Variant 101 Choose

Whalers argue that whales will not become extinct because ...

1. 
   there is much less hunting now than there used to be
   
2. 
   whaling is now more strictly controlled internationally
   
3. 
   there are plenty of whales in the oceans
   
4. 
   the hunting will stop when whales become rare
   

14. The writer believes that the whalers' argument is ...

A) ridiculous B) nice
C) economic D) biological

14. One reason why the number of whales

could never recover is that surviving whales will be ...
A) killed B) isolated C) lucky D) frightened

Read the text answer the questions 22 – 24

I awoke at two o'clock in the morning and heard weird noises coming from the animal room, scrunching sounds, interspersed with
hissings and indignant sounds from Cuthbert.
My first thought was that one of the larger
anacondas had escaped and was making a meal

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off some of the other specimens. I shot out of my hammock and hastily lighted the tiny hurricane lamp, which I always kept by me at night for just emergencies. It gave little more light than an anemic glowworm, but it was
better than nothing. Arming myself with a stick, I went into the animal room, I glanced round in the dim light and saw Cuthbert sitting on a tier of cages managing to look mentally defective
and indignant at the same time.

14. The author's early awakening was due to

…

1. 
   the dawn chorus of birds in the animal room
   
2. 
   a crunching noise coming from Cuthbert
   
3. 
   a hissing sound from a snake
   
4. 
   an odd assortment of sounds in the animal room
   

14.