Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World heritage site in Quang Ninh province, in the northeast of Vietnam. It has got over 1,600 island and islets. Among the many ancitent fishing villages float on huge wooden rafts. The villagers spend their days fishing and looking after the sea life. Then they sail to the mainland to trade their fish for things like food,...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World heritage site in Quang Ninh province, in the northeast of Vietnam. It has got over 1,600 island and islets. Among the many ancitent fishing villages float on huge wooden rafts.
The villagers spend their days fishing and looking after the sea life. Then they sail to the mainland to trade their fish for things like food, driking water or clothes. Most children go to floating schools and then spend the rest of their time learning important skills like swimming and fishing. They also help out their parents as much as they can.
Their lifestyle may seem strange to many people, but it’s wonderful to live among such natural beauty and know you are protecting it. The villagers are able to help preserve their beautiful bay because they live directly on the water.
31. The word “they” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. the builders B. the schools C. the villagers D. the houses
32. According to the passage the villagers’ lifestyle may seem ______to many people.
A. strange B. dangerous C. tiring D. boring
33. The villagers not only fish but also ______ the sea life.
A. look at B. loof after C. pollute D. damage
34. The villagers are able to help preserve their beautiful bay because ________.
A. they live directly on the water B. they live far from the sea
C. they don’t live directly on the water D. they live on the land
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Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Ha Long City, Cam Pha town, and is a part of Van Don District. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various shapes and sizes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which includes Bai Tu Long Bay to the northeast, and Cat Ba Island to the southwest. These larger zones share a similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate and cultural characters.
Ha Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2, including 1,960–2,000 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 with a high density of 775 islets. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet climate. The geo-diversity of the environment in the area has created biodiversity, including a tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and sea shore biosystem. Ha Long Bay is home to 14 endemic floral species and 60 endemic faunal species.
Historical research surveys have shown the presence of prehistorical human beings in this area tens of thousands years ago. The successive ancient cultures are the Soi Nhụ culture around 18,000–7000 BC, the Cai Beo culture 7000–5000 BC and the Ha Long culture 5,000–3,500 years ago. Ha Long Bay also marked important events in the history of Vietnam with many artifacts found in Bai Tho Mount, Đau Go Cave, Bai Chay.
500 years ago, Nguyễn Trai praised the beauty of Ha Long Bay in his verse Lo nhap Van Đon, in which he called it "rock wonder in the sky". In 1962, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of North Vietnam listed Ha Long Bay in the National Relics and Landscapes publication. In 1994, the core zone of Ha Long Bay was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site according to criterion vii, and listed for a second time according to criterion .