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REVISION FOR READING –ENGLISH 12

Read the passage and choose the best answers.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) safeguards hundreds of species around the world, but we focus species

attention on our flagship species: giant pandas, tigers, endangered whales and dolphins, rhinos, elephant,

marine turtles and great apes. These species not only need species measures and extra protection in order to

survive, they also serve as “umbrella” species: helping them helps numerous other species that live in the

same habitats.

In addition to our flagship animals, we work to protect numerous species in peril around the world that

live within our priority eco-regions. Laree predators like snow leopards and grizzly bears, migratory species

like whooping cranes and song birds, and a host of other species facing threats also benefit from WWF’ s

conservation efforts. Our wildlife trade experts at “traffic” work to ensure that trade wildlife products,

doesn’t harm a species, while also fighting against illegal and unsustainable trade.

WWF is known for acting sound science. Science leads and guides us strategies and approaches, from

the way to restore tigers in viable, breed population to decide which areas need protection the most.

1. What does WWF stand for?

A. World Wildlife Food. B. World Wildlife Formation. C. World Wildlife

Fund. D. World Website Fund.

2. How many species do we pay much attention to?

A. 5 B. 8 C. 7 D. 9

3. What is the meaning of the world habitats in paragraph 1?

A. The place where animals or plants are normally found. B. The place where animals or plants can drink

and sleep.

C. The place where animals or plants can eat find their enemy. D. The place where animals can find and

keep their body warm.

4. What can science help us in safeguarding endangered species?

A. Find the way to kill all species easily. B. Lead and guide strategies and approaches.

C. Discover another habitat of animal. D. Search for a food source for animals.

5. Which of the following is not stated in the passage?

A. WWF safeguards hundreds of species around the world. B. WWF is known for acting on sound science.

C. these above species need extra protection so as not to be extinct. D. All species are so fierce that scientists

can’t take care of them.

Read and choose the appropriate option:

Bouillon’s Problem

In the past, elephants in Thailand were taken from the wild when they were very young. They (41)

______ to work for the people cutting down the large trees of the forests. They became “work machine’-

they were not free, wild animals (42) ______ more.

Some of the elephants became depressed and some even cried. Elephants can be unhappy too.

Bouillon’s Future.

Bouillon was one of these (43) ______, but with the help of Thailand’s Royal Family and the World

Wildlife Fund, she is soon going back to her natural environment, the forest. First, she is going to live at the

Doi Pa Muang, Wildlife Sanctuary. There, she will (44) ______ learn to be free again, and she will meet

other free elephants for the first time.

If you would like information (45) ______ other areas of the work of the WWF, please write to the

address below.

1. A. were sold B. sold C. is sold D. sell

2. A. some B. little C. any D. few.

3. A. zebras B. elephants C. donkeys D. horses.

4. A. fast B. quick C. far D. slowly.

5. A. in B. about C. at D. on

Read and choose the best answer to each following sentence.

Alice Walker has written book of poetry and short stories, a biography, and several novels. She is

probably best known for her novel The Color Purple, published in 1982. The book vividly narrates the

richness and complexity of black people – especially black women – in Georgia in the 1920s and 1930s.

Although the novel came under bitter attack by certain critics and readers, it was applauded by others and

won both the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It became a bestseller, selling over 4

million copies, and it was made into a successful film by noted director Steven Spielberg. The novel reveals

horror, drudgery, and joy of black life in rural Georgia. It gets much of its special flavor from its use of the