Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Those who are
concerned with protecting the environment often use the words conservation and
preservation. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same
thing, although differences exist.
Conservation
is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife,
water, air, and earth deposits. Natural resources may be renewable or
non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves
ensuring that they are not consumed
faster than they can be replaced. The conservation of non-renewable resources
like fossil fuels involves ensuring that sufficient quantities are maintained
for future generations to utilise. Conservation of natural resources usually
focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for example the biological,
economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain forest
for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food stocks for
local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other countries.
Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future, but
only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the
conservationist opposes is not the harnessing
of nature for mankind's progression, but the fact that all too often the
environment comes off the worse for wear.
Preservation,
in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition
areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. This is due to the
concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a rate that
many untamed landscapes are being
given over to farming, industry, housing, tourism and other human developments,
and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural'. Like conservationists,
some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred
reasons. Stronger advocates of
preservation however, adopt a less human-centred approach to environmental
protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and
interests of human beings. Deep green ecology argues that ecosystems and
individual species should be preserved whatever the cost, regardless of their
usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence would prove harmful
to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing has a right to
exist and should be preserved.
1. What should be the best title
of the passage?
A. Conservation and Preservation
B.
Conservation or Preservation
C.
Conservation, not Preservation D.
Conservation for Preservation
Suy ra từ thông tin toàn văn bản cung cấp,
đặc biệt đoạn văn đặt vấn đề và hai câu đề và câu kết của hai đoạn văn 2, 3
(Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words
conservation and preservation.; Conservation is the sustainable use and
management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth
deposits.; Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in
their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by
humans.)
2. The word "they" in the passage refers to
____.
A. trees B. renewable resources C. natural resources D. deposits
Hồi chỉ (hư từ) (Natural resources may be
renewable or non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not
consumed faster than they can be replaced.)
3. According to the passage,
conservationists support all of the following EXCEPT that ____.
A.
non-renewable resources must be sufficiently saved for future generations
B. renewable
resources must not be consumed faster than they can be replaced
C.
conservation focuses on the needs and interests of human beings properly
D. any changes can be taken so
that humans beings develop for a better future
Thông tin từ đoạn 2 (The conservation of
renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not consumed
faster than they can be replaced. ... Conservation of natural resources
usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, ....Conservationists
accept that development is necessary for a better future, but only when the
changes take place in ways that are not wasteful.)
3. The rain forest is mentioned
in the passage as an example of ____.
A. natural
tourist attractions
B. sources of
medicines for people
C. where local
people can find and keep food stocks
D. how natural resources are
valuable to humans
Hồi chỉ (thực từ) (Conservation of natural
resources usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for
example the biological, economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain
forest for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food
stocks for local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other
countries.)
5. The word "harnessing" in the passage can be
best replaced with ____.
A. exploitation B. usage C. consumption D.
production
Suy từ ngữ cảnh của từ, đặc biệt các từ wasteful, oppose, not và but, too often
...( Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future,
but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the
conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's
progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the
worse for wear.)
6. The phrase "the worse for wear" in the passage
most likely describes a state of being ____.
A. exhausted B. worn out C. used up D. run out
Suy từ ngữ cảnh của từ, đặc biệt các từ wasteful, oppose, not và but, too often
...( Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future,
but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the
conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's
progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the
worse for wear.)
7. According to the passage,
reservation generally refers to which of the following?
A. that the
natural resources exist not for humans' need
B. making sure
that no resources are used in a wasteful way
C. saving
natural resources for future generations' needs and interests
D. maintaining the untouched
areas of the Earth in their current state
Thông tin từ đoạn 3 (Preservation, in
contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans.)
8. The word "untamed" in the passage almost
means ____.
A. not having been explored
B. having been
reconstructed
C. not having
been visited
D. having been
industrialized
Suy từ ngữ cảnh của từ, đặc biệt các từ concern, losing, 'natural’ ... (This is
due to the concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a
rate that many untamed landscapes are being given over to farming,
industry, housing, tourism and other human developments, and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural)
9. The word "advocates" in the passage can be
best replaced with ____.
A. fans
B. supporters
C. holders
D. fighters
Suy từ ngữ cảnh của từ, đặc biệt các từ support, stronger, adopt ... (Like conservationists, some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred reasons. Stronger advocates of
preservation however, adopt a less
human-centred approach to environmental protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and
interests of human beings.)
10. It can be learnt from the
passage that both 'conservationists' and 'reservationists' ____.
A. focus on
the needs and interests of human beings
B. protect the
natural resources for the sake of themselves
C. work to protect the Earth and
its biodiversity
D. save all
individual species regardless of their values
Suy từ thông tin hai đoạn văn 2, 3
(Conservation is the sustainable use and management of natural resources
including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits.; Deep green ecology argues
that ecosystems and individual species should be preserved whatever the cost,
regardless of their usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence
would prove harmful to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing
has a right to exist and should be preserved.)
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