This is the reading section for the Mattayom 3 O-NET exam for the school year 2561.
Reading Passage 4
Read the research study.
About 25 years ago, a group of Canadian scientists wanted to create a strain of salmon that could survive in fish farms in the cold water off New Brunswick. They took genetic material from Chinook salmon and from an eel-like fish called Ocean Pout and injected it into the eggs of an atlantic salmon. The result was a fast-growing fish that looks and tastes like a regular farmed Atlantic salmon. Some people call it a "super salmon," while others call it "Frankin fish," after the fictional monster created by Dr. Frankenstein.
The controversial fish, called the AquAdvantage salmon, has been genetically modified. That means some of its DNA has been artificially changed. The modified salmon is also "transgenic," which means genetic material from a different type of organism has been artificially added to the salmon's DNA.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates food in the United States, studied the salmon for several years. In 2010, they decided that the salmon was safe to eat and would have "no significant impact" on the environment - as long as it was raised in special facilities and could not accidentally be realesed into rivers or oceans.
Because so many people requested that the FDA reconsider its decision, the FDA asked for comments from the public. It recieved more than 35,000 responses. It is still considering these comments and has not yet announced whether it will allow the salmon to be sold as food for humans.
What is the main idea of the article?
Salmon has become the world's first genetically modified animal.
Modified salmon's saftey as food is still questionable.
The request to market modified salmon has been withdrawn.
The U.S. FDA has reconsidered the safety of the Atlantic salmon.
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
The AquAdvantage salmon is well accepted by consumers.
The modified salmon is called "Frankenfish" by those who oppose it.
The FDA has officially approved the sale of modified salmon to consumers.
The modified salmon contains growth hormone genes from a farmed Atlantic salmon.
What is NOT mentioned in the passage?
The final decision of the FDA
The benefts of the modified salmon
The process of creating a transgenic organism
The scientists' purposes for recreating modified salmon
What can be inferred from paragraph 3?
The wild salmon may be extinct in the near future?
The FDA will hold another public hearing on the issue of modified salmon.
The modified salmon would become the first transgenic animal to enter the food supply.
The modfied salmon could harm the environment if they went by chance into rivers or oceans.
How do the people who use the term "Frankenfish" feel about modified salmon?
