2 . Should We Create More National Parks?

Don’t you find it worrying that more and more species of animals are in real danger of extinction?     1     And I think the best way to do this for governments is to create more national parks.

    2     If this environment is destroyed — for example, when farmers clear a forest for new fields, or trees are cut down for making money-many animals are unable to survive. and more species are likely to become extinct.       3     A major reason why many species are endangered is that the animals are killed by hunters. They hunt animals to make profits. Some hunters even hunt animals simply for sport.

On the other hand. some people protest against the creation of national parks because they consider it wrong to interfere with nature.     4     They say that though the animals may face danger, they enjoy a free life. They also point out that a few species are more likely to produce young animals in the wild than in national parks.

All in all, these disadvantages are far less important than the benefits of national parks, because these parks allow animals to live in a safe environment.     5    

3 . Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening. I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftops. I ______ to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people, myself included, usually miss ______ like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.

My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon ______ a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.

I know the feeling. Last December I ______ my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a ______ rest-house with no electricity or hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The ______ grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light ______ in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the ______ places I had ever known. a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which ______ me deeply.

Today our lives are ______ with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cellphones, heaters, ovens, air-conditioners, cars and computers.

______ through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent in-doors, I thought: Before long, I would like to live in a small ______. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And ______ I’ll write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers ______ and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and ______ the moon.