ÔN THI THPTQG CHUYÊN ĐỀ “READING COMPREHENSION” PHẦN 4
Exercise 16:
In the future, genetic engineering will allow us to create the perfect human. It will be hard to get used to. Parents will order a baby who 'will grow up to become his new job because he is not quite prepared a genius or to have a Miss World appearance. Also, genetic engineering will allow us to mix plants and animals.
As computers have advanced, they have helped us remember, calculate, organize, and clarify. So it will become easier to deal with things, and much quicker. At a point in a future time, some may claim that computers become about as smart as Newton or Einstein. More advanced computers will be able to be creative, respond to feelings in a feeling way, develop intuition, recognize patterns, and suggest innovative alternatives. There is a hope if we choose to take action. We can select Internet information wisely, choose healthy computer games, limit our exposure to television commercials, and select television programs carefully. People will be aware of the importance of keeping active, getting outside to do more physical activities. We will also plan to make a major sacrifice the next time we buy a car, take the bus. Everybody will be more concerned about making environmentally friendly choices, eating healthy, and helping build a healthier society by shopping at better stores that sell better food.
Most people will be aware that a happy, loving family is a joy to be part of, and that it is a necessary foundation for building a strong society. But it is extremely important for our future that we maintain a healthy perspective. We need to value and appreciate the importance of what can be achieved by loving and committed parents. People need a strong foundation, so it is vital for our society that we encourage parents to work at creating love, joy, and happiness for their children in a .decent, stable, and productive atmosphere.
1. How many aspects of life in the future are referred in the text?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
2. Which aspect is not referred in the text?
A. Education B. Genetic Engineering C. Computers D. Family
3. The phrase to have a Miss World appearance means that _______.
A. to become a Miss World B. to enter a beauty contest C. to be intelligent D. to be beautiful
4. According to the text, in the future, _______.
A. it will be difficult for us to select Internet information B. people will prefer taking a bus to buying a car
C. food will not be sold at shops
D. TV viewers will not be able to escape from seeing a lot of advertising.
5. The last paragraph is about _______.
A. family and parents' responsibility in the future B. children's education
C. children's health D. how to build a strong society
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Exercise 17:
A desert is a hostile, potentially deadly environment for unprepared humans. In hot deserts, high temperatures cause rapid loss of water due to sweating, and the absence of water sources with which to replenish it can result in dehydration and death within a few days. In addition, unprotected humans are also at risk from heatstroke.
Humans may also have to adapt to sandstorms in some deserts, not just in their adverse effects on respiratory systems and eyes, but also in their potentially harmful effects on equipment such as filters, vehicles and communication equipment. Sandstorms can last for hours, sometimes even days.
Despite this, some cultures have made hot deserts 'their home for thousands of years, including the Bedouin, Tuareg tribe, and Pueblo people. Modern technology, including advanced irrigation systems, desalinization and air conditioning, has made deserts much more hospitable, In the United States and Israel for example, desert farming has found extensive use.
In cold deserts, hypothermia and frostbite are the chief hazards, as well as dehydration in the absence of a source of heat to melt ice for drinking. Falling through pack-ice or surface ice layers into freezing water is a particular danger requiring emergency action to prevent rapid hypothermia. Starvation is also a hazard; in low temperatures the body requires much more food energy to maintain body heat and to move. As with hot deserts, some people such as the Inuit have adapted to the harsh conditions of cold deserts.
1. The text is about ________.
A. troubles that human beings have to face in a desert B. desert storms and desert inhabitants
C. hot deserts and cold deserts in the United States D. desert hospitality and environment
2. Which is not a problem for an unprepared man in a hot desert?
A. sandstorm B. loss of water C. irrigation D. heatstroke
3. Sandstorms ________.
A. do no harm to machinery B. have effects only on the eyes
C. never lasts more than one hour D. have bad effects on both human beings and machinery
4. Which sentence is true?
A. No one can survive in both hot and cold deserts. B. Modern technology makes deserts more hospitable.
C. In the United States, all deserts are quite uninhabited D. There are no deserts in Israel.
5. Which is not a problem in cold deserts?
A. Starvation B. Hypothermia C. Frostbite D. Body heat
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Exercise 18:CHUYÊN ĐỀ KHÔNG THỂ TRÁNH TRONG CÁC ĐỀ THI THPTQG “CLAUSE OF CONCESSION”
Approximately one-third of the Earth's land surface is desert, arid land with meager rainfall that supports only sparse vegetation and a limited population of people and animals. Deserts have been portrayed as fascinating environments of adventure and exploration. These arid regions are called deserts because they are dry. They may be hot. They may be cold. They may be regions of sand or vast areas of rocks with occasional plants.
Deserts are natural laboratories in which to study the interactions of wind and sometimes water on the arid surfaces of planets. They contain valuable mineral deposits that were formed in the arid environment or that were exposed by erosion. Because deserts are dry, they are ideal places for human artifacts and fossils to be preserved. Deserts are also fragile environments. The misuse of these lands is a serious and growing problem in parts of our world.
There are many animals in the desert. Some are very large, like the kangaroo or the gazelle. Both are big and have to travel long distances for water at a spring, or an oasis. Another fairly large animal is the addax. The addax is a desert antelope. They live in the Sahara Desert. All addaxes are herbivores. There are less than 200 of them left because of hunting and tourists. Some animals crawl along. Examples of these are snakes and lizards. Snakes rarely drink water; they get their moisture from other prey that they eat. So do others, like the kangaroo rat. Lizards are commonly found in the desert. They stay out of the sun and move as little as possible. There are also other animals in the desert. The fennec lives in northern Africa in the Sahara Desert. They are a relative of the fox. They eat mice, small birds, lizards, and insects. When necessary, they will eat fruit. One more desert animal is the jerboa. The jerboa is a small, long distance jumper that lives in the desert. They are free drinking animals and they eat plants, seeds, and bugs.
1. Deserts ________.
A. are rare in the world B. are more arid more populous
C. are all hot all the time D. may be both hot and cold
2. The word They refers to ________.
A. deserts B. natural laboratories C. planets D. mineral deposits
3. Which is not true about deserts?
A. arid B. hot C. humid D. dry
4. According to the second paragraph, ________.
A. we should use desert land properly to avoid serious problems
B. we can exploit as much fossil as possible in deserts
C. there are no erosion in deserts
D. deserts are ideal places for growing land
5. The last paragraph expresses that ________.
A. none of animals can survive in deserts
B. hunting and tourists cause the decreasing of addaxes in the Sahara Desert.
C. snakes in deserts need more water than any other species
D. addaxes are the most populous species in deserts
Exercise 19:
Asian elephants used to live in the forests from Iraq to Southern China. Since these forests were cut down to make room for farms and villages, the elephants had to live in small, hilly regions. These small areas cannot supply enough food for them. An adult elephant eats about 331 pounds of grasses, leaves and other plants each day. When forests were larger, Asian elephants migrated with the seasons. In this way, they found new food supplies. The plants and trees could also grow again after elephants left.
Today, there is nowhere for the elephants to go. Experts say that the Asian elephant population is about 55,000 living on a habitat of about 19,000 square miles (30,400 square kilometres). In contrast to this, the African elephant population is about 10 times this size and live on almost 3 million square miles (4.8 million square kilometers) of available habitat.
1. How much does an adult elephant eat a day?
A. About 150 kg of grasses leaves and other plants. B. About 331 kg of grasses leaves and other plants.
C. About 19,000 kg of grasses leaves and other plants. D. About 30,400 kg of grasses leaves and other plants.
2. How can Asian elephants find new food supplies?
A. They made forests larger. B. They found other plants.
C. They migrated with the seasons. D. They could grow plants and trees.
3. How many African elephants are there today?
A. 19,000. B. 30,400. C. 55,000. D. 550,000.
4. Which of these sentences is true to the text?
A. Asian elephants’ habitat is bigger than Africans’. B. Asian elephants’ habitat is as big as Africans’.
C. Africans’ habitat is bigger than Asian’. D. Africans’ habitat isn’t so big as Asian’.
5. According to the text, Asian elephants can be extinct because of
A. hunting. B. loss of habitat. C. change of climate. D. polluted environment.
Exercise 20:
By the year 2025, the Earth could lose as many as one fifth of all species known to exist today. In recent centuries, hundreds of species have disappeared, almost always as a result of human activities. The passenger pigeon, one familiar example, was a source of food until excessive hunting and habitat loss caused its extinction in 1914. The North American bison, whose populations were decimated by settlers and market hunters in the 1800s, came close to sharing the same fate. Bison survive today only because of the efforts of early conservationists.
Today, species require such efforts more urgently than ever. An essential task that falls to present-day conservationists is to determine which species are most, endangered, so that conservation resources' can be applied where action is needed most. Species are categorized by the degree to which their survival in the wild is threatened. World Wildlife Fund offers a sampling of animals and plants that fall mainly within the two most serious categories of- threat: critically endangered and endangered. What threatens these species' existence? Some of the top threats are habitat destruction by unsustainable logging and ever-encroaching human settlement; pollution of water, soil, and air by toxic chemicals; unnatural climate changes due to fossil fuel use; unmanaged fishing that exhausts fish stocks; and illegal hunting to supply the demand for skins, hides, traditional medicines, food, and tourist souvenirs. The list which conservationists presents only a fraction of the species at risk of extinction today and does not include thousands of species whose status we do not yet know. Hundreds of species without common names have been left out, which means that while many mammals are on this list, only a few insects and mollusks are included.
Species listed here range from the largest animal on Earth, the blue whale, to the majestic tiger, to the humble thick-shell pond snail. Large or small, beautiful or ugly, all species play a role in the complex circle of life. All of us depend on the natural resources of our planet. Each time a species is lost, the complexity, natural balance, and beauty of our world is diminished. And what threatens plants and animals ultimately threatens people as well.
1. According to the first paragraph _______.
A. species extinction is only caused by hunting
B. human beings protect wife life much more than they do harm to them
C. the main cause of species extinction is human activities
D. we can stop radically species extinction by 2025
2. The North American bison _______.
A. was completely extinct in 1800s B. was not the aim of human hunting
C. was raised by settlers in 1800s D. has escaped from extinction thanks to conservationists
3. Species are categorized _______.
A. to prevent hunting B. to provide food
C. to destroy their habitats D. to give preferential right to conserve
4. Which sentence is true?
A. Medicine is not a factor to cause species extinction.
B. The list which conservationists present does not include all kinds of species.
C. Pollution does nothing to species extinction.
D. Conservationists have good knowledge of all kinds of mollusks.
5. According to the last paragraph, _______.
A. species extinction has no relationship to human beings
B. what threaten plants and animals can do nothing to human beings
C. human beings depend on natural resources to survive
D. not every, species has a role in the circle of life.
ĐÁP ÁN
Exercise 16: 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. A
Exercise 17: 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. D
Exercise 18: 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B
Exercise 19: 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. B
Exercise 20: 1. C 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. C
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