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odgpreferencesgandgtimegconstraints,ginfluencegnotgjustgourgchoicegofgwheregtogeat,gbutgalsogthegnutrit
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A. Thegarticlegdoesn’tgstategwhichgmealgisgthegworsegforgnon-dieters
B. Dinnergeatengawaygfromghomegisgworsegbecausegpeoplegconsumegfewergwholeggrainsga
ndgvegetables.
C. Breakfastgeatengawaygfromghomegisgworsegbecausegitgincreasesgthegpercentgofgcaloriesgfr
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Whygisgitgdifficultgtogmeasuregthegeffectgofgfoodgawaygfromghomegongdietgquality?
A. Peoplegeatgoutgtoogmuch,gsogitgisgnotgpossiblegtogcollectgaccurategdata.
B. Researchersgaregunablegtogassessgthegnutritionalgqualitygofgpeople’sgdiets.
C. Peoples’gfoodgpreferencesgaregtoogcomplexgandgmaygevengbegunmeasurable.
D. Toogmanygunknowngvariablesgaffectgthegdata.
Whichgstatementgisgnotgagdetailgfromgthegpassage?
A. Eatinggbreakfastgawaygfromghomegcangresultgingangincreasegingfattygproteingconsumption.
B. Eatinggfoodgawaygfromghomegisgconnectedgtogbadgfoodgchoices.
C. Inggeneral,gpeoplegwhogeatgbreakfastgawaygfromghomegconsumegmoregcalories.
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Whatg isg thegmajorgdifferenceg betweeng matterg atg theg nanoscaleg andg matterg atg largerg scalesg suchg
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A. Atgthegnanoscale,gmetalsgaregbendable,gandgatglargergscalesgtheygaregrigid.
B. Matterghasgdifferentgandgspecialgcharacteristicsgatgthegnanoscale.
C. Atgthegnanoscale,gmatterghasgthegsamegpropertiesgasgmattergatgthegatomicglevel.
D. Theregisgnogdifference.
Whichgclaimgfromgthegpassagegbestgdescribesgthegbenefitsgofgnanotechnology?
A. Scientistsgcangdevelopgnovelgtechnologiesgandgproducts.
B. Nanotechnologygisgdefinedgasgthegunderstandinggandgcontrolgofgmattergatgdimensionsgofgroug
hlyg1gtog100gnanometers.
C. Thegdifferentgcolorsgcangbegusedgingsimplegmedicalgtestsgtogindicateginfectiongorgdisease.
D. Uniquegpropertiesgofgmaterialsgemerge.
Whatgisgthegauthor’sgprimarygpurposegingwritinggthisgessay?
A. Togexplainghowgtogutilizegthegnanoscale
B. Togreviewgthegconversiongbetweengthegnanoscalegandgnanotechnology
C. Togadvocategforgthegusagegofgmoregnanotechnology
D. Togdescribegnanotechnologygandgwhatgitgis
Researchersghavegdevelopedgagrecordinggdevicegthatgessentiallygmeltsgintogplace,gsnuglygfittinggtogt
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