Write the Appropriate Letters to Identify the Author's Purpose and Tone

question 9

Short Answer

Write the appropriate letters to identify the author's purpose and tone.
Although the oil industry is demanding permission to go forward with plans to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, environmentalists are just as determined to prevent this disaster from happening.The refuge is a pristine *, wilderness characterized by unspoiled tundra*, sparkling rivers, and beautiful valleys that are home to magnificent animals such as bears, caribou, moose, and wolves.As the 2010 gulf spill in the Gulf of Mexico showed, oil companies go forward with drilling even when they don't have a plan in place for unforeseen accidents.The result can be an environmental disaster that causes unspeakable misery for years to come.We cannot take the chance that what happened in the Gulf be repeated, with its horrific devastation of nature and wild life, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Drilling there will foul this lovely place and its creatures, scarring one of our country's grandest untouched landscapes.Oil development has already destroyed the air, water, and land of 1,000 square miles of Alaska's coastal plain, which has been marred by pipelines, roads, production plants, power plants, treatment plants, refineries, and aircraft runways.Similar damage to the wildlife refuge would be doubly disastrous because it might not even be fruitful.The amount of oil in the area is merely an estimate.No one is sure just how much is actually there because the government allowed oil companies to survey the area only once in 1984-1985.The technology they used at the time was woefully inadequate compared to today's sophisticated computer modeling.In the end, allowing oil companies to trample the Arctic in pursuit of oil would be a horrible crime against nature.
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*pristine: pure, without flaw
*tundra: treeless area with permanently frozen subsoil
The author's point is as follows:
a.There is a huge controversy concerning the oil industry's plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
b.It would be a terrible mistake to allow the oil industry to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
c. As the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico proved, the oil companies are not prepared to handle the disasters that can be unleashed if proper safety precautions are not taken during drilling.
The author's purpose is:
a.to inform readers about the oil industry's plans for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
b.to persuade readers that the oil industry's plans are a mistake.
The author's tone is:
a.passionate.
b.surprised.
c.relaxed.
d.emotionally neutral.

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