题目内容：

In many countries today，laws protect wildlife.In India the need for such protection was realized centuries ago.

About 300 B．C.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 wood，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(哺乳类动物)，for example，the speed of extinction is now about one sort every year；from A. D．1 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．is met in many countries today

B．was understood centuries ago

C．is carried out in forests as well as in national parks

D．was described by an Indian writer about 2,300 years ago

2.The report says that in Indian forests long ago________.

A．hunters were given permits to hunt game

B．no killing of animals was allowed

C．only dangerous animals were killed

D．the killing of game animals was forbidden

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.The underlined phrase “putting on” in the third paragraph probably means ________.

A．slowing down        B．rising

C．growing up          D．going on

5.The growth of the world's population means________.

A．greater danger to wild life

B．people like animals better

C．over a thousand sorts of animals are extinct

D．only one sort of animal is extinct every year