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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each other's numbered blanks.
In the UK alone, there are about 37,000 different species of animals and 65,000 different species of plants. Sadly, (4) ________, over the last 100 years more than 170 plant and animal species have completely disappeared. Today, about 15% of all British wildlife is still at (5) ______, especially animals such as the otter and the brown hair. Unless we do something to help, things will only get worse. The main reason (6) ________ some types of plants and animals are becoming endangered species is that their habitats are lost or have changed. Animals like moths, birds and bats have lost their homes as people have cut down the hedgerows they live in. Also, a lot of ponds are no longer suitable for the animals and plants to live in because they are polluted, or people have filled them in.
We need to save many species of endangered British wildlife from extinction before it is too late. You can help by supporting environmental groups like the Environment Agency that are working to protect our (7) _______ wildlife and habitats from the danger of disappearing forever. You can even create a small wildlife habitat yourself by making a pond at school or in your garden.
A. in contrast
B. because
C. moreover
D. though
UK WILDLIFE – SOS!
‘Wildlife’ means all the plants, animals and (3) _____living things found in the wild. These can be mammals such as squirrels, reptiles like the sand lizard, fish, insects, and tiny little animals that you can't see easily.In the UK alone, there are about 37,000 different species of animals and 65,000 different species of plants. Sadly, (4) ________, over the last 100 years more than 170 plant and animal species have completely disappeared. Today, about 15% of all British wildlife is still at (5) ______, especially animals such as the otter and the brown hair. Unless we do something to help, things will only get worse. The main reason (6) ________ some types of plants and animals are becoming endangered species is that their habitats are lost or have changed. Animals like moths, birds and bats have lost their homes as people have cut down the hedgerows they live in. Also, a lot of ponds are no longer suitable for the animals and plants to live in because they are polluted, or people have filled them in.
We need to save many species of endangered British wildlife from extinction before it is too late. You can help by supporting environmental groups like the Environment Agency that are working to protect our (7) _______ wildlife and habitats from the danger of disappearing forever. You can even create a small wildlife habitat yourself by making a pond at school or in your garden.
(Adapted from Upstream Level B1+ by Virginia Evans and Lynda Edwards)
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (4) is...A. in contrast
B. because
C. moreover
D. though
Giải thích:
A. in contrast: trái lại
B. because: vì
C. moreover: hơn nữa
Tạm dịch:
Sadly, though, over the last 100 years more than 170 plant and animal species have completely disappeared. (Mặc dù vậy, buồn thay là, trong hơn 100 năm qua, có hơn 170 loài thực vật và động vật đã hoàn toàn biến mất.)
A. in contrast: trái lại
B. because: vì
C. moreover: hơn nữa
Tạm dịch:
Sadly, though, over the last 100 years more than 170 plant and animal species have completely disappeared. (Mặc dù vậy, buồn thay là, trong hơn 100 năm qua, có hơn 170 loài thực vật và động vật đã hoàn toàn biến mất.)
Đáp án D.