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Question 13. She didn't go for a walk yesterday, _ _ _ ? can more easily take out nutrients from our food. Water also helps us go to th e
A. doesn't she 8. does she C. did she D. didn't she
Question 14. The biggest fear is that humans might _ _ _ _ control over robots. bathroom more easily .
A. keep 8. lose C. gain D. take Scientists suggest that people take in 1,600 milliliters of water each day.
Question 15. _ _ _ _ the sky was grey and cloudy, we went to the beach. But don't drink all of that water in one sitting. If you do, your kidneys will have
A. Because 8. Although C. Because of D. Despite to work much harder to eliminate it. It's better to drink some in the morning
and some in the afternoon. Some people think it's better to drink between meals
Read tl,e following passage and mark tl,e letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to and not during meals. They think water dilutes the juices produced in our
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indicate tl,e correct word or pl,rase that bestjits each of the numbered blanks.
stomachs. This can interfere with normal digestion.
Why do people like to chew gum? Some people say they like the taste.
Are you drinking enough water every day? Check the color of your urine.
( 16) _ _ _ _ say they can think better if they chew gum. Some people chew
If it is light yellow, you are probably drinking enough. If your urine is very
it when they have some boring work to do. Others chew gum when they are
dark yellow, you probably need to drink more water. A little more water each
nervous. Gum is a mixture of things. For many years gum companies made
day could make you much healthier.
gum from chicle. Chicle is a natural gum from a tree in Mexico and Central
(Adapted from Reading Challenge 1 by Casey Ma/archer and Andrea Janzen)
America. Now companies use plastic and rubber made from petroleum ( 17) Question 2.1. What is the main idea of the passage?
- - - - of chicle. Gum must be soft so that you can chew it. A softener A. How to drink water correctly? B. The advice of the doctors
keeps it soft. The gum company makes the softener from vegetable oil. A C. The best amount of water to drink D. The importance of water
sweetener makes the gum sweet. The sweetener is usually sugar. Then the Question 22. According to the passage, water is good for the following organs of the
company (18) ___ the flavor. Thomas Adams made the first gum · from body, EXCEPT _ __
chicle in 1836. (19) _ _::-c-- chewing gum was not new. The Greeks A. livers B. stomach C. kidneys p. intestines
Question 23. The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to
chewed gum from a tree (20) ____ 2,000 years ago. Mayan Indians in
A. your kidney B. water C. your body
- - D. -your stomach
Mexico chewed chicle. Indians in the Northeastern United States taught
Question 24. The word "eliminate" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to
Europeans to chew gum from a tree there. People first made bubble gum in A. absorb B. remove C. process D. preserve ----·
I 928. Children like to blow bubble with bubble gum. Some university students Question 25. Which of the following is NOT true?
do, too. A. You shouldn't drink too much water at the same time.
(A dapted from https:/lwww.nationalgeographic.com/) B. You need to drink more water if your urine is light yellow.
Question 16. A. The others B. Others C. Other D. The other C. The first thing you should do every morning is to drink water.
Question 17. A. aside B. instead C. apart D. inside D. Drinking water while having meals may interfere with normal digestion .
Question 18. A. fits B. adds C. puts D. places
Question 19. A. But B. Though C. Moreover D. However Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to Indicate the word whose
Question 20. A. than 8. over C. more D. above
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following
questions.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct Question 26. A. f!!nny B. r!!bbish
answer to each of the following questions. C. st!!dent D. !!pper
Question 27. A. enga~B. threatened C. appeared D. decided
Some doctors think that you should drink a glass of water each morning.
You should drink this water first thing, before doing anything else. The Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in
temperature of the water should be similar to body temperature; neither too hot meaning to the u 11derlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
nor too cold. Question 28. The new college is intended to improve the life chances of children in the
inner city.
Why should you drink this water? Water helps your body in many ways.
It helps clean out your kidneys. It prepares your stomach for digestion. Water A. opportunities B. productions C. communities D. questions
Question 29. The factory is fined for discharging dangerous chemicals into the river.
can also help your intestines work better. After drinking water, the intestines A. releasing B. keeping C. increasing D. decreasing
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