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Dried food
Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helps to preserve it, and that tile easiest way to do this is to expose the food to sun and wind. In this way the North American indians produce pemmican (dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians make stockfish and the Arabs dried dates and ’apricot leather. ’
All foods contain water—cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish anything from 80% to 60% depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to go bad is checked.
Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, anti also in California, South Africa anti Australia. The methods used vary, but in general, the fruit is spread out on trays in drying yards in the hot sun. In order to percent darkening, pears, pe
A. be reduced
B. be decreased
C. be increased
D. depend on different situation
Passage 3
An important factor of leadership is attraction. This does not mean attractiveness in the ordinary sense, for that is a born quality (1) our control. The leader has, nevertheless, to be a magnet; a central figure towards whom people are (2) . Magnetism in that sense depends, first of all, (3) being seen. There is a type of authority which can be (4) . from behind closed doors, but that is not leadership. (5) there is movement and action, the true leaders is in the forefront and may seem, indeed, to be everywhere at once. He has to become a legend; the (6) for anecdotes, whether true or (7) ; an important character. One of the simplest devices is to be absent (8) the occasion when the leader might be (9) to be there, enough in itself to start a rumor about the vital business (10) has detained him. To (11) up for this, he can appeal when least expected,
A. and
B. or
C. than
D. but
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