=> ANSWER: C
1. The writer quotes from the Worldwide Fund for Nature to illustrate how… Keywords: quotes, Worldwide Fund for Nature
In paragraph 5, the writer says: “Understandably, perhaps, they sometimes overstate their arguments. A press release by the Worldwide Fund for Nature in 1997 is given as an example to show/illustrate this.
exaggerate their claims=overstate their arguments
=> ANSWER: D
1. What is the writer‟s main point about lobby groups in paragraph 6?
Keywords: lobby groups
In paragraph 6, the writer argues that: “That would matter less if people applied the same degree of scepticism to environmental lobbying as they do to lobby groups in other fields” The example of trade lobby groups which then follows is used to show that people tend to believe the claims of environmental lobby groups more than the claims of other lobby groups. As a result, those other lobby groups are criticised more, because people do not believe what they say.
=> ANSWER: C
1. The writer suggests that newspapers print items that are intended to Keywords : newspapers, intended to
In paragraph 7, the writer states: “People are clearly more curious about bad news than good. Newspapers and broadcasters are there to provide what the public wants.” Thus, newspapers print items about the environment that usually contain bad news, because that is what people want to read.
meet their reader‟s expectations = provide what the public wants
=> ANSWER: B
1. What does the writer say about America‟s waste problem?
Keywords: America‟s waste problem
In paragraph 8, the writer says: ” Yet, even if America‟s trash output continues to rise as it has done in the past, and if the American population doubles by 2100, all
the rubbish America produces through the entire 21 century will still take up only one-12000 of the area of the entire United States.” This is an example to prove that the worry of insufficient places for waste disposal is not as important as some people believe.
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