Đáp án Reading Vol 9 Test 1: Baobabs, Coins, Grapefruit

1, All of the baobab species found on Madagascar are unique to the island. (true/false/not given)

false

2, Adanson and Grandidier were the first foreign botanists to visit Madagascar. (true/false/not given)

not given

3, The baobab can be found in most areas of Madagascar. (true/false/not given)

false

4, The landscape around the Avenue des Baobabs is the result of agricultural development. (true/false/not given)

true

5, The baobab provides useful products for the local people. (true/false/not given)

true

6, There is general agreement about the reasons for baobabs falling down. (true/false/not given)

false

7, trees may be falling down because of ……. from nearby fields

water

8, lone trees are at risk from ……….

cyclones

9, land clearance: mainly by burning carried out to create space for ……. activity

farming

10, practice of ………. makes seed germination difficult

logging

11, disappearance of certain ………. which dispersed baobab seeds

animals

12, making …………. of areas of relatively undamaged baobab forest

maps

13, producing a ………. showing importance of baobab in local culture

book

14-20. Lists of headings:

• i Training coin makers

• ii A form of regional promotion

• iii More gold than silver in Greece

• iv Calculating what a coin was worth

• v A simpler, more efficient way of trading

• vi Putting a face to famous historical names

• vii An uncertain future

• viii Careless workmanship caused breakages

• ix Unchanging coins signalled trustworthiness

• x Reading the writing on coins

• xi Significant records of past societies

vii, xi, v, iv, ii, ix, vi

21-22 Which TWO of these comments about ancient coins are made by the writer of the text?

A. There is no record of the names of the coin makers.

B. Coins were not popular as payment for traded objects.

C. Coins with the same design often looked quite different.

D. Greek coins were more beautiful in design than Roman coins.

E. At times, too many coins were produced in Greece.

A,C

23, The ancient Greek ……… was made up of many city-states which were spread over a large area.

civilisation

24, Many Greeks were seafarers who travelled the seas trading. Before coins, they had to do this through ……

barter

25, The Greeks had a plentiful supply of ……. which they mined themselves

silver

26, but were able to avoid the problem of ……… which the Spanish encountered much later, after they allowed too much gold from the New World to enter their economy.

inflation

27. Details of an experiment in taste comparison

B

28. Examples of medications that could be improved using compounds that remove bitterness

H

29. A biological reason why some people don't like bitter-tasting foods

E

30. An explanation of how the taste process works

F

31. Why bitterness is more interesting commercially than other tastes

C

32. An example of how compounds that remove bitterness could indirectly benefit health

H

33. A reason why people have different taste preferences from animals

D

39 The G protein identified by Robert Margolskee

A. is responsible for transmitting bitter tastes.

B. causes dangerous reactions in the cells of the tongue.

C. has a similar function to sight and smell receptors.

D. can be found only in sweetness and umami.

A

40 AMP is an organic compound which is

A. found only in breast milk.

B. bitter-tasting when added to food

C. able to reduce some bitter tastes

D. found in bitter taste receptors

C

34, The grapefruit used to make drinks is chosen because it contains a smaller amount of a substance called ________.

naringin

35, Animals associate a bitter taste with ________ plants.

poisonous

36, Our varying degree of sensitivity to bitter tastes is thought to be ________.

genetic

37, People who are extremely aware of bitter tastes are called ________.

supertasters

38, Receptors inside the ________ on the tongue detect the taste of food and drink.

taste buds