3. Read the news items again and match the highlighted words and phrase with their meanings.

(Đọc lại các tin tức và nối các từ và cụm từ được đánh dấu với nghĩa của chúng.)

1. spawning ground	a. easily harmed or hurt physically or mentally
2. debris	b. places where young plants are grown for planting somewhere else
3. nurseries	c. a place where sea turtles and other animals such as fish and frogs leave their eggs
4. marine	d. related to the sea
5. vulnerable	e. broken pieces of something larger

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

 ____ is a branch of Natural Science, and is the study of living organisms and how they interact with their environment.

Conserving wildlife

(Bảo tồn động vật hoang dã)

1. Match the words with their meanings.

(Nối các từ với nghĩa của chúng.)

2. Complete the sentences using the words in 1.

(Hoàn thành các câu sử dụng các từ ở bài 1.)

1. Wild animals need to live in their natural habitats in order to _______.

2. Many _______ animals are in urgent need of protection.

3. Scientists estimate that every day around 150 species become _______.

4. All the animals looked well after being released from _______.

5. A new law has been introduced to _______wildlife in the area.

2. Choose the correct meanings of the underlined words and phrases.

(Chọn nghĩa đúng của các từ, cụm từ được gạch chân.)

1. Natural habitats have been degraded by human activity.

A. made worse in quality

B. made endangered

2. Forest clearance to meet other land needs can destroy the natural habitats of many species.

A. removing broken trees

B. cutting down trees and other plants

3. Reducing the demand for wild animal parts can help stop poaching.

A. the need or desire for particular goods

B. things that someone forces you to do

4. Animals bred in captivity would probably not survive if they were released into the wild.

A. born while being kept in special facilities

B. born while living in the forest

Choose the correct answers to complete these sentences.

(Chọn các câu trả lời đúng để hoàn thành các câu sau.)

1. To survive/rescue, the young cubs should be released into the wild when they are aged eight to ten months.

2. Many volunteers are participating in a campaign to conserve/degrade the rainforests.

3. The animals looked so weak because they were kept in captivity/extinction for a long time.

4. Many species of animals are becoming extinct/common because of habitat loss.

2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word.

(Đánh dấu chữ A, B, C hoặc D để chỉ từ GẦN NHẤT về nghĩa với từ được gạch chân.)

1. With only around 70 individuals, the Javan rhino is one of the largest endangered mammals.

A. dangerous

B. threatened

C. risky

D. capable

2. The music festival has been widely reported in the local press.

A. social media

B. television sets

C. radio

D. newspapers

Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Dinosaurs were unable to survive severe ice age weather conditions.

Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

At the moment it is difficult to assess the extent of the damage that his company has caused to the environment.

Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Severe weather conditions can also reduce population numbers because animals tend to have fewer offspring.

Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The dunes harbor a number of freshwater lakes abundant in wildlife.

Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

All visitors are kept out of the conservation area.

Indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Hundreds of thousands of elephants were illegally poached and their tusks sold for profits.

Indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

When the forest disappears, so too will Indonesia's rich biological diversity be effected and disappear forever.

Indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The saola is also indirectly threatened by insufficient attention to and investment in its conservation.

Indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

A Baby sea turtles are the most vulnerable when they leave their nests and make their way to the sea

Indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The number of amphibians on our planet is declining rapidly in both local mass extinction and population crashes.

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

Clearing forests for timber has resulted ____ the loss of biodiversity.

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 Besides, several programmes should be ____ that spreads the world of the conservation of the elephants in the public.

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People should be told about the things that threaten the safety of ____ so that they can avoid doing them.

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Probability of extinction depends ____ both the population size and fine details of the population demography.

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Many modern medicines are derived ____ plants and animals.

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The saola is also indirectly threatened by insufficient ____ to and investment in its conservation.

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Toxic chemicals from factories are one of the serious factors that leads wildlife to the ____ of extinction.

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It is high time we had to ____ some measures to protect endangered animals.

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A/ an ____ species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct.

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Cheetah's tail is ____ during fast running, because it balances the animal and allows fast and sudden turns which happen often when the prey tries to escape.

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People should be told about the things that threaten the safety of ____ so that they can avoid doing them.

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Species become extinct or endangered for ____ number of reasons, but ____ primary cause is the destruction of habitat by human activities.

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Only a few of the many species at risk of extinction actually make it to the lists and obtain legal ____.

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About 15,589 species (7,266 animal species and 8,323 plant species) are now considered ____ risk ____ extinction.