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In many countries today, laws protect wildlife. In India the need for such protection was realized centuries
ago.
About 300 BC, an Indian writer described forests that were somewhat like national parks today. The killing
of game animals was carefully governed. Some animals were fully protected. Within the forest, nobody was
allowed to cut trees, burn woods, or trap animals for their furs. Animals that became dangerous to human
visitors were trapped or killed outside the park so that other animals would not become uneasy.
The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before. About a thousand sorts of animals are in
danger of extinction, and the speed at which they are being destroyed has been putting on. With mammals, for
example, the speed of extinction is now about one sort every year; from AD l to 1800, the speed was about one
sort every fifty years. Everywhere, men are trying to solve the problem of saving wildlife while caring for the
world's growing population.
1. This report says that the need for protecting wildlife _____. [ ]
A. was understood centuries before this time
B. was described by an Indian writer about 300 years ago
C. is met in many countries today
D. is carried out in forests as well as in national parks
2. The report says that in Indian forests of long ago _____. [ ]
A. hunters were given permits to hunt game
B. only dangerous animals were to be killed
C. the killing of game animals was controlled
D. no killing of animals was allowed
3. According to the report, men trying to save wildlife are thinking about _____ as well. [ ]
A. the animals in national parks
B. stricter laws against hunting
C. the trees in the forests
D. the needs of people
4. From the report we can learn _____. [ ]
A. the growth of the world's population has meant greater danger to wildlife
B. about a thousand sorts of mammals are in danger of extinction
C. the speed of extinction of' mammals is lower now than it was from AD l to 1800
D. hunters who kill endangered sorts of animals are seriously punished by law
5. The word "extinction" in this report most properly means _____. [ ]
A. falling down
B. dying out
C. growing up
D. going away
