MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. The general crime rate in the US is ……………….

• A. increasing  

• B. decreasing

• C. not changing

2. The age group which commits the highest rate of crime

is ……………….

• A. 14 - 17

• B. 18 - 24 

• C. 24+

3. James Fox believes that the improvement in crime

figures could ...

• A. make us complacent in the fight against crime.

• B. result in an increase in teenage violence.

• C. result in a decrease in teenage violence.

1. What is one disadvantage of organic food?

• A. No one knows their effect on people's health and the environment.

• B. They often cost more than conventionally grown foods.

• C. Organic foods aren't readily available.

• D. They don't taste as good as other types of food.

2. Which of the following is a criterion for certification of organic food?

• A. It must have a minimum standard for taste and appearance.

• B. No artificial substances can be used in growing the food.

• C. Organic food must be grown in special areas.

• D. They must be sold at a special price in supermarkets.

3. Who would most likely determine if something is considered organic?

• A. An individual farmer raising corn

• B. A consumer advocacy group

• C. Scientists doing agricultural research

• D. The Ministry of Agriculture

4. What is one problem with conventional farming?

• A. Manufacturing fertilizer increases greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

• B. The surplus of food grown is too large.

• C. The market for crops becomes imbalanced.

• D. Farmers can't get enough supplies.

5. What is one benefit of growing organic food?

• A. There is more stability in food prices.

• B. People are able to eat more.

• C. Those who grow the food are healthier.

• D. The food supply is predictable.

1. In recent times, blogs have

• A. grown at a very fast pace.

• B. transformed completely several times.

• C. become unfashionable and unpopular.

• D. not broken into the mainstream.

2. Over the years, blogs have become

• A. quite irrelevant in people's daily life.

• B. increasingly complicated to use.

• C. unusually wordy and ungrammatical.

• D. less difficult to create and to update.