初二英语阅读短文In many countries today,people are doing something to protect wild life so that wild animals can be safe.In Indian the need for such protection was understood centuries ago.About 300B.C.an Indian writer told people something about forest.The forests of that day were a bit like national parks today.The game of killing animals was carefully governed.That is,people mustn’t kill animals freely.Some animals were fully protected.Within the forests,n

初二英语阅读短文
In many countries today,people are doing something to protect wild life so that wild animals can be safe.In Indian the need for such protection was understood centuries ago.
About 300B.C.an Indian writer told people something about forest.The forests of that day were a bit like national parks today.The game of killing animals was carefully governed.That is,people mustn’t kill animals freely.Some animals were fully protected.Within the forests,nobody could cut trees,burned wood,or catch animals for their furs.Animals dangerous to human visitors were caught or killed outside the forests so that other animals would not become worried or afraid.
The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before.About a thousand sorts of animals are in danger of extinction (灭绝),and the speed at which they become extinct has been putting on.With mammals,for example,the speed of extinction is now about one sort every year; from A.D.1 to 1800,the speed was one sort every fifty years.Everywhere,people are trying their best to save wildlife while thinking about the world’s growing population.
( ) 41.Which of the following is true?
A.People knew wild animals needed to be protected long ago.
B.Only Indians knew wild animals should be protected centuries ago.
C.Indians built some national parks to protect wildlife centuries ago.
D.Only the Indian writer knew what forests were like long ago.
( ) 42.Long ago in Indian forests,_______________________.
A.none of the animals could be killed
B.no game of killing animals was held at all
C.dangerous animals could be killed anywhere
D.the game of killing animals were controlled
( ) 43.According to the passage,we know that people are not only thinking about___________,but also trying to save wildlife.
A.the animals in national parks B.the trees in the forests
C.their own needs D.the human visitors to the forests
( ) 44.The meaning of the underlined words “putting on” in the third paragraph should be _________.
A.slowing down B.rising C.growing up D.going on
( ) 45.The growth of the world’s population means __________________.
A.greater danger to wild life B.people like animals better
C.over a thousand sort of animals are extinct
D.only one sort of animals is extinct every year