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Department reading english 1

Tham khảo tài liệu 'department reading english 1', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 4. How does direct carving differ from the nineteenth-century tradition of sculpture A Sculptors are personally involved in the carving of a piece. B Sculptors find their inspiration in neoclassical sources. C Sculptors have replaced the mallet and chisel with other tools. D Sculptors receive more formal training. 5. The word witnessed in line 23 is closest in meaning to A influenced B studied C validated D observed 6. Where did Robert Laurent learn to carve A New York B Africa C The South Pacific D Paris 7. The phrase a break with in line 30 is closest in meaning to A a destruction of B a departure from C a collapse of D a solution to 8. The piece titled The Priestess has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT A The design is stylized. B It is made of marble. C The carving is not deep. D It depicts the front of a person. Question 9 - 19 Birds that feed in flocks commonly retire together into roosts. The reasons for roosting communally are not always obvious but there are some likely benefits. In winter especially it is important for birds to keep warm at night and conserve precious food Line reserves. One way to do this is to find a sheltered roost. Solitary roosters shelter in 5 dense vegetation or enter a cavity - horned larks dig holes in the ground and ptarmigan burrow into snow banks - but the effect of sheltering is magnified by several birds huddling together in the roosts as wrens swifts brown creepers bluebirds and anis do. Body contact reduces the surface area exposed to the cold air so the birds keep each other warm. Two kinglets huddling together were found to 10 reduce their heat losses by a quarter and three together saved a third of their heat. The second possible benefit of communal roosts is that they act as information centers. During the day parties of birds will have spread out to forage over a very large area. When they return in the evening some will have fed well but others may have found little to eat. Some investigators have observed