English Quiz Exercise

The dingo, Australia's wild dog, was first spotted on the northwest shores of the subcontinent in the late seventeenth century. The arrival of the dingo brought about substantial changes in the continent's ecosystem. It is noted that with the establishment of dingoes, native predators declined. Among the animals probably displaced from the mainland by the dingo was the Tasmanian tiger, a recently extinct wolf-like marsupial.

1. What is the main point the author makes in this passage?

• The dingo caused changes in Australia's balance of nature.

• The dingo is not native to Australia.

• The dingo is similar to a dog.

• The dingo came to Australia in the 1600s.

The dingo, Australia's wild dog, was first spotted on the northwest shores of the subcontinent in the late seventeenth century. The arrival of the dingo brought about substantial changes in the continent's ecosystem. It is noted that with the establishment of dingoes, native predators declined. Among the animals probably displaced from the mainland by the dingo was the Tasmanian tiger, a recently extinct wolf-like marsupial.

2. According to the passage, after the dingoes arrived in Australia the Tasmanian tiger

• took on the characteristics of a wolf

• began hunting the dingo

• began to die out

• moved to the south of the continent

The dingo, Australia's wild dog, was first spotted on the northwest shores of the subcontinent in the late seventeenth century. The arrival of the dingo brought about substantial changes in the continent's ecosystem. It is noted that with the establishment of dingoes, native predators declined. Among the animals probably displaced from the mainland by the dingo was the Tasmanian tiger, a recently extinct wolf-like marsupial.

4. The word "spotted" in line 1 is closest in meaning to

• colored

• placed

• permitted

• noticed

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