VI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following sentences.
1. Low salt diets actually cause osteoporosis, not calcium deficiency.
A. Low salt diets do not cause calcium deficiency, but actual osteoporosis.
B. It is neither calcium deficiency nor osteoporosis that is actually caused by low salt diets.
C. Actually, it's not calcium deficiency but osteoporosis that is caused by low salt diets.
D. Low salt diets are an actual cause of osteoporosis, not calcium deficiency.
2. Many people say that salt causes the body to hold water.
A. It is said that salt caused the body to hold water.
B. Salt is said to have caused the body to hold water.
C. The body is said to cause water to hold with salt.
D. The water hold in the body is said to be salty.
3. A balanced healthy diet helps keep cholesterol levels down.
A. Cholesterol levels are kept down with a balanced healthy diet.
B. A healthy diet helps keep cholesterol levels balanced.
C. Keeping cholesterol levels down is helped with a balanced diet.
D. A balanced healthy diet is key to keeping cholesterol levels down.
4. Water makes up more than 50 percent of the average adult's body weight.
A. Making up more than 50 percent on average of the adult's body weight is water.
B. On average, the adult's body weight is composed of up to 50 percent of water.
C. More than 50 percent of the average adult's body weight is made up of water.
D. The average percentage of 50% of adult's body weight produces water.
5. The main disease of skin which is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin A is pre-mature ageing.
A. Causing deficiency of Vitamin A is the main disease of skin known as pre-mature ageing.
B. The deficiency of Vitamin A is the main cause of pre-mature aging, a disease of skin.
C. Pre-mature aging, a disease of skin is mainly caused by the deficiency of Vitamin A.
D. Pre-mature aging is the main disease of skin caused by the deficiency of Vitamin A.
