VII. Read the text quickly and complete the information in the table.

GREAT LAKES OF THE WORLD

The oldest lake in the world Lake Baikal is 25-30 million years old-the oldest lake in the world. It holds 20 percent of the planet's surface freshwater. It is 650km long and nearly 2km deep.

Lake Baikal is in eastern Shiberia where the winters are very cold. Temperatures average minus 20 degrees. The lake freezes for five months or more of the year. The ice is 1,2m thick, and trucks drive across the lake when it freezes.

The lake has more than 1,200 species of animals and 1,000 species of plants.

It is home to the world's only freshwater seal, the nerpa. There are approximately 50,000 nerpas in the lake. Nerpas can dive down 300m to catch fish!

Giant Lakes

The world's largest lake in the Caspian Sea in south-west Asia. It is 370,000 sq km. It is salt water and not freshwater. The world's largest freshwater lake is Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes of North America. These lakes are the biggest mass of freshwater in the world.

Stories about lakes

Scotland's Loch Ness is famous for its 'monster', and is only 230m deep. But Lake Nicaragua in Central America is home to the dangerous bull shark, which is more than 3m long. The sharks swim up and down the San Juan River into the Caribbean Sea.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.  

          Located in central Africa, Lake Victoria is a very unusual lake. __(44)__ of the largest lakes in the world; it is also one of the youngest. Estimated to be about 15,000 years old, it is a relative baby compared with Earth’s other very large lakes, __(45)__ more than two million years old. Yet judging by the variety of life in it, Lake Victoria __(46)__ a much older body of water. Usually, lakes need a much longer time __(47)__ by a diverse array of life-forms. It is common for new lakes to contain only a small number of species. Lake Victoria, however, is packed with colorful fish, most notably, cichlids. There are __(48)__ 500 different species of just this one type of fish.

Điền vào ô số 45

A. are

B. which can be 

C. they are 

D. which being

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.  

Located in central Africa, Lake Victoria is a very unusual lake. __( 44 )__ of the largest lakes in the world; it is also one of the youngest. Estimated to be about 15,000 years old, it is a relative baby compared with Earth’s other very large lakes, __( 45 )__ more than two million years old. Yet judging by the variety of life in it, Lake Victoria __( 46 )__ a much older body of water. Usually, lakes need a much longer time __( 47 )__ by a diverse array of life-forms. It is common for new lakes to contain only a small number of species. Lake Victoria, however, is packed with colorful fish, most notably, cichlids. There are __( 48 )__ 500 different species of just this one type of fish

Điền ô số 48

A. as many as

B. as many

C. many

D. too many

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.  

          Located in central Africa, Lake Victoria is a very unusual lake. __(44)__ of the largest lakes in the world; it is also one of the youngest. Estimated to be about 15,000 years old, it is a relative baby compared with Earth’s other very large lakes, __(45)__ more than two million years old. Yet judging by the variety of life in it, Lake Victoria __(46)__ a much older body of water. Usually, lakes need a much longer time __(47)__ by a diverse array of life-forms. It is common for new lakes to contain only a small number of species. Lake Victoria, however, is packed with colorful fish, most notably, cichlids. There are __(48)__ 500 different species of just this one type of fish.

Điền vào ô số 47

A. they are populated

B. is populated 

C. to become populated 

D. becoming populated

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.  

Located in central Africa, Lake Victoria is a very unusual lake. __( 44 )__ of the largest lakes in the world; it is also one of the youngest. Estimated to be about 15,000 years old, it is a relative baby compared with Earth’s other very large lakes, __( 45 )__ more than two million years old. Yet judging by the variety of life in it, Lake Victoria __( 46 )__ a much older body of water. Usually, lakes need a much longer time __( 47 )__ by a diverse array of life-forms. It is common for new lakes to contain only a small number of species. Lake Victoria, however, is packed with colorful fish, most notably, cichlids. There are __( 48 )__ 500 different species of just this one type of fish

Điền ô số 47

A. they are populated

B. is populated

C. to become populated

D. becoming populated

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.  

Located in central Africa, Lake Victoria is a very unusual lake. __( 44 )__ of the largest lakes in the world; it is also one of the youngest. Estimated to be about 15,000 years old, it is a relative baby compared with Earth’s other very large lakes, __( 45 )__ more than two million years old. Yet judging by the variety of life in it, Lake Victoria __( 46 )__ a much older body of water. Usually, lakes need a much longer time __( 47 )__ by a diverse array of life-forms. It is common for new lakes to contain only a small number of species. Lake Victoria, however, is packed with colorful fish, most notably, cichlids. There are __( 48 )__ 500 different species of just this one type of fish

Điền ô số 45

A. are

B. which can be

C. they are

D. which being

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.  

          Located in central Africa, Lake Victoria is a very unusual lake. __(44)__ of the largest lakes in the world; it is also one of the youngest. Estimated to be about 15,000 years old, it is a relative baby compared with Earth’s other very large lakes, __(45)__ more than two million years old. Yet judging by the variety of life in it, Lake Victoria __(46)__ a much older body of water. Usually, lakes need a much longer time __(47)__ by a diverse array of life-forms. It is common for new lakes to contain only a small number of species. Lake Victoria, however, is packed with colorful fish, most notably, cichlids. There are __(48)__ 500 different species of just this one type of fish.

Điền vào ô số 44

A. Not only is it one 

B. One is it only not 

C. Is it one not only 

D. It not only one is

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.  

          Located in central Africa, Lake Victoria is a very unusual lake. __(44)__ of the largest lakes in the world; it is also one of the youngest. Estimated to be about 15,000 years old, it is a relative baby compared with Earth’s other very large lakes, __(45)__ more than two million years old. Yet judging by the variety of life in it, Lake Victoria __(46)__ a much older body of water. Usually, lakes need a much longer time __(47)__ by a diverse array of life-forms. It is common for new lakes to contain only a small number of species. Lake Victoria, however, is packed with colorful fish, most notably, cichlids. There are __(48)__ 500 different species of just this one type of fish.

Điền vào ô số 46

A. views

B. likes 

C. portrays 

D. resembles

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.  

          Located in central Africa, Lake Victoria is a very unusual lake. __(44)__ of the largest lakes in the world; it is also one of the youngest. Estimated to be about 15,000 years old, it is a relative baby compared with Earth’s other very large lakes, __(45)__ more than two million years old. Yet judging by the variety of life in it, Lake Victoria __(46)__ a much older body of water. Usually, lakes need a much longer time __(47)__ by a diverse array of life-forms. It is common for new lakes to contain only a small number of species. Lake Victoria, however, is packed with colorful fish, most notably, cichlids. There are __(48)__ 500 different species of just this one type of fish.

Điền vào ô số 48

A. as many as

B. as many 

C. many 

D. too many