Reading passages

290 -The author suggests that a problem with 
transporting frozen food was ---- .
A) finding a way to keep its temperature constant 
B) developing a profitable way to ship it abroad 
C) knowing whether there would be a demand for it 
D) the price difference between England and 
Australia 
E) making enough ice to keep it from melting 
291 -One may infer from this passage that ---- .
A) frozen meat is actually better than freshly - 
slaughtered meat 
B) meat cannot last much longer than six months in 
a freezer 
C) meat must be frozen immediately after slaughter 
to taste fresh 
D) Harrison's method of preservation was quite 
successful 
E) only the food experts could understand that 
Harrison served frozen meat 
Benjamin Franklin, who was to become one of the 
best known American writers, politicians and 
scientists, was born in Boston in 1706. He was one of 
17 children, and as a child, he worked in the shop of 
his father, who was a soap and candle maker. As he 
loved to read and study, however, working for his 
father did not appeal to him, so when he was 12, he 
was sent to assist his brother James, who had a 
printing shop. There, surrounded by books, he would 
often stay up late at night reading on a wide range of 
subjects. As he read, he practised improving his own 
style of writing. 
292 -It is stated in the passage that Benjamin 
Franklin ------ .
A) was born into a family including well -known 
people 
B) started to work in his father's shop when he was 
12 
C) was not content to be working with his father 
D) had a decent formal education 
E) came from a wealthy background 
293-We can conclude from the passage that the 
work Benjamin's brother was doing ---- .
A) required Benjamin to work until late at night 
B) was, in the first place, financed by their father 
C) was a lot more profitable than his father's work 
D) was too hard for a twelve -year -old 
E) was well suited to Benjamin's interests