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ADVANCED 1
MIDTERM TEST
ADVANCED 1
MIDTERM TEST
Name: ________________________________________________________________
Teacher’s name: _________________ Group: ____________ Date: ____________
1.
Read this article about eating habits in America, for questions 1 to 6, decide which answer best fits
each gap.
(Total: 3 points, 0.5 each correct answer)
1. A very B over C far D quite
2. A easy B easier C ease D easily
3. A find B found C have found D finds
4.
A nutrition B nutritious C nutritionist D nutritiously
5. A why B because C due to D that’s why
6. A try B are trying C will try D have tried
It will shock no one to hear that Americans are remarkably unhealthy eaters. A new American Diet Report
Card confirms it: we eat
1. __________
too much cheese, sugar, starch, and red meat. Fruit and vegetable
consumption is depressingly low, but we have made small affordable healthy adjustments, like eating more
chicken instead of beef and drinking less soda. The message is getting through, but slowly: the way we’re
eating is killing us. Something has to change.
Unfortunately, all of the change has fallen on the backs of consumers. Yes, many of us could make (and have
made) small choices to eat better, but choosing to eat well isn’t an 2. __________available option. Large
numbers of Americans, particularly those who live in low-income areas, 3. __________themselves in food
deserts where there is no decent grocery store or market to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables. To complicate
things, some of the worst foods are also the cheapest.
Even outside of low-income households, eating 4. __________ can be a challenge. The explosion of chain
restaurants has put many smaller places out of business, hurting local cultures, and erasing eating traditions.
Several centuries of large-scale immigration to the United States shaped our cultural identity as a land of
plenty, and that is another reason 5. __________we prefer these large-plate, low-cost restaurants because
they hit a sweet spot in our cultural values: bigger, more, for less.
Americans 6. __________to eat better, but we will not see large-scale changes in our health until we start
making wide-ranging public health efforts that go beyond demanding individual good choices.
Adapted from theguardian.uk
THE WAY AMERICA EATS IS KILLING US.
SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE
READING AND USE OF ENGLISH
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