15000 bài tập tách từ đề thi thử môn Tiếng Anh có đáp án (Phần 52)

The word “appreciation” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to

Why does the author compare rain forests and coral reefs in paragraph 1? Most of their inhabitants require water.

The passage suggests that most rain forest species are

The word “there” in paragraph 3 refer to

The author argues that there is more diversity of life in the sea than in the rain forests because

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an example of microscopic sea life?

Which of the following conclusions is supported by the passage?

Some people say they like the taste. (46) ________say they can think better if they chew gum.

Now companies use plastic and rubber made from petroleum (47) ________of chicle.

Then the company (48) ________the flavor.

The Greeks chewed gum from a tree (49) ________2,000 years ago.

People first made bubble gum in 1928. Children like to (50) ________bubble with bubble gum.

Since the 1950s, Britain's (24) _______ industries have replaced machine operators with computers

and this (25) ________ has led to a decline in the number of (26) ________ in many factories.

and this (25) ________ has led to a decline in the number of (26) ________ in many factories.

By the beginning of the 20th century, other industrial countries like the USA were (27) ________ with Britain's exports

and countries in the Far East have been able to provide cheaper (28) _________since the 1970s.

During the last 30 years, there has been a constant rise in smaller industries (29) ________ as "light industries".

These ones use electricity and are not (30) _________ on raw materials such as coal so they are "footloose", i.e. they can be located anywhere.

They produce such things as washing machines or spare (31) ________.

The consumer boom of the 1980s and the increased leisure time of most Britons have led to rapid (32) ________ in service industries like banking, tourism, retailing and information processing

and in industries which distribute, maintain, and repair (33) _________ consumer goods.

Some people say they like the taste. ____24____ say they can think better if they chew gum

Gum is a ____25____ of things. For many years gum companies made gum from chicle.

Gum must be soft ____26____ you can chew it. A softener keeps it soft.

____27____, chewing gum was not new.

Children like to ____28____ bubble with bubble gum. Some university students do too

It (35) ________ in hot deserts on finding water,

and on following infrequent rains to (36) ________ grazing for livestock.

In cold deserts, it depends on finding good hunting and fishing grounds, on sheltering from blizzards and winter (37) ________, and on storing enough food for winter.

Permanent settlement in both kinds of deserts requires permanent water, food sources and adequate shelter, or the technology and energy sources to (38) ________ it.

Many deserts are flat and featureless, lacking landmarks, or composed of repeating landforms such as sand (39) ________ or the jumbled ice-fields of glaciers.

Advanced skills or devices are required to navigate through such landscapes and (40) ________ travelers may die

die when supplies run (41) ________ after becoming lost. In addition, sandstorms or blizzards may cause disorientation in severely-reduced visibility.

The (42) ________ represented by wild animals in deserts has featured in explorers' accounts

but does not cause higher (43) ________ of death than in other environments such as rainforests or savanna woodland, and generally does not affect human distribution.

Precautions against snakes and scorpions in choosing (44) ________ at which to camp in some hot deserts should be taken.

The study shows that the dinosaur could reach a top (24) ________ of 8 metres a second, which is fractionally faster than the average professional footballer.

There has been a lot of controversy (25) ________ whether the Tyrannosaurus Rex was a predator or a scavenger;

The (26) ________ group will appreciate the recent study, as a hunter is more likely to require such speed.

A small dinosaur (27) ________ Compsognathus, which was about the size of a chicken, could run at 18 metres a second, which is faster than the ostrich, the fastest two-legged animal today.

It could run 100 metres in a little over six seconds, which would beat modern Olympic (28) ________ more than a third of the track behind.

However, there seems like little uncertainly it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought massive    (15) ________, even environmental ones.

It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the criminal – it’s the approach humanity chooses to use and (16)____________them.

Practically all the 60 or so different kinds of up-to-date plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable natural (17)_____________.

We (18)______________ well over two million tones of the material in US each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away.

A high (19)_________ of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging,

and this (20)_________ about eight percent by weight of our domestic waste.

Having a car has numerous benefits ________ (15), you can go wherever you want whenever you want.

You don’t have to rely on public transport, and ________ (16),

you will have a sense of being more independent ________ (17), you are capable to give lifts to your folks, or carry weighty loads of grocery

________ (18), there can be definite fiscal problems, completely if you live in a city.

Running a car can be expensive, as you have to spend quite an amount on things ________ (19) petrol, car services, and repairs.

________ (20) most folks feel that the advantages of owing a car outweigh the disadvantages.

Indeed, some people fear that text messaging may actually be having a negative (15)_________on young people’s communication and language skills,

especially when we hear that primary school chidren may be at (16)___ of becoming addicted to the habit.

Twenty of the birds are about to (17)_________to the skies with the task of measuring air pollution,

each (18)_______ with sensor equipment and a mobile phone.

The (19)__________ made by the secsors will be automatically

(20)__________ into text messages and beamed to the Internet – where they will appear on a dedicated ‘pigeon blog’

One (17)________, however, depends much more on technology - organic farming.

but (18) ________ chemical fertilizers or pesticides.

. (19) ________ chemical soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not used as food - natural,

, organic fertilizers that are clearly a renewable (20) ________.

Organic farmers also use alternatives for pesticides; for example, they may rely (21) ________ natural predators of certain insect pests.