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 answer to each of the questions from 38 to 42.

  The biological community changes again as one moves from the city to the suburbs. Around all cities is a biome called the "suburban forest". The trees of this forest are species that are favored by man, and most of them have been deliberately planted. Mammals such as rabbits, skunks, and opossums have moved in from the surrounding countryside. Raccoons have become experts at opening garbage cans, and in some places even deer wander suburban thoroughfares. Several species of squirrel get along nicely in suburbia, but usually only one species is predominant in any given suburb - fox squirrels in one place, red squirrels in another, gray squirrels in a third - for reasons that are little understood. The diversity of birds in the suburbs is great, and in the South, lizards thrive in gardens and even houses. Of course, insects are always present. There is an odd biological sameness in these suburban communities. True, the palms of Los Angeles are missing from the suburbs of Boston, and there are species of insects in Miami not found in Seattle. But over wide stretches of the United States, ecological conditions in suburban biomes vary much less than do those of natural biome. And unlike the natural biomes, the urban and suburban communities exist in spite of, not because of, the climate.

Which of the following conclusions about squirrels is supported by information in the passage?

A. The competition among the three species is intense. 

B. Fox squirrels are more common than grey or red squirrels. 

C. Two species of squirrels seldom inhabit the same suburb. 

D. The reasons why squirrels do well in the suburbs are unknown

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án D

Kết luận nào về các loài sóc được chứng minh trong đoạn văn

A. Cuộc chiến giữa 3 loài rất căng thẳng

B. loài sóc cáo phổ biến hơn sóc xám và sóc đỏ

C. 2 loài sóc thỉnh thoảng cư trú cùng 1 vùng ngoại ô

D. lí do các loài sóc thích nghi tốt ở vùng ngoại ô nay vẫn chưa rõ

Dẫn chứng: “ but usually only one species is predominant in any given suburb -fox squirrels in one place, red squirrels in another, gray squirrels in a third– for reasons that are little understood”-gần cuối đoạn 1

(…nhưng chỉ có 1 loài là chiếm ưu thế trong bất kì khu vực ngoại ô nào đó- loài sóc cáo ở 1 vùng, sóc đỏ ở 1 vùng khác, sóc xám ở 1 vùng thứ 3. -lí do này nay vẫn chưa giải thích được)