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Basic IELTS Reading - Practice 5 - Passage 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.


The genes you inherit from your parents can determine how your body-chemistry (metabolism) copes with particular foods.

a)

receive

b)

change

c)

take

2.

Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.


Your upbringing shapes some basic attitudes to food - like whether you have a sweet tooth, nibble between meals, take big mouthfuls or eat chips with everything.

a)

receiving from parents or grandparents

b)

training and caring for a child

c)

eating something will small bites

3.

Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.


Your upbringing shapes some basic attitudes to food - like whether you have a sweet tooth, nibble between meals, take big mouthfuls or eat chips with everything.

a)

eat with big bites

b)

eat with small bites

c)

drink a very small amount

4.

Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.


How much you spend on food, how much exercise you get - these can alter the balance between food and fitness.

a)

become different

b)

train and care for a child

c)

eat with big bites

5.

Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.


Our ancestors were used to eating the sort of food that contains a lot of fibre.

a)

people from whom someone is descended

b)

lack of order; confusion

c)

digestion

6.

Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.


Our main foods are meat, eggs and dairy products, which contain no fibre at all.

a)

Foods are made from milk, such as cream, butter, and cheese

b)

Foods are made from meat

c)

Foods are made from egg

d)

Foods are made from vegetables

7.

Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.


Lack of fibre seems to be connected with various disorder of digestive system.

a)

difference

b)

lack of order; confusion

c)

varied

d)

attractively thin; not fat

8.

What does the underlined words mean?


Lack of fibre seems to be connected with various disorder of digestive system.

a)

hệ hô hấp

b)

hệ bài tiết

c)

hệ tiêu hoá

d)

hệ sinh sản

9.

Decide which of the following choices is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the sentence and choose the corresponding letter.


A varied diet with plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables, and cereals along with some fish, eggs, meat and dairy products will contain more than enough vitamins

a)

very

b)

different

c)

difference

10.

What are examples of cereals?


A varied diet with plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables, and cereals along with some fish, eggs, meat and dairy products will contain more than enough vitamins

a)

apple, watermelon, pear, durian

b)

pork, beef, fish, chicken

c)

rice, wheat, oat, maize