Paragraph one

　　All the sound reasons ever given for conserving other natural

　　resources apply to the conservation of wildlife – and with

　　three-fold power. When a spendthrift squanders his capital it

　　is lost to him and his heirs; yet it goes somewhere else.

　　5 When a nation allows any one kind of natural resource to be

　　squandered it must suffer a real, positive loss; yet

　　substitutes of another kind can generally be found. But when

　　wildlife is squandered it does not go elsewhere, like

　　squandered money; it cannot possibly be replaced by any

　　10 substitute, as some inorganic resources are: it is simply an

　　absolute, dead loss, gone beyond even the hope of recall.

　　Paragraph two

　　The public still has a hazy idea that Nature has an overflowing sanctuary

　　of her own, somewhere or other, which will fill up the gaps

　　automatically. The result is that poaching is commonly

　　15 regarded as a venial offence, poachers taken red-handed are

　　rarely punished, and willing ears are always lent to the cry

　　that rich sportsmen are trying to take the bread out of the

　　poor settler's mouth. The poor settler does not reflect that

　　he himself, and all other classes alike, really have a

　　20 common interest in the conservation of any wildlife that

　　does not conflict with legitimate human development.sat

　　5. The author of paragraph one probably uses the expression ‘three-fold power’

　　A. because there are three-times as many reasons for conserving wildlife

　　B. to be more dramatic that saying “double-power”

　　C. to emphasize the contrast between loss of money, loss of other resources, and loss of wildlife

　　D. to stress the need for saving money, resources and time

　　E. to indicate the magnitude of the problem without intending the expression to be taken literally

　　6. From the context, the word ‘venial’ in paragraph two most nearly means

　　A. major

　　B. criminal

　　C. frequent

　　D. trivial

　　E. natural

　　7. Both paragraphs apparently imply that

　　A. there is no source from which wildlife, once exterminated, can be replaced

　　B. poachers must be punished

　　C. wildlife has much in common with other natural resources

　　D. conservation is in conflict with human development

　　E. preserving wildlife is expensive

　　8. It can be inferred that the spendthrift in paragraph one and the poor settler mentioned in paragraph two are alike in that they are

　　A. in conflict with the aims of conservation

　　B. inclined to waste natural resources

　　C. more concerned with the present than the future

　　D. unable to control their spending

　　E. unaware of conservation

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