Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each...

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

The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, but others are coming.

GM cotton plants that is not food has not stopped the most passionate GM opponents from objecting. If GM cotton is grown in a field next to fields of non-GM cotton, they argue, then how to keep genes from being transferred from field to field. This danger, however, is not as compelling to the public as possible health hazards in food, so there is no great fury over GM cotton.

GM cotton seeds produce higher yields, and they do without the need for pesticides. Planting of GM cotton has increased five fold since 1997; three-quarter of cotton in America, and over half in China, is now GM. Farmers like it because it increases their profits.

Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher grasses for lawns, and plants designed to soak up pollutants from the soil. The paper industry provides another example of potential for GM to help produce better and cheaper products. Paper is made from pulp, and pulp is generally made from trees. Researchers in New Zealand and Chile have been working on insect-resistant pines, and a Japanese firm has combined carrot genes with tree genes to make them grow better in poor soil.

Another interesting case is that of tobacco. It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created. The tobacco plant, however, is an ideal target for GM, since its genetics are very well understood and it produces a lot of leaves. The value of the drugs that could be produced by GM tobacco is so high, many farmers could switch from growing tobacco for cigarettes to growing it for medicine. Since medical cost is rising, consumers would also be happy to use drugs produced in bulk by GM tobacco.

Which options for non-food GM is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. grass

B. rubber

C. tobacco

D. flowers

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Dương Hoàn Anh

2 tháng 4 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Lựa chọn nào về GM không phải thực phẩm KHÔNG được đề cập trong đoạn văn?

A. cỏ B. cao su C. thuốc lá D. hoa

Thông tin:

- Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher grasses for lawns, and plants designed to soak up pollutants from the soil.

- Another interesting case is that of tobacco. It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created.

Tạm dịch:

- Các lựa chọn khác cho GM không phải thực phẩm bao gồm nhiều loại hoa mới với màu sắc hoặc mùi hương khác nhau, cỏ cứng hơn cho thảm cỏ và các nhà máy được thiết kế để hấp thụ các chất ô nhiễm từ đất.

- Một trường hợp thú vị khác là thuốc lá. Nó không phải là cây lương thực, nhưng nó được tiêu thụ, và cây thuốc lá GM với nicotine ngày càng ít hơn đã được tạo ra.

Chỉ có đáp án B không được đề cập

Chọn B

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 The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

23 tháng 9 2018

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

The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, but others are coming.

GM cotton plants that is not food has not stopped the most passionate GM opponents from objecting. If GM cotton is grown in a field next to fields of non-GM cotton, they argue, then how to keep genes from being transferred from field to field. This danger, however, is not as compelling to the public as possible health hazards in food, so there is no great fury over GM cotton.

GM cotton seeds produce higher yields, and they do without the need for pesticides. Planting of GM cotton has increased five fold since 1997; three-quarter of cotton in America, and over half in China, is now GM. Farmers like it because it increases their profits.

Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher grasses for lawns, and plants designed to soak up pollutants from the soil. The paper industry provides another example of potential for GM to help produce better and cheaper products. Paper is made from pulp, and pulp is generally made from trees. Researchers in New Zealand and Chile have been working on insect-resistant pines, and a Japanese firm has combined carrot genes with tree genes to make them grow better in poor soil.

Another interesting case is that of tobacco. It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created. The tobacco plant, however, is an ideal target for GM, since its genetics are very well understood and it produces a lot of leaves. The value of the drugs that could be produced by GM tobacco is so high, many farmers could switch from growing tobacco for cigarettes to growing it for medicine. Since medical cost is rising, consumers would also be happy to use drugs produced in bulk by GM tobacco.

Why does the author mention a cotton shirt in paragraph 1?

A. To show that cotton is one of the most popular materials for clothing

B. To show that the risk of GM products are minimal

C. To give an example of a common GM product that is not a food

D. To give an example of a controversy surrounding GM products.

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Dương Hoàn Anh

23 tháng 9 2018

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Tại sao tác giả đề cập đến một chiếc áo cotton trong đoạn 1?

A. Để chỉ ra rằng cotton là một trong những chất liệu phổ biến nhất cho quần áo

B. Để chỉ ra rằng rủi ro của các sản phẩm GM là tối thiểu.

C. Để đưa ra một ví dụ về một sản phẩm GM thông thường không phải là thực phẩm.

D. Để đưa ra một ví dụ về một cuộc tranh cãi xung quanh các sản phẩm GM.

Thông tin: Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, but others are coming.

Tạm dịch: Bất cứ ai mặc áo cotton ngày nay đều sử dụng cây trồng GM. Bông là cây trồng biến đổi gen phi thực phẩm chính duy nhất hiện nay, nhưng những loại khác cũng sắp đến.

Chọn C

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 The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

3 tháng 1 2019

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

The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, but others are coming.

GM cotton plants that is not food has not stopped the most passionate GM opponents from objecting. If GM cotton is grown in a field next to fields of non-GM cotton, they argue, then how to keep genes from being transferred from field to field. This danger, however, is not as compelling to the public as possible health hazards in food, so there is no great fury over GM cotton.

GM cotton seeds produce higher yields, and they do without the need for pesticides. Planting of GM cotton has increased five fold since 1997; three-quarter of cotton in America, and over half in China, is now GM. Farmers like it because it increases their profits.

Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher grasses for lawns, and plants designed to soak up pollutants from the soil. The paper industry provides another example of potential for GM to help produce better and cheaper products. Paper is made from pulp, and pulp is generally made from trees. Researchers in New Zealand and Chile have been working on insect-resistant pines, and a Japanese firm has combined carrot genes with tree genes to make them grow better in poor soil.

Another interesting case is that of tobacco. It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created. The tobacco plant, however, is an ideal target for GM, since its genetics are very well understood and it produces a lot of leaves. The value of the drugs that could be produced by GM tobacco is so high, many farmers could switch from growing tobacco for cigarettes to growing it for medicine. Since medical cost is rising, consumers would also be happy to use drugs produced in bulk by GM tobacco.

The word “compelling” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to

A. dangerous

B. obvious

C. interesting

D. annoying

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Dương Hoàn Anh

3 tháng 1 2019

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Từ “compelling” trong đoạn 2 có nghĩa gần nhất với

A. nguy hiểm B. rõ ràng C. thú vị D. gây phiền nhiễu

compelling = interesting: hấp dẫn, thú vị

Chọn C

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 The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

12 tháng 10 2017

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

The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, but others are coming.

GM cotton plants that is not food has not stopped the most passionate GM opponents from objecting. If GM cotton is grown in a field next to fields of non-GM cotton, they argue, then how to keep genes from being transferred from field to field. This danger, however, is not as compelling to the public as possible health hazards in food, so there is no great fury over GM cotton.

GM cotton seeds produce higher yields, and they do without the need for pesticides. Planting of GM cotton has increased five fold since 1997; three-quarter of cotton in America, and over half in China, is now GM. Farmers like it because it increases their profits.

Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher grasses for lawns, and plants designed to soak up pollutants from the soil. The paper industry provides another example of potential for GM to help produce better and cheaper products. Paper is made from pulp, and pulp is generally made from trees. Researchers in New Zealand and Chile have been working on insect-resistant pines, and a Japanese firm has combined carrot genes with tree genes to make them grow better in poor soil.

Another interesting case is that of tobacco. It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created. The tobacco plant, however, is an ideal target for GM, since its genetics are very well understood and it produces a lot of leaves. The value of the drugs that could be produced by GM tobacco is so high, many farmers could switch from growing tobacco for cigarettes to growing it for medicine. Since medical cost is rising, consumers would also be happy to use drugs produced in bulk by GM tobacco.

Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. There are several major non-food GM products at present

B. GM cotton has no significant advantage over controversial cotton

C. There have been no objection to GM cotton

D. GM cotton is less controversial than other GM products

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Dương Hoàn Anh

12 tháng 10 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Điều nào sau đây là ĐÚNG, theo đoạn văn?

A. Hiện tại có một số sản phẩm GM phi thực phẩm chính.

B. Bông GM không có lợi thế đáng kể so với bông gây tranh cãi.

C. Không có sự phản đối đối với bông GM.

D. Bông GM ít gây tranh cãi hơn các sản phẩm GM khác.

Thông tin: Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, but others are coming.

Tạm dịch: Bông là cây trồng biến đổi gen phi thực phẩm chính duy nhất hiện nay, nhưng những loại khác cũng sắp đến.

Chọn A

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 The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

7 tháng 5 2018

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

The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, but others are coming.

GM cotton plants that is not food has not stopped the most passionate GM opponents from objecting. If GM cotton is grown in a field next to fields of non-GM cotton, they argue, then how to keep genes from being transferred from field to field. This danger, however, is not as compelling to the public as possible health hazards in food, so there is no great fury over GM cotton.

GM cotton seeds produce higher yields, and they do without the need for pesticides. Planting of GM cotton has increased five fold since 1997; three-quarter of cotton in America, and over half in China, is now GM. Farmers like it because it increases their profits.

Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher grasses for lawns, and plants designed to soak up pollutants from the soil. The paper industry provides another example of potential for GM to help produce better and cheaper products. Paper is made from pulp, and pulp is generally made from trees. Researchers in New Zealand and Chile have been working on insect-resistant pines, and a Japanese firm has combined carrot genes with tree genes to make them grow better in poor soil.

Another interesting case is that of tobacco. It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created. The tobacco plant, however, is an ideal target for GM, since its genetics are very well understood and it produces a lot of leaves. The value of the drugs that could be produced by GM tobacco is so high, many farmers could switch from growing tobacco for cigarettes to growing it for medicine. Since medical cost is rising, consumers would also be happy to use drugs produced in bulk by GM tobacco.

It can be inferred from the passage that GM tobacco __________.

A. can have lower or higher levels of nicotine

B. produces drugs that are very expensive

C. makes cigarettes harmless to smokers

D. is already in the market

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Dương Hoàn Anh

7 tháng 5 2018

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Có thể suy ra từ đoạn thuốc lá GM

A. có thể có nồng độ nicotine thấp hơn hoặc cao hơn.

B. sản xuất thuốc rất đắt tiền.

C. làm cho thuốc lá vô hại với người hút thuốc.

D. đã có mặt trên thị trường.

Thông tin: It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created.

Tạm dịch: Nó không phải là cây lương thực, nhưng nó được tiêu thụ, và cây thuốc lá GM với nồng độ nicotine thấp hoặc cao hơn đã được tạo ra.

Chọn A

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 35 to 42. The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Frankenfoods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

10 tháng 9 2019

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 35 to 42.

The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Frankenfoods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, but others are coming.

GM cotton plants that are not food have not stopped the most passionate GM opponents from objecting. If GM cotton is grown in a field next to fields of non- GM cotton, they argue, then how to keep genes from being transferred from field to field. This danger, however, is not as compelling to the public as possible health hazards in food, so there is no great fury over GM cotton.

GM cotton seeds produce higher yields, and they do without the need for pesticides. Planting of GM cotton has increased fivefold since 1997; three-quarter of cotton in America, and over half in China, is now GM. Farmers like it because it increases their profits.

Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher grasses for lawns, and plants designed to soak up pollutants from the soil. The paper industry provides another example of potential for GM to help produce better and cheaper products. Paper is made from pulp, and pulp is generally made from trees. Researchers in New Zealand and Chile have been working on insect-resistant pines, and a Japanese firm has combined carrot genes with tree genes to make them grow better in poor soil.

Another interesting case is that of tobacco. It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created. The tobacco plant, however, is an ideal target for GM, since its genetics are very well understood and it produces a lot of leaves. The value of the drugs that could be produced by GM tobacco is so high, many fanners could switch from growing tobacco for cigarettes to growing it for medicine. Since medical cost is rising, consumers would also be happy to use drugs produced in bulk by GM tobacco.

Which options for non-food GM is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. flowers

B. grass

C. tobacco

D. rubber

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Dương Hoàn Anh

10 tháng 9 2019

Đáp án D.
Dịch câu hỏi: Lựa chọn thực phẩm không phải GM KHÔNG được đề cập trong đoạn văn?
A. hoa B. cỏ C. thuốc lá D. cao su
Thông tin ở đoạn 4: “Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher grasses for lawns, ...”
(Các lựa chọn khác không phải thực phẩm biến đổi gen bao gồm nhiều loại hoa mới với màu sắc hoặc mùi hương khác nhau, cỏ cứng hơn cho thảm cỏ...)
Đoạn cuối: “GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created.” (...cây thuốc lá biến đổi gen với nicotine ngày càng ít hơn đã được tạo ra.)

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 The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

18 tháng 5 2018

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

The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, but others are coming.

GM cotton plants that is not food has not stopped the most passionate GM opponents from objecting. If GM cotton is grown in a field next to fields of non-GM cotton, they argue, then how to keep genes from being transferred from field to field. This danger, however, is not as compelling to the public as possible health hazards in food, so there is no great fury over GM cotton.

GM cotton seeds produce higher yields, and they do without the need for pesticides. Planting of GM cotton has increased five fold since 1997; three-quarter of cotton in America, and over half in China, is now GM. Farmers like it because it increases their profits.

Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher grasses for lawns, and plants designed to soak up pollutants from the soil. The paper industry provides another example of potential for GM to help produce better and cheaper products. Paper is made from pulp, and pulp is generally made from trees. Researchers in New Zealand and Chile have been working on insect-resistant pines, and a Japanese firm has combined carrot genes with tree genes to make them grow better in poor soil.

Another interesting case is that of tobacco. It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created. The tobacco plant, however, is an ideal target for GM, since its genetics are very well understood and it produces a lot of leaves. The value of the drugs that could be produced by GM tobacco is so high, many farmers could switch from growing tobacco for cigarettes to growing it for medicine. Since medical cost is rising, consumers would also be happy to use drugs produced in bulk by GM tobacco.

What is the topic of the paragraph?

A. The hazards of GM products

B. Controversial GM products

C. Non-food GM products

D. GM cotton and tobacco

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Dương Hoàn Anh

18 tháng 5 2018

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Chủ đề của đoạn văn là gì?

A. Các mối nguy hiểm của sản phẩm GM. B. Sản phẩm GM gây tranh cãi.

C. Sản phẩm GM phi thực phẩm. D. Bông và thuốc lá GM.

Bài văn nói về các sản phẩm biến đổi gen không phải thực phẩm như: bông cotton, hoa, cỏ, thuốc lá

Chọn C

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 The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

8 tháng 6 2019

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

The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, but others are coming.

GM cotton plants that is not food has not stopped the most passionate GM opponents from objecting. If GM cotton is grown in a field next to fields of non-GM cotton, they argue, then how to keep genes from being transferred from field to field. This danger, however, is not as compelling to the public as possible health hazards in food, so there is no great fury over GM cotton.

GM cotton seeds produce higher yields, and they do without the need for pesticides. Planting of GM cotton has increased five fold since 1997; three-quarter of cotton in America, and over half in China, is now GM. Farmers like it because it increases their profits.

Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher grasses for lawns, and plants designed to soak up pollutants from the soil. The paper industry provides another example of potential for GM to help produce better and cheaper products. Paper is made from pulp, and pulp is generally made from trees. Researchers in New Zealand and Chile have been working on insect-resistant pines, and a Japanese firm has combined carrot genes with tree genes to make them grow better in poor soil.

Another interesting case is that of tobacco. It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created. The tobacco plant, however, is an ideal target for GM, since its genetics are very well understood and it produces a lot of leaves. The value of the drugs that could be produced by GM tobacco is so high, many farmers could switch from growing tobacco for cigarettes to growing it for medicine. Since medical cost is rising, consumers would also be happy to use drugs produced in bulk by GM tobacco.

The word “that” in paragraph 1 refers to__________ .

A. aspect

B. GM

C. war

D. risk

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Dương Hoàn Anh

8 tháng 6 2019

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Từ “that” trong đoạn 1 nói đến

A. khía cạnh B. GM C. chiến tranh D. rủi ro

“that” đề cập đến “aspect”: There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked.

Chọn A

Dịch bài đọc:

Sự phát triển của thực vật và động vật biến đổi gen (GM) đã dẫn đến một cuộc tranh cãi toàn cầu. Những người phản đối nói rằng Thực phẩm biến đổi gen GM "Thực phẩm Franken" là một mối đe dọa đối với sức khỏe của chúng ta và những người đề xuất nói rằng những rủi ro là rất nhỏ. Có một khía cạnh của cuộc chiến về GM thường bị bỏ qua. Bất cứ ai mặc áo cotton ngày nay đều sử dụng cây trồng GM. Bông là cây trồng biến đổi gen phi thực phẩm chính duy nhất hiện nay, nhưng những loại khác cũng sắp đến.

Cây bông GM không phải là thực phẩm đã không ngăn các đối thủ đam mê GM nhất khỏi việc phản đối. Nếu bông GM được trồng trên một cánh đồng bên cạnh cánh đồng của bông không biến đổi gen, họ lập luận, thì làm thế nào để giữ cho gen không bị chuyển từ cánh đồng này sang cánh đồng khác. Tuy nhiên, mối nguy hiểm này không hấp dẫn đối với công chúng vì các mối nguy hiểm sức khỏe có thể có trong thực phẩm, do đó không có sự ác liệt lớn đối với bông GM.

Hạt bông GM tạo ra năng suất cao hơn, và chúng lớn không cần thuốc trừ sâu. Trồng bông GM đã tăng gấp năm lần kể từ năm 1997; ba phần tư bông ở Mỹ và hơn một nửa ở Trung Quốc, giờ là GM. Nông dân thích nó vì nó làm tăng lợi nhuận của họ.

Các lựa chọn khác cho GM không phải thực phẩm bao gồm nhiều loại hoa mới với màu sắc hoặc mùi hương khác nhau, cỏ cứng hơn cho thảm cỏ và các nhà máy được thiết kế để hấp thụ các chất ô nhiễm từ đất. Ngành công nghiệp giấy cung cấp một ví dụ khác về tiềm năng cho GM để giúp sản xuất các sản phẩm tốt hơn và rẻ hơn. Giấy được làm từ bột giấy, và bột giấy thường được làm từ cây. Các nhà nghiên cứu ở New Zealand và Chile đã nghiên cứu về cây thông chống côn trùng và một công ty Nhật Bản đã kết hợp gen cà rốt với gen cây để làm cho chúng phát triển tốt hơn trong đất kém màu mỡ.

Một trường hợp thú vị khác là thuốc lá. Nó không phải là cây lương thực, nhưng nó được tiêu thụ, và cây thuốc lá GM với nồng độ nicotine thấp hoặc cao hơn đã được tạo ra. Tuy nhiên, cây thuốc lá là một mục tiêu lý tưởng cho GM, vì di truyền của nó được hiểu rất rõ và nó tạo ra rất nhiều lá. Giá trị của các loại thuốc có thể được sản xuất bởi thuốc lá GM rất cao, nhiều nông dân có thể chuyển từ trồng thuốc lá làm thành thuốc lá sang trồng để làm thuốc. Vì chi phí y tế đang tăng lên, người tiêu dùng cũng sẽ rất vui khi sử dụng thuốc được sản xuất với số lượng lớn bởi thuốc lá GM.

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 35 to 42. The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Frankenfoods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM...

LQ

Lê Quỳnh Anh

21 tháng 2 2019

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 35 to 42.

The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global controversy. Opponents say that GM “Frankenfoods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, but others are coming.

GM cotton plants that are not food have not stopped the most passionate GM opponents from objecting. If GM cotton is grown in a field next to fields of non- GM cotton, they argue, then how to keep genes from being transferred from field to field. This danger, however, is not as compelling to the public as possible health hazards in food, so there is no great fury over GM cotton.

GM cotton seeds produce higher yields, and they do without the need for pesticides. Planting of GM cotton has increased fivefold since 1997; three-quarter of cotton in America, and over half in China, is now GM. Farmers like it because it increases their profits.

Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher grasses for lawns, and plants designed to soak up pollutants from the soil. The paper industry provides another example of potential for GM to help produce better and cheaper products. Paper is made from pulp, and pulp is generally made from trees. Researchers in New Zealand and Chile have been working on insect-resistant pines, and a Japanese firm has combined carrot genes with tree genes to make them grow better in poor soil.

Another interesting case is that of tobacco. It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco plants with both more and less nicotine have been created. The tobacco plant, however, is an ideal target for GM, since its genetics are very well understood and it produces a lot of leaves. The value of the drugs that could be produced by GM tobacco is so high, many fanners could switch from growing tobacco for cigarettes to growing it for medicine. Since medical cost is rising, consumers would also be happy to use drugs produced in bulk by GM tobacco.

Why does the author mention a cotton shirt in the first paragraph?

A. to show that cotton is one of the most popular materials for clothing

B. to give an example of a common GM product that is not a food

C. to give an example of a controversy surrounding GM products

D. to show that the risk of GM products are minimal

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

21 tháng 2 2019

Đáp án B.
Dịch câu hỏi: Tại sao tác giả đề cập đến một chiếc áo bông trong đoạn đầu tiên?
A. Để chỉ ra rằng cotton là một trong những chất liệu phổ biến nhất cho quần áo.
B. Để đưa ra một ví dụ về một sản phẩm biến đổi gen thông thường không phải là thực phẩm.
C. Để đưa ra một ví dụ về một cuộc tranh cãi xung quanh các sản phẩm biến đổi gen.
D. Để chỉ ra rằng rủi ro của các sản phẩm biến đổi gen là tối thiểu.
Thoong tin ở đoạn 1: “Anyone who wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop.” (Bất cứ ai mặc áo bông ngày nay đều sử dụng cây trồng biến đổi gen.)