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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #2899 Breakfast

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The almost universal hold of breakfast cereal makes a revealing case study of evolutionary process behind the modern diet. One of the earliest convenience foods, processed cereals represent a triumph of marketing, packaging and US economic and foreign policy. They are the epitome of a cheap commodity converted by manufacturing to higher value goods; of agricultural surplus turned into profitable export. Somehow they have wormed into our confused consciousness as intrinsically healthy when, by and large, they are degraded foods that have to have any goodness artificially restored.As someone who has never enjoyed the experience of breakfast cereal- whichever brand it was, the bit always seemed to me to go from dusty to soggy in the space of a few mouthfuls- I have long been intrigued by how the British breakfast was conquered and what it tells us about the rest of our food. For this is the elephant in the room of course: it is the industrial processing of food that is the real problem, and to understand where, not we, but rather it, all went wrong, you have to understand the economic and political structures behind today's food system.

Which of the following most closely represent the ideas expressed in the text?

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Cereals are a cheap and a nutritionally degraded food, processed and marketed as a healthy breakfast option. Very few people in Britain ate breakfast before the event of US marketing. The problems with our modern diet have arisen quickly and without any discernible cause. Processed food for human consumption should have artificially restored nutritional elements. The problems arising from the modern British diet are closely linked to the industrial processing of food. It was not until the industrial revolution that people began to eat an appropriate diet.

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Option 1: "Cereals are a cheap and a nutritionally degraded food, processed and marketed as a healthy breakfast option."
Explanation: The text states that processed cereals are 'degraded foods' that are marketed as healthy, which aligns perfectly with this option. The phrase 'cheap commodity converted by manufacturing to higher value goods' supports the idea of cereals being cheap and nutritionally lacking.
Option 2: "Very few people in Britain ate breakfast before the event of US marketing."
Explanation: The text does not provide any information about the frequency of breakfast consumption in Britain prior to US marketing. This statement is not supported by the text and introduces an idea that is not mentioned.
Option 3: "The problems with our modern diet have arisen quickly and without any discernible cause."
Explanation: The text attributes the problems of the modern diet to industrial processing and economic and political structures, indicating that there are discernible causes. Therefore, this option misrepresents the text's argument.
Option 4: "Processed food for human consumption should have artificially restored nutritional elements."
Explanation: While the text mentions that goodness has to be 'artificially restored,' it does not advocate for this practice as a solution. Instead, it critiques the need for such restoration, making this option misleading.
Option 5: "The problems arising from the modern British diet are closely linked to the industrial processing of food."
Explanation: The text explicitly states that 'it is the industrial processing of food that is the real problem,' directly linking the modern diet's issues to this processing. This option accurately reflects the main idea presented.
Option 6: "It was not until the industrial revolution that people began to eat an appropriate diet."
Explanation: The text does not discuss the appropriateness of diets in relation to the industrial revolution. It focuses on the problems caused by industrial processing rather than the timing of dietary changes, making this option incorrect.

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