In “Cerealizing America” Scott Bruce and Bill Crawford remar
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Nhận biếtRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 6 to 15.In “Cerealizing America”, Scott Bruce and Bill Crawford remark that the cereal industry uses 816 million pounds of sugar per year. Americans buy 2.7 billion packages of breakfast cereal each year. If ______(6) end to end, the empty cereal boxes from one year's. consumption would ______(7) to the moon and back. One point three (1.3) million advertisements for cereal are broadcast on American television every year at a(n)______ (8) of $762 million for airtime. Only automobile manufacturers spend more money on television advertising than the makers of breakfast cereal.______(9) of the boxed cereals found in supermarkets contain large amounts of sugar and some contain more than 50% sugar. Cereal manufacturers are very clever in their marketing, making many cereals appear much healthier than they really are by “fortifying” them with vitamins and minerals. Oh, ______(10) - you now have vitamin-fortified sugar!Before you eat any cereal. read the ingredient list and see how______ (11) sugar appears on the ingredient list. Then check the “Nutrition facts" panel.There are actually only a small handful of national commercially-branded cereals that are made ______(12) whole grains and are sugar-free. lf you shop at a health food store instead of your local supermarket, you ______(13) to find a healthy, whole grain, sugar-free (or very low sugar) cereal. But ______(14) ! Some of the health food store boxed cereals are sweetened with fruit juice or fructose. Although this may be an improvement______ (15) refined white sugar, this can really skyrocket the calories.From "Foods T hat Burn Fat‘, Foods That Turn to Fat” by Tom Ventulo.
Câu 1: _______(6)
A. laying
B. lay
C. laid
D. to lay
Câu 2: ______(7)
A. prolong
B. stretch
C. contact
D. reach
Câu 3: _______(8)
A. cost
B. charge
C. average
D. expense
Câu 4: ______(9)
A. Mostly
B. Furthermost
C. Most
D. Almost
Câu 5: ________(10)
A. beautiful
B. gorgeous
C. lovely
D. charming
Câu 6: _______(11)
A. many
B. large
C. tall
D. high
Câu 7: _______(12)
A. by
B. from
C. at
D. in
Câu 8: ______(13)
A. would be able
B. are more likelier
C. could more or less
D. are much more likely
Câu 9: _______(14)
A. see through
B. keep alert
C. look up
D. watch out
Câu 10: _______(15)
A. from
B. on
C. with
D. at
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Lời giải của Tự Học 365
Đáp án câu1 là: CGiải chi tiết:
Cụm quá khứ phân từ mang nghĩa bị động bổ nghĩa cho “ the empty cereal boxes” nên phải có dạng past participle. Đáp án là C “ If laid end to end…” ( Nếu được đặt nối tiếp nhau)
Đáp án câu2 là: BGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là B: stretch +adverb/ preposition = trải dài, to prolong = kéo dài, to contact = liên lạc, to reach = với tới
Đáp án câu3 là: AGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là A: at a cost of ($762 million for airtime) = với chi phi 762 triệu đô-la Mỹ cho thời lượng phát song
Đáp án câu4 là: CGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là C: most of + a noun phrase
Đáp án câu5 là: CGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là C: lovely = thú vị
Đáp án câu6 là: DGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là D: high = cao hơn mức trung bình ( số lượng)
Đáp án câu7 là: BGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là B: to be made of/from= được làm từ ( nguyên liệu gì)
Đáp án câu8 là: DGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là D: Đây là câu điều kiện loại 1 nên mệnh đề chính ở thì simple present hay simple future. “ Likely” được dùng ở dạng so sánh hơn là “more likely”, ta có thể dùng “ much” để nhấn mạnh
Đáp án câu9 là: DGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án D: watch out= coi chừng, see through st/ see st through :nhìn rõ, thấy rõ, be alert to st: cảnh giác với cái gì, look st u = tìm kiếm
Đáp án câu10 là: BGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án là B: an improvement in/on/to st= sự cải tiến, cải thiện
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