ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTSPaulWatsonisanenvironmental  activist

Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTSPaul  Watson  is  an  environmental  activist.  He  is  a  man  who  believes  that  he must  do something, not just talk about doing something. Paul believes in protecting endangered animals, and he protects them in controversial ways. Some people think that Watson is a hero and admire him very much. Other people think that he is a criminal.On July 16th, 1979, Paul Watson and his crew were on his ship, which is called the Sea Shepherd. Watson and the people who work on the Sea Shepherd were hunting on the Atlantic Ocean near Portugal. However, they had a strange prey; instead of hunting for animals, their prey was a ship, the Sierra. The Sea Shepherd found the Sierra, ran into it and sank it. As a result, the Sierra never returned to the sea. The Sea Shepherd, on the other hand, returned to its home in Canada. Paul Watson and his workers thought that they had been successful.The Sierra had been a whaling ship, which had operated illegally. The captain and the crew of the Sierra did not obey any of the international laws that restrict whaling. Instead, they killed as many whales as they could, quickly cut off the meat, and froze it. Later, they sold the whale meat in countries where it is eaten.Paul  Watson  tried  to  persuade the  international whaling commission to  stop  the Sierra. However, the commission did very little, and Paul became impatient. He decided to stop the Sierra and other whaling ships in any way that he could. He offered to pay $25,000 to anyone who sank any illegal whaling ship, and he sank the Sierra. He acted because he believes that the whales must be protected. Still, he acted without the approval of the government; therefore, his actions were controversial.Paul Watson is not the only environmental activist. Other men and women are also fighting to protect the Earth. Like Watson, they do not always have the approval of their governments, and like Watson, they have become impatient. Yet, because of their concern for the environment, they will act to protect it.

Câu 1: According to the reading, an environmental activist is someone who            .

A. talks about protecting endangered species  

B. is a hero, like Paul Watson

C. runs into whaling ship   

D. does something to protect the Earth

Câu 2: When something is controversial,_______ .

A. people have different ideas about it  

B. everyone disagrees with it

C. people protect it  

D. everyone agrees with it

Câu 3: The members of a ship’s crew are          _.

A. the people who own the ship

B. the men and women who work on the ship

C. the people who work at sea

D. all of the people on a ship, including the passengers

Câu 4: The main idea of paragraph one is that _         .

A. Paul Watson does not believe in talking

B. activists are people who do something

C. Paul Watson is a hero to some people

D. Paul Watson is a controversial environmental activist

Câu 5: The Sea Shepherd once hunted            .

A. the Sierra  

B. Portugal       

C. the Atlantic Ocean

D. whales

Câu 6: The author implies that Paul Watson lives in            .  

A. Canada         

B. the Sierra

C. Portugal        

D. a ship on the Atlantic

Câu 7: The captain and the crew of the Sierra were acting illegally because           

A. they were sunk by Paul Watson                  

B. they never returned to the sea

C. they sold the whales in other countries 

D. they were killing and selling whales

Câu 8: In paragraph 3 the phrase “and froze it”, the word it refers to ______ .

A. the Sierra         

B. whales                       

C. the Sierra crew 

D. whale meat

Câu 9: The main idea of paragraph 3 is that ________.

A. whaling is illegal according to international law

B. the people on the Sierra didn’t obey international laws

C. the Sierra sold whale meat in some countries

D. the people on the Sierra killed as many whales as they could.

Câu 10: Watson ran into the Sierra because_______ .

A. he wanted to sank the ship

B. he wanted to protect the whales in the Sierra

C. he noticed a strange prey

D. he was impatient with the government’s actions  

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