TAILIEUCHUNG - Tµi liÖu luyÖn thi §¹i häc M«n TiÕng Anh – Test 8

Tham khảo tài liệu 'tµi liöu luyön thi §¹i häc m«n tiõng anh – test 8', tài liệu phổ thông, ôn thi đh-cđ phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Tài liệu luyện thi Đại học Môn Tiếng Anh - Test 8 PASSAGE 1 Around a quarter of all prescription drugs sold around the world are believed to be based on chemicals obtained from only forty plant species. So far fewer than 1 of the world s 265 000 flowering plants have been tested for their powers to cure. In the past few years however breakthroughs in computer technology genetic engineering and other realms of biology have led to a gold rush to the rain forests and mountain ranges of the tropics home to uncounted plant species. Here scientists hope to profit from the traditional knowledge of tribes which had previously been looked down on as primitive and backward . 1 From the figures in the passage we learn that A. there are only about 2 650 known species of plant in the world B. about 265 000 of the world s flowering plants can be used as medicine C. breakthroughs in technology have diminished the interest in plants with medicinal value D. around 25 percent of the world s prescription drugs are plant-based 2 The passage tells us that tropical rain forests and mountain ranges of the tropics A. have been destroyed by the natives B. are a rich source of plants C. own extremely rich gold mines D. need to be protected from those rushing there for gold 3 The aim of the scientists going to the rain forests and mountain ranges of the tropics is A. to extract huge amounts of gold with the help of the natives B. to find out about the traditional ways of life of the tribes people C. to get information from the natives about plants with medicinal value D. to help the native peoples of the region become civilised PASSaGe 2 The largest diamond ever found is the Cullinan Diamond. This diamond weighed 3 106 carats in its uncut state when it was discovered in South Africa on January 25 1905. The Cullinan Diamond was cut into nine major stones and ninety-six smaller ones. The largest of the cut stones and still the largest cut diamond in the world is the pear-shaped Cullinan I at .

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