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Question 14: On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-topped mountains more than a mile beneath
sea level.
Question 15: My sister told me that she had met my teacher at the supermarket yesterday.
Read the following passage and mark the letters A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions.
Scientists do not yet thoroughly understand just how the body of an individual becomes sensitive to a substance
that is harmless or even wholesome for the average person. Milk, wheat, and egg, for example, rank among the
most healthful and widely used foods. Yet these foods can cause persons sensitive to them to suffer greatly. At
first, the body of the individual is not harmed by coming into contact with the substance. After a varying
interval of time, usually longer than a few weeks, the body becomes sensitive to it, and an allergy has begun to
develop. Sometimes it's hard to figure out if you have a food allergy, since it can show up so many different
ways. Your symptoms could be caused by many other problems. You may have rashes, hives, joint pains
mimicking arthritis, headaches, irritability, or depression. The most common food allergies are to milk, eggs,
seafood, wheat, nuts, seeds, chocolate, oranges, and tomatoes. Many of these allergies will not develop if these
foods are not fed to an infant until her or his intestines mature at around seven months. Breast milk also tends to
be protective. Migraines can be set off by foods containing tyramine, phenathylamine, monosodium glutamate,
or sodium nitrate. Common foods which contain these are chocolate, aged cheeses, sour cream, red wine,
pickled herring, chicken livers, avocados, ripe bananas, cured meats, many Oriental and prepared foods (read
the labels!). Some people have been successful in treating their migraines with supplements of B-vitamins,
particularly B6 and niacin. Children who are hyperactive may benefit from eliminating food additives,
especially colorings, and foods high in salicylates from their diets. A few of these are almonds, green peppers,
peaches, tea, grapes. This is the diet made popular by Benjamin Feingold, who has written the book “Why your
Child is Hyperactive”. Other researchers have had mixed results when testing whether the diet is effective.
Question 16: The topic of this passage is _______________.
A. infants and allergies B. food and nutrition C. reactions to foods D. a good diet
Question 17: According to the passage, the difficulty in diagnosing allergies to foods is due to ___________.
A. the vast number of different foods we eat
B. lack of a proper treatment plan
C. the similarity of symptoms of the allergy to other problems
D. the use of prepared formula to feed babies
Question 18: The word "symptoms" is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. prescriptions B. diet C. diagnosis D. indications
Question 19: What can be inferred about babies from this passage?
A. They can eat almost anything.
B. They should have a carefully restricted diet as infants.
C. They gain little benefit from being breast fed.
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