Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 11 to 15.
Maria Alcalá of Madrid speaks for many Mediterranean people when she says that “a meal without olive oil would be a bore.” No one knows when the Mediterranean civilizations initially fell in love with olives. That occurred before recorded history. However, there is evidence that the cultivation of olive trees began in countries around the Mediterranean Sea in approximately 4000 B.C., and 2,000 years after that people in the eastern Mediterranean region began to produce oil from olives. The Mediterranean still accounts for 99 percent of all world olive oil production.
From ancient times until today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. First, whole olives are crushed. Then, the liquid is separated from the solids. After that, the valuable oil is separated from the water. Many olive growers maintain their ancient traditions and still harvest the olives by hand. “We harvest in the traditional way,” says Don Celso, an olive farmer from Tuscany, Italy. "It would be less expensive to do it with machines, but it's more a social thing. Twenty people come to help with the harvest, and we pay them in oil."
Olive oil has had a variety of uses through its long history. In ancient times, olive oil was used as money and as medicine. It was even used during war-heated up and dropped down on attackers. It is still used in religious ceremonies. It is great for protecting the freshness of fish and cheese. There are even olive oil lamps and olive oil soaps. Olive oil enhances the lives of people everywhere. Its benefits, recently confirmed by science, were already understood in ancient times. Mediterranean people are happy to share their secret with the world.
(Adapted from Reading Explorer 2 by Paul Maclntyre)
Which could be the best title for the passage?
TẠM DỊCH: Maria Alcalá of Madrid speaks for many Mediterranean people when she says that “a meal without olive oil would be a bore.” No one knows when the Mediterranean civilizations initially fell in love with olives. That occurred before recorded history. However, there is evidence that the cultivation of olive trees began in countries around the Mediterranean Sea in approximately 4000 B.C., and 2,000 years after that people in the eastern Mediterranean region began to produce oil from olives. The Mediterranean still accounts for 99 percent of all world olive oil production. From ancient times until today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. First, whole olives are crushed. Then, the liquid is separated from the solids. After that, the valuable oil is separated from the water. Many olive growers maintain their ancient traditions and still harvest the olives by hand. “We harvest in the traditional way,” says Don Celso, an olive farmer from Tuscany, Italy. "It would be less expensive to do it with machines, but it's more a social thing. Twenty people come to help with the harvest, and we pay them in oil."
Olive oil has had a variety of uses through its long history. In ancient times, olive oil was used as money and as medicine. It was even used during war-heated up and dropped down on attackers. It is still used in religious ceremonies. It is great for protecting the freshness of fish and cheese. There are even olive oil lamps and olive oil soaps. Olive oil enhances the lives of people everywhere. Its benefits, recently confirmed by science, were already understood in ancient times. Mediterranean people are happy to share their secret with the world. |
Maria Alcalá đến từ Madrid thay lời nhiều người dân Địa Trung Hải khi bà nói rằng “một bữa ăn không có dầu oliu sẽ là một sự tẻ nhạt.” Không ai biết nền văn minh Địa Trung Hải bắt đầu rơi vào lưới tình với dầu oliu từ khi nào. Điều đó diễn ra trước cả lịch sử ghi nhận. Tuy nhiên, có bằng chứng rằng việc trồng cây oliu bắt đầu ở các nước quanh biển Địa Trung Hải trong khoảng năm 4000 TCN, và 2000 năm sau thì người dân ở vùng phía đông Địa Trung Hải bắt đầu sản xuất dầu từ cây oliu. Địa Trung Hải vẫn chiếm 99% tổng sản lượng oliu trên thế giới. Từ thời xa xưa cho đến ngày nay, quá trình cơ bản để sản xuất dầu đều giống nhau. Đầu tiên, toàn bộ oliu được nghiền nát. Sau đó, chất lỏng được tách ra khỏi chất rắn. Sau quá trình đó, dầu giá trị được tách khỏi nước. Nhiều người trồng oliu duy trì truyền thống xưa và vẫn thu hoạch oliu thủ công. “Chúng tôi thu hoạch theo cách truyền thống.”, Don Celso, một nông dân trồng oliu đến từ Tuscany, Ý, nói. “Làm việc bằng máy móc sẽ rẻ hơn, nhưng việc thu hoạch bằng tay lại là một hoạt động mang tính xã hội. 20 người đến giúp thu hoạch, và chúng tôi trả công cho họ bằng dầu.” Dầu oliu có nhiều mục đích sử dụng trong suốt chiều dài lịch sử. Trong thời cổ đại, dầu oliu được sử dụng như tiền và thuốc men. Nó còn thậm chí được sử dụng trong chiến tranh - đun nóng và đổ xuống những kẻ địch. Nó vẫn được sử dụng trong những nghi thức tôn giáo. Nó rất hữu ích cho việc bảo quản sự tươi cho cá và phô mai. Thậm chí còn có đèn dầu oliu và xà bông dầu oliu. Dầu oliu nâng cao đời sống của mọi người ở mọi nơi. Lợi ích của nó, được khoa học xác nhận gần đây, đã được biết đến trong thời cổ đại. Người dân Địa Trung Hải rất hạnh phúc khi chia sẻ bí mật của họ đến với thế giới. |
Đâu là tiêu đề phù hợp nhất cho đoạn văn
A. Thứ ít ai biết đến nhưng lại là thứ tuyệt vời nhất.
B. Dầu oliu: một liều thuốc cho mọi loại bệnh.
C. Làm sao để sản xuất dầu từ cây bản địa
D. Một loại dầu cho tất cả.
Tóm tắt:
Đoạn văn nói về dầu oliu: công dụng và giá trị mà dầu oliu mang lại.
==> Một loại dầu cho tất cả
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 3 to 7.
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(Adapted from http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-children-need-chores)