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7B
Imię i nazwisko: _______________________________
UNIT TEST
Listening Text 2
Have you ever dreamed of making a future career as a chef?
1 Listen to three people talking about the eating Would you like to spend your summer holidays learning
habits in their country. Complete the sentences with to do a variety of jobs in a restaurant kitchen?
words or phrases from the recording. Ideally, for a keen beginner, you’ll start with some simple
1 Karen thinks that it is ____________ to improve your jobs like peeling potatoes and chopping and mixing
eating habits. ingredients, but the end of our 8-week programme will see
2 Some years ago, Karen’s friend told her that she should you making a variety of complex meals, from desserts
read a ____________. to main courses. If you are not afraid of getting your hands
dirty and spending more than 10 hours on your feet, our
3 Oliver and his girlfriend ____________ cook at home.
culinary training programme is just for you. If you like
4 Oliver says that cooking takes time and ____________. a challenge, you will love the pressure of the busy life inside
5 Zoe thinks that ____________ is making good food a restaurant kitchen! Send your application today.
trendy. 3 The advertisement is mainly for people who
6 Zoe says that a lot of people want to get ____________ a can already cook very well.
too soon when they go on a diet. b want to learn some simple and more difficult things.
__ / 6 c want a job while studying.
4 From both texts, we learn
a what work in a restaurant kitchen is really like.
Reading b about dangers involved in working in a restaurant kitchen.
c what skills are needed to run a restaurant.
2 Read the texts and choose the correct answers.
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Text 1
It’s hard to believe that the day is over at last! It’s well after
midnight and I came home just half an hour ago. I spent Language functions
the day working as a kitchen assistant in a restaurant that
belongs to my parents’ friends – a ‘crazy’ idea that I had 3 Translate the Polish parts of the sentences into English.
to improve my cooking skills and earn some extra money 1 __________________ (Urządzamy przyjęcie) next
during the summer. weekend and I’d like you to come.
When I arrived at the restaurant, I knew it wasn’t going 2 __________________ (Napijesz się czegoś?) Some
to be easy. I knew it was going to be a long, hard day orange juice perhaps?
(indeed, I finished my work long after the restaurant closed). 3 X I’d like two pancakes, please?
I also expected to do lots of odd jobs, from helping
Y __________________ (Coś jeszcze?)
to prepare some simple meals to washing the plates, knives
and forks, and some other items that I can’t even name. 4 I don’t really want any meat. __________________
But nothing could have prepared me for the hot and fast life (Wolałbym zjeść) a vegetarian meal.
of a restaurant kitchen, full of shouting and running around. 5 I’ll try to __________________ (skontaktować się z)
There were quite a few moments when I wanted to take off Mark and Allie.
my apron, run out of the kitchen and never look back. __ / 5
But now, looking back on my day’s experience, I think:
‘That’s it! I’ve never had a better time in all my life.’
It no longer matters that I need to be more careful (I’ve got Vocabulary
some small cuts and burns on my hands) or that I’ll have
to learn to be mentally stronger (it felt really bad when some 4 Complete the sentences with the missing words.
of the staff were shouting at me). No, these things are not Some letters have been given.
important at all! I can’t wait to go back there tomorrow. 1 The meat from a cow is called _ _ e _.
1 On his first day of working in a restaurant kitchen, Nick 2 I love eating _ _ a _ o _ _, especially prawns.
was surprised by 3 You’d better avoid eating _ u _ k food like hamburgers
a the noisy atmosphere and fast things that happened there. and crisps.
b how long he had to work. 4 In countries like Italy and Spain, they use a lot of _ l _ _ e
c some strange things that he had to do there. oil for cooking and putting on their food.
2 After the day’s work, Nick thinks that the most important 5 The long orange vegetable is called a _ _ r _ _ t.
thing for him is that 6 We usually buy a _ _ r of honey every few weeks,
a he must work more carefully. because we all love it.
b he can ignore the anger of the staff. 7 I felt like having some fish, so I ordered some baked
c he is going to enjoy the job. _ _ l _ _ n for my main course.
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