Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

48 practice makes perfect Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

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EXERCISE

Nonacademic vocabulary Match each nonacademic word in column 1 with its

deinition in column 2. Then, indicate each word’s part of speech (n., v., oradj.).

1. apply


2. approval


3. contamination


4. detrimental


5. lucrative


6. nutrient


7. breed


8. toxic


9. viable
   10. vital

Reading comprehension

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EXERCISE

Reading for main ideasMatch each of the following headlines with the

corresponding paragraph of the reading text. The answer for paragraph 1 has

already been inserted.

a. GE foods pose potential health threats

b. U.S. government supports biotechnology through minimal regulation; European countries

take a more cautious position

c. Genetically engineered transgenic organisms lead to boom in biotechnology

d. Increasing numbers of farmers turn to organic farming and sustainable agriculture

e. GE technology promised to increase world food supply and improve livestock

f. Genetic modiication used in traditional breeding practices

g. Government-approved transgenic products are grown and sold for mass consumption

h. Future of GE products to be determined by the consumer

i. Environmentalists and family farmers oppose multinational producers of terminator crops

in court

j. Cultivation of GE crops has negative impacts on the environment

k. Discoveries in molecular biology provide scientists with technological tools to alter

organisms

l. Science of genetics revolutionizes agriculture and crop breeding

m. Can science produce superfoods?

m Paragraph 1

Paragraph 2

Paragraph 3

a. nourishment, food

b. proitable, rewarding

c. use, employ

d. necessary, essential

e. poisonous, deadly

f. pollution, infection

g. possible, feasible

h. harmful, damaging

i. reproduce, mate

j. acceptance, permission