Nor are all our species dying out.

　　Some campaigners claim that 50 per cent of all species will have died out within 50 years. But other studies show only 0.08 per cent of species are dying out each year. Conservation efforts have been successful. Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list.

　　Environmental groups claim that many of the improvements are the results of the success of their campaigns.

　　Stephen Tindale, director of Greenpeace UK, said, “There are important examples, such as acid rain and ozone, where things aren't as bad as predicted, and that's because behavior has changed.”

　　语篇解读：“环境一直在变坏，我们的星球末日将要来临”，这是环保主义者们发出的警告，然而Lomborg的新书却提出了完全相反的观点，他批驳了环保主义者们耸人听闻的言论。

　　1．In his book，The Skeptical Environmentalist，what is Lomborg's main argument?

　　A．Our planet is in bad shape.

　　B．The world's environment is improving.

　　C．The total amount of forests in the world is not declining.

　　D．Conservation efforts have been successful.

　　解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段与第三段可知Lomborg在The Skeptical Environmentalist中的观点(argument)是环境状况正在改善，因此选项B正确，C项只是他观点的一部分，不全面，故排除。

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