specimen in an (46) _____ to uncover the extinct bird‟s family tree

Câu hỏi :

Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks from 46 to 50.

University researchers have taken samples from a preserved dodo specimen in an (46) _____ to uncover the extinct bird‟s family tree. They worked with the British Natural History Museum to collect and study genetic material from large number of specimens: a preserved dodo, the extinct solitaire bird, and 35 kind of living pigeons and doves. Their analysis (47) _____ the doo and the solitaire to be close relatives with the Nicobar pigeon, their nearest living relative. The dodo lived on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It was a flightless bird, bigger than a turkey. By 1681, all dodos had been (48) _____ by hungry sailors. The solitaire, which looked a bit like a dodo, had gone the same way by 1800. By extracting short pieces of the dodo‟s DNA and (49) _____ these with the DNA of living birds, the scientists were able to deduce when the dodo evolved away from its relatives into a separate entity. The scientists can now (50) _____ assume that the dodo developed its distinctive appearance and features as a result of its geographical isolation. They are now convinced that it separated from the solitaire about 25 million years ago, long before Mauritius became an island.

A. Attempt

B. intention     

C. order           

D. assistance

* Đáp án

* Hướng dẫn giải

Kiến thức: Cụm từ

Giải thích:

attempt (n): nỗ lực                                                       intention (n): dự định

order (n): mệnh lệnh, yêu cầu                                      assistance (n): hỗ trợ, giúp đỡ

in an attempt to do something: trong nỗ lực làm gì

University researchers have taken samples from a preserved dodo specimen in an (46) attempt to uncover the extinct bird‟s family tree.

Tạm dịch: Các nhà nghiên cứu ở trường đại học đã lấy mẫu từ một mẫu chim dodo được bảo tồn trong một nỗ lực để phát hiện ra cây gia phả của loài chim tuyệt chủng.

Đáp án: A

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