【正文】 gging is still the biggest employer and the single biggest contributor to tax revenue in BC. a) the hemp farming lobby b) the forestry industry c) the Canadian government d) the hemp farming lobbyScavenger HuntThis exercise is a scavenger hunt that means that you have to go out and find the answers to the questions below using the World Wide Web.QuestionsThese are the questions:1. When was the first Canadian paper mill built at St. Andrews, Quebec? 2. Where was the first BC pulp and paper mill built in 1894? 3. How many people are directly employed in the forestry industry in BC today? 4. How much money does the provincial government in Victoria now make from the forestry industry? 5. How much money did the BC pulp industry lose in 1996? 6. What percentage of life forms on the planet live in the rainforest? 7. How many species bee extinct every year due to deforestation? 8. How many undamaged rainforest valleys are left today on BC39。s equivalent to two football fields.What does equivalent to mean? a) more than b) less than c) the same as2. In British Columbia, where, since 1990, thirteen rainforest valleys have been clearcut, 142 species of salmon have already bee extinct.What does clearcut mean? a) a few trees have been cut down b) many trees have been cut down c) all the trees have been cut down3. Logging, however, provides jobs, profits, taxes for the govenment and cheap products of all kinds for consumers, so the government is reluctant to restrict or control it.What does reluctant mean? a) doesn39。 cables are usually made from wire or synthetic fibres, but scientists are now suggesting that the cultivation of hemp should be revived for the production of paper and pulp. According to its proponents, four times as much paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees, and many environmentalists believe that the largescale cultivation of hemp could reduce the pressure on Canada39。s forestry production goes towards making pulp and paper. According to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canada supplies 34% of the world39。s rainforest is destroyed. That39。In recent years, two major movements for legalization have been gathering strength. One group of activists believes that ALL cannabis should be legal both the hemp plant and the marijuana plant and that the use of the drug marijuana should not be an offense. They argue that marijuana is not dangerous or addictive, and that it is used by large numbers of people who are not criminals but productive members of society. They also point out that marijuana is less toxic than alcohol or tobacco. The other legalization movement is concerned only with the hemp plant used to produce fibre。 transition, second sentence.First sentence. Transition, second sentence.It was raining。 Rainforest Action Network t. As a good reader, you need to be aware of that.In this exercise, you will see a number of quotations from different interest groups or lobbies. A lobby or interest group is a group of people who have a mon interest and who work together to publicize and promote their point of view. In the exercise, you will read quotations from five lobbies:The forestry industry: The forestry industry makes money from cutting down trees. Therefore, they want to be able to continue to cut trees, and they want to discourage any alternative ways of producing pulp and paper.The environmentalists: The environmental lobby want to protect the forests against logging panies, so they