UNIT 7

READING: MORE THAN JUST SURVIVAL

ANSWER KEY
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The relationship between the number of undiscovered species and
animal extinction.
B. The factors that affect animal extinction.
C. What animals are becoming extinct.
D. How food chains affect animal extinction.

2. What does the word “this” in line 8 paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Species.
B. Animal.
C. Rate of extinction.
D. Human.

3. According to the passage, which are the factors that lead to animal
extinction?
A. The hunting and killing of the whale.
B. The thriving of the species and its population.
C. The increase of human population and the threat to animals.
D. Hunting and habitat destruction.

4. The word “wipe out” in line 15 of paragraph 2 is closest in meaning

to…
A. clean.
B. cancel.
C. eradicate.
D. empty.

5. What does the word “this” in line 2 of paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Population in low numbers.
B. Number of other challenges.
C. Breeding of animals.
D. The falling of numbers in population and limitation to small areas.

6. Which of the following is NOT an action that was taken to stop the
decline of the number of Arabian gazelles?
 A. Protection efforts.
B. Reduction of a limited gene pool.
C. Study of the variations of the specie in different areas.
D. Manage the quantity and genetic variation in genes in the
population.

7. It can be inferred from the passage that in order to have a better

opportunity to survive, species need…
A. increase breeding.
B. food chains connected to the area’s ecosystem.
C. varied strong genetics.
D. low quantity of population.

8. The author’s main purpose in writing paragraph 6 of the passage was

to…
A. explain how the protection of a specie affects an ecosystem.
B. give an example of a specie that is now being protected.
C. give reasons to continue protecting animals.
D. give examples of food chains.

9. The author’s tone in this passage could be best described as?

A. Neutral.
B. Unfavorable.
C. Worried.
D. Impersonal.
10. The main purpose of this passage is to…
A. present a brief story of animal extinction.
B. outline the importance of animal extinction.
C. explain how animal protection from extinction is made up by
different factors and solutions.
D. present animals in danger of extinction.