ENGLISH QUIZ

Text 1
When we buy canned or bottled food products at the grocers or the
supermarket, we will find out that there are some additives added to the main
nutrients. An additive is a nonnutritive substance intentionally added to food,
generally in small quantities, to improve appearance, flavour, storage properties,
etc.
A group of food additives includes vitamins, amino acids, and minerals, which
are added to foodstuffs to compensate for losses occurring during processing or to
provide additional sources in diets that might otherwise be deficient in such
nutrients. Examples of their use include enrichment of margarine with the addition
of vitamin A, and niacinamide to flour or bread. Salt often has a small amount of
iodine added to it to avoid a diet deficiency that can cause goiter development.
Appearance is an important factor in food appeal, and legislation in most
countries permits the addition of both natural and synthetic colouring matter based
on the colouring standards issued by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
and World Health Organization (WHO).
Flavouring materials are added to basic foodstuffs to provide a characteristic
product flavour or to supplement or modify the original flavour. Most flavouring
materials are still of natural origin, but progress in organic chemistry has made it
possible to analyze flavouring materials and to synthesize products similar with
those found in nature. Flavour can also be influenced by the addition of flavour
enhancer as monosodium glutamate, which intensifies perception of flavouring.
1. Which statement is true according to the text?
a. Canned or bottled food is better in quality than fresh food.
b. Synthetic colouring is the same as natural one.
c. To improve the appearance, flavouring materials are added.
d. For the shake of storage, antimicrobial preservatives are not important.
e. Canned food can last long because of the antimicrobial preservatives.
2. Paragraph 4 tells us about....
a. kinds of flavouring materials
b. the use of flavouring materials
c. what flavouring material is
d. the similarity between natural and synthetic flavouring
e. the difference between natural and synthetic flavouring
3. What
a. to
b. to
c. to
d. to
e. to

is the additive added to the food for?

produce better products
make the consumers satisfied
put the food in the cans or bottles
improve the appearance, flavour, and storage properties
prevent the products from physical factors

4. The main information of the text is about....

a. Additives are very important in food products.
b. There are no regulations in adding additives to the food products.
c. All canned or bottled food products contain additives.
d. We must buy canned or bottled food products in the supermarket.
e. It is better for us to consume the canned food products

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5. What does it in the second paragraph refer to?
a. salt
c. goiter
b. niacinamide
d. Margarine

e. vitamin A

Text 2
Healthy Water and Its Problem
Water is very precious to people. They use it in almost activities they do.
Primarily, they use water for domestic purposes such as drinking, food preparation,
bathing cleaning, and watering plants. Secondarily, water is used for industrial
processes, commercial protect. Realizing how important water is for drinking and
food preparation. Clean water which is free from disease-causing bacteria should
always be available. Boiling water is the traditional way to get healthy drinking
water. Clean and healthy water is also necessary for bathing and cleaning; fish and
plants need water which is free from pollution.
As the population of the world increases, people are now facing a serious
problem of water pollution, especially in big cities. The growth of population does
not cope with the development of housing facility. Consequently, too many people
live in one area, and environmental cleanliness cannot be controlled very well.
Peoples activities are chemical substances that affect the natural condition of
water of its intended use. Organic wastes from homes and industries contaminate
the water. As the result, waterways like rivers, lakes, and even oceans are
subjected to pollution. This polluted water is harmful to living things that consume
it. Plants cannot grow well and do not yield good quality fruit. Fish do not grow and
breed properly. This in turn, will affect the health of people who consume them
Water pollution is really a problem for all people. They however cannot
overcome this individually. They need to cooperate as responsible citizens. They
should not throw away domestic wastes everywhere. They must not dump harmful
substances into the rivers. Industries must realize the importance of recycling
rubbish. And above all, they should not let the chemical waste get into the rivers or
other public waterways.
5.

The following are the primary uses of water except

a. preparation of food
b. swimming pools
c. cleaning
d. bathing
e. drinking

6.

Water is very precious because

a. it is not available everywhere
b. we cannot use it everyday
c. we use it in almost all activities
d. it is hard to get
e. we can use it to wash

7.

We realize how important water is, so we have to

a. find more water

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b.
c.
d.
e.

boil the water

use as little water as possible
explore the earth for more water
keep water usable at all times

8.

What do fish and plants need ? They need

a. uncontaminated water
b. a large quantity of water
c. clean and healthy water
d. water from rivers
e. waste water

9.

Why do big cities have serious water problems? Because

a. water is difficult to find
b. they need too much water
c. water is needed there
d. too many people live in one area
e. of the development of housing facilities

10. We need for bathing and cleaning.

a. a warm water
b. a lot of water
c. clean and healthy
d. water from natural sources
e. contaminated water
Text 3
John Apollos is losing weight the old-fshioned way-by eating less. A whole lot
less. As a volunteer in the two year Comprehensive Assesment of long Term Effects
of Reducing Intake of Energy (CALERIE) study at Tufts University in Boston, Apollos
has lpowered his daily calorie intake 25% over the past eight months. The fat, not
surprisingly, has melted away; the 52-year-old physical trainer has lost more than
11 kg since the study began and is down to his school weight.
Yet, thats not the real reason Apollos and the other participanmts in the
program are eating only three quarters of what they used to. The researchers
running the multicenter CALERIE study are trying to determine whether restricting
food intake can slow the aging process and extend or life span. I feel better and
lighter and healthier said Apollos. but it could help you live longer, that would be
pretty amazingh. The idea is counterintuintive: if we eat to live, how can starving
ourselves add years to our lives? Yet, decades of calories restriction studies
involving organisms ranging from microscopic yeast to rats have shown just that,
extending the life spans of the semi starved as much as 50%. Last July a long-term
study led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin nudged the implications of
this a bit closer to our species finding that calorie restriction seemed to extend the
lives of humanlike rhesus mokey as well. The hungry primates fell victim to
diabetes, heart and brain disease and cancer much less frequently than their wellfed counterparts did.

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However, there may be more than just the absence of disease operating
here. Anytime you go on a diet, after all, you stand a good chance of lowering your
blood pressure, cholesterol level and risk of diabetes and other heath woes. All that
translate into extra years: With calorie restriction, usually defined as a diet with to
30% fewer calories than normal but still containing essential nutrients, something
else appears to be at work to extend longevity.

11. Which of the following ideas from the text above contains an opinion?
a. Restricting calorie consumption for longevity
b. Absence of disease due to controlling calorie intake.
c. Apollos feeling better and lighter and healthier..
d. The melting of body fat by having less foods.
e. Apollos restricting his daily calorie consumption.

12. The study aims at evaluating the impact of calorie restriction on _______
a. minimizing the risks of getting serious illnessei
b. enhancing the feeling of happiness and health.
c. reducing the amount of extreme fat accumulation.
d. controlling blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
e. aging-process slowing and life span extension.

13. If the information in the text is true, the risks that someone whose calorie
consumption is controlled up to the portion suggested in the study suffers from
bone cancer are _______
a. substantial.

c. unpredictable. e. indefinite.

b. negligible.

d. serious.

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14. The following is among other things the empirical impact of the study
mentioned
the text, EXCEPT _____
a. slender body shape.

c. good healthiness.

b. long life expectancy.

d. emotion stability.

e. good feelings.

15. As mentioned in the text, the study held at the multi center CALERIE, Tufts
University in Boston has employed a research method that seems to be _______
a. conventional.

c. temporary.

b. complicated.

d. ultramodern.

e. methodological.

Text 4
Delivering medicine to the worlds poorest people is a challenge. Hot, poor
places such as Tanzania have many microbes but microscopic health budgets.
Dangerous myths deter many sick rural folk fron seeking medical help. Even if they
do seek help, it is ofter unavailable, for they do not have the money to pay for it,
and their government rarely has the money to give it to them for free. Because they
cannot afford adequate health care, poor people are sick a lot of the time. And
because they are sick a lot of the time, they find it hard to put in the long hours of
productive labour that might make them less poor.
All hope is not lost, however. A recent experiment in Tanzania has shown that
a small health budget can go a long way, provided that the money is spent with
care. With the help of a Canadian-charity, the Tanzanian health ministry set up a
health project in two rural districts, with a combined population of about 700,000.
Five years ago, annual health spending in Tanzania was about 8 a head. This figure
included an estimate for the annual cost of trained staff. The charity added 2 a head
to the pot, on condition that it was spent rationally. By this, the donors meant that
the amount of money spent of fighting a particular disease should reflect the
burden that disease imposed on the local population.
This may sound obvious; however, in this region, no one had a clue which
diseases caused the most trouble, so the first task was to find out. Researchers
were sent out to carry out a door-to-door survey, asking representative households
whether anyone had been ill or died recently, and if so with what symptoms. These
raw numbers were then crunched to produce a burden of disease profile for the
two districts. In other words, researchers sought to measure how many years of life
were being lost to each disease, including the damage done to families when
breadwinners die.

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They then compared their results with the amount spent by the local health
authorities on each disease and found that it bore no relation what so ever to the
harm which the disease inficted on local people. Some diseases were horribly
neglected, such as malaria. which accounted for 30% of the years of life lost but
only 5% of the health budget. Other conditions, meanwhile, attracted more than
their fair share of cash. Tuberculosis, which accounted for less than 4% of years of
life lost, received 22% of the budget.
This tiny infusion of cash from the Canadians, in the form of an extra 2 a
head, was enough to allow the districts health authorities to make their spending
reflect the disease burden. The results of all this were stunning. Infant mortality fell
by 28% between 1999 and 2000 and the proportion of children dying before their
fifth birthday dropped by 14%.

16. The most suitable title for the text is _____

a. The Effects of an Aid Package from a Canadian Charity
b. The General Health Condition of Tanzanian People
c. A survey on the Health Condition in Tanzania
d. The Difference a small increase in a Tiny Health Budget can Make
e. Deadly and Virulent Diseases Found among the Tanzanian

17. What can be inferred from paragraph 1?

a. People in African countries do not go to doctors due to perilous myth
b. The budget for health in Tanzania is low as there arent many diseases
c. When people in Tanzania are sick, they have to hope to recover
d. In Tanzania medical treatment is accessible for the poor
e. Poverty and illness in tanzania are like a vicious cycle

18. The term a burden of disease in paragraph 3 means _____

a. the worse the di sease the more the burden

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b. the relative effects of different diseases on a society
c. a disease is burdensome for the poor
d. each society and family has its own burden caused by disease
e. a disease affects not only the sick but also breadwinner

19. Which of the following statements about the text is FALSE?

a. The additional amount donated by the Canadian charity was carefully spent.
b. The budget allocated for each person included the training cost for the medical
staff.
c. The presence of myth in Tanzania may have discouraged people to go to doctors.
d. A serious disease probably affected not only the patient but also the family.
e. The amount of budget allocated to each disease depended on how harmful a
disease was.

20. The purpose of the writer in writing this article is probably to _______
a. show how generous foreign institutions can be in helping other countries
b. persuade other countries to copy the Tanzanian model
c. show how the money is spent is more important than how much is spent
d. explain the types of diseases people can find in Tanzania
e. invite donors to donate money to countries in need of cash

21.The expensive treatment had been well researched; however, ....

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

It
It
It
It
It

cured the patient effectively

could comfort the patient
was not very effective
made the patient feel well
was good

22. I cant go now; Im too busy. ...........,my passport is out of date.

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a. but
b. besides
c. although
d. yet
e. therefore
23.Whenever they had consumed all the foods in one place, they moved to another
place. .....................this, they had to live from one cave to another.
a. because
b. because of
c. despite
d. although
e. otherwise
24.The men...........the woman is talking are angry.
a. who
b. whom
c. to whom
d. which
e. whose
25. All the money.......was accepted has already been released.
a. which
b. whom
c. who
d. of which
e. to which

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