EXPLANATION PAS BHS INGGRIS MEI 2019

CHOCHOLATE

Have you ever wondered how people get chocolate from? In this article we'll enter the amazing world of chocolate so you can understand exactly what you're eating.
Chocolate starts with a tree called the cacao tree. This tree grows in equatorial regions, especially in places such as South America, Africa, and Indonesia. The cacao tree produces a fruit about the size of a small pine apple.

Inside the fruit are the tree's seeds, also known as cocoa beans.
The beans are fermented for about a week, dried in the sun and then shipped to the chocolate maker. The chocolate maker starts by roasting the beans to bring out the flavour.

Different beans from different places have different qualities and flavor, so they are often sorted and blended to produce a distinctive mix. Next, the roasted beans are winnowed. Winnowing removes the meat nib of the cacao bean from its shell. Then, the nibs are blended. The blended nibs are ground to make it a liquid. The liquid is called chocolate liquor. It tastes bitter.

 All seeds contain some amount of fat, and cacao beans are not different. However, cacao beans are half fat, which is why the ground nibs form liquid. It's pure bitter chocolate.

25. The text is about ...
     A. the cacao tree                      B. the cacao beans               C. the raw chocolate                           

     D. the making of chocolate     E. the flavour of chocolate
26. The third paragraph focuses on ...
     A. the process of producing chocolate        B. how to produce the cocoa flavour
     C. where chocolate comes from                  D. the chocolate liquor
     E. the cacao fruit
27. " ..., so they are often sorted and blended to produce ..." (Paragraph 3)
     The underlined word is close in meaning to ...
     A. Arranged               B. Combined               C. Separated   D. Distributed               E. organized
28. How does the chocolate maker start to make chocolate?
      A. By fermenting the beans.          B. By roasting the beans,         C. By blending the beans.

      D. By sorting the beans.                 E. By drying the beans

                                                              The Sense of the Taste

The sense of taste is one of a person's five senses. We taste with the help of taste-buds in the tongue.

There are four main kinds of taste: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. All other tastes are just mixtures of two or more of these main types.The surface of the tongue has more than fifteen thousand taste-buds (or cells). These are connected to the brain by special nerves which send the so-called 'tastes messages.When the tongue comes into contact with food of any kind, the taste-buds will pick up the taste. The nerves then send a message to the brain. This will make us aware of the taste. All this happens in just a few seconds.

There are four kinds of taste-buds, each of which is sensitive to only a particular taste. These four groups are located in different parts of the tongue.The taste-buds for salty and sweet tastes are found round the tip of the tongue and along its sides. Sour tastes can be picked up only at the sides of the tongue. The taste-buds of the bitter taste are found at the innermost edge of the tongue. There are taste-buds at the centre of the tongue.The senses of smell and sight can affect taste. The good smell of food increases its taste.

Similarly, attractive colours can make food appear tastier and more delicious. If food does not smell good or is dull-coloured, it will look tasty and may not taste good at all.Very hot or cold sensations can make the taste-buds insensitive. Food that is too hot or too cold, when placed in the mouth, will have no tastes at all.

29.We can taste any kind of food because of ........

A.  the good smell of food                                      B. the four main kinds of taste
C. the taste-buds in the tongue                                D. the senses of smell and sight
E. the taste-buds round the tip of the tongue

30.When we eat very hot or cold food ........

A. the food will lose its taste                                  B. the food won't smell good
C. the taste of the food increases                            D. the taste-buds will be sensitive
E. the taste-buds will be very, responsive

31.The senses of smell and sight ........

A. increase the taste of the food                             B. affect the taste of the food
C. make food more delicious                                 D. make the food look good
E. make the food attractive

 32.The purpose of the text is ........

A. to explain how we can taste any food in the mouth

B. to give a report about the sense of taste           C. to inform how important the tongue is       

D. to describe the use of the tongue                     E. to tell the taste of the food