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Dạng bài Đọc hiểu lớp 12

VIII:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions that follow

Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter?         But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.  

When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.

Trả lời cho các câu 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 dưới đây:

Câu hỏi số 1:
What does the passage mainly discuss?  

Đáp án đúng là: A

Câu hỏi:91132
Giải chi tiết

Đáp án là A. Một loại thực vật hoang dã: in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar blue joint grass was often killed by drought…. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that.

Đáp án cần chọn là: A

Câu hỏi số 2:
What can be inferred by the phrase “Legend has it” in line 1?

Đáp án đúng là: B

Câu hỏi:91133
Giải chi tiết

Đáp án là B. “Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) …..” 

Đáp án cần chọn là: B

Câu hỏi số 3:
The word “they” in line 5 refers to _____.  

Đáp án đúng là: C

Câu hỏi:91134
Giải chi tiết

Đáp án là C. he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

Đáp án cần chọn là: C

Câu hỏi số 4:
What can be inferred about the “Great American Desert” mentioned in line 7?  

Đáp án đúng là: D

Câu hỏi:91135
Giải chi tiết

Đáp án là D. The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren.

Đáp án cần chọn là: D

Câu hỏi số 5:
The word “barren” in line 8 is closed in meaning to _____.  

Đáp án đúng là: C

Câu hỏi:91136
Giải chi tiết

Đáp án là C. barren = infertile: không màu mỡ, cằn cỗi

Đáp án cần chọn là: C

Câu hỏi số 6:
The word “preferred” in line 8 is closed in meaning to _____.

Đáp án đúng là: A

Câu hỏi:91137
Giải chi tiết

Đáp án là A. prefer = favor: thích hơn, thiên vị

Đáp án cần chọn là: A

Câu hỏi số 7:
Which of the following can be inferred about the cultivated grass mentioned in the second paragraph?    

Đáp án đúng là: C

Câu hỏi:91138
Giải chi tiết

Đáp án là C. “. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar blue joint grass was often killed by drought.” 

Đáp án cần chọn là: C

Câu hỏi số 8:
Which of the following was NOT one of the names given to the western grasses?  

Đáp án đúng là: B

Câu hỏi:91139
Giải chi tiết

Đáp án là B. Variously known as buffalo grassgrama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought;…

Đáp án cần chọn là: B

Câu hỏi số 9:
Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a characteristic of western grasses?  

Đáp án đúng là: D

Câu hỏi:91140
Giải chi tiết

Đáp án là D. They are not affected by dry weather . Câu này sai vì phía tây nước Mỹ là vùng đất khô cằn. Thực vật sống ở đây được phải là các loài chịu được khô cằn.

Đáp án cần chọn là: D

Câu hỏi số 10:
According to the passage, the cattle help promote the growth of the wild grass by ________ .

Đáp án đúng là: B

Câu hỏi:91141
Giải chi tiết

Đáp án là B. Ý trong bài: Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring.

Đáp án cần chọn là: B

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