Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
Molting is one of the most involved processes of a bird's annual life cycle. Notwithstanding preening and constant care, the marvelously intricate structure of a bird's feather inevitably wears out. All adult birds molt their feathers at least once a year, and upon close observation, one can recognize the frayed, ragged appearance of feathers that are nearing the end of their useful life. Two distinct processes are involved in molting.
The first step is when the old, worn feather is dropped, or shed.The second is when a new feather grows in its place. When each feather has been shed and replaced, then the molt can be said to be complete. This, however, is an abstraction that often does not happen: incomplete, overlapping, and arrested molts are quite common.
Molt requires that a bird find and process enough protein to rebuild approximately one- third of its body weight. It is not surprising that a bird in heavy molt often seems listless and unwell. But far from being random, molt is controlled by strong evolutionary forces that have established an optimaltime and duration. Generally, molt occurs at the time of least stress on the bird. Many songbirds, for instance, molt in late summer, when the hard work of breeding is done but the weather is still warm and food still plentiful. This is why the woods in late summer often seem so quiet, when compared with the exuberant choruses of spring.
Molt of the flight feathers is the most highly organized part of the process. Some species, for example, begin by dropping the outermost primary feathers on each side (to retain balance in the air) and wait until the replacement feathers are about one-third grown before shedding the next outermost, and so on. Others always start with the innermost primary feathers and work outward. Yet other species begin in the middle and work outward on both weeks while the replacement feathers grow.
Câu 36: The passage mainly discusses how_____________.
A. birds prepare for breeding
B. bird feathers differ from species
C. birds shed and replace their feathers
D. birds are affected by seasonal changes
Chọn đáp án C
Bài đọc chủ yếu thảo luận về _____________.
A. việc chim chuẩn bị sinh sản như thế nào
B. lông chim khác các loài như thế nào
C. việc chim thay lông như thế nào
D. việc chim bị ảnh hưởng bởi sự thay đổi theo mùa như thế nào
Thông tin trong bài: "Molting is one of the most involved processes of a bird’s annual life cycle." (Thay lông là một những quá trình liên quan nhiều nhất đến vòng đời hàng năm của chim.)
- "Molt requires that a bird find and process enough protein to rebuild approximately one- third of its body weight." (Thay lông đòi hỏi chim phải kiếm đủ protein để giúp xây dựng lại gần 1/3 trọng lượng cơ thể.)
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