Thefoodweeatseemstohaveprofoundeffectsonourhealth.Althoughsciencehasmadeenormousstepsinmakingfoodmorefittoeat,ithas,atthesametime,mademanyfoodsunfittoeat.Someresearchhasshownthatperhapseightypercentofcancerisrelatedtothedietaswell,especiallycancerthecolon.Differentculturesaremorepronetocontractcertainillnessesbecauseofthefoodthatischaracteristicinthesecultures.Thatfoodrelatedtollnessisnotanewdiscovery.In1945,governmentresearchersrealizedthatitratesandnitrites,commonlyusedtopreservecolorinmeats,andotherfooddditives,causedcancer.Yet,thesecarcinogenicadditivesremaininourfood,nditbecomesmoredifficultallthetimetoknowwhichthingsonthepackginglabelsofprocessedfoodarehelpfulorharmful.Theadditiveswhichweeatarenotallsodirect.Farmersoftengivepenicillintobeefandpoultry,andbecauseofthis,penicillinhasbeenfoundinthemilkoftreatedcows.Sometimessimilardrugsareadministeredtoanimalsnotformedicinalpurposes,butforfinancialreasons.Thefarmersaresimplytryingtofattentheanimalsinordertoobtainahigherpriceonthemarket.AlthoughtheFoodandDrugAdministration(FDA)hastriedrepeatedlytocontroltheseprocedures,thepracticescontinue.
48.Whatisthemaintopicofthepassage?
A.Foodandourhealth
BFoodandadditives
C.Foodandcancer
DFoodandculture
49AllofthefollowingstatementsaretrueEXCEPT_______.
AFortypercentofcanceriscausedbyproblemsrelatedtofood.
BResearchershaveknownaboutthepotentialdangeroffoodadditivesformanyyears
C.Weeatsomeofthefoodadditivesdirectlyandsomeindirectly
DDrugsarealwaysgiventoanimalsformedicinalpurposes
50.Whydofarmersgivedrugstotheiranimals?
A.tospeedupthegrowthofanimals
BTomaketheanimalsfatter
Ctomaketheanimals’meatfittoeat
DTomaketheanimals’meatrichinnutrients
51.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat_________.
Ascientisthavemadeallthefoodfittoeat
Bonlyinrecentyearshavepeoplefoundthatthefoodisrelatedtoone’sillness
Callkindsofcancerarerelatedtothediet
Dsomeadditivesareharmfultoourhealth
52.Theword“this”inthesecondsentenceofparagraph2mostprobablyrefersto__________.
Afarmer
Bpenicillin
Cbeefandpoultry
Dthefactthatfarmersoftengivepenicillintoabeef
48. A 49. D 50. B 51. D 52.D
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Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear10shortconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbespokentwice.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.DuringthepauseyoumustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD),anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
1.A)Dosometyping.
B)Buysomepaper.
C)Askthemantotype.
D)Wanttorunwiththeman.
2.A)10:50
B)10:15
C)10:48
D)10:52
3.A)Husbandandwife.
B)Agirlandherboyfriend.
C)Teacherandstudent.
D)Oldfriends.
4.A)Policeman.
B)Salesman.
C)Cardriver.
D)Conductor.
5.A)Inaschool.
B)Inatheater.
C)Inarestaurant.
D)Athome.
6.A)Sheagreed.
B)Shedisagreed.
C)Shewasimpatient.
D)Shewasworried.
7.A)Somethingcold.
B)Coffee.
C)Tea.
D)Somethinghot.
8.A)Gold.
B)Blue.
C)Brown.
D)Black.
9.A)Hedidn’knowtwheretofindtheprofessor.
B)Hehaddifficultydoingtheexperiment.
C)Hefailedtheexam.
D)Hecouldn’graduatetfromtheuniversity.
10.A)Themaniscoughing.
B)Themangaveupsmoking.
C)Themanhasalungdisease.
D)Themanhasaheartattack
Withtherapiddevelopmentofpetroleumindustry,moreandmoreoilproductsofhighqualityarebeingturnedout.
Thepatient______now______carefully.
Hamlet______byShakespeare.
Theteacher,ratherthanthestudents,isresponsibleforthismatter.
