What does the underlined phrase mean? " Word of the find spread, and Bedouins and archaeologists eventually unearthed tens of thousands of additional scroll fragments from 10 nearby caves; together they make up between 800 and 900 manuscripts."

The news about the discovery of the scrolls.

What do the underlined words mean? " Word of the find spread, and Bedouins and archaeologists eventually unearthed tens of thousands of additional scroll fragments from 10 nearby caves; together they make up between 800 and 900 manuscripts ."

Unearthed means discovered; manuscripts refer to written documents.

Unearthed means buried; manuscripts refer to ancient artifacts.

Unearthed means lost; manuscripts refer to oral traditions.

Unearthed means ignored; manuscripts refer to digital files.

What do the underlined words mean? " According to the prevailing theory , they are the work of a population that inhabited the area until Roman troops destroyed the settlement around 70 CE."

'Prevailing theory' means the most accepted explanation; 'inhabited' means lived in.

'Prevailing theory' means a theory that is no longer accepted; 'inhabited' means to destroy.

'Prevailing theory' means a theory that is only popular; 'inhabited' means to visit temporarily.

'Prevailing theory' means a theory that is outdated; 'inhabited' means to own property.

What does the underlined verb mean? " In addition, several texts feature translations of the Hebrew Bible into Greek."

to include or present prominently

What does the underlined phrase mean in Vietnamese? " The Dead Sea Scrolls include fragments from every book of the Old Testament of the Bible except for the Book of Esther."

Kinh Cựu Ước của Kinh Thánh

What do the phrases mean in Vietnamese? " Along with biblical texts, the scrolls include documents about sectarian regulations and religious writings that do not appear in the Old Testament."

quy định giáo phái và văn bản tôn giáo

quy định tôn giáo và văn bản giáo phái

văn bản lịch sử và quy định xã hội

quy định văn hóa và tài liệu pháp lý

What do the words mean in Vietnamese? " The writing on the Dead Sea Scrolls is mostly in black or occasionally red ink, and the scrolls themselves are nearly all made of neither parchment (animal skin) or an early form of paper called ‘ papyrus ’."

giấy da (thuộc) - giấy cói

What do the underlined words mean? " Known as the Copper Scroll, this curious document features letters chiselled onto metal – perhaps, as some have theorized, to better withstand the passage of time ."

carved into the metal - endure longer without deterioration

painted on the metal - fade quickly

printed on paper - become obsolete

glued to the metal - deteriorate faster

What does the underlined phrase mean? " One of the most intriguing manuscripts from Qumran, this is a sort of ancient treasure map that lists dozens of gold and silver caches ."

Hidden collections of gold and silver.

A guide to archaeological sites.

Valuable artifacts from ancient civilizations.

A list of historical documents.

What do the underlined phrases mean in Vietnamese? " Using an unconventional vocabulary and odd spelling , it describes 64 underground hiding places that supposedly contain riches buried for safekeeping."

từ vựng không phổ thông - cách viết kỳ lạ

từ vựng thông thường - cách viết chuẩn

từ vựng cổ điển - cách viết truyền thống

từ vựng hiện đại - cách viết đơn giản

What do the underlined words possibly mean? " None of these hoards have been recovered, possibly because the Romans pillaged Judea during the first century CE."

Hoard: treasure or valuable items; Pillaged: robbed or plundered.

Hoard: a type of fish; Pillaged: to build or construct.

Hoard: a collection of books; Pillaged: to donate items.

Hoard: a type of clothing; Pillaged: to decorate or embellish.

What does the underlined phrase mean? " This would be an ideal gift to an educational or religious institution by an individual or group"

Organizations focused on education or religion.

A gift meant for a family gathering

A donation to a private business

A type of personal gift for friends

What do the underlined verbs mean? " It took at least 3,000 years for humans to learn how to domesticate the wild tomato and cultivate it for food."

adapt for human use - prepare land for growing.

create new species - water plants.

eliminate pests - fertilize soil.

grow plants in the wild - harvest crops.

What does this sentence simply mean? " This approach relies on the revolutionary CRISPR genome editing technique, in which changes are deliberately made to the DNA of a living cell, allowing genetic material to be added, removed or altered."

The CRISPR technique allows for intentional changes to DNA in living cells.

CRISPR can only remove DNA without altering it.

CRISPR is used only for cloning cells.

The technique is only applicable to plant DNA.

What does the underlined word mean? " This approach relies on the revolutionary CRISPR genome editing technique , in which changes are deliberately made to the DNA of a living cell, allowing genetic material to be added, removed or altered."

The complete set of genetic material in an organism.

A method for cloning organisms.

A type of protein found in cells.

A process for creating artificial intelligence.

What do the underlined words mean? " This fast-track domestication could help make the world’s food supply healthier and far more resistant to diseases, such as the rust fungus devastating wheat crops."

accelerate - able to withstand - causing severe damage

delay - unable to withstand - protective

speed up - easily affected - causing minor damage

accelerate - able to cope with - mildly harmful

What does ' edible' mean?

Safe to eat or suitable for consumption.

Can be eaten raw or cooked without any preparation.

What does the underlined phrase mean? " Over many generations, peoples such as the Aztecs and Incas transformed the plant by selecting and breeding plants with mutations* in their genetic structure , which resulted in desirable traits such as larger fruit."

changes in the DNA of plants that can result in new, desirable traits.

genetic traits that are always harmful to plants.

the physical appearance of plants.

Desirable traits are solely determined by environmental factors.

What does the verb ' breed ' mean?

To produce offspring or to raise animals or plants.

To create a new species of animal.

To train animals for performance.

To select plants for decoration.

What does the underlined words mean? " Sometimes the desirable mutations come with less desirable traits. For instance, the tomato strains grown for supermarkets have lost much of their flavour."

Varieties of tomatoes cultivated for commercial sale.

Tomato plants grown in greenhouses.

Tomato varieties known for high sugar content.

Types of tomatoes used in home gardening.

What does the underlined phrase mean? " The teams in Brazil and China have now used this knowledge to reintroduce these changes from scratch while maintaining or even enhancing the desirable traits of wild strains."

To start anew or from the beginning.

What does the underlined phrase mean? " They also created another strain that is more salt tolerant – and has higher levels of vitamin C."

The ability to survive in high salt conditions.

The process of removing salt from soil.

A method of increasing salt content in plants.

The ability to thrive in low salt conditions.

What does this sentence simply mean? " Groundcherries are already sold to a limited extent in the US but they are hard to produce because the plant has a sprawling growth habit and the small fruits fall off the branches when ripe."

Groundcherries are somewhat available in the US but are hard to grow.

Groundcherries are widely available in the US and easy to grow.

Groundcherries are not sold in the US at all.

Groundcherries are primarily grown in Europe and not in the US.

What does the underlined phrase mean? " Van Eck’s team has edited the plants to increase fruit size, make their growth more compact and to stop fruits dropping."

modify the plants to grow shorter and denser.

making the plants produce smaller fruits.

making the plants grow more slowly and drop fewer leaves.

enhance the plants to grow taller and spread out.

What does this sentence simply mean? " Taking the work further would be expensive because of the need to pay for a license for the CRISPR technology and get regulatory approval."

Continuing the work will be costly due to licensing and regulatory requirements.

Licensing for CRISPR technology is free and easy to obtain.

Continuing the work will be inexpensive due to no licensing needed.

The work can proceed without any regulatory approval.

What does ' the plant has a sprawling growth habit' mean?

The plant grows outward in a wide, spreading manner.

The plant grows only upwards in a narrow form.

The plant has a compact and dense growth pattern.

The plant grows in a circular shape around a central point.

What does the underlined phrase mean? " But it will be hard for new foods to grow so popular with farmers and consumers that they become new staple crops ."

essential agricultural products that are widely consumed and form a significant part of the diet.

rare and expensive agricultural products.

crops that are only grown in specific regions and climates.

foods that are only consumed during special occasions.

What does the underlined phrase mean? " The three teams already have their eye on other plants that could be ‘ catapulted into the mainstream ’, including foxtail, oat-grass and cowpea."

To promote or popularize these plants widely.

To limit the growth of these plants.

To experiment with these plants in isolation.

To ignore these plants completely.

What do the underlined words mean? " By choosing wild plants that are drought or heat tolerant , says Gao, we could create crops that will thrive even as the planet warms."

able to survive with little water or in high temperatures - grow well

growing in cold climates - remain stagnant

needing a lot of water - to struggle

unable to survive with little water or in high temperatures - wither away

What does the underlined phrase mean? " But Kudla didn’t want to reveal which species were in his team’s sights , because CRISPR has made the process so easy."

Kudla's team is targeting certain species for research.

Kudla's team is studying the effects of CRISPR on agriculture.

Kudla is unsure about the species his team is observing.

Kudla's team is focused on developing new CRISPR techniques.

What do the underlined words mean? "Scientific discovery is popularly believed to result from the sheer genius of such intellectual stars as naturalist Charles Darwin and theoretical physicist Albert Einstein."

extraordinary intelligence - highly influential thinkers

common knowledge -unknown individuals

average intelligence - ordinary thinkers.

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Cambridge 17 Test 2

92 questions

What does the underlined verb mean?
"In late 1946 or early 1947, three Bedouin teenagers were tending their goats and sheep near the ancient settlement of Qumran."

What does the underlined phrases mean?
"One of these young shepherds tossed a rock into an opening on the side of a cliff and was surprised to hear a shattering sound."

What does 'toss something' mean?

What does the underlined word mean?
"He and his companions later entered the cave and stumbled across a collection of large clay jars, seven of which contained scrolls with writing on them."

What does the underlined word mean?
"He and his companions later entered the cave and stumbled across a collection of large clay jars, seven of which contained scrolls with writing on them."

What does the underlined word mean?
"He and his companions later entered the cave and stumbled across a collection of large clay jars, seven of which contained scrolls with writing on them."

What does the underlined phrase mean?
"The teenagers took the seven scrolls to a nearby town where they were sold for a small sum to a local antiquities dealer."

What does the underlined phrase mean?
"The teenagers took the seven scrolls to a nearby town where they were sold for a small sum to a local antiquities dealer."

What does the underlined phrase mean?
"Word of the find spread, and Bedouins and archaeologists eventually unearthed tens of thousands of additional scroll fragments from 10 nearby caves; together they make up between 800 and 900 manuscripts."

What do the underlined words mean?
"Word of the find spread, and Bedouins and archaeologists eventually unearthed tens of thousands of additional scroll fragments from 10 nearby caves; together they make up between 800 and 900 manuscripts."

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Cambridge 17 Test 2

92 questions

What does the underlined verb mean?"In late 1946 or early 1947, three Bedouin teenagers were tending their goats and sheep near the ancient settlement of Qumran."

What does the underlined phrases mean?"One of these young shepherds tossed a rock into an opening on the side of a cliff and was surprised to hear a shattering sound."

What does 'toss something' mean?

What does the underlined word mean?"He and his companions later entered the cave and stumbled across a collection of large clay jars, seven of which contained scrolls with writing on them."

What does the underlined word mean?"He and his companions later entered the cave and stumbled across a collection of large clay jars, seven of which contained scrolls with writing on them."

What does the underlined word mean?"He and his companions later entered the cave and stumbled across a collection of large clay jars, seven of which contained scrolls with writing on them."

What does the underlined phrase mean?"The teenagers took the seven scrolls to a nearby town where they were sold for a small sum to a local antiquities dealer."

What does the underlined phrase mean?"The teenagers took the seven scrolls to a nearby town where they were sold for a small sum to a local antiquities dealer."

What does the underlined phrase mean?"Word of the find spread, and Bedouins and archaeologists eventually unearthed tens of thousands of additional scroll fragments from 10 nearby caves; together they make up between 800 and 900 manuscripts."

What do the underlined words mean?"Word of the find spread, and Bedouins and archaeologists eventually unearthed tens of thousands of additional scroll fragments from 10 nearby caves; together they make up between 800 and 900 manuscripts."

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What does the underlined verb mean?
"In late 1946 or early 1947, three Bedouin teenagers were tending their goats and sheep near the ancient settlement of Qumran."

What does the underlined phrases mean?
"One of these young shepherds tossed a rock into an opening on the side of a cliff and was surprised to hear a shattering sound."

What does the underlined word mean?
"He and his companions later entered the cave and stumbled across a collection of large clay jars, seven of which contained scrolls with writing on them."

What does the underlined word mean?
"He and his companions later entered the cave and stumbled across a collection of large clay jars, seven of which contained scrolls with writing on them."

What does the underlined word mean?
"He and his companions later entered the cave and stumbled across a collection of large clay jars, seven of which contained scrolls with writing on them."

What does the underlined phrase mean?
"The teenagers took the seven scrolls to a nearby town where they were sold for a small sum to a local antiquities dealer."

What does the underlined phrase mean?
"The teenagers took the seven scrolls to a nearby town where they were sold for a small sum to a local antiquities dealer."

What does the underlined phrase mean?
"Word of the find spread, and Bedouins and archaeologists eventually unearthed tens of thousands of additional scroll fragments from 10 nearby caves; together they make up between 800 and 900 manuscripts."

What do the underlined words mean?
"Word of the find spread, and Bedouins and archaeologists eventually unearthed tens of thousands of additional scroll fragments from 10 nearby caves; together they make up between 800 and 900 manuscripts."