Selection 1
There is good news and bad news about grizzly bears in the American West. The good news? Their numbers have been increasing in recent years. In 1975, grizzlies made the threatened-species list under the federal Endangered Species Act. The bad news? some policies want to abandon federal protection for the bears. Powerful energy corporations want to invade bear habitats to look for oil and gas. Developers want to build houses and shopping malls in bear territory. The bears are also losing their natural food sources. Diseases are killing the Whitebark Pines that grizzlies eat. If you care about these great bears, please help us save them.
Selection 2
Grizzly bears are no pushovers. The food sources and habitats for the grizzly bears are drastically vanishing, which is causing problems for not just the bears. From Wyoming to Washington, the overcrowding of grizzly bears is causing the species to more closer to more abundant food sources and into human habitats. Because of the increased risk to humans and the bear species, bears should be caught and placed in captivity until the bear population reaches a safer number.
Which of the following best expresses the authors point of view in selection 1?
a) The author thinks the energy corporations are the leading cause of decreasing population of grizzly bears.
b) The author believes the grizzlies are endangering humans by moving into hight populated areas.
c) The author believes the public should help save the grizzly bear population by not destroying their natural habitat. ****
d) The author believes the major energy corporations and developers should not tear down forests.
The authors of Selection 1 and Selection 2 both
a) Think bears are harmful to society.
b) Believe that bears should be protected in captivity.
c) Believe that people are harmful to bears.
d) Want to help the bears. ***??
Which detail from Selection 2 best supports the authors point of view in the previous question?
a) ...The overcrowding of grizzly bears is causing the species to move closer to more abundant food sources and into human habitats.
b) ... Bears should be caught and placed into captivity until the bear population reaches a safer number.
c) the food sources and habitats for the grizzly bears are drastically vanishing. ****
d) Grizzly bears are no pushovers.
How does the author of Selection 1 express his or her point of view differently than the author of Selection 2?
a) The author of Selection 1 agrees with abandoning federal protection of grizzly bears.
b) The author of Selection 1 believes that the increase in grizzly bear population is a threat to humans.
c) The author of Selection 1 believes that people should save the grizzly bears natural habitat ***
d) The author of Selection 1 thinks development and energy corporations should be banned in order to save the grizzly population.