Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. It used to be that people would drink coffee or tea in the morning to pick them up and get them going for the day. Then cola drinks hit the market. With lots of caffeine and sugar, these beverages soon became the pick-me-up of choice for many adults and teenagers. Now drink companies are putting out so-called "energy drinks”. These beverages have the specific aim of giving tired consumers more energy. One example of a popular energy drink is Red Bull. The company that puts out this beverage has stated in interviews that Red Bull is not a thirst quencher. Nor is it meant to be a fluid replacement drink for athletes. Instead, the beverage is meant to revitalize a tired consumer's body and mind. In order to do this, the makers of Red Bull, and other energy drinks, typically add vitamins and certain chemicals to their beverages. The added chemicals are like chemicals that the body naturally produces for energy. The vitamins, chemicals, caffeine, and sugar found in these beverages all seem like a sure bet to give a person energy. Health professionals are not so sure, though. For one thing, there is not enough evidence to show that all of the vitamins added to energy drinks actually raise a person's energy level. Another problem is that there are so many things in the beverages. Nobody knows for sure how all of the ingredients in energy drinks work together. Dr. Brent Bauer, one of the directors at the Mayo Clinic in the US, cautions people about believing all the claims energy drinks make. He says, “It is plausible if you put all these things together, you will get a good result." However, Dr. Bauer adds the mix of ingredients could also have a negative impact on the body. "We just don't know at this point,” he says. (Source: Reading Challenge 2, Casey Malarcher & Andrea Janzen, Compass Publishing) 1. What is the passage mainly about?
Multiple choice 1 Question 6
Teenagers should not choose energy drinks.
Caffeine is bad for people to drink.
Red Bull is the best energy drink.
It is uncertain whether energy drinks are healthy.
2. According to the passage, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT _______.
Multiple choice 2 Question 6
Colas have been on the market longer than other so-called "energy drinks".
The makers of Red Bull say that it can revitalize a person.
Bauer does not seem to believe the claims of energy drink makers.
It has been scientifically proved that energy drinks work.
3. The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
Multiple choice 3 Question 6
one example
Red Bull
the company
thirst quencher
4. Researchers find it difficult to know if an energy drink gives people energy because of ______.
Multiple choice 4 Question 6
the number of beverage makers
the average age of the consumers
the mixture of various ingredients
natural chemicals in a person's body
5. The word "plausible" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.
Multiple choice 5 Question 6
reasonable
unlikely
typical
impossible