题目内容
Nearly all wild lions live in Sub-Saharan Africa,but a small number of Asian lions live in India's Gir Forest. Although the two species live far from each other,Asian lions and African lions are1.same species(种类).
Asian lions once prowled(潜行)around from the Middle East2.India.Now,only 200 to 260 of these3. (amaze) animals survive in the wild.The Gir Forest's dry woods4.(be) once a royal hunting ground.Today they are a reserve5.the endangered Asian lions6.(protect).
Lions are the only cats that live in groups,7.(call)prides(狮群).All of a pride's female(雌性)lions are related and female babies8.(usual)stay with the group as they grow.Young males eventually(最后)leave and may have their own prides by9.(take)over a group headed(领头)by another male.
Male lions usually defend the pride's territory(地盘).They mark the area and run after animals that come to their territory.Female lions are the pride's primary10.(hunt).They often work together to hunt large mammals.