CAM 17 TEST 3 PASSAGE 2

Question 1

derive (v)

Answer 1

= get, obtain, receive

Question 2

snack (V)

Answer 2

= to eat small amounts of food between main meals

Question 3

exclusive (a)

Answer 3

= unique, rare, exceptional

Question 4

property (n)

Answer 4

= quality, characteristic

Question 5

solid (a)

Answer 5

= hard, firm

Question 6

preservation (n)

Answer 6

= maintenance, conservation, continuation

Question 7

seize (v)

Answer 7

= capture, grab, grasp

Question 8

devote (v)

Answer 8

= dedicate, give, offer

Question 9

conservationist (n)

Answer 9

= someone who works to protect animals, plants
etc or to protect old buildings

Question 10

plantation (n)

Answer 10

= farm, agricultural estate, cultivated area

an area where trees are grown for wood

Question 11

destruction (n)

Answer 11

= ruin, damage, devastation

Question 12

dwindling
/ˈdwɪn.dəl.ɪŋ/

Answer 12

= declining, deteriorating, falling

gradually becoming smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number

dwindling population
dwindling resources

Question 13

monoculture (n)

Answer 13

= the practice of growing only one crop or keeping
only one type of animal on an area of farm land

Question 14

endangered (a)

Answer 14

= are, threatened, vulnerable

Question 15

orangutan

Answer 15

= a large ape with long arms and long orange-brown
hair

duoi uoi

Question 16

fauna (a)

Answer 16

= wildlife, creature, animal

Question 17

radical (a)

Answer 17

= fundamental, essential, profound

Question 18

boycott (v)

Answer 18

= refuse, avoid, reject

Question 19

nuanced (a)

Answer 19

= made slightly different in appearance, meaning,
sound, etc.

Question 20

eradicate (v)

Answer 20

= eliminate, emove, abolish

Question 21

livelihood (n)

Answer 21

= living, income, source of revenue

Question 22

strike (v)

Answer 22

= hit, reach, achieve

Question 23

utilitarian (a)

Answer 23

= useful, practical, down-to-earth

Question 24

a bone of contention (n)

Answer 24

= something that two or more people
argue about strongly over a long period of time

Question 25

immensely (adv)

Answer 25

= hugely, enormously, massively

Question 26

yield (n)

Answer 26

= production, harvest

Question 27

predominantly

Answer 27

= mostly, mainly, principally, primarily

Question 28

patch (n)

Answer 28

= area, spot, piece

Question 29

emission (n)

Answer 29

= release, discharge, emanation

Question 30

sequester (v)

Answer 30

= to separate and store a harmful substance

Question 31

out of hand

Answer 31

uncontrollable, out of control, unmanageable

Question 32

regulate (v)

Answer 32

= control, adjust, standardize

Question 33

insist (v)

Answer 33

= require, demand, enforce

Question 34

transparency (n)

Answer 34

= honesty, without secret

Question 35

sterile (a)

Answer 35

= lacking diversity
(of a living being) unable to produce young, or (of land) unable to produce plants or crops
kho khan, ko sinh san dc

Question 36

bird’s nest fern

Answer 36

cay duong xi

Question 37

epiphytic

Answer 37

= relating to a plant that grows on another plant
but does not feed from it

Question 38

fashion

Answer 38

= method, technique

Question 39

keystone (n)

Answer 39

= foundation, base, cornerstone

Question 40

fungi (n)

Answer 40

= mushroom, molds, toadstool

Question 41

invertebrate (n)

Answer 41

= a living creature that does not have a
backbone

Question 41

amphibians (n)

Answer 41

= an animal such as a frog that can live both on
land and in water