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Answer Key Test N° 3
READING COMPREHENSION
1/Complete the paragraph with information from the text. Each blank stands for one word.
People should avoid eating unhealthily to prevent obesity and diet-related diseases.
Changing our diet would be of a great benefit to our health and our well-being.
2/ Pick out complete sentences from the text to show that the following statements are false.
a- Only adults are putting their lives at risk because of bad eating habits.
All this is having a devastating impact on the nation’s health – with children’s health being “of particular concern”, because they are eating more fat and eating more sugary drinks than adults.
b-Unlike the obese, the people who don’t have a healthy diet aren’t running any risk of getting any disease.
And those who eat unhealthily but manage not to pile on the pounds are still at risk.
c- Scientists predict that the number of people suffering from obesity will decrease in the near future.
That figure will surge to 60 per cent by 2050, according to predictions by scientists last year.
d- Old people are the most affected by diet-related diseases.
Older people have a slightly better diet than younger people, because they eat marginally more fruit and vegetables and slightly less red meat than average.
3/ What should people do to have a balanced diet? List down 3 recommendations.
a- eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.
b- avoiding the consumption of ready meals
c- reducing daily salt intake./ cutting excess saturated fat and sugar intake.
4/Rephrase the following expression using your own words.
People are digging an early grave for themselves: putting their lives at risk and accelerating their death.
5/What do the underlined words in the text refer to?
a- All this (paragraph 4 ): intake of sugar and fat and consumption of ready meals b- that figure(paragraph 6 ): a quarter of obese adults.
6/If you read the report about ill-health and diet-related diseases, would you feel concerned and take it seriously? Why? Why not? (1mark)
(First answer the question then justify)
LANGUAGE
1/Fill in the blanks with 8 words from the box.
curriculum / better / system / blended / academic / all / deprivation / test
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mixed / test / through
A Scottish school has placed 60 of its brightest first-year pupils in a fast-track class in an attempt to improve results. Critics have claimed the introduction of a controversial streaming system at St Paul’s High School, in the area of Glasgow, goes against the principles of comprehensive education in which pupils of mixed ability are taught together. Rod O’Donnell, head teacher at the school – located in an area of unemployment and social deprivation - claimed that streaming would allow children to make better progress. He said:
“I differentiate and create an appropriate curriculum for all my first-year pupils based on the information we have from prior learning in the primaries.” Mr O’Donnell said he believed that academic achievement would rise for the entire school as all children are taught in lessons tailored to their ability. “I want every child in my first year right through to my sixth year to have an equal experience.If I can adjust the curriculum suitably to improve that quality I will do that.”
2/Put the bracketed words in the right tense or form.
A severely deaf 76-year-old has been told she faces a 14-year wait for a hearing aid.
Six months ago hospital staff told June Hews she was number 582 on the waiting list for a pair of digital hearing aids to replace her analogue unit. Since then she has crawled just 20 places up the queue – which works out at a 14-year wait. “It’s incredible the list should be so long,” Mrs Hews said yesterday. “Should this rate of progress be maintained, I will get my new hearing aids in 2020. “It’s possible that I may be alive in 14 years’ time but what about the people on that list who are in their 80s and 90s. Mrs Hews, from Cheltenham, has used analogue devices for many years but now needs digital aids because her hearing has continued to deteriorate. Now she is considering going private because of the long waiting list “I’ve considered going private to get these hearing aids quicker but why should I have to pay out money for it?. A spokesman for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: “We are sorry Mrs Hews has had such a long wait. There’s a growing demand for this service but our staff are doing all they can do to address the problem.”
3/Circle the correct alternative.
More than a million Britons have left for new lives abroad since the turn of the Millennium, figures showed yesterday.
The number of emigrating people each year has gone up by more than a third since the mid- 1990s. And while more and more people are heading for France, Spain, Australia or the US., fewer Britons are returning than at any time in a decade. Analyst Robert Whelan said
“People are emigrating because of a sense of hopelessness about the problems here. They see us going round and round in circles but nothing is ever done about the big problems like education, health care, crime. For many people this is an act of despair, and there can be more disappointment when they get where they are going.” The figures from the ONS do not record where emigrants go. But a count of British passport holders abroad indicated that the most popular destinations in Europe were France and Spain. Half a million Britons live in the US and more than 600,000 in Australia hold UK passports.
WRITING 1
1/Express the following sentences differently .Start as shown.
a My parents never talk to me about anything so I feel so desperate about the situation.
If my parents talked to me about everything I wouldn’t feel so desperate about the situation b/ Some countries are making great efforts to preserve wildlife in National Parks and Game Reserves.
Efforts are being made by some countries to preserve wildlife in National Parks and Game Reserves.
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c/ Postnatal depression kills everyday, yet help for mothers to cope with this disease is non existent.
Although postnatal depression kills everyday help for mothers to cope with this disease is non existent.
d/ It’s so important for parents to approach the problem of overweight children by giving them unconditional love to avoid depression and eating disorders.
If only parents approached the problem of their children’s overweight by giving them unconditional love to avoid depression and eating disorders.
e/ Although women work very hard , men still haven’t figured out how to shoulder their share of the household burden.
In spite of women’s hard work, men haven’t figured out how to shoulder their share of the household burden.
Writing 2
You have just come back from a holiday abroad. You were not satisfied with a number of things, essentially accommodation and hotel services.
Write a letter to the holiday agency (Luxury Holidays, 10, Richbell Road, London WC 2 8IO), to complain about what went wrong and asking for compensation.
a- Opening paragraph:
* I am writing to complain about………
* I feel I must complain about………
* I am dissatisfied with………..
* Unfortunately, it was nothing like what I expected………..
b- Main part:
* The problem is……….
* In your brochure/advertisement you failed to mention……….
* To my amazement………
* To make matters worse……….
* I was disappointed……….
c- Closing paragraph:
* I look forward to compensation………
* Considering all the above, I believe I am entitled to a full refund…………..
*I look forward to hearing from you soon………
