RIPE FRUIT ISOFTEN STOREDINA PLACEWHOCONTAINS MUCH CARBON DIOXIDE SO THATTHE FRUIT WILL NOT DECAY TOORAPIDLY

Câu 45 (TH):

Ripe fruit is

often

stored

in

a place

who

contains much carbon dioxide so that

the fruit will not decay

too

rapidly.

A.

often

B.

in

C.

who

D.

too

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to choose

the word or phrase that best fits each other numbered blanks.

VEGETARIANISM

Until recently, vegetarianism was fairly uncommon in Britain, and it is still considered strange

by some. But since the 1960s its popularity has increased greatly, to the (46) _______ that high

street stores stock a huge variety of products for vegetarians. The reasons people give for not

eating meat are numerous. Perhaps (47) _______ vegetarians do it for moral reasons, arguing

that it is wrong to kill. The opposing point of view is that it is natural for us to kill for food, and

that we have evolved to do so. Still, there are societies where eating meat is not allowed

because it is (48) _______ their religion. There are other good reasons to give up meat, one of

which is the inefficiency of livestock farming. A single field of soya bean plants can actually

produce 200 times as much protein as the number of cattle which could be raised on the same

area of land, so a vegetarian world might be a world without hunger. (49) _______ it is, in

theory, cheaper to eat only vegetables, vegetarianism is most popular in richer countries such as

Germany and Britain, where many people exclude meat for health reasons. In these countries, at

least, it (50) _______ to be a matter of choice rather than necessity.