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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 game of killing beasts was carefully supervised (vt. 监督; 管理; 负责). Some animals were fully protected. Within the forest. nobody was allowed to cut timber (wood for building), burn wood for charcoal (n. 炭, 木炭), or catch animals for their furs. Animals that became dangerous to human visitors were caught 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 species of animals are in danger of extinction, and the rate at which they are being destroyed has increased. With mammals (n. 哺乳动物), for example, the rate of extinction was about one species every fifty years from AD 1 to 1800, but now it is about one species every year. Everywhere, men are trying to solve the problem of protecting wildlife caring for the rapid growth of the world’s population.

1．In forests of ancient India ________ .

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A．people were permitted to hunt for fun

B．only a few kinds of animals could be killed

C．the game of killing beasts was strictly limited

D．no killing of beasts was allowed

2．Dangerous animals were caught or killed outside the park so as to ________ .

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A．keep human visitors safe

B．free the rest of the animals from worry or fear

C．supply other animals with more food

D．control the number of wild animals

3．The underlined word“extinction”probably means ________ .

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4．The example of man's connection with wildlife protection can date back to ________ .

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A．the third century

B．more than 2000 year s ago

C．AD 1

D．over 300 years ago