Đề thi đọc hiểu môn anh 12 số 5

 Đề thi đọc hiểu môn anh 12 số 5
A desert is a hostile, potentially deadly environment for unprepared
humans. In hot deserts, high temperatures cause rapid loss of water due to
sweating, and the absence of water sources with to replenish it can
dehydration and death within a few days. In addition, unprotected humans
are also at risk from heatstroke.
Humans may also have to adapt to sandstorms in some deserts, not
just in their adverse effects on respiratory systems and eyes, but also in
their potentially harmful effects on equipment such as filters, vehicles and
communication equipment. Sandstorms can last for hours, sometimes
even days.
Despite this, some cultures have made not deserts their home for
thousands of years, including the Bedouin. Tuareg tribe and Peublo
people. Modern technology, including advanced irrigation systems,
desalinization and air conditioning, has made deserts much more
hospitable. In the United States and Israel for example, desert farming has
found extensive use.
In cold desert, hypothermia and frostbite are the chief hazards, as
well as dehydration in the absence of a source of heat of melt ice for
drinking. Falling through pack-ice or surface ice layers into freezing
water is a particular danger requiring emergency action to prevent rapid
hypothermia. Starvation is also a tain body heat and to move. As with hot
desert, some people such as the Inuit have adapted to the harsh conditions
of cold deserts.
1. The text is about …….
A. troubles that human being have to face in a desert
B. desert storms and desert inhabitants
C. hot deserts and cold deserts in the United States
D. desert hospitality and environment
2. Which is not a problem for an unprepared man in hot desert?
A. sandstorm B. loss of water C. irrigation

D. heatstroke
3. Sandstorms …….
A. do no harm to machinery B. have effects only
on the eyes
C never lasts more than one hour D. have bad effects on
human beings and machinery
4. Which sentences is true?
A. No one can survive on both hot and cold desert.
B. Modern technology makes deserts more hospitable
C. In the United States, all deserts more hospitable
D. There are no deserts in Israel
5. Which is not problem in cold deserts?
A. Starvation B. Hypothermia C. Frostbite
D. Body heat
KEY: 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. D