Read the following passage and make the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 6 to 10.
Are organically grown foods the best food choices? The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown and marketed food products are now being debated. Advocates of organic foods – a term whose meaning varies greatly- frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.
The growing interest of consumers in the safety and more nutritional quality of the typical North American diet is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs. Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, the preponderance of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized and form the basis for folklore.
Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for “no-aging” diets, new vitamins, and other wonder foods. There are numerous unsubstantiated reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains and the like. One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many cases consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food and buy only expensive organic foods instead
According to the first paragraph , which of the following is true about the terms “organic foods” ?
A. It is accepted by most nutritionists
B. It has been used only in recent years
C. It has no fixed meaning
D. It is seldom used by consumers
Chọn C
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Theo đoạn văn đầu tiên, điều nào dưới đây đúng về “thực phẩm hữu cơ”?
A. Nó được chấp nhận bởi hầu hết các chuyên gia dinh dưỡng.
B. Nó chỉ được sử dụng trong những năm gần đây.
C. Nó không có nghĩa cố định.
D. Nó hiếm khi được sử dụng bởi người tiêu dùng.
Thông tin: Advocates of organic foods – a term whose meaning varies greatly – frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.
Tạm dịch: Những người ủng hộ thực phẩm hữu cơ - một thuật ngữ nhiều nghĩa rất khác nhau - thường tuyên bố rằng các sản phẩm đó an toàn và bổ dưỡng hơn các sản phẩm khác