KUIS E-3

B.INGGRIS
Passage 1
Are organically grown foods the best food choices? The advantages claimed for such foods over
conventionally grown and marketed food products are now being debated. Advocates of organic foods —
a term whose meaning varies greatly — frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more
nutritious than others.
The growing interest of consumers in the safety and nutritional quality of the typical North
American diet is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping
claims that the food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs. Although most of these
claims are not supported by scientific evidence, the preponderance of written material advancing such
claims makes it difficult for the general public to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a
diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to
health have become widely publicized and form the basis for folklore.
Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for “no-aging” diets, new vitamins, and other wonder
foods. There are numerous unsubstantiated reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones,
that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than
fumigated grains, and the like. One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in
common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many cases consumers are misled
if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally
grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes,
distrust the regular food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead.
1. The word “advocates” underlined in 4. According to the first paragraph, which of the
paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to which of following is true about the term “organic
the following?\ foods”?
(A) Proponents (A) It is accepted by most nutritionists
(B) Merchants (B) It has been used only in recent years
(C) Inspectors (C) It has no fixed meaning
(D) Consumers (D) It is seldom used by consumers
(E) opponents (E) It works immediately on contact
2. The word “others” underlined in paragraph 1 5. The word “unsubstantiated” underlined in
refers to ___ paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ___
(A) Advantages (A) Unbelievable
(B) Advocates (B) Uncontested
(C) organic foods (C) Unpopular
(D) products (D) Unverified
(E) foods (E) Undeniable
3. The “welcome development” mentioned in 6. The word “maintain” underlined in paragraph
paragraph 2 is an increase in ___ 3 is closest in meaning to ____
(A) interest in food safety and nutrition (A) Improve
among North Americans (B) Monitor
(B) The nutritional quality of the typical North (C) Preserve
American diet (D) Restore
(C) the amount of healthy food grown in (E) break off
North America
(D) the number of consumers in North
America
(E) the increasing efficacy and stability of food
products in America
7. The author implies that there is cause for 8. According to the last paragraph, consumers
concern if consumers with limited incomes who believe that organic foods are better than
buy organic food instead of conventionally conventionally grown foods are often ...
grown food because ___ (A) Careless
(A) There were more than 14,00 certified (B) Profligate
organic farm in the United States (C) Thrifty
(B) Organic food can be more expensive but (D) Wealthy
are often no better than conventionally (E) Mistaken
grown foods
9. What is the Author’s attitude toward the
(C) Many organic foods are actually less
claims made by advocates of health foods?
nutritious than similar conventionally
(A) Very enthusiastic
grown foods
(B) Somewhat favorable
(D) Conventionally grown foods are more
(C) Skeptical
readily available than organic foods
(D) Convinced
(E) Too many farmers will stop using
(E) Neutral
conventional methods to grow food crops
Passage 2
Directions: in the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five
words are suggested one of which fits the blank properly. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Education has been a problem in our country for ___10__ . The lack of it has been blamed for all
___11___ of evil for hundreds of years. Even scholars have written lengthy articles about how the Indian
education system needs to change. The funny thing is that from colonial times, things have __12__ changed.
We have established reputed business schools, law school and other institutions of excellence. Students,
now, so routinely score 90 percent marks that even with this percentage they find it __13__ to get into the
colleges of their choice. The problem thus lies with us doing more of the same old staff. This needs to change
by bringing about __14__ in education.
10. ___ (C) Little
(A) Time (D) Much
(B) Take (E) Highly
(C) Ever 13. ___
(D) Long (A) Simple
(E) Decade (B) Easy
11. ___ (C) Irregular
(A) Possession (D) Noble
(B) Abundance (E) difficult
(C) Typical 14. ___
(D) Much (A) innovation
(E) Sorts (B) dreams
12. ___ (C) creating
(A) Bare (D) foreign
(B) Hardly (E) choice

Direction: In question 15 each sentence has five underlined words or phrases. The five underlined parts of
the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E). Identify which segment in each sentence is not correct.
15. Scientists believe that by altering the genetic composition of plants it is possible to develop
A B
specimens that are resisting to disease and have increased food value.

C D E