Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 27

Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (25)____ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are (26) ___ by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and non-native plants.

The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (27) ____ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, (28) _____a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into cultivation and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to protect plants in the wild.

In the future, the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims at collecting genetic material from the remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future. They also aim to manage wild populations and where possible reintroduce species into (29 )_____.

A. prevent

B. encourage

C. stimulate

D. influence

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án A.
Xét nghĩa các đáp án ta có:
A. prevent (v): ngăn cản, ngăn chặn, ngăn ngừa 
B. encourage (v): khuyến khích, thúc giục
C. stimulate (v): khuấy động, kích thích 
D. influence (v, n): ảnh hưởn