 6) …discovered…… (discover) the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, he and many of the sailors 7) …died…… (die) in a battle on 27th April, 1521. after that, a Spanish sailor 8) …took……(take) control of the ships and 9) ... set off…… (set off) to complete the voyage. Only one ship and sixteen men 10) …survived……(survive) the journey. They 11) arrived……… (arrive) back in Spain on 6th September, 1522. They 12) …were……(be) the first men to sail around the world.
The domestic cat (Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus) is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal. It is often called the housecat when kept as an indoor pet, or simply the cat when there is no need to distinguish it from other felids and felines. Cats are valued by humans for companionship and their ability to hunt vermin and household pests.
Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with strong, flexible bodies, quick reflexes, sharp retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey. Cat senses fit a crepuscular and predatory ecological niche. Cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by mice and other small game. They can see in near darkness. Like most mammals, cats have poorer color vision and a better sense of smell than humans.
Despite being solitary hunters, cats are a social species, and cat communication includes the use of a variety of vocalizations (meowing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling and grunting) as well as pheromones and types of cat-specific body language.
Cats have a rapid breeding rate. Under controlled breeding, they can be bred and shown as registered pedigree pets, a hobby known as cat fancy. Failure to control the breeding of pet cats by spaying and neutering, and the abandonment of former household pets, has resulted in large numbers of feral cats worldwide, with a population of up to 60 million of these animals in the United States alone, requiring population control.
Since cats were cult animals in ancient Egypt, they were commonly believed to have been domesticated there, but there may have been instances of domestication as early as the Neolithic.
A genetic study in 2007 revealed that domestic cats have descended from African wildcats (Felis silvestris lybica) c. 8000 BCE, in the Middle East.According to Scientific American cats are the most popular pet in the world, and now found almost every place where people live.
sail around the world. Emperor Charles V of Spain 3) …gave…… (give) him five ships
and two hundred and sixty-five Spanish sailors. They 4) left……… (leave) Spain on
the 20th of September 1519 and 5) …begun…… (begin) their long and
dangerous journey.
On the journey, Magellan 6) …discovered…… (discover) the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately,
he and many of the sailors 7) …died…… (die) in a battle on 27th April,
1521. after that, a Spanish sailor 8) …took……(take) control of the ships and 9) ...
set off…… (set off) to complete the voyage. Only one ship and sixteen men 10)
…survived……(survive) the journey. They 11) arrived……… (arrive) back in Spain on 6th
September, 1522. They 12) …were……(be) the first men to sail around the world.
Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with strong, flexible bodies, quick reflexes, sharp retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey. Cat senses fit a crepuscular and predatory ecological niche. Cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by mice and other small game. They can see in near darkness. Like most mammals, cats have poorer color vision and a better sense of smell than humans.
Despite being solitary hunters, cats are a social species, and cat communication includes the use of a variety of vocalizations (meowing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling and grunting) as well as pheromones and types of cat-specific body language.
Cats have a rapid breeding rate. Under controlled breeding, they can be bred and shown as registered pedigree pets, a hobby known as cat fancy. Failure to control the breeding of pet cats by spaying and neutering, and the abandonment of former household pets, has resulted in large numbers of feral cats worldwide, with a population of up to 60 million of these animals in the United States alone, requiring population control.
Since cats were cult animals in ancient Egypt, they were commonly believed to have been domesticated there, but there may have been instances of domestication as early as the Neolithic.
A genetic study in 2007 revealed that domestic cats have descended from African wildcats (Felis silvestris lybica) c. 8000 BCE, in the Middle East.According to Scientific American cats are the most popular pet in the world, and now found almost every place where people live.