Question

turn over a bag of potato chips. is the label interesting? a simple food recipe may use several ingredients. these come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. look at the label on a package of lipstick. the tube seems small and shiny, but inside lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax! 3 which is the best way to summarize this passage? a. labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. a simple product may have ingredients. b. clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. lipstick alone has soap, oil, fish scales. c. lipstick seems small and shiny. look at the label sometime. it has at least four different in d. a bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. there are many ingredients from the soi from chemistry labs.

Explanation:

The passage first mentions looking at the label of potato chips (a food), then talks about ingredients in a simple food recipe, and also gives an example of lipstick (a product) and its ingredients. Option A encompasses all these aspects - labels (for different products like food, clothing - though clothing is mentioned in a general sense as part of "other products" in the context of labels), and the idea that a simple product (like the simple food recipe example) has ingredients. Option B only focuses on clothes (not well - covered in the passage as it's more about general products) and lipstick. Option C only focuses on lipstick. Option D only focuses on potato chips. So, Option A is the best summary as it is the most comprehensive.

Answer:

A. Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have ingredients.