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Sweet Foods

Humans share a strong appetite for sweet foods; it is the only universally innate taste preference. If, for millennia, the consumption of bread ensured sustenance and survival, eating sweet foods ensured satisfaction and pleasure. For much of prehistory, historians assume that fruits were humans鈥?primary source of sweet foods. Sweet pastes made from dates and figs and syrups made from the juices of fruits such as grapes and berries were also used to sweeten foods. Tree sap from maple and birch trees sweetened foods, as did syrups from cooked grains such as sorghum. Honey was the first concentrated sweetener to be widely used. In ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, honey was used to season both savory and sweet dishes and as a preservative. Egyptian hieroglyphs from the 15th century B.C.E. depicting clay beehives document the cultivation of bees for their honey.



鈥擫abensky, Sarah R., Priscilla Martel, and Eddy Van Damme. On Baking: A Textbook of Baking and Pastry Fundamentals. 2nd Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009. 5. Print.



Which statement is implied by the information in the passage?





a)

Honey probably made life more pleasant in ancient times.



b)

The consumption of bread ensured sustenance and survival for humans.



c)

People did not eat syrup in ancient times.



d)

Fruit juices were used as sweeteners.Can you help me with this reading?
The word "implied" in the question means that the information is not given exactly and directly but can be figured out by reading and making a logical deduction.



This sentence is the start:



If, for millennia, the consumption of bread ensured sustenance and survival, eating sweet foods ensured satisfaction and pleasure.



It tells us that for thousands of years, eating sweet foods gave humans pleasure.

Then we read about honey. We learn that it was sweet, and very popular in many cultures. So we put the two ideas together: Honey is sweet, sweet foods made life pleasant for thousands of years, therefore honey probably made life more pleasant in ancient times.





B is wrong because it is not implied - it is actually stated in the passage as a fact. To answer a question that is "implied" you have to find at least two facts in the passage and put them together to draw your own conclusion.



Good luck.