Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 16 to 22.
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.
The author implies that there is cause for concern if consumers with limited incomes buy organic foods instead of conventionally grown foods because_______.
A. many organic foods are actually less nutritious than similar conventionally grown foods
B. organic foods can be more expensive but are often no better than conventionally grown foods
C. too many farmers will stop using conventional methods to grow food crops
D. conventionally grown foods are more readily available than organic foods
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.
The author implies that there is cause for concern if consumers with limited incomes buy organic foods instead of conventionally grown foods because_______.
A. many organic foods are actually less nutritious than similar conventionally grown foods
B. organic foods can be more expensive but are often no better than conventionally grown foods
C. too many farmers will stop using conventional methods to grow food crops
D. conventionally grown foods are more readily available than organic foods
Giải thích:
Tác giả ngụ ý rằng có nguyên nhân để lo ngại rằng những người tiêu dùng có thu nhập hạn chế mua những thực phẩm hữu cơ thay vì thực phẩm được trồng theo cách truyền thống vì ______.
A. nhiều thực phẩm hữu cơ thật ra ít dinh dưỡng hơn thực phẩm được trồng truyền thống
B. thực phẩm hữu cơ có thể đắt tiền hơn nhưng thường không tốt hơn thực phẩm được trồng truyền thống
C. nhiều nông dân sẽ dừng sử dụng phương pháp truyền thống để trồng cây lương thực
D. những thực phẩm được trồng truyền thống có sẵn nhiều hơn thực phẩm hữu cơ
Thông tin:
But in many cases, consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. Therefore, there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead. (Nhưng trong nhiều trường hợp, những người tiêu dùng bị đánh lừa nếu họ tin thực phẩm hữu cơ có thể duy trì sức khỏe và cung cấp chất lượng dinh dưỡng tốt hơn thực phẩm truyền thống. Do đó, thực sự có lý do để lo ngại nếu người tiêu dùng, đặc biệt là những người có thu nhập hạn chế, không tin tưởng vào nguồn cung cấp thực phẩm thông thường và thay vào đó chỉ mua thực phẩm hữu cơ đắt tiền.)
Tác giả ngụ ý rằng có nguyên nhân để lo ngại rằng những người tiêu dùng có thu nhập hạn chế mua những thực phẩm hữu cơ thay vì thực phẩm được trồng theo cách truyền thống vì ______.
A. nhiều thực phẩm hữu cơ thật ra ít dinh dưỡng hơn thực phẩm được trồng truyền thống
B. thực phẩm hữu cơ có thể đắt tiền hơn nhưng thường không tốt hơn thực phẩm được trồng truyền thống
C. nhiều nông dân sẽ dừng sử dụng phương pháp truyền thống để trồng cây lương thực
D. những thực phẩm được trồng truyền thống có sẵn nhiều hơn thực phẩm hữu cơ
Thông tin:
But in many cases, consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. Therefore, there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead. (Nhưng trong nhiều trường hợp, những người tiêu dùng bị đánh lừa nếu họ tin thực phẩm hữu cơ có thể duy trì sức khỏe và cung cấp chất lượng dinh dưỡng tốt hơn thực phẩm truyền thống. Do đó, thực sự có lý do để lo ngại nếu người tiêu dùng, đặc biệt là những người có thu nhập hạn chế, không tin tưởng vào nguồn cung cấp thực phẩm thông thường và thay vào đó chỉ mua thực phẩm hữu cơ đắt tiền.)
Đáp án B.