Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29.
Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (25) __________ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are threatened by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and (26) __________ plants.
The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (27) __________ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, (28) __________ a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into cultivation and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to (29) __________ plants in the wild.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (25) is...
A. disappeared
B. reduced
C. increased
D. developed
Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (25) __________ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are threatened by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and (26) __________ plants.
The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (27) __________ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, (28) __________ a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into cultivation and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to (29) __________ plants in the wild.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (25) is...
A. disappeared
B. reduced
C. increased
D. developed
- disappear (v): biến mất
- reduce (v): giảm
- increase (v): tăng lên
- develop (v): phát triển
(Gần 200 trong 1500 loài thực vật bản địa ở Hawaii có nguy cơ bị tuyệt chủng trong tương lai gần bởi vì chúng đã giảm tới con số thấp như vậy.)
- reduce (v): giảm
- increase (v): tăng lên
- develop (v): phát triển
(Gần 200 trong 1500 loài thực vật bản địa ở Hawaii có nguy cơ bị tuyệt chủng trong tương lai gần bởi vì chúng đã giảm tới con số thấp như vậy.)
Đáp án B.