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Read the following passage and choose the correct word for each of the blanks
Parrots and macaws have become so (01)......... that special varieties of these birds are (02) ......... up to £9,000 each on the black market in Britain. Macaws from Brazil cost from £1,000 and parrots from Australia can cost £7,500 a pair. The demand for parrots, cockatoos and macaws has led to a (03)......... increase in thefts from zoos, wildlife parks and pet shops. London and Whipsnade zoos are among the many places from which parrots have been stolen. Some thefts have not been (04)......... in an effort to prevent further (05).......... Parrot rustling, as it is known among bird fanciers, has increased rapidly in Britain since 1976 when imports and exports of (06)......... birds became (07)......... controlled. Quarantine controls, (08)......... with the scarcity of many types of parrots in the wild in Africa, Australia, Indonesia, and South America, have caused a shortage of birds which can be sold legally under (09)..........This has sent prices to (10)......... levels. Working at night and equipped with wire-cutters, nets and substances to dope the birds, the rustlers are prepared to (11)......... serious risks to capture the parrots they want. At Birdworld, a specialist zoo, thieves (12)......... two parrots after picking their (13)......... through an enclosure containing cassowaries, The cassowary is a large flightless bird, related to the emu, which can be extremely (14)......., and has been (15)........ to kill humans with blows from its powerful legs.
Read the following passage and choose the correct word for each of the blanks
Parrots and macaws have become so (01)......... that special varieties of these birds are (02) ......... up to £9,000 each on the black market in Britain. Macaws from Brazil cost from £1,000 and parrots from Australia can cost £7,500 a pair. The demand for parrots, cockatoos and macaws has led to a (03)......... increase in thefts from zoos, wildlife parks and pet shops. London and Whipsnade zoos are among the many places from which parrots have been stolen. Some thefts have not been (04)......... in an effort to prevent further (05).......... Parrot rustling, as it is known among bird fanciers, has increased rapidly in Britain since 1976 when imports and exports of (06)......... birds became (07)......... controlled. Quarantine controls, (08)......... with the scarcity of many types of parrots in the wild in Africa, Australia, Indonesia, and South America, have caused a shortage of birds which can be sold legally under (09)..........This has sent prices to (10)......... levels. Working at night and equipped with wire-cutters, nets and substances to dope the birds, the rustlers are prepared to (11)......... serious risks to capture the parrots they want. At Birdworld, a specialist zoo, thieves (12)......... two parrots after picking their (13)......... through an enclosure containing cassowaries, The cassowary is a large flightless bird, related to the emu, which can be extremely (14)......., and has been (15)........ to kill humans with blows from its powerful legs.
Parrots and macaws have become so (01)......... that special varieties of these birds are (02) ......... up to £9,000 each on the black market in Britain.
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Đáp án: D
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Câu 2:
that special varieties of these birds are (02) ......... up to £9,000 each on the black market in Britain. Macaws from Brazil cost from £1,000 and parrots from Australia can cost £7,500 a pair.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: D
Câu 3:
The demand for parrots, cockatoos and macaws has led to a (03)......... increase in thefts from zoos, wildlife parks and pet shops.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: C
Câu 4:
Some thefts have not been (04)......... in an effort to prevent
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: B
Câu 5:
Some thefts have not been (04)......... in an effort to prevent further (05).......... Parrot rustling, as it is known among bird fanciers
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: B
Câu 6:
has increased rapidly in Britain since 1976 when imports and exports of (06)......... birds became (07)......... controlled.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: C
Câu 7:
has increased rapidly in Britain since 1976 when imports and exports of (06)......... birds became (07)......... controlled.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: A
Câu 8:
Quarantine controls, (08)......... with the scarcity of many types of parrots in the wild in Africa, Australia, Indonesia, and South America
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: A
Câu 9:
have caused a shortage of birds which can be sold legally under (09)..........
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: C
Câu 10:
This has sent prices to (10)......... levels
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: C
Câu 11:
Working at night and equipped with wire-cutters, nets and substances to dope the birds, the rustlers are prepared to (11)......... serious risks to capture the parrots they want.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: C
Câu 12:
At Birdworld, a specialist zoo, thieves (12)......... two parrots after picking their
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: D
Câu 13:
thieves (12)......... two parrots after picking their (13)......... through an enclosure containing cassowaries,
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: A
Câu 14:
The cassowary is a large flightless bird, related to the emu, which can be extremely (14).......,
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: A
Câu 15:
and has been (15)........ to kill humans with blows from its powerful legs.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án: B
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