Задания 12-18
12. The author describes the meeting with the woman as …
C) a source of his knowledge of edible gold.
13. The phrase “… make an attempt to distil” in “… make an attempt to distil the essence of some of these claims” (paragraph 3) means to …
A) try to explain.
14. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason why restaurants use culinary gold?
C) It adds a particular flavour to meals.
15. The author tends to trust the information about gold colloid because …
D) it’s backed by some research.
16. The author refers to the substance found by David Hudson as “mysterious” because …
A) it has unusual properties.
17. David Hudson thinks that the substance he discovered …
B) is the thing mentioned in legends.
18. From the last paragraph it can be implied that …
C) Hudson’s discovery wasn’t scientifically validated.
