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English Test - 2020: Fast Food Follies

The document is an English test containing sections on reading comprehension, use of language, and writing. In the reading comprehension section, the passage discusses the popularity of fast food in America despite its negative health effects like making people fat. It mentions how teenagers enjoy fast food because it is tasty and inexpensive. However, eating too much can lead to weight gain, as can drinking sugary sodas which are widely available in the US.

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English Test - 2020: Fast Food Follies

The document is an English test containing sections on reading comprehension, use of language, and writing. In the reading comprehension section, the passage discusses the popularity of fast food in America despite its negative health effects like making people fat. It mentions how teenagers enjoy fast food because it is tasty and inexpensive. However, eating too much can lead to weight gain, as can drinking sugary sodas which are widely available in the US.

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ENGLISH TEST – 2020

Name :TOAPANTA GILSON ____________ NRC 2332 Level 4

Evaluation ______________________________

PART 1 – READING COMPREHENSION


Read the text below carefully.

Fast Food Follies


About half the young people in America are heavier than they should be. That’s because they
eat the wrong food, or they eat too much or too often. Or all three!
American doctors keep warning about ‘overweight kids’ and
some things are changing, very slowly. However, a lot of
habits are very hard to change. Fast Food restaurants, for
example, are as popular as ever, at all times of the day. Hot
dogs, hamburgers and French fries are still the most popular
things to eat. The problem is that they are high in calories
and fat. Another problem is to encourage children and
teenagers to eat their greens.
“I often come in for a burger after school,’’ says Billy, a
teenager from San Francisco. “They are so tasty and cost
only a dollar! We also come here because it’s a good place to
sit and chat!”
But eating too much is not the only reason why people get
fat - drinking too much has the same effect. In summer it’s so easy to drink too much. In
America people drink lots of soda pop, such as colas and 7Up. The reason is simple. They are
on sale everywhere: in shops, cafés…. And compared to Europe, it’s very cheap. But each small
soda contains spoonfuls of sugar. No wonder people get fat!

A. Complete this summary of the text with the words from the box.
fat
The text is about the (1) ____popularity___ of fast food in (2) popularity
__America_________________. People love eating it because it is tasty and not very (3) negative
______expensive________________. expensive
But the text also mentions its (4) ____negative________________ effects - it can make America
people (5) _________fat_______________.

B. Match the parts of the sentences.

1. Many young Americans ___f_ a) are very delicious.


2. American doctors __c__ b) a fast food restaurant.
3. People like eating fast foods such as ___h_ c) think that child obesity is a problem.
4. Young people don’t like eating __e__ d) favourite summer drinks.
5. Billy regularly goes to __b__ e) vegetables very much.
6. He thinks hamburgers __a__ f) are too fat.
7. Coke and 7Up are American’s __d__ g) aren’t very healthy.
8. Fizzy drinks __g__ h) hot dogs, hamburgers and French fries.
C. Tick () TRUE or FALSE. Copy the sentences from the text to justify all your answers.

1. Many young Americans have healthy eating habits. TRUE FALSE


___ American teens are overweight._____________________________________________________

2. People don’t go to fast food restaurants very often. TRUE FALSE


__ Fast Food restaurants are as popular as ever, at all times of the
day._________________________________________________

3. Fast foods are unhealthy foods. TRUE FALSE


___________________________________________________________________________________

4. Hamburgers are delicious and cheap. TRUE FALSE


_____ They are so tasty and cheap.______________________________________________________

5. You can buy soda pops in lots of places. TRUE FALSE


__ They are on sale everywhere: in shops, cafés._______________________________________

6. Fizzy drinks aren´t very sweet. TRUE FALSE


But each small soda contains spoonfuls of sugar.

PART 2 – USE OF LANGUAGE

A. QUANTIFIERS - Look at the picture and circle the correct word.

1. I need butter but there is just only a little / few


left.
2. How many / much lemons are there? – Don’t
worry. You have plenty.
3. There aren’t much / many tomatoes – only
two.
4. Oh no! There’s only a / some bottle of milk in
the fridge.
5. How much / many milk do you need?
6. Have I got enough meat for dinner? - Yes,
there is much / a lot of meat.
7. Is there some / any oil? – Let me see. Oh,
there is a / no oil left. Do you want me to buy
some / any? – Yes, please.
8. There are only a little / few onions left and I
need more.
9. And I still need some / any oranges. Not
many, just two or three.
10. Finally I need some salt, but not many /
much.
B. Label the pictures using the following partitive nouns: a bottle, a bowl, a box, a cup, a glass, a
jar, a piece, a slice

1) ____a glass_____ 2) __ a bowl____ of 3) __ a bowl of i____ 4) __ a bottle


of wine ice cream of bread o_______ of water

5) ___a box____ of 6) ___a piece______ 7) ________________ 8) ________________


chocolates of cheese of coffee of jam

C. Now use the words from exercise B) to complete the sentences below.

1. I gave my girlfriend ___________________________________________ for her birthday.


2. When I go to the gym I always take ______________________________ with me because I get thirsty.
3. My father always has ________________________________ with his meals, but I never drink alcohol.
4. For breakfast my mother usually eats _______________________________________ with butter.
5. In summer I just love having ___________________________________ - it’s so refreshing.

PART 3 – WRITING
Complete the sentences with some advice on how to have a healthy lifestyle.

People should__________________________________________________________________________

People should__________________________________________________________________________

People should__________________________________________________________________________

People should__________________________________________________________________________

People shouldn’t________________________________________________________________________

People shouldn’t ________________________________________________________________________

People shouldn’t________________________________________________________________________
People shouldn’t ________________________________________________________________________

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