Reading Comprehension (RC) | Re: Wine connoisseurs expect their beverage to be bottled in glass and sea

 


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2. Which of the following, if true, would most help explain results obtained by Pickering’s team?

 A )  The wines used in the study were originally aged in barrels made of oak, which absorbs some SBMP.
 B )  The screw caps used by Pickering’s team to seal wine bottles are coated on the inside with a layer of polythene.
 C )  SBMP occurs naturally in wine in concentrations lower than that added by Pickering’s team.
 D )  Light penetrates bottles, and MPs degrade when exposed to light.
 E )  Natural cork contains microbes that produce MPs under certain circumstances.

 A )  The wines used in the study were originally aged in barrels made of oak, which absorbs some SBMP.

It tells us that the wine used in the study was aged in barrels which have some impact on MPs. But this would be true for all wine used in the study whether it was put in bottles or cartons. So the wine
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Statistics : Posted by KarishmaB • on 19 Feb 2024, 01:57 • Replies 10 • Views 799

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