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 34 to 38.
Plants and animals will find it difficult to escape from or adjust to the effect of global warming. Scientists have already observed shifts in the life cycles of (34) _______ plants and animals, such as flowers (35) _______ earlier and birds hatching earlier in the spring. Many species have begun shifting (36) _______ they live or their annual migration patterns due to warmer temperatures.
With further warming, animals will tend to migrate toward the poles and up mountain sides toward higher elevations. Plants will also attempt to shift their ranges, seeking new areas as old habitats grow too warm. In many places, however, human development will prevent these shifts. Species that find cities or farmland blocking their way north or south may become extinct. Species living in unique ecosystems, such as those found in polar and mountaintop regions, are especially at risk (37) _______ migration to new habitats is not possible. For example, polar bears and marine mammals in the Arctic are already threatened by (38) _______ sea ice but have nowhere farther to go.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (38) is...
A. decreasing
B. falling
C. deepening
D. dwindling
Plants and animals will find it difficult to escape from or adjust to the effect of global warming. Scientists have already observed shifts in the life cycles of (34) _______ plants and animals, such as flowers (35) _______ earlier and birds hatching earlier in the spring. Many species have begun shifting (36) _______ they live or their annual migration patterns due to warmer temperatures.
With further warming, animals will tend to migrate toward the poles and up mountain sides toward higher elevations. Plants will also attempt to shift their ranges, seeking new areas as old habitats grow too warm. In many places, however, human development will prevent these shifts. Species that find cities or farmland blocking their way north or south may become extinct. Species living in unique ecosystems, such as those found in polar and mountaintop regions, are especially at risk (37) _______ migration to new habitats is not possible. For example, polar bears and marine mammals in the Arctic are already threatened by (38) _______ sea ice but have nowhere farther to go.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (38) is...
A. decreasing
B. falling
C. deepening
D. dwindling
Kiến thức: Đọc điền từ
Giải thích:
Xét các đáp án:
A. decreasing: giảm
B. falling: rơi
C. deepening: trở nên sâu hơn
D. dwindling: tan, thu nhỏ dần
Dựa vào nghĩa, đáp án đúng là D
Thông tin: For example, polar bears and marine mammals in the Arctic are already threatened by (38) ___ dwindling ___ sea ice but have nowhere farther to go.
Tạm dịch: Ví dụ, gấu Bắc Cực và động vật biển có vú ở Bắc Cực đã bị đe dọa bởi băng biển đang tan dần nhưng không còn nơi nào xa hơn để đi.
Giải thích:
Xét các đáp án:
A. decreasing: giảm
B. falling: rơi
C. deepening: trở nên sâu hơn
D. dwindling: tan, thu nhỏ dần
Dựa vào nghĩa, đáp án đúng là D
Thông tin: For example, polar bears and marine mammals in the Arctic are already threatened by (38) ___ dwindling ___ sea ice but have nowhere farther to go.
Tạm dịch: Ví dụ, gấu Bắc Cực và động vật biển có vú ở Bắc Cực đã bị đe dọa bởi băng biển đang tan dần nhưng không còn nơi nào xa hơn để đi.
Đáp án D.