The Frist Term English Test

Read the text then do the activities:

Over the last century, eating habits in Britain have changed dramatically. Our diets have been influenced by all
kinds of factors: by the technologies in our kitchens, by the modes of transport supplying our shops, by the media and the
government and by trade and migration. The eating habits of our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents would be
completely unrecognisable to many of us today. Our experiences of shopping and cooking have been transformed as have
our attitudes towards health, table manners, 'foreign' foods, waste and choice.
The British have long been notorious for having 'boring' food and conservative tastes. For many British families up
until the last few decades, household eating patterns varied little from week to week. A Sunday roast would be followed
by a few days of recycled leftovers - cold meat would be crafted into shepherd's pie or rissoles. Fish was traditionally
served on Friday, at the point that the leftover meat had run out. Today, many of us enjoy a greater range of foods than
ever before. For many of our grandparents, the idea that by 2007, raw Japanese fish would be sold in British supermarkets
and widely enjoyed by people around the country would have been laughable.
Nowadays in the UK we are used to eating food from around the world. A lunchtime snack include sandwiches,
samosas, spring rolls or pizza. Supermarkets stock food from around the globe - think of tropical fruit like mangoes or
passion fruit, sold side-by-side with British apples. Many of the foods we take for granted, such as curries or kebabs, have
only been widely available for the last thirty years or so. Migrants to Britain have helped introduce new flavours and
recipes and the rise of affordable air travel and people travelling further for holidays has helped create an appetite for
foods from other countries.
1. Give an appropriate title to the text:..1pt
2. Say whether the following sentences are True or False according to the text:2pts
A. Over the last century, eating habits in Britain have changed significantly.
B. The modes of transport supplying shops had a huge impact on the diets British people.
C. Technology is the only element of influence on the British eating habits.
D. British people used to serve fish on Friday.
3. Answer the following questions according to the text:3pts
A. What are the factors influencing the British eating habits?
B. What does a lunchtime snack include nowadays in the United Kingdom?
C. Did migrants help in changing the eating habits of the British? Explain how?
4. What do the underlined words refer to in the text 1pt Us (2) =we (3) =
B-Text Exploration:8pts
1) Find in the text words or phrases or expressions closest in meaning to :1pt
Eating habits =
(2) Contain =
(3)Providing = (1)
Conventionally = (2)
2) Match sentences in column A with their Functions in column B : 1,5pt
Column A
Column B
A
B
A. May he live to repent it!
1. Ability
A
B. Can you play tennis?
2. Possibility
B
C. They thought she must be joking.
3. Wish
C
D. He might be dead.
4. Deduction
D
3) Complete the following table as shown in the example:1,5pt
Verb
Noun
Adjectives
Example: to harm
Harm
Harmful/ harmless
..
Fashion
.
To Practise

.
..
..
Revolutionary
4) Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets (express both habit in the past and the present) 1,5pt
a) Susan often (to meet) with her friends after school
b) I . . . . . . . . . . . . (to be) patient but as I get older I cant stand rudeness.
c) Our grandmother. . . . . . . . . . . . (to tell )us a story before we went to bed
5) Join sentence (a) and (b) with the appropriate relative pronoun:1,5pt
1. a- The woman is a doctor
b- The woman lives next doors.
2. a- A girl was injured in the accident.
b- The girl is now in hospital.
6) Classify the following verbs according to the pronunciation of their final s: Ethics, establishes, defines, Cases
/z/
/iz/
/s/
Part Two: Written Expression
Write a short paragraph in which you predict what may happen in the future in fields such as: Food and clothing.