A – Listening comprehension 20 marks

You are going to hear some information about businessman Louis Barnett.
1. Listen to the text and tick (√) the correct information about Louis Barnett. 2 marks

 a) He is a teenager.
 b) He wants to become a Chef.
 c) His mother and stepfather work with him.
 d) His girlfriend refused to work for him.
2. Listen to the text again. Complete the sentences below with numerical information. 6 marks (6x1 mark)

Louis...
a) decided he wanted to be a chocolatier .
b) bought the first Belgian chocolates on sale .
c) became Waitrose’s youngest-ever supplier .
d) got his champagne flutes into Selfridges .
e) signed autographs in Mexico.
f) thinks India will be the biggest chocolate consumer in the world .

3. Listen to part 2 again and complete the text with the missing words/expressions. 12 marks (6x2 marks)

Louis calls himself an ethical chocolatier, with pictures of endangered species on a) of his
11 exotic gluten-and-palm-oil-free Biting Back b) , and with a percentage of his profits
paid to the charities protecting them. “I released the first, the Orangutan, in 2006. Then I moved from the garage to a
c) . One problem was picking the right staff: some couldn’t d) from
a teenager. After securing an order from Waitrose for e) in 2007, we had to move the factory
up north. I’m still trying new blends in the kitchen at home, but I’m more of a f) .”

http://www.theguardian.com (abridged and adapted), accessed in February 2014

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B – Reading comprehension 30 marks

1. Where would you expect to find this text? 5 marks

 a) In a newspaper.  b) In a magazine.  c) In a book.

Read the text.

Celebrities and their favourite foods

Everyone has that favorite food item they can never get enough of, or a
snack they crave for days (no matter how healthy or unhealthy it may be).
Celebrities – just like us – have these same, sometimes weird, favorites.
To prove our point, we’ve rounded up a group of celebrities with
5 interesting tastes, who eat everything from peanut butter to bacon to
crickets.
Nicole Scherzinger
The Hawaiian born singer, dancer and former X-Factor judge has a
soft spot for her local cuisine. She once told Shape magazine, “to really
10 satisfy my hunger, I turn to my origins. I was born in Hawaii, so I love
dried tuna dipped in soy sauce, kalua pig, banana pancakes with coconut
syrup, and chocolate-covered macadamia nuts. My gosh, I could gain 10
pounds just talking about them!”
Miranda Kerr
15 Believe it or not, even top models have a weakness for fried food.
Supermodel Miranda Kerr once said, “I do eat healthily and am careful
with my diet, but not all the time,” later naming fried chicken as one of
her favorite meals. “That’s my big weakness and there’s nothing wrong
with that… Everything in moderation, that’s the trick.”

20 Angelina Jolie and the Jolie-Pitt children

Jolie is famous for liking strange foods, and it seems like her tastes
have influenced on the Jolie-Pitt children as well. “My boys love to eat
crickets. It’s their favorite thing,” the mother of six told E! News. “They eat
them like Doritos,” she added. The actress even admits to trying the tasty
25 insects herself, saying, “They’re good – a lot like a potato chip.”
Taylor Swift
To promote her album Red, Taylor Swift stopped by Good Morning
America where George Stephanopoulos asked what her comfort food is.
“Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal or Pop-Tarts,” said Swift. It might not
30 be a well-balanced breakfast, but it’s sure to satisfy her sweet tooth.
http://magazine.foxnews.com/celebrity/celebrities-and-their-favorite-foods,
(abridged and adapted), accessed in February 2014

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2. Match the expressions from the text with their meanings. One is not used. 5 marks (5x1 mark)

a) “crave for days” (l. 2) (1) has a liking for

b) “to prove our point” (l. 4)
c) “has a soft spot for” (ll. 8-9)
d) “liking strange foods” (l. 21)
e) “comfort food” (l. 28)
(6) enjoying unusual food preferences
(2) food that makes you feel well
(3) cannot resist
(4) not to be sure of something
(5) to show we’re right

3. Are the sentences True (T) or False (F)?

Justify the false ones with sentences from the text. 10 marks (5x2 marks)

 a) Famous people only eat food which is healthy.

 b) Nicole Scherzinger says she dislikes Hawaiian cuisine.

 c) Miranda Kerr eats unhealthy food sometimes.

 d) Angelina Jolie admits that she has eaten insects.

 e) Taylor Swift prefers sour foods.

4. Answer these questions on the text. 10 marks (4x2,5 marks)

4.1. What is Scherzinger famous for?

4.2. How does Miranda Kerr justify the fact that models eat unhealthy food?

4.3. Is Angelina Jolie the only member of her family who eats odd foods?

4.4. When was Taylor Swift asked about her comfort food?

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C – Language 30 marks

1. Complete the sentences below using words/expressions from the box. 10 marks (5x2 marks)

cheeseburgers chocolate bars scrambled eggs

toast and marmalade grilled

a) People know that fried foods are not so healthy as ones, but sometimes they
can’t resist them.
b) Many people only have orange juice and for breakfast.
c) Nicole is English. Her favourite breakfast consists of .
d) Jane likes kit kats, which are delicious .
e) Younger people normally prefer to soup.

2. Choose the correct option. 10 marks (5x2 marks)

a) Some people prefer drinking coffee / a coffee for breakfast.

b) Others prefer to have a juice / juice.
c) You don’t need much / many oranges.
d) I always try to eat a few / a little salad.
e) Claire doesn’t have many / much money to buy fruit.

3. Fill in the gaps with a few, much, little, a lot of, lots of, some or any. Some do not apply. 10 marks (5x2
marks)

a) Jean and Mary decided to prepare a meal together last night. They came home carrying
goods they had bought. Both have very experience with cooking, but they
promised they would be careful.
b) When dinner was finally ready, they had very appetite. They confessed
they had spent so time cooking that they didn’t think they would be able to
eat of the food they had prepared.

D – Written production 20 marks

Write a text of about 60 words in which you present reasons why people should eat more healthy
foods.
Be sure to use as many connectors as possible.

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