Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34
Though they were not trained naturalists, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their explorations of North America in the early nineteenth century came across enough unfamiliar birds, mammals, and reptiles to fill a zoo. In keeping with President Jefferson's orders they took careful note of 122 species and subspecies that were unknown to science and in many cases native only to the West. Clark made sketches of any particularly intriguing creature. He and Lewis also collected animal hides and horns and bird skins with such care that a few of them were still intact nearly two centuries later. While Lewis and Clark failed to meet the mythological monsters reputed to dwelt in the West, they did unearth the bones of a 45 - foot dinosaur. Furthermore, some of the living beasts they did come upon, such as the woolly mountain goat and the grizzly bear, were every bit as odd or as fearsome as any myth. In their collector's enthusiasm, they even floated a prairie dog out of its burrow by pouring in five barrel full of water, then shipped the frisky animal to Jefferson alive and yelping.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. President Jefferson's pets
B. Collector's techniques for capturing wildlife
C. Discovery of animal species by Lewis and Clark
D. Jobs for trained naturalists
Though they were not trained naturalists, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their explorations of North America in the early nineteenth century came across enough unfamiliar birds, mammals, and reptiles to fill a zoo. In keeping with President Jefferson's orders they took careful note of 122 species and subspecies that were unknown to science and in many cases native only to the West. Clark made sketches of any particularly intriguing creature. He and Lewis also collected animal hides and horns and bird skins with such care that a few of them were still intact nearly two centuries later. While Lewis and Clark failed to meet the mythological monsters reputed to dwelt in the West, they did unearth the bones of a 45 - foot dinosaur. Furthermore, some of the living beasts they did come upon, such as the woolly mountain goat and the grizzly bear, were every bit as odd or as fearsome as any myth. In their collector's enthusiasm, they even floated a prairie dog out of its burrow by pouring in five barrel full of water, then shipped the frisky animal to Jefferson alive and yelping.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. President Jefferson's pets
B. Collector's techniques for capturing wildlife
C. Discovery of animal species by Lewis and Clark
D. Jobs for trained naturalists
Kỹ năng: Đọc
Giải thích:
Đoạn trích chủ yếu bàn về:
A. thú cưng của tổng thống Jeffferson
B. Kĩ thuật của những người sưu tầm để chụp hình thiên nhiên hoang dã
C. Khám phá về các loài động vật của Lewis và Clark
D. Các công việc cho các nhà tự nhiên học được đào tạo
Thông tin ở câu đầu tiên: "Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their explorations of North America in the early nineteenth century came across enough unfamiliar birds, mammals, and reptiles to fill a zoo".
"…Meriwether Lewis và William Clark trong hành trình khám phá Bắc Mỹ vào đầu thế kỷ XIX đã bắt gặp đủ các loài chim, động vật có vú và bò sát lạ để lấp đầy một sở thú"
Giải thích:
Đoạn trích chủ yếu bàn về:
A. thú cưng của tổng thống Jeffferson
B. Kĩ thuật của những người sưu tầm để chụp hình thiên nhiên hoang dã
C. Khám phá về các loài động vật của Lewis và Clark
D. Các công việc cho các nhà tự nhiên học được đào tạo
Thông tin ở câu đầu tiên: "Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their explorations of North America in the early nineteenth century came across enough unfamiliar birds, mammals, and reptiles to fill a zoo".
"…Meriwether Lewis và William Clark trong hành trình khám phá Bắc Mỹ vào đầu thế kỷ XIX đã bắt gặp đủ các loài chim, động vật có vú và bò sát lạ để lấp đầy một sở thú"
Đáp án C.