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 23 to 27.

   You may have heard that tomatoes and processed tomato product like tomato sauce and canned tomatoes protect (23) _____________ some types of cancer. The cancer-preventing properties of tomato products have been (24) _____________ to lycopene. It is a bright red pigment found in tomatoes and other red fruits and is the cause of their red color. Unlike other fruits and vegetables, where nutritional content such as vitamin C is diminished upon cooking, processing of tomatoes increases the concentration of lycopene. Lycopene in tomato paste is four times (25) _____________ in fresh tomatoes.

   This is because lycopene is insoluble in water and is tightly bound to vegetable fiber. Thus, (26 _____________ tomato products such as pasteurized tomato juice, so up, sauce, and ketchup contain the highest concentrations of lycopene. Cooking and crushing tomatoes as in the canning process and serving in oil-rich dishes such as spaghetti sauce or pizza (27) _____________ increase assimilation from the digestive tract into the bloodstream. Lycopene is a fat-soluble substance, so the oil is said to help absorption to a great extent.

Điền vào ô 25

A. much more 

B. as much as

C. as many as        

D. further than

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 27: Bed, breakfast and dinner are included in the price.

A. The price is inclusive of bed, breakfast and dinner.

B. The price includes bed and breakfast except dinner.

C. The price excludes bed, breakfast and dinner.

D. Breakfast and dinner are included in the price as meals.

Đặc điểm chung của phương pháp nuôi cấy mô tế bào thực vật và cấy truyền phôi động vật là đều tạo ra

A. các cá thể rất đa dạng về kiểu gen và kiểu hình.

B. các cá thể có kiểu gen thuần chủng .

C. các cá thể có kiểu gen đồng nhất.

D. các cá thể có gen bị biến đổi.

Có mấy tác nhân ngoại cảnh sau đây ảnh hưởng đến quá trình thoát hơi nước ở cây?

I. Các ion khoáng.           II. Ánh sáng.                   III. Nhiệt độ .

IV. Gió.                               V. Nước.

A. 3

B. 2

C. 4

D. 5

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

She started the course two months ago but dropped _____________ after only a month

A. out

B. back

C. of

D. in