1.
According to the audio file, what does the narrator mean when he says, “The tomatoes are picked at the peak of their ripeness." ?
He means that the tomatoes are fully grown and ready to be eaten.
He means it's more cost-effective to buy extra tomatoes from other farmers.
He means that tomatoes with the most nutrients are more expensive.
He means that unripe tomatoes contain toxins.
2.
Americans eat a whopping 14 million tons of tomatoes a year, and three-quarters of them come from California. The sunny state has become a new home for the Italian tradition of sun drying the flavorsome fruit. This is a process that started out thousands of years ago as a way to preserve their nutritional value over winter.
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3.
In the process of processing tomatoes, it takes a few high-tech touches to get the tomatoes ready for market. X-ray and laser sorters scan for imperfections. Random samples go to a lab to check for impurities. Only those that make the grade get packaged up for restaurants and supermarkets all over the world.
The phrase “make the grade” in this sentence is closest in meaning to…
To be qualified
To be confirmed
To be eliminated
To be revised
4.
After chopping the beets into cossettes, the next step is to use a diffuser to warm them up. The operation of a diffuser acts like a giant teapot. It's like lifting your teabag in and out of your cup of tea a number of times, all the way along the diffuser, to extract the maximum amount of sugar. In the end, the leftover beet would be thrown away because it has no nutritional value anymore.
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In the video, the narrator says, “The sugar beet harvest is such a complex operation, also known as The Campaign.”
The word “operation” in this sentence is closest in meaning to…
an act of removing solids from liquids
an act of a surgery performed on a patient
an act of functioning
an act of performing in front of the audience
6.
Britain is a nation of sugar lovers. British people consume two million tons of the stuff every year. However, 80 percent of the world's sugar comes from sugar cane which only grows in hot, tropical conditions, not something Britain is famous for. So the UK gets most of its sugar from sugar beets.
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7.
According to the video, what is the advantage of producing a V-shaped cossette when processing sugar beets?
It has a higher density than other kinds of shapes.
It can keep the most nutrients from the sugar beets.
It has the maximum surface area which is good for extraction of the sugar.
It has the minimum toxins remaining in the sugar beets.
8.
According to the video, what is the purpose of using an electronic sorter shown in the picture below?
To pick up a few undesirables like dirt, rocks, and unripe tomatoes
To remove the heavier fruit from the plant
To sort the metaphorical wheat from the chaff
To get rid of any damaged, discolored, or unripened tomatoes
9.
According to the video, why does Willie choose Roma-type tomatoes for sun drying?
They have very little juice.
They contain a lot of pulp.
They are pretty sweet.
All of the above.
10.
According to the video, what is the use of a stone catcher when processing sugar beets?
To squeeze the beets from the soil
To remove soil, grit, and the odd stones from sugar beets
To clean sugar beets efficiently
To slice off the stalks, and make sure the valuable roots come out intact
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