A. complete the sentences with prepositions. 1. Thenew tropical rut juice accounted _fve percent of the supermarket's beverage sales last month. 2. You wouldn't believe how much more energetic feel after cutting __ on both fizzy drinks and takeaway food 3. 1m embarrassed to admit that | don’t know when all the different fruits and vegetables are _season. 4. Mer @ day cycling around the countryside, the boys were starving and polished _thelr evening meal in no time at all 5, As a reward for thelr dligence and hard work over the last six months, the manager treated the staff a gourmet lunch at a well-known sushi restaurant. 66. During my stay in Rome, I practically lived _ pizza and pasta. 7. The charity event was pretty uneventful — people simply walked around making small talk and picking _ | the butfet food £8. Iwas planning to eat the rest of the fish for dinner, but! suspect that after several hours out of the fridge, it may have gone by now. B Replace the words/phrases in bold with expressions from the box. There are two extra expressions which you do not need to use. Make any necessary changes. Like many children, | went through a phase of being 1 tremendously picky at meal times. According to my mother, | distiked all vegetables, and there was not a single fruit out there which seemed to Zappeal to me. It was only after 3 meeting similarly frustrated parents that my mother discovered the various tactics used to make children eat more. Quite often, she would encourage me to play more sport in the hope that burning extra calories would somehow make me 4 hungry, or she would cut up my vegetables Into fun shapes in an attempt to capture my interest and curiosity Unfortunately for her, nothing seemed to work, andthe only food that | ever 5 really wanted to eat was ice cream, I'm told that every afternoon after school, as we Sheaded back home, | would beg my mother to stop atthe local ice-cream parlour and buy me a chocolate and strawberry ice cream. No doubt anxious that this would be the only food that | would agree to eat that evening, she very often gave in to my request. Fortunately for me, this chapter of my life was shortved. Indeed, had it asted any longer, | would have been in danger of damaging my health, not to mention ‘7 putting on a considerable amount of weight. The funny thing is, ‘ve now 8 given up dairy and turned vegetarian, my favourite dish being asparagus cooked in olive oll and served with a mountain of mashed potatoes!{Circle the correct options. 1 ‘m totally 1 stuffed / famished / parched! How about we make an avocado dip and eat it with the crusty bread left over from yesterday? fot possible, 'm afraid. The avocados we have aren't2 ripe / succulent / mature enough, There's some cabbage soup in the fridge, If you're interested. ‘A: Thanks, but that doesn't really sound very ‘3 appetising / distinctive / irresistible. B: Well, was going to 4 mash / grind / roast a 2 ‘As saw this job ad for a barista and | thought of applying. B: Is that so, little brother? And how will you prove your S ability / proficiency / mastery of the art of coffee-making? | don't need to. Making coffee is easy. Plus, not many ‘customers really know what good coffee is. B: Well at least | see you're not 6 weakened / intimidated / ‘outraged by the prospect of making a fool of yourself! Apply and see what happens. ‘A: On second thoughts, maybe not. Cafés pay people 7 nuts / walnuts / peanuts. And anyway, the 8 public / chicken for dinner but you'll have to wait for at masses / crowdl aren't ready for my skills. least another hour, B: If you say so. 1. Complete the sentences below with the correct form of synonyms of the words on the right. 1. They intend to b___ the sale of products that do not state the place of origin and list of ingredients ‘on their packaging, prohibit 2. The architectural challenge here is to design a bridge that will not only be pleasing to look at, but will also be abletow___s______ amajor earthquake. endure 3. Sophie was taught both her parents’ mother tongues, so she could readp __f In both of them at 2 relatively young age. skilfully 4. Ifthe price of oil rises, so will the price of almost alle_ mt. goods 5. The mountain range is rich in precious minerals and has been a source ofe__f______ between the two neighbouring countries for years. fighting 6. The plans to introduce healthier meals in school cafeterias were abandoned for reasons that remain ob_____tomany. unclear 7. Under ____m____conditions, the team should reach the mountain peak in a little over six hours, ideat 8. One of the aims of genetic engineering is to produce foods that arer___1___ ttobad weather and chemicals. strong against E Circle the correct option: 11. lused to / would be much better paid when | was working at the cheese factory, you know. 2. After running around and not eating anything that day, Madison was on the verge of fainting / would faint. 3. | purchased an electric mixer a few days since / ago ~ it's just marvellous. ‘When Jackie was at university, she avoided / had avoided cooking altogether. 5. It won't be long before you get used to / used to the pace of life in the city, 6. He was going to visit / was visiting us last weekend, but he had to work instead, 7. Before the Internet, | was due to / would always look for culinary ideas in cooking magazines. 8. Did you u Were you going to spend your summers at your grandmother's house when you were younger?} a At you / visit that Thai restaurant we 2 tated about the other day? Yes, but unfortunately things 3__ __ (not go) as planned. While | _ (head) to the restaurant, 1S ___@ed ‘acall from work and 16 _ __thave) to go to the office and pick something up. By the time | 7 ____ (reach) the restaurant, my friends & ____€eab for half an hour and were almost done. What a shame! Don't tell me you _ (not orden anything. B: Of course I did. 110 (starve) because I7i__ (not eat) a thing since 112 _ (leave) my house in the morning. Anyway, after the ‘meal, | was in for an unpleasant surprise. They 3 ee Give) my coat to another customer! A: Ohno! 14 _ _ (you / get it back? 1B: Eventually, The restaurant manager, wanting to be polite, __ (treat) Us all toa complimentary dessert while we 16 __¢walt) for the customer to bring It back. E. Complete the dialogues with the Past Simple, the Past Progressive, the | Past Perfect Progressive of the verbs in brackets. More than one answer Is possible In some cases. 1st Perfect Simple or the a ‘A: You must really enjoy your job asa pastry chet! It ‘seems to me that the main perk of the job is getting to sample all the delicious things you make. 1B: It certainly is! After all, 117 (become) a pastry chef because | love all things ‘sweet and chocolatey. l remember, as a child. | often 18. (make) cakes with my mum. She 19) (work) as, ‘a pastry chef herself in those days, so ! guess she 20. (inspire) me with all her cooking skills and ideas. ‘A: And when 21 (you / decide) to open up your own cake business? B: Well, 122 (not consider) it until one of my teachers at the pastry course 23 mention) it. ‘So, as soon as | 24 inish) the course, 125 (apply) for a loan — and it was accepted. 5. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb pairs in the box. More than one form is possible in oe 1. As Sally ____ the health and safety report, her phone _ em 2. By the time! to leave, the negotiations _ ‘on for well over three hours. 3, Unfortunately, the eggs by the time we__ ___at the hotel's breakfast buffet. 4, How long _ ___you as awalter when you promoted to assistant manager? 5. While Tina __the meat, Lisa___ ______ the vegetables. 6.We __for the key speaker for forty-five minutes when he finally _ BreRead the Questions and Answers section (Q&A) found on a fitness website and complete with the words in the box. tarted working out, primarily with weights, my goal bei to develop a lean and toned physique. Should I be cutting out carbs from my diet? Aria, rom String JA: Not at al. Whether you went to shed fat or buld muscle 1 ‘oF any sort isnot the key, We now know that even fats offer 2_________enefitsto weightloss, as long as they're healthy fats (think of avocados, nuts, salmon and olive ol). Similarly, you need carbohydrates to get eneray for your workouts and boost your 3 Research shows a carbohyarate-ich diet can fight off 4 1 Be careful, however, to avoid carbs from refined sugar and white flour, even though you may 5_______them.6____these options with whole grains, nuts and sugars naturally occurring in fruit. Also, try to consume smal 7 of different carbs dally so you get all the acitional vitamins and minerals offered by each food. Especially at breakfast, carbs and protein ____each other extremely wel, ensuring you get fuel for your mind and body, and build stronger muscles and bones. AS in all things, keep a balance! injured my right knee recently. Should I take some time off training, or is it better to continue training but focus only on my core and arms? Owen, from Birmingham | : Though you may think working on your core and arms won't affect your knee, the pressure may very well 9 the problem, so it’s best that you consult a doctor before making any decisions. If the issue is serious, it might be wiser to 10_______ from exercising for some time. Then again, the doctor might allow you to continue your routine, provided you take it slow and do some 13 ____as well. The only ‘advice I can offer you as a fitness expert is what to do once you have recovered. Men can very often be 12 with the ‘appearance of certain parts of their body and so end up working on 3 muscles (their biceps, abs, etc.). To build ‘a body that is balanced and flexible though, you mustn't 14___movement-based training. This involves focusing on whole-body movements that will train you to move fluidly ‘and naturally, while enhancing stability and mobility, so that in the long run you avoid injuries, 8. Complete the dialogues with the words/phrases in the box. There is, one extra word/phrase which you do not need touse. ‘Az Would you like to come over for dinner tonight? B: Id love to, but m1 plus, Ihave 2 things to prepare for my trip on Tuesday. Do you mind if! 3 2? A: Of course not. We can meet up when you get back. 2 Aa _____some crackers with smoked salmon? B: Thank you, but | don't really eat fish, or meat for that matter. 'ma vegetarian. A:0n5 B: Long story short, had a bad ‘experience with meat when Iwas a child and it put me off forever. Mind if try some of this dip? Ageia Soni ee gy don't you have some carrot sticks with that? 3. ‘A: Hey! How is the bedroom coming along? Great, though m7 painting walls. My arms really ache. 8 !You've tried to paint your whole house in less than a week! Why don't you 9 and we can finish it up together tomorrow?. Complete the sentences with an appropriate idiom. The gaps indicate the total number of words in the idiom. 1, The book you gavemewas_food_____s clearly, know much less about the subject than | thought I did. 2. Youll have to start taking your job a bit more seriously if you want that pay rise — don’t just expect to be handed platter. 3. OK, you missed your flight and had to come back home again, but use a anil, 4, I think we're going to run out of those 3D puzzles before midday. They're really ___ a cakes , aren't they? 5, Callum really has _sweet_ ____:if you want there to be any chocolate left for tomorrow, you should probably hide it somewhere. 6. You might want to_take __what_ _he _ _says_ salt_she ‘once told me he was almost selected to play for Manchester United under-7s, but | heard he was actually rejected in the first round of the trials. 7. Sorry I can’t help you this weekend. With my exams only a week away and the swimming competition on Monday, ' my _ _plate_ at the moment. 8. If you've done something wrong, you can tell me about it; don't just sit there stewing juice. 9. The first few days of our holiday were great, and the next few even better, but yesterday's all-day visit to the Museo det Prado was truly __ ‘0. Match the phrases in the two columns to make sentences. 1. Ive always believed that prevention is 2, This nourishing dish made with grilled soya pieces ‘and peanut sauce is packed with 3. Trying to get over my habit of eating really quickly, I started making an effort to savour every 44. My supposeaty rare steak was welhdone tne side [7] dishes were overpriced and the compimentary dessert wes stale na 5. I've been trying to abstain from eating things high In fat, but that cake is really making my 6. Closing down the kitchen seems to be the best course of 7. The ‘first-class gourmet’ restaurant didn't tive up toour 8. Their house is situated beside a lake in a stunning forest: onthe 9. After working for the same company for so many years, she finally decided to take the 10. The chili, cinnamon and nut flavours in this delicious chocolate drink are bound to satisfy the ‘most demandingE. Read the text below and complete the gaps with the correct form of the Active or Passive Voice of the verbs in brackets. More than one answer is possible in some cases. a3 healthyfood Dy Amelia Austin EMC eed aT B eye leg These days, food blogs 1 (consider to be among some of the most successful blogs onthe | Internet. f you're one of those people who 2 (enjoy) getting creative in the kitchen and sharing your ideas with the world, then why not give ita go? 41 Acommon question 13 (often / abt by new food biogers whether posting unaue recipes rom the Benning isa ood ies, My advices (o start off wth ecpes you know wel Do a few ‘easy | posissoyous eieop yoursve and buldup readers. Then onceyeutemore | Confident wit logging, mare complicated recipes can Code), 2 Be authentic, While food might be the focus, your blog 6 (need) an element of storytelling ‘anda personal touch, Maybe you're blogging about a traditional recipe that 7 (adapd ‘by your grandmother or maybe your recipe 8 (create) for a particular occasion, for | instance a graduation dinner party. Tell your readers the story behind the recipe. Did you have any difficulty finding unusual ingredients? Describe it. f your first attempt at making something 9 (turn out) to be a complete disaster, share it — with pictures, | B Thebesttoodbiogs10__(always/ accompany) by photos: indeed, a quick search will reveal that most use photos so shiny and appetisina that they seem tot (take) yore Tay ecnanged ome agree ee gGRnaseRT | 2 reure Good or bad photos can ik or baka og = Your eades | 13 inotattempt your recipes thelr taste buds 14 (not tickle by looking atthe finished product. Once you start tuning your tasty dishes nto equally appetsing blog poss, you 1S done | | there's no going back. Happy cooking! { Rewrite the following sentences using the Passive Voice. Start with the words given, 4. They say that this restaurant serves the best hummus in the city. This restaurant The best hummus = 2. Every time we vist our grandparents they give us ajar of homemade jam. We | Alar 3. You should have offered him a choice of biscults to accompany the cheese. Achoice He 4. Who funded this study on binge eating? who — By 5, People believe that this café serves overpriced coffee. - This caté‘1. We saw Elliot eat the last piece of cake, G. Rewrite each of the following sentences in the Passive Voice, Dieticians are promoting the green smoothie as a great nutrient boost. 3. Are they going to broadcast that new cooking programme tonight? 44, The judges will announce the winner of the cooking contest shortly. 5. They didn't notify any of us about the changes to the schedule. 6. They didn't let the children eat any more chocolate. A. Choosea, b, cor d. 1. The restaurant has a__ reputation for excellence. a.welldone well-built b.weleamed — d. well-fed 2. Iwoke up late, _ down some Juice to wake me up and ran to the car. a. grinded c.grabbed b. gasped d. gulped 3. This particular tea is found __in South Africa, and nowhere else. a.selectively _c. especially b.exclusively entirely 4. We also have soya milk for customers with a(n) to dairy products. intolerance tenderness ‘c-endurance .deficiency only had lunch an hour ago, but I'm starting to feel a Iittle_alreaay. a. parched. b. famished c.stutfed d. peckish 6. This celebrity claims she completely __her skin by eating nothing but fresh fruit. a. clarified c.alleviated berevitalised strengthened 7. Binge eating can be a response to stress or a result of low __. seltesteem —_c.self-service b.selfdetence d. self-doubt 8. Despite the bistro's prime location and gourmet dishes, dinner was __priced, a.reasonably —_¢. slightly be highly d. adequately 9. Coconut oil is considered to be a natural energy _, ‘a.helping stimulant intake 4. injection 10. After telling her the bad news, Richard left Cara alone: to___ the information, a. debate e.digest ba detect d. dispel _ ow: hCC*wee. 8. Complete the gaps in the text with one word only. Bollate Penitentiary s a medium-security prison in Milan. Itis also the home of a highly reviewed restaurant open to the public by the name of InGalera (Italian for ‘tn Jail). Every day, dinner is prepared, cooked and served 1 ateam of prisoners working under the guidance of a professional chef and head walter. The concept 2 designed as a way to provide prisoners with the professional training that3___allow them to find paid employment, when they rejoined society. Already, rave reviews have been written about InGalera's quality food and friendly atmosphere, while 4 has also been praised as being exceptionally good ___—=—=__for money. This is not the 6 time that an innovative new programme for prisoner rehabilitation has? introduced in Bollate. With opportunities to complete study programmes, learn new skills and trades, and even take up paid ‘employment away from the prison grounds, the prison 8 a point of providing its residents with the most progressive rehabilitation programmes available. { Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words, including the word given. 1. Itlooks lke these imported pine nuts are Chinese. These pine nuts China, 2. They found that he had touched the package containing the deadly virus. He was the package containing the deadly virus. 3. The exercises were so demanding that, even before we stopped to rest, | was wondering why Iad taken part in the programme. The exercises were so demanding that by a was wondering why | had taken part in the programme. 4. When are they going to give us the free dessert they promised? When is the free dessert they promised us? 5. Although | intended to give the dish a more intense spiciness, I remembered that Gregory doesn't like strong flavours. Iwas 5% when | remembered that Gregory doesn't lke strong flavours. 6. People with lactose intolerance should limit their intake of dairy products to only small amounts. Only small amounts of dairy produce lactose intolerant. om | |Dee ey questions according to the information Trees The mastic tree may be common throughout Europe ‘and North Africa, thriving in many places that have hot, cry summers, but it is only the trees indigenous to the 1, Whats the main purpose of the text? Greek island of Chios wich are typically harvested forthe 2. to explain the origins of a particular word much-prized resin, Aromatic, and with an almost transparent b.tolist the different uses of the mastic tree cystallike appearance, the thick, sticky substance known «. to present an agricultural product as mastic has a refreshing taste, but requires a substantial 4. to describe how a certain substance Is amount of chewing before being swallowed. Interestingly, the | farmed ‘word mastic’ and the word ‘masticate, meaning to chew food, both come from the same ancient Greek root, ‘mastikhan 2 eee eres about the production of mastic? Haste ren 1s harvested fom July to September. Before | ait isiinted toa particular rea harest begins, clcum carbonate, 8 white powder derved | rif lsat ts peak et the end of te year, | from rods, Is pread under eac ee. Ths powder prevents | |e itdepends onthe amount of calcium the resin from being dirtied by leaves or soil. Depending on the | carbonate used, Soeofthe re, veto ten cuts are madein is barkevery few | ets widespread throughout he days, and these cuts produce the tio sop which dis down | eee ‘onto the powder-covered ground where it dries and forms 3, What Is true about mastic tree resin? resin, Although collecting the resin is relatively easy, cleaning a. Each tree can produce a maximum of 1809 it, washing it, and preparing It for final use is extremely San labour-intensive. Each mastic tree yields on average 150-180 eee acy SSRSATofek unt e crams of resin annvalty, although individual trees have been Lae kmown to produce much less or significantly more. | e:Itis made from the bark of the mastic tree. In antiquity, mastic was believed to be medicinally effectual, 4, Processing itis very hard work with the ancient Greeks consuming it not only 25 a breath | 4 which ancient Greek bellet has been proven freshener, but also as a way of preventing tooth cavities and keeping gums strong. Today, mastic has been scientifically proven to possess antibacterial and antifungal properties, so itis no wonder it helps promote mouth hygiene. Tt has also been proven effective in treating respiratory problems, ulcers and high cholesterol. As for culinary uses, it is an essential true by modern research? ‘a, Mastic Is resistant against bacteria. 'b. Mastic helps to maintain one’s dental health. c. Mastic lowers blood cholesterol dd. Mastic can be used to whiten one’s teeth. ingredient in celebratory breads, sweets, and beverages | 5: Inthe last paragraph. what does the use of ‘throughout the Mediterranean and Arab worlds. Some cultures the word ‘versatility’ tell us abowt mastic? cll Es Es'an onahent Gotvarant for eck dacs. a. Ibis an irreplaceable component of industria! " products ‘The versatility of mastic is truly amazing. Aside from its | b. It is extremely useful for healing purposes. ity uses and health benefits, it is also an essential ¢, It'can be used for many different purposes. ingredient in many of today’s cosmetic products, where it Its smell and texture make it an ideal product forms a superior moisturiser thanks to its antibacterial action, ingredient, high mineral content and natural aromatic oil.