Read the following text then answer the questions that followed by circling its corresponding letter marked A, B, C or D from 43 to 50. Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare. And since man’s inexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can scarcely comprehend that many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop. Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not a limited life but only those forms unable to withstand its desiccating effects. No moist skinned, water-loving animals can exist there. Few large animals are found. The giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the tangled forest. Its population is largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth. Yet they are not emaciated. Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in the world. The secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology. None could survive, like mad dogs and Englishmen, if they went out in the midday sun, many would die in a matter of minutes. So most of them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the ground, emerging to hunt only by night. The surface of the sun-baked desert averages around 150 degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60 degrees.
Câu 1: The title for this passage could be _______.
A. “Desert Plants”
B. “Man’s Life in a Desert Environment”
C. “Life Underground”
D. “Animal Life in a Desert Environment”
Câu 2: The word “tissues” in the passage mostly means _______.
A. “very small living things that cause infectious disease in people, animals and plants”
B. “collections of cells that form the different parts of humans, animals and plants”
C. “the simplest forms of life that exist in air, water, living and dead creatures and plants”
D. “the smallest units of living matter that can exist in their own”
Câu 3: Man can hardly understand why many animals live their whole life in the desert, as __________.
A. very few large animals are found in the desert
B. sources of flowing water are rare in a desert
C. water composes the greater part of the tissues of living things
D. water is an essential part of his existence
Câu 4: The phrase “those forms” in the passage refers to all of the followings EXCEPT___________.
A. moist-skinned animals
B. the coyote and the bobcat
C. water-loving animals
D. many large animals
Câu 5: The author mentions all the following as examples of the behavior of desert animals EXCEPT _______.
A. they are noisy and aggressive
B. they dig home underground
C. they sleep during the day
D. they are watchful and quiet
Câu 6: The word “emaciated” in the passage mostly means ________.
A. “thin and weak because of lack of food and water”
B. “living or growing in natural conditions, not kept in a house or on a farm”
C. “large and strong, difficult to control or deal with”
D. “able to get what one wants in a clever way, especially by tricking or cheating”
Câu 7: According to the passage, one characteristic of animals living in the desert is that ________.
A. they live in an accommodating environment
B. they can hunt in temperature of 150 degrees
C. they are smaller and fleeter than forest animals
D. they are less healthy than animals living in other places
Câu 8: We can infer from the passage that _________.
A. living things adjust to their environment
B. desert life is colorful and diverse
C. water is the basis of desert life
D. healthy animals live longer lives
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Câu 1: The title for this passage could be _______.
A. “Desert Plants”
B. “Man’s Life in a Desert Environment”
C. “Life Underground”
D. “Animal Life in a Desert Environment”
Câu 2: The word “tissues” in the passage mostly means _______.
A. “very small living things that cause infectious disease in people, animals and plants”
B. “collections of cells that form the different parts of humans, animals and plants”
C. “the simplest forms of life that exist in air, water, living and dead creatures and plants”
D. “the smallest units of living matter that can exist in their own”
Câu 3: Man can hardly understand why many animals live their whole life in the desert, as __________.
A. very few large animals are found in the desert
B. sources of flowing water are rare in a desert
C. water composes the greater part of the tissues of living things
D. water is an essential part of his existence
Câu 4: The phrase “those forms” in the passage refers to all of the followings EXCEPT___________.
A. moist-skinned animals
B. the coyote and the bobcat
C. water-loving animals
D. many large animals
Câu 5: The author mentions all the following as examples of the behavior of desert animals EXCEPT _______.
A. they are noisy and aggressive
B. they dig home underground
C. they sleep during the day
D. they are watchful and quiet
Câu 6: The word “emaciated” in the passage mostly means ________.
A. “thin and weak because of lack of food and water”
B. “living or growing in natural conditions, not kept in a house or on a farm”
C. “large and strong, difficult to control or deal with”
D. “able to get what one wants in a clever way, especially by tricking or cheating”
Câu 7: According to the passage, one characteristic of animals living in the desert is that ________.
A. they live in an accommodating environment
B. they can hunt in temperature of 150 degrees
C. they are smaller and fleeter than forest animals
D. they are less healthy than animals living in other places
Câu 8: We can infer from the passage that _________.
A. living things adjust to their environment
B. desert life is colorful and diverse
C. water is the basis of desert life
D. healthy animals live longer lives
024.7300.7989
1800.6947
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B.
C.
D.
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