Choose the best answer
Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (1) ____ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are (2) ____ by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and non- (3) ____ plants. The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (4) ____ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the (5) ____. Since 1990, (6) ____ a result of their “Plant Extinction Prevention Program‟, sixteen species have been brought into (7) ____ and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to (8) ____ plants in the wild.
In the future the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims (9) ____ 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 (10) ____.
(5) ____
Hãy suy nghĩ và trả lời câu hỏi trước khi xem đáp án
Lời giải:
Báo saiA. wild (n) tư nhiên, hoang dã
B. atmosphere (n) không khí
C. hole (n) lỗ
D. sky (n) bầu trời
=> the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the (5) wild.
Tạm dịch: sự tuyệt chủng của 182 loài thực vật quý hiếm ở Hawaii với ít hơn 50 cá thể còn lại trong tự nhiên.