Module Test 8

Vocabulary 2 Synonyms
Replace the underlined words with a synonym
1 Nutrition
from the box to complete the text. There are
Complete the text using the correct options A–D.
extra words.

Healthy eating as a result complex concerned considerably

consume generated however located occur
It’s time to ditch the diet. Don’t count the 1 physical health relax remove vary
or you’ll just get 2 pains. Why not consider
healthy eating instead: cut out 3 from your Nowadays, more and more people are 1 worried
about the food they 2 eat. There are several reasons
diet. so no more fizzy drinks and sweet desserts
for this: they might want to improve their
and definitely don’t add any to your tea of coffee;
3 well-being; they want to make sure their food has a
remove some 4 , foods like butter and low carbon footprint, is ethically sourced or that the
cheese from cow’s milk. You don’t even have to food has not been genetically modified. 4 So,
stop eating 5 such as pasta and bread but in trying to solve the problem of food shortage,
do focus on eating more foods with good 6 scientists and multinational companies have instead
value. Also remember to drink a lot of water to keep 5 created large volumes of food that is bad for us.
you hydrated at all times. Eating well will reduce the Should we 6 sit back and do nothing while bad
things 7 happen? Or should we fight for safe and
chances of you becoming ill with problems such as
healthy food? Views 8 change depending who you
high 7 or 8 , both of which can be
speak to and the situation is a 9 much more
avoided or controlled by healthy eating. 10 difficult one to solve than what to have for dinner.
1 6
1 A cholesterol C calories 2 7
B fat D vitamins 3 8
2 A thirst C taste 4 9
B hunger D food 5 10
3 A iron C sugar /10
B fat D dairy
4 A nutritional C protein 3 Prefixes
B dairy D balanced Complete the sentences with the correct form of
5 A sugar C iron the words in capitals.
B proteins D carbohydrates 1 There are quite a few advantages to that
6 A nutritional C vitamin plan. I don’t think it will work. ADVANTAGE
B balanced D taste 2 A lot of processed food is very unhealthy as
7 A calories C diabetes it has too much sugar in it. HEALTHY
B proteins D cholesterol 3 There are many ways to get fit which are relatively
8 A iron C cholesterol unexpensive or even free. EXPENSIVE
B diabetes D hunger 4 Eating irregular meals isn’t very good for
/8 your health. REGULAR
5 Many diets are totally uneffective as most
people put the weight back on. EFFECTIVE
6 The long-term effects of eating genetically
modified foods are a(n) unknown quantity.
KNOWN
7 It’s inresponsibleof supermarkets to sell foods
containing large amounts of sugar.RESPONSIBLE
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 Module Test 8
VICTOR ALANIS 4020
Language development 5 The passive 2
Complete the text with the passive form of the
4 The passive 1
verbs in brackets.
Complete the second sentence so that it means
the same as the first sentence.
Fashion from different parts of Africa
1 are being selled (sell) in our stores for ten
1 The government has put a tax on foods that
years now. Last year I 2 was given
contain too much sugar.
(give) a chance to visit the countries where the
A tax by the government was put on foods that contain
clothes 3 were being manufactured (manufacture).
too much sugar.
I 4 was shown (show) how the fabric
2 Retailers will pass this price increase on to their is made
5 (make) and then I met the
customers.
women who design the clothes. It was a fantastic trip
This price increase will be passed by
and I can confirm that our stores
retailers to their customers.
6 will be filled (fill) with more African
3 Farmers’ sell fresh, organic produce at their local
fashion in the future. I just hope that I
farmer’s market.
7 can invite (invite) to visit Africa again.
Fresh, organic produce is selled by the
farmers’ at their local farmer’s market. /7
4 You can find food from anywhere in the world in 6 Formal structures
your local supermarket. Match the underlined sections 1–8 with the
Food from anywhere in the world structures A–F. You will need to use some
can be found in your local supermarket. structures more than once.
5 Companies have to label all their food clearly.
A active verb D that clause
Food has to be labelled clearly by
B passive verb E simple sentence
companies.
C relative clause F complex sentence
6 Eating the wrong types of food can cause many
illnesses.
Many illnesses can be caused by eating the wrong Changing shopping habits
types of food.
Online shopping 1 has overtaken traditional
7 Someone made an announcement yesterday
shopping. 2 We can now buy almost anything online
about increased food prices.
from food to clothing. Some surveys were conducted
A(n) announcement was made yesterday about
last year 3 and indicated that the millennial
increased food prices.
generation with their smart phones 4 are disrupting
8 Cheaper supermarkets are challenging the bigger
traditional shopping methods. They are constantly
companies.
connected to the Web, using their phones as their
The bigger companies are being challenged by the
main method of sourcing items. 5 This means that
cheaper supermarkets.
traditional forms of advertising in the print media or
9 Social media greatly influences shoppers’
on TV are falling behind and 6 are being replaced
decisions.
by digital advertising. 7 Because prices can now be
Shoppers’ decisions are greatly influenced by social
easily compared online, traditional retail outlets need
media.
to be more competitive if they are going to survive.
10 Our overseas factory produced these goods.
8 One way in which traditional shops are adapting
These goods were produced by our overseas
is to offer online shopping but with a discount if
factory.
customers pick up their goods in store.
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E D
1 B 2 3 4 A
5 F 6 C 7 F 8 E
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