Beer and Cheese

       When you are drinking a cold beer on a hot day, or eating a delicious cheese sandwich, you can thank biotechnology for the pleasure you are experiencing. That's right! Beer, bread and cheese are all produced using biotechnology. Perhaps a definition will be useful to understand how. A standard definition is that biotechnology (or biotech for short) is the application of science and engineering to the direct or indirect use of living organisms.

       And as you know, the food and drink above are all produced by the fermentation of micro-organisms. In beer, the yeast multiplies as it eats the sugars in the mixture and turns them into alcohol and CO2. This ancient technique was first used in Egypt to make bread and wine around 4000BC!

1.    What is the main topic of the article?

A. Brief history and modern developments of biotechnology B. Benefit of biotechnology

C. Modern research in biotechnology                                       D. Origin of biotechnology

2.    What is not a product of biotechnology?   

A. bread                      B. beer                                     C. cheese                                 D. fish

3.    Biotechnology (or biotech for short) is the application of science and engineering to the direct or indirect use of              .  

 A. short organisms    B. lifing organisms                   C. living organisms                 D. indirect and direct organisms

4.    What was the ancient technique to make first used around 4000BC?

A. bread                   B. wine                                       C. both bread and wine          D. Not given

   5. Where was the ancient technique to make bread and wine first used?

   A. Egypt                     B. Europe                                C. Russia                                 D. America