Answer the question after reading the paragraph plz When some nations argued for cultural and scientific exemptions to the moratorium on whaling, the IWC agreed. Any government can apply for an IWC permit for aboriginal subsistence whaling. With such a permit, a native population with a longstanding cultural and nutritional dependence on whaling may continue the practice, within limits that protect the whale population as a whole. Similarly, countries can request exemption from the ban for the purpose of scientific research. In both cases, the IWC limits the number of whales that can be killed within a given period of time. According to IWC studies, whale populations naturally grow by 4% to 10% per year; cultural and scientific whaling must stay well below these numbers, so that the whales’ birth rate will always outpace the losses from whaling.

Part A What is the central idea of the paragraph?

1.Whale populations are growing slowly each year.

2.The ban on whaling applies to all IWC member nations.

3.Governments must prove they are entitled to continue whaling.

4.Limited whaling should be permitted under special circumstances.

Part B
Which sentence from the text best supports the answer in part A?

1.“Therefore, no one can reasonably argue that despite its brutality, whaling is necessary because whale products are essential.”

2.“When studies showed that many of the world’s whale populations had fallen to alarming lows, the IWC banned commercial whaling altogether—a ban that all member nations must obey.”

3.“When some nations argued for cultural and scientific exemptions to the moratorium on whaling, the IWC agreed.”

4.“Whales face many dangers besides being the deliberate targets of hunters.”