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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 39 to 43.
Maria Alcalá of Madrid speaks for many Mediterranean people when she says that "a meal without olive oil is boring". No one knows when the Mediterraneans first fell in love with olives because it was before people wrote and kept records. However, there is some evidence that people began growing olive trees around the Mediterranean Sea approximately 6,000 years ago. The Mediterranean countries still produce 99% of the world's olive oil with Spain being the world's biggest producer.
From ancient times through today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. First, farmers crush the olives. Then, they take the liquid and separate the oil from the water.
Many olive growers keep their ancient traditions and still harvest the olives by hand. "We harvest in the traditional way", says Don Celso, an olive farmer from Tuscany, Italy. "It is less expensive to do it with machines but it's more a social thing. Twenty people come to help with the harvest and we pay them in oil".
Ancient civilisations used olive oil as money and medicine. They even used it during war - they would heat it up and drop it down on the enemy! These days, it is still used in religious ceremonies as it was in ancient times. It is also great for making fish and cheese stay fresh. There are even olive oil lamps and olive oil soaps.
A. The process of producing olive oil has been changed.
B. Olive oil served several useful purposes in the past.
C. People use olive oil to make fish taste better.
D. Using machines to harvest olives costs much money.
Maria Alcalá of Madrid speaks for many Mediterranean people when she says that "a meal without olive oil is boring". No one knows when the Mediterraneans first fell in love with olives because it was before people wrote and kept records. However, there is some evidence that people began growing olive trees around the Mediterranean Sea approximately 6,000 years ago. The Mediterranean countries still produce 99% of the world's olive oil with Spain being the world's biggest producer.
From ancient times through today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. First, farmers crush the olives. Then, they take the liquid and separate the oil from the water.
Many olive growers keep their ancient traditions and still harvest the olives by hand. "We harvest in the traditional way", says Don Celso, an olive farmer from Tuscany, Italy. "It is less expensive to do it with machines but it's more a social thing. Twenty people come to help with the harvest and we pay them in oil".
Ancient civilisations used olive oil as money and medicine. They even used it during war - they would heat it up and drop it down on the enemy! These days, it is still used in religious ceremonies as it was in ancient times. It is also great for making fish and cheese stay fresh. There are even olive oil lamps and olive oil soaps.
(Adapted from Close Up by Angela Healan and Katrina Gormley)
Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?A. The process of producing olive oil has been changed.
B. Olive oil served several useful purposes in the past.
C. People use olive oil to make fish taste better.
D. Using machines to harvest olives costs much money.
Kỹ năng: Bài đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Điều nào sau đây là đúng, theo đoạn văn?
A. Quá trình sản xuất dầu oliu đã được thay đổi.
B. Dầu oliu phục vụ một số mục đích hữu ích trong quá khứ.
C. Mọi người sử dụng dầu oliu để khiến cá có vị ngon hơn.
D. Việc sử dụng máy móc để thu hoạch oliu tốn nhiều tiền.
Thông tin:
+ From ancient times through today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. (Từ thời xa xưa cho đến ngày nay, quá trình cơ bản để sản xuất dầu đều giống nhau.)
→ A sai
+ It is also great for making fish and cheese stay fresh. (Nó cũng rất hữu ích cho việc giúp cá và phô mai tươi.)
→ C sai
+ "It is less expensive to do it with machines but it's more a social thing. (“Sẽ ít tốn kém hơn khi làm việc này bằng máy móc, nhưng nó mang tính xã hội hơn. )
→ D sai
+ Ancient civilisations used olive oil as money and medicine. They even used it during war - they would heat it up and drop it down on the enemy! (Các nền văn minh cổ đại đã sử dụng dầu oliu làm tiền và thuốc men. Chúng thậm chí còn được sử dụng trong chiến tranh - họ sẽ đun nóng nó và đổ xuống người những kẻ địch.)
→ B đúng
Giải thích:
Điều nào sau đây là đúng, theo đoạn văn?
A. Quá trình sản xuất dầu oliu đã được thay đổi.
B. Dầu oliu phục vụ một số mục đích hữu ích trong quá khứ.
C. Mọi người sử dụng dầu oliu để khiến cá có vị ngon hơn.
D. Việc sử dụng máy móc để thu hoạch oliu tốn nhiều tiền.
Thông tin:
+ From ancient times through today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. (Từ thời xa xưa cho đến ngày nay, quá trình cơ bản để sản xuất dầu đều giống nhau.)
→ A sai
+ It is also great for making fish and cheese stay fresh. (Nó cũng rất hữu ích cho việc giúp cá và phô mai tươi.)
→ C sai
+ "It is less expensive to do it with machines but it's more a social thing. (“Sẽ ít tốn kém hơn khi làm việc này bằng máy móc, nhưng nó mang tính xã hội hơn. )
→ D sai
+ Ancient civilisations used olive oil as money and medicine. They even used it during war - they would heat it up and drop it down on the enemy! (Các nền văn minh cổ đại đã sử dụng dầu oliu làm tiền và thuốc men. Chúng thậm chí còn được sử dụng trong chiến tranh - họ sẽ đun nóng nó và đổ xuống người những kẻ địch.)
→ B đúng
Đáp án B.