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explain how many animals become extinct

ENGLISH IV C. persuade the reader to save endangered animals
D. enumerate the causes of animal extinction
Read the selection carefully. Answer the questions and complete 2. The writer organized this section by ___
the statements under each selection by choosing one of the four A. giving specific examples and building towards a generalization
possible options: A, B, C, and D and state the reason or basis of B. beginning with a generalization and supporting it with specific
your answer. examples
The Path of the Dodo C. comparing and contrasting various ideas
The dodo, a flightless bird bigger than a turkey, one thrived D. narrating different stories that support the main idea
in Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. Then human beings came 3. This selection does NOT contain ___
along. Within 80 years of its discovery in 1598, the last dodo had A. generalizations
disappeared. The species was extinct. B. abstract terms
Many other animals, birds, and fishes have followed in the C. figures of speech
path of the dodo. In the past four hundred years )a very short time in D. specific examples
nature’s clock) at least 36 mammals and 94 birds have become 4. The diction (choice of words) of this selection is ____
extinct. A. formal and abstract
In the United States at least one animal species a year has B. informal and concrete
become extinct, and hundreds more are in danger of joining the list. C. symbolic and philosophical
What happened to our wildlife? The answer is people. D. of a reason not given by the author
Some species, such as dinosaurs, have disappeared through 5. The dodo became extinct because ___
the process of natural evolution. Living things either adapt to their A. they could not fly.
natural environment or are slowly replaced by other forms of life, B. Human beings hunted them down
which are better adapted. This process takes thousands of years, and C. they disappeared 80 years ago
goes on continuously. D. of a reason not given by the author
But human beings have speeded up the timetable. Panda 6. Human beings have caused the extinction of the animals listed
bears and whales, tigers and alligators, eagles and wolves are all below EXCEPT ___
faced with the threat of extinction today. How have human beings A. the dodo
been able to make life impossible for so many wild creatures in so B. the passenger pigeon
short a time? These are the three principal ways: loss of habitat, C. the Philippine eagle
hunting, and widespread use of chemicals. D. the dinosaur
Every living thing has a habitat to which it is suited. But 7. Many wild animals have become extinct because ___
human beings have come in and changed the land, water, and A. Human beings have destroyed the places where these animals live.
vegetation which make up an endangered species’ home. They have B. Human beings have killed these animals for various reasons
cut down forests, plowed the prairies, filled the marshes, and C. Human beings have carelessly used chemicals and pesticides
damned rivers. In the United States, the destruction of swamplands D. of all the reasons listed above
where alligators live has wiped out 95 percent of all U.S. alligators in 8. The word habitat means ___
the past several years. In the Philippines, the destruction of the rain A. a place to live in
forests of Mindanao has diminished the population of the Philippine B. a repeated act
eagle to less than 70. Today, the Philippine eagle is in the list of the C. a piece of land
world’s most endangered species. D. a constant companion
Hunting is the second major cause of animal extinction. 9. All the statements below are true EXCEPT ___
From the earliest days, human beings have been hunters. They nearly A. Natural evolution is a continuous process that takes thousands of
wiped out the buffalo, killed birds for feathers to decorate hats, hot years
the big cats to make fur coats, and slaughtered alligators for shoes B. Human beings have accelerated the process of natural evolution
and bags. 10. Give your literal and interpretative analysis of the given text.
Passenger pigeons had the misfortune of flying in huge
flocks, which made them an easy target. They were killed by the
hundreds of thousands, and the last one died in a Cincinnati, Oho zoo
in 1914.
The widespread use of chemicals and pesticides is threatening several
species of birds with extinction. Many scientists believe that pesticide
residues in the bodies of birds affect their ability to reproduce.
Does it really matter to human beings if there are no more
brown pelicans or cheetahs or black- footed ferrets? Yes, scientists
say, because human beings themselves are a part of the process of
natural evolution. They say it is dangerous for human beings to so
alter the environment that they cause the extinction of any species.

Each living thing is unique and carries within its own secrets of life.
It is unlike any other species. All species are important in the total
ecology. If anyone is lost, the whole natural environment changes.
Some people see a warning to human being in the disappearance of
so many living things.
George Laycock, author of several books on wildlife
writes: “Human beings must develop a concern for wild creatures and
a determination that these will not perish. Then, we just might save
from joining the dodo and the other extinct species. And in the
process, we also save ourselves.”
_Adapted from Senior Scholastic

1. The reading selection was written to ___.

A. describe many extinct animals