anchored at the island of San Cristóbal, he said.
The
rat was found on Santa Fe, 25
miles from
San Cristóbal.
Mr Yellow said there
was no proof that Discovery
tourists wrote the graffiti or left the litter. “Local
people also make litter. There
are local people
who smoke a cigarette
and throw it into the
street.” The number of visitors
to the islands each
year has increased from about 40,000
in the late
1980s to more than 100,000 now.
Mass tourism reaches Galápagos
Level 1
Elementary
76
Match the beginnings and endings to make sentences about the text.
1. Tourists visit the Galápagos Islands____
2. Conservationists are worried____
3. The Galápagos Islands have unique plants and animals____
4. The director of the Galápagos Conservation Trust____
5. The managing director of Voyages of Discovery____
6. Some people believe____
7. Sales for local businesses____
8. The number of tourists____
a. ____believes the risk of foreign species will increase if more tourists come.
b. ____because they are so far away from the rest of South America.
c. ____has increased a lot.
d. ____because of their unique wildlife.
e. ____the rat arrived on the cruise ship.
f. ____because they believe the ship will bring foreign species to the islands.
g. ____believes the conservationists are wrong.
h. ____have only increased a little.
Mass tourism reaches Galápagos
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
3
Vocabulary 1: Ships and sailing
4
Fill the gaps using these words from the text.
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