Write the correct letter, A, B, C or D, in boxes on your answer sheet.

1 What did the 2006 discovery of the animal bone reveal about the lynx?

AIts physical appearance was very distinctive.

BIts extinction was linked to the spread of farming.

CIt vanished from Britain several thousand years ago.

DIt survived in Britain longer than was previously thought.

2 What point does the writer make about large predators in the third paragraph?

ATheir presence can increase biodiversity.

BThey may cause damage to local ecosystems.

CTheir behaviour can alter according to the environment.

DThey should be reintroduced only to areas where they were native.

3 What does the writer suggest about British conservation in the fourth paragraph?

AIt has failed to achieve its aims.

BIt is beginning to change direction.

CIt has taken a misguided approach.

DIt has focused on the most widespread species.

4 Protecting large areas of the sea from commercial fishing would result in

Apractical benefits for the fishing industry.

Bsome short-term losses to the fishing industry.

Cwidespread opposition from the fishing industry.

Dcertain changes to techniques within the fishing industry.

5 According to the author, what distinguishes rewilding from other environmental campaigns?

AIts objective is more achievable.

BIts supporters are more articulate.

CIts positive message is more appealing.

DIt is based on sounder scientific principles.

Bring back the big cats