MY GRANDFATHER USUALLY LISTEN TO MY PROBLEMS AND GIVES ME USEFUL A...

40. My grandfather usually listen to my problems and gives me useful advice.

, he often helps me

solve complicated questions.

A.Nevertheless

B.Consequently

C.Furthermore

D.However

C. READING

I. Read the passage and choose the best answer.

RHINOCEROSES

A. Rhinoceroses are prehistoric beasts found in parts of Africa and Asia. There are fvie species of

rhinoceros: two African and three Asian. The African species are the white and the black rhinos. Both

species have two horns. The Asian rhinos in clude the Indian and the Javan each with one horn, and the two-

horn Sumatran. Today all five species of rhinos are perilously close to extinction.

B. Habitat loss has not been a significant factor in the decline of rhinos. It is poaching for their horns

that have decreased rhino populations. Asians use powdered rhino horn in traditional medicine because many

of them believe that powdered rhino horn might help cure everyting from fever to measles, and retain the

vigor of youth. Also young men in the Arab country of Yemen covet rhino horns for eleborately-carved

dagger hanldes, symbols of wealth and status in that country. The value of rhino horns makes it enormously

profitable to poach rhinos and sell them on the black market. Because of big profits, poachers bever want to

stop shooting rhinos, and selling their parts and associated products.

C. There are some measures carried out to rescue rhinos from extinction. Rhinos are protected and

saved by trade regulations, protected areas, and armed guards. At present rhinos are protected under the

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and agreement

among more than 120 nations to eliminate illegal trade in wild animals and their parts and associated

products. Rhinos live in some of the same African parks and reserves that provide habitat for elephants. They

are also kept under armed guards because many of them were once killed in protected areas.