# PTE HIW #1: Tracking Domestic and Feral Cat...

Highlight Incorrect Words #1 - Level 1 - Feeds Reading + Listening

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Lions roaming the savannah are a staple of nature documentaries. But the millions of little lions that live in our homes and dotes also lead fascinating lives. We know more about those lives now because a two-year-long study used millions to track cats at the dampen edge of the cities of Champaign and Urbana in Illinois. It would have taken a dozen field researchers to collect the same data. The study is in the Journal of Wildlife Management. The entire kitty cohort included both housecats and feral cats and ranged over almost 6,300 acres. One feral cat's range topped out at 1,351 acres. New York's Central Park covers 843 acres. Owned cats with homes roamed way less than their feral counterparts. But they still refracted a range of just under five acres. The pets were highly active just 3 percent of the time, compared with 14 percent for the cats that need to find their own food. The work should shed light on protecting species that the cats hunt and inform the efforts to stop the spread of feline disables diseases.

## Answer

- dotes -> neighborhoods
- millions -> radio-transmitters
- dampen -> southern
- refracted -> averaged
- disables -> contagious

## Explanation

The recording differs from the transcript in 5 places: "dotes" should be "neighborhoods"; "millions" should be "radio-transmitters"; "dampen" should be "southern"; "refracted" should be "averaged"; "disables" should be "contagious".

## Hints

- Listen carefully to the specific words used in the audio, as they may be slightly different from common synonyms.
- Pay attention to the grammatical structure of the sentences to determine the correct form of the missing words.

## Transcript

Lions roaming the savannah are a staple of nature documentaries. But the millions of little lions that live in our homes and neighborhoods also lead fascinating lives. We know more about those lives now because a two-year-long study used radio-transmitters to track cats at the southern edge of the cities of Champaign and Urbana in Illinois. It would have taken a dozen field researchers to collect the same data. The study is in the Journal of Wildlife Management. The entire kitty cohort included both housecats and feral cats and ranged over almost 6,300 acres. One feral cat's range topped out at 1,351 acres. New York's Central Park covers 843 acres. Owned cats with homes roamed way less than their feral counterparts. But they still averaged a range of just under five acres. The pets were highly active just 3 percent of the time, compared with 14 percent for the cats that need to find their own food. The work should shed light on protecting species that the cats hunt and inform the efforts to stop the spread of feline contagious diseases.

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