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For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
Anyone who has walked home late at night in a British city may well have seen a fox crossing the road ahead of them. Foxes first moved into towns in the 1930s, when large suburbs with big gardens were built, and they have been there 1. since. They are now so 2. at home in cities that one was even found living near the top of a London skyscraper. Urban foxes will eat almost anything, from worms and insects to food that people have thrown 3.. Contrary to popular belief, however, most of their diet does not come from rubbish bins. Not 4. welcomes them. Some residents complain about the noise foxes make at night, and others worry that they might attack pets. Experts say that such attacks are extremely rare and that foxes are far more likely to run away than fight. Anyone 5. wants to keep foxes out of their garden is advised to keep food out of reach and block off spaces under sheds. Trying to get rid of them altogether is rarely worth the effort, since another fox will soon take 6. the empty territory. Like it or 7., foxes appear to be here to stay, and many city dwellers have come to look forward 8. seeing them.