Trắc Nghiệm Chủ Đề Đề thi học kì 2 Tiếng Anh lớp 12

Câu 6: Mã câu hỏi: 80991

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 from 35 to 42

Animals have an intuitive awareness of quantities. They know without analysis the difference between a number of objects and a smaller number. In his book “ The natural History of Selboure ” (1786 ) , the naturalist Gilbert White tells how he surreptitiously removed one egg a day from a plover‟s nest , and how the mother laid another egg each day to make up for the missing one . He noted that other species of birds ignore the absence of a single egg but abandon their nests if more than one egg has been removed. It has also been noted by naturalists that a certain type of wasp always provides five – never four, never six -
caterpillars for each of their eggs so that their young have something to eat when the eggs hatch. Research has also shown that both mice and pigeons can be taught to distinguish between odd and even numbers of food pieces.
These and similar accounts have led some people to infer that creatures other than humans can actually count. They also point to dogs that have been taught to respond to numerical questions with the correct number of barks, or to horses that seem to solve arithmetic problems by stomping their hooves the proper number of times.
Animals respond to quantities only when they are connected to survival as a species – as in the case of the eggs – or survival as individuals - as in the case of food. There is no transfer to other situations or from concrete reality to the abstract notion of numbers. Animals can “count” only when the objects are present and only when the numbers involved are small – not more than seven or eight. In lab experiments, animals trained to “count” one kind of object were unable to count any other type. The objects, not the numbers, are what interest them. Animals admittedly remarkable achievements simply do not amount to evidence of
counting, nor do they reveal more than innate instincts, refined by the genes ofsuccessive generations, or the results of clever, careful conditioning by trainers.

What is the main idea of this passage?

• A.  Although animals may be aware of quantities, they cannot actually count.
• B. Of all animals, dogs and horses can count best.
• C. Careful training is required to teach animals to perform tricks involving numbers.
• D. Animals cannot “count” more than one kind of object.

Câu 7: Mã câu hỏi: 80992

• A. To indicate that more research is needed in this field
• B. To show how attitudes have changed since 1786.
• C. To provide evidence that some birds are aware of quantities.
• D. To contradict the idea that animals can count.

Câu 8: Mã câu hỏi: 80993

• A. quickly
• B. occasionally
• C. stubbornly
• D. secretly

Câu 9: Mã câu hỏi: 80994

• A. numbers such as 1, 3, 5 and so on
• B. lucky numbers
• C. numbers such as 2, 4, 6 and so on
• D. unusual numbers

Câu 10: Mã câu hỏi: 80995

• A. wasps
• B. plovers
• C. caterpillars
• D. mice

Câu 11: Mã câu hỏi: 80997

• A. reasons
• B. reports
• C. deceptions
• D. invoices

Câu 12: Mã câu hỏi: 80999

• A. As foolish
• B. As demanding
• C. As clever
• D. As mistaken

Câu 13: Mã câu hỏi: 108676

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

• A. Surprise
• B. Surprised
• C. Surprising
• D. Surprisingly

Câu 14: Mã câu hỏi: 108681

• A. will finish
• B. finish
• C. finished
• D. had finished

Câu 15: Mã câu hỏi: 108684

• A.  rule
• B.  experience
• C. organization
• D. mission