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Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii...

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
Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (26)____ 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 (27)____ plants.
The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (28)____ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, as a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into (29)____and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to (30)____ plants in the wild.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (27) is...
A. national
B. native
C. international
D. non-native
- national (adj): (thuộc ) quốc gia, dân tộc
E.g: These buildings are part of our national heritage.
- native (adj): tự nhiên; thuộc địa phương; (thuộc) nơi sinh
E.g: Her native language is Korean.
- international (adj): quốc tế
E.g: an international airport (sân bay quốc tế)
- non-native: không thuộc bản địa (động thực vật)
(Khoảng 90 phần trăm thực vật ở Hawaii không được tìm thấy ở bất cứ nơi nào khác trên thế giới nhưng chúng đang bị đe dọa bởi các loài ngoại lai xâm lấn như dê hoang, lợn, loài gặm nhấm và cây không thuộc bản địa nơi đây)
Đáp án D.
 

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