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IELTS Academic Reading 14 câu hỏi

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Tasmanian Tiger: Extinction Is Forever?

Mở đầu “Danger,” says the sign on the door of a laboratory at the Australian Museum in Sydney: “Tasmanian Tiger, Trespassers will be eaten!” The joke is that the Tasmanian tiger—a beloved symbol of the island state that appears on its license plate—has been extinct for nearly seven decades. But researchers behind that door are working to bring the animal back to life by cloning it, using DNA extracted from specimens preserved decades ago. Among other things, the work raises questions about the nature of extinction itself.

A. The Tasmanian tiger’s Latin designation, Thylacinus cynocephalus, or “dogheaded pouched-dog,” makes it redundantly clear that the marsupial’s feline nickname is a misnomer. Yet its striped coat was cat-like, which runs nearly shoulder to tail. The animal had large, powerful jaws, which secured the predator a place atop the local food chain. Females carried their young in backward-facing pouches. Thylacines, once spread throughout mainland Australia and as far north as New Guinea, were probably outcompeted for food by the dingoes that humans introduced to the area some 4,000 years ago, says Australian Museum director Mike Archer, founder of the cloning project. Eventually, thylacines remained only on the dingo-free island of Tasmania, south of the mainland. But with the arrival of European settlers in the 1800s, the marsupial’s days were numbered. Blamed (often wrongly) for killing livestock, the animals were hunted indiscriminately. The government made thylacines a protected species in 1936, but it was too late; It was a frigid winter night in 1936. A lone Tasmanian tiger huddled in his—or her—open enclosure at Hobart Zoo. With nowhere to shelter from the cold and no keepers to care, the delicately striped animal died. When this solitary animal—whose sex was not even recorded because of lack of interest—died, so did an entire species, the last specimen reportedly died in captivity the same year. What’s more, with the passing into extinction of the Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus, it was the end of the line for an entire family of marsupials that had lived in Australia for millions of years.

B. The Australian researchers set out to bring the animal back partly to atone for humanity’s role in its extinction, Archer says. The idea took root 15 years ago when he saw a pickled thylacine pup in the museum’s collection. “It jarred me and started me thinking,” recalls the 58-year-old paleontologist and zoologist, who received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his doctorate from the University of Western Australia. “DNA is the recipe for making a creature. So if there is DNA preserved in the specimen, why shouldn’t we begin to use technology to read that information, and then in some way use that information to reconstruct the animal? I raised the issue with a geneticist. The response was derisive laughter.”

C. Then, in 1996, Dolly the sheep burst onto the scene and, suddenly, Archer says, “cloning wasn’t just a madman’s dream.” Dolly proved that DNA from an ordinary animal cell—in her case, a ewe’s udder—could generate a virtually identical copy, or clone, of the animal after the DNA was inserted into a treated egg, which was implanted in a womb and carried to term. Archer’s goal is even more ambitious: cloning an animal with DNA from long-dead cells, reminiscent of the sci-fi novel and movie Jurassic Park. The challenge? The DNA that makes up the chromosomes in which genes are bundled falls apart after a cell dies.

D. Researchers working with Don Colgan... extracted DNA from a thylacine pup preserved in alcohol in 1866, and biologist Karen Firestone obtained additional thylacine DNA from a tooth and a bone. Then, using a technique called polymerase chain reaction, the researchers found that the thylacine DNA fragments could be copied. The scientists next have to collect millions of DNA bits and pieces and create a “library”... Still, an even greater obstacle looms, that of stitching all those DNA fragments together properly into functioning chromosomes; the scientists don’t know how many chromosomes a thylacine had, but suspect that, like related marsupials, it had 14. But no scientist has ever synthesized a mammalian chromosome from scratch. If the Aussie scientists accomplish those feats, they may try to generate a thylacine by placing the synthetic chromosomes into a treated egg cell of a related species—say, a Tasmanian devil, another carnivorous marsupial—and implant the egg in a surrogate mother.

E. Such cross-species cloning, as the procedure is called, is no longer fantasy. In 2001, Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) of Worcester, Massachusetts, succeeded in cloning, for the first time, an endangered animal, a rare wild ox called a gaur. This past April, scientists from ACT... announced they had cloned a banteng, an endangered wild bovine species native to Southeast Asia, using a domesticated cow as a surrogate mother. Meanwhile, researchers in Spain are trying to clone an extinct mountain goat, called a bucardo, using cells collected and frozen before the species’ last member died in 2000. Other scientists hope to clone a woolly mammoth from 20,000-year-old specimens found in Siberian permafrost.

F. Many scientists are skeptical of the thylacine project. Ian Lewis... says the chances of cloning an animal from “snippets” of DNA are “fanciful.” Robert Lanza, ACTs medical director and vice president, says cloning a thylacine is beyond existing science. But it may be within reach in several years, he adds: “This area of genetics is moving forward at an exponential rate.”

G. In Australia, critics say the millions of dollars that the thylacine project will cost would be better spent trying to save endangered species and disappearing habitats. One opponent, Tasmanian senator and former Australia Wilderness Society Director Bob Brown, says people might become blase about conservation if they’re lulled into thinking a lost species can always be resurrected. The research “feeds the mind-set that science will fix everything,” he says. Another concern touches on the great nature-nurture quandary: Would a cloned thylacine truly represent the species, given that it would not have had the chance to learn key behaviors from other thylacines? For some carnivores, says University of Louisville behavioral ecologist Lee Dugatkin, “it’s clear that young individuals learn various hunting strategies from parents.” And a foster parent might not fill the gap. Dugatkin asks whether a cloned Tasmanian tiger raised by a surrogate Tasmanian devil would just be a devil in tiger’s clothing.

H. But Archer says, in effect, a thylacine is a thylacine, however its DNA blueprint is obtained, because much animal behavior, including that of marsupials, is genetically hardwired or instinctual. We take kittens and raise them with humans, but they still behave like cats,” he points out. And Archer, who envisions nature preserves populated by cloned thylacines and their offspring, says the project is actually a boon to conservation...

Questions 14–19

Complete the following summary of the paragraphs of Reading Passage, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the Reading Passage for each answer. Tasmanian tiger is a dog headed animal with a catlike (14) ____ and a pouch. For millions of years, Tasmanian tiger used to live widely in the continent of (15) ____ before the arrival of dingoes approximately (16) ____ ago; they afterwards survived in (17) ____ where there were no dingoes. The government gave orders to get rid of thylacines as (18) ____ wrongly considered they posed threat to their livestock. Last, the thylacinus cynocephalus had become extinct when last living specimen died in (19) ____ in the year of 1936.

14

Tasmanian tiger is a dog headed animal with a catlike (14) ____ and a pouch.

15

For millions of years, Tasmanian tiger used to live widely in the continent of (15) ____.

16

...before the arrival of dingoes approximately (16) ____ ago.

17

...they afterwards survived in (17) ____ where there were no dingoes.

18

The government gave orders to get rid of thylacines as (18) ____ wrongly considered they posed threat to their livestock.

19

...the thylacinus cynocephalus had become extinct when last living specimen died in (19) ____ in the year of 1936.

Questions 20–25

Use the information in the passage to match the people (listed A-F) with the opinions or deeds below. Write the appropriate letters A-F in boxes 20–25 on your answer sheet.

A. Mike Archer B. Don Colgan and Karen Firestone C. Ian Lewis D. Robert Lanza E. Bob Brown F. Lee Dugatkin
20

proved that the thylacine DNA fragments could be copied

21

a cloned Tasmanian tiger raised by a surrogate Tasmanian devil would preserves the nature and not just be a devil in tiger’s clothing

22

cloning an animal from fragment of DNA is bound to fail by current—day science yet hold a future

23

Conservation endeavour may be put in danger if misconception that everything can be rebuilt prevails

24

to reconstruct the animal and compensate for the loss that had been killed out partly by human beings

25

a carnivores’ foster parent can not teach young individuals their total nature

Questions 26–27

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. Write your answers in boxes 26–27 on your answer sheet.

26

Which of the animal has NOT been cloned as mentioned in the passage?

27

What is the main idea of this article?

Từ vựng 98 từ

  • /ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/
    sự tuyệt chủng
  • /tæzˈmeɪniən ˈtaɪɡər/
    hổ Tasmania (Thylacine)
  • /bɪˈlʌvd ˈsɪmbəl/
    biểu tượng được yêu mến
  • /ˈsɛvən ˈdɛkeɪdz/
    bảy thập kỷ
  • /ˈkləʊnɪŋ/
    nhân bản vô tính
  • /ˌdiː ɛn ˈeɪ ɪkˈstræktɪd/
    DNA được chiết xuất
  • /ˈspɛsɪmɪnz/
    mẫu vật
  • /prɪˈzɜːrvd/
    được bảo quản
  • /ˈreɪzɪz ˈkwɛstʃənz/
    đặt ra câu hỏi
  • /ˈlætɪn ˌdɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/
    tên gọi Latinh
  • /mɑːrˈsuːpiəl/
    thú có túi
  • /ˈfiːlaɪn ˈnɪkneɪm/
    biệt danh mèo
  • /ˌmɪsˈnəʊmər/
    tên gọi sai
  • /straɪpt kəʊt/
    bộ lông sọc
  • /ˈpaʊərfəl dʒɔːz/
    hàm răng mạnh mẽ
  • /ˈprɛdətər/
    động vật săn mồi
  • /fuːd ʧeɪn/
    chuỗi thức ăn
  • /ˈbækwərd ˈfeɪsɪŋ paʊtʃɪz/
    túi quay ngược về phía sau
  • /ˈmeɪnlænd/
    lục địa
  • /ˌaʊtkəmˈpiːtɪd/
    bị cạnh tranh vượt trội
  • /ˈdɪŋɡəʊz/
    chó Dingo
  • /ˌjʊərəˈpiːən ˈsɛtlərz/
    người định cư châu Âu
  • /deɪz wər ˈnʌmbərd/
    ngày tàn đã đếm được
  • /ˈhʌntɪd ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnətli/
    bị săn bắt bừa bãi
  • /prəˈtɛktɪd ˈspiːʃiːz/
    loài được bảo vệ
  • /ˈfrɪdʒɪd/
    lạnh giá
  • /ˈəʊpən ɪnˈkləʊʒər/
    khu chuồng nuôi mở
  • /ˈsɒlɪtəri ˈænɪməl/
    động vật đơn độc
  • /kæpˈtɪvəti/
    sự giam cầm, nuôi nhốt
  • /ɛnd əv ðə laɪn/
    kết thúc của một dòng dõi
  • /əˈtəʊn fɔːr/
    chuộc lại (lỗi lầm)
  • /hjuːˈmænɪtiz rəʊl/
    vai trò của nhân loại
  • /tʊk ruːt/
    bén rễ
  • pickled pup /ˈpɪkld pʌp/ mở rộng
    con non ngâm giấm
  • /dʒɑːrd miː/
    làm tôi giật mình/sửng sốt
  • /ˌpeɪliɒnˈtɒlədʒɪst/
    nhà cổ sinh vật học
  • /ˌriːkənˈstrʌkt/
    tái tạo lại
  • /dɪˈraɪsɪv ˈlɑːftər/
    tiếng cười nhạo báng
  • /ˈdɒli ðə ʃiːp/
    cừu Dolly
  • /bɜːrst ˈɒntuː ðə siːn/
    đột ngột xuất hiện
  • /ˈmædmənz driːm/
    giấc mơ điên rồ
  • /ˈvɜːrtʃuəli aɪˈdɛntɪkəl/
    hầu như giống hệt
  • /ˈvɜːrtʃuəli/
    hầu như
  • /juːz ˈʌdər/
    bầu vú cừu cái
  • /ɪmˈplɑːntɪd/
    được cấy vào
  • /wuːm/
    tử cung
  • /ˈkærid tuː tɜːrm/
    mang thai đủ tháng
  • /æmˈbɪʃəs/
    tham vọng
  • /ˌrɛmɪˈnɪsənt əv/
    gợi nhớ đến
  • /dʒʊˈræsɪk pɑːrk/
    Công viên kỷ Jura
  • /ˈkrəʊməsəʊmz/
    nhiễm sắc thể
  • /dʒiːnz/
    gen
  • /ˈbʌndld/
    được bó lại
  • /fɔːlz əˈpɑːrt/
    tan rã
  • /ɪkˈstræktɪd/
    chiết xuất
  • /prɪˈzɜːrvd ɪn ˈælkəhɒl/
    bảo quản trong cồn
  • /ˌpɒlɪməreɪz ʧeɪn riˈækʃən/
    phản ứng chuỗi polymerase (PCR)
  • /ˈfræɡmənts/
    các mảnh vỡ
  • /ˈkɒpid/
    được sao chép
  • gargantuan task /ɡɑːrˈɡænʧuən tɑːsk/ mở rộng
    nhiệm vụ khổng lồ
  • concede /kənˈsiːd/ mở rộng
    thừa nhận
  • /ˈɡreɪtər ˈɒbstəkl/
    trở ngại lớn hơn
  • stitching together /ˈstɪʧɪŋ təˈɡɛðər/ mở rộng
    khâu lại với nhau
  • /ˈfʌŋkʃənɪŋ/
    hoạt động
  • /ˈsɪnθəsaɪzd/
    được tổng hợp
  • /məˈmeɪliən/
    (thuộc) động vật có vú
  • /frɒm skrætʃ/
    từ đầu
  • /ˈsɜːrəɡɪt ˈmʌðər/
    mẹ mang thai hộ
  • /krɒs ˈspiːʃiːz ˈkləʊnɪŋ/
    nhân bản liên loài
  • /ˈfæntəsi/
    điều viển vông
  • /ɪnˈdeɪndʒərd ˈænɪməl/
    động vật có nguy cơ tuyệt chủng
  • /ɡaʊr/
    bò tót (loài bò rừng)
  • /ˈbæntɛŋ/
    bò banteng (bò rừng Đông Nam Á)
  • /ˈbəʊvaɪn/
    (thuộc) họ bò
  • /buːˈkɑːrdoʊ/
    dê núi bucardo
  • /ˈwʊli ˈmæməθ/
    voi ma mút lông xoắn
  • /ˈpɜːrməfrɒst/
    băng vĩnh cửu
  • /ˈskɛptɪkəl/
    hoài nghi
  • /ˈsnɪpɪts/
    mảnh nhỏ
  • /ˈfænsɪfəl/
    viển vông
  • /bɪˈjɒnd ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ ˈsaɪəns/
    vượt quá khoa học hiện tại
  • /ˌɛkspəˈnɛnʃəl reɪt/
    tốc độ theo cấp số nhân
  • /ˈkrɪtɪks/
    những nhà phê bình
  • /ɪnˈdeɪndʒərd ˈspiːʃiːz/
    loài nguy cấp
  • /ˌdɪsəˈpɪərɪŋ ˈhæbɪtæts/
    môi trường sống biến mất
  • /blɑːˈzeɪ əˈbaʊt ˌkɒnsərˈveɪʃən/
    thờ ơ với bảo tồn
  • /lʌld ˈɪntuː ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
    bị ru ngủ nghĩ rằng
  • /ˌrɛzəˈrɛktɪd/
    được hồi sinh
  • /ˈmaɪnd sɛt/
    tư duy
  • /ˈneɪtʃər ˈnɜːrtʃər ˈkwɒndəri/
    tình thế khó xử về tự nhiên-nuôi dưỡng
  • /dʒəˈnɛtɪkli ˈhɑːrdwaɪərd/
    được cài đặt sẵn về mặt di truyền
  • /ɪnˈstɪŋktʃuəl/
    theo bản năng
  • /buːn tuː ˌkɒnsərˈveɪʃən/
    lợi ích lớn cho bảo tồn
  • contemplate /ˈkɒntəmpleɪt/ mở rộng
    chiêm nghiệm, cân nhắc
  • genetic makeup /dʒəˈnɛtɪk ˈmeɪkʌp/ mở rộng
    cấu tạo di truyền
  • /ˈfɒstər ˈpɛərənt/
    cha mẹ nuôi
  • /ˈhʌntɪŋ ˈstrætədʒiz/
    chiến lược săn mồi
  • /ˈdɛvl ɪn ˈtaɪɡərz ˈkləʊðɪŋ/
    ma quỷ đội lốt hổ (ẩn dụ)

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