ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA 2019 (LẦN 3)

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 1 to 5.

        The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon. People of different cultures are more prone to contract certain illnesses because of the characteristic foods they consume. 

          That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites (commonly used to preserve color in meat) as well as other food additives caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which ingredients on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. 

          The additives that we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to cattle and poultry, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows.

          Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medicinal purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.

          A healthy diet is directly related to good health. Often we are unaware of detrimental substances we ingest. Sometimes well-meaning farmers or others who do not realize the consequences add these substances to food without our knowledge.

Câu 1:  What is the best title for this passage?

A.  Avoiding Injurious Substances in Food

B.  The Food You Eat Can Affect Your Health

C.  Improving Health through a Natural Diet

D.  Harmful and Harmless Substances in Food

Câu 2:  The word “ these” in the second paragraph refers to  ______.

A.  nitrates and nitrites                                              B.  colors

C.  meats                                                                   D.  researchers

Câu 3:  The word “additives” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

A.  dangerous substances                                           B.  added substances

C.  benign substances                                                D.  natural substances

Câu 4:  How has science done a disservice to people ?

A. The scientists have preserved the color of meats, but not of vegetables.

B. Because of science, disease caused by contaminated food have been virtually eradicated.

C. As a result of scientific invention, some potentially harmful substances have been added to our food.

D. It has caused a lack of information concerning the value of food.

Câu 5:  All of the following statements are true EXCEPT ______.

A.  Drugs are always given to animals for medical reasons.

B.  Some of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some are given to the living animals.

C.  Researchers have known about the potential hazards of food additives for more than forty-five years.

D.  Food may cause forty percent of the cancer in the world.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions from 6  to 7.

Câu 6:  If only I had taken that job in the bank. Unfortunately, I didn’t do that.

A. I regret not taking that job in the bank                    B. I regret not take that job in the bank

C. I wish I took that job in the bank                            D. I don’t taken that job in the bank

Câu 7:  Our teacher arrived. Only after that, we could solve the problem until

A. When our teacher arrived, we solved the problem.

B. Not until our teacher arrived could we solve the problem.

C. Until our teacher arrived, we were able to solve the problem.

D. Not until we solved the problem could our teacher arrive

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 following questions from 8 to 15.