Diagnosis Test: Bats To The Rescue

Câu nào trong đoạn văn thông tin cho câu Many Madagascan forests are being destroyed by attacks from insects?

• Madagascar's forests are being converted to agricultural land at a rate of one percent every year

• Much of this destruction is fuelled by the cultivation of the country's main staple crop: rice

• And a key reason for this destruction is that insect pests are destroying vast quantities of what is grown by local subsistence farmers, leading them to clear forest to create new paddy fields

Câu nào trong đoạn văn chữa thông tin cho câu Loss of habitat has badly affected insectivorous bats in Madagascar?

• The result is devastating habitat and biodiversity loss on the island, but not all species are suffering

• In fact, some of the island's insectivorous bats are currently thriving and this has important implications for farmers and conservationists alike

Câu nào trong đoạn văn chữa thông tin cho câu Ricardo Rocha has carried out studies of bats in different parts of the world?

• Enter University of Cambridge zoologist Ricardo Rocha

• More specifically, he's interested in how bats are responding to human activity and deforestation in particular.

• 1. Rocha’s new study shows that several species of bats are giving Madagascar’s rice farmers a vital pest control service by feasting on plagues of insects

• 1. And this, he believes, can ease the financial pressure on farmers to turn forest into fields.

Câu nào trong đoạn văn chữa thông tin cho câu Habitat modification has resulted in indigenous bats in Madagascar becoming useful to farmers?

• Rocha's new study shows that several species of bats are giving Madagascar's rice farmers a vital pest control service by feasting on plagues of insects. And this, he believes, can ease the financial pressure on farmers to turn forest into fields

• More specifically, he's interested in how bats are responding to human activity and deforestation in particular

Câu nào trong đoạn văn chữa thông tin cho câu The Malagasy mouse-eared bat is more common than other indigenous bat species in Madagascar?

• Co-leading an international team of scientists, Rocha found that several species of indigenous bats are taking advantage of habitat modification to hunt insects swarming above the country's rice fields

• They include the Malagasy mouse-eared bat, Major's long-fingered bat, the Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat and Peters' wrinkle-lipped bat

Câu nào trong đoạn văn chữa thông tin cho câu Bats may feed on paddy swarming caterpillars and grass webworms?

• We found that six species of bat are preying on rice pests, including the paddy swarming caterpillar and grass webworm.

• The damage which these insects cause puts the island's farmers under huge financial pressure and that encourages deforestation

Cách nhanh và hiệu quả nhất để locate thông tin của đoạn The study carried out by Rocha's team là?

• 1. Tìm keywords the study, Rocha

• Đọc bên dưới các câu xem có keywords đặc biệt (số, tên riêng) không, rồi tìm theo đó

• Ghi chú nội dung chính từng đoạn và xem đoạn nào nói về The study carried out by Rocha's team

• Do bài này ở cuối nên khả năng cao nội dung nằm ở đoạn cuối

Cho câu They next used DNA barcoding techniques to analyse droppings collected from bats at the different sites. Điền vào chỗ trống: DNA analysis of bat ___________

• DNA

• droppings

• sites

Cho câu The scientists also found indications that the bats were consuming pests of other crops, including the black twig borer (which infests coffee plants), the sugarcane cicada, the macadamia nut-borer, and the sober tabby (a pest of citrus fruits). Điền vào chỗ trống: Bats ate pests of rice, ________, sugarcane, nuts and fruits.

• plants

• coffee

• twig borer

• infests

Cho câu Rocha and his team found evidence that Malagasy bats feed not just on crop pests but also on mosquitoes - carriers of malaria, Rift Valley fever virus and elephantiasis - as well as blackflies, which spread river blindness. Điền vào chỗ trống: Malagasy bats prevent the spread of disease by eating ___________ and blackflies.

• pests

• crop

• mosquitoes

• carriers