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B1 Unit test 10A

1 Read the email. Choose a, b or c to complete 3 Complete the article with the correct passive
each space. form of the verbs in brackets.

Hi Lars The history of tea

I won’t have time to go shopping today, so could you Tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world. It
get me some things on your way home from work, 1
____________________ (prepare) by adding hot or
please? boiling water to the leaves of the tea plant. It
2
____________________ (introduce) to Portuguese
I want to cook some nice Italian food tomorrow, so
businessmen in China during the sixteenth century.
could you get me a 1_____ of black olives and a few
2
_____ of tomatoes? They’ve got much more flavour According to the story, tea 3____________________
than fresh ones! I also need a 3_____ of olive oil, but (discover) by the Chinese emperor, Shennong. One
not the most expensive one! Could you get a 4_____ of day, he was sitting under a tree drinking a cup of
milk and some biscuits, too? I’ve just finished the last boiled water, when a leaf from a tea bush fell into his
ones. And finally, we need a new 5_____ of toothpaste. cup. The water turned brown and the Emperor decided
Just get the usual one. Thanks. to carry on drinking. He liked the taste and this is how
tea 4____________________ (invent).
See you this evening,
Nowadays, tea 5____________________ (grow) in
Heike
many countries, such as India, Malaysia and Turkey.
1 a carton b jar c box Tea 6____________________ (divide) into six types,
2 a tins b boxes c packets but the most common ones are white, green, oolong
3 a packet b tube c bottle and black. Many teas 7____________________
4 a jar b carton c can (produce) by mixing several types of tea together into
5 a box b can c tube what we call ‛a blend’. The reason this
8
____________________ (do) is to give a better taste.
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In the past, tea 9____________________ (drink) in
2 Complete the sentences with the words in the many countries as a kind of medicine, but these days,
box. There are five words that you don’t need. people just enjoy its flavour. In some countries, lemon,
honey or milk 10____________________ (add) before
past figure funny charge diet drinking.
clear mark pretty left way
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1 I’d rather not eat at The Vines. I’ve heard it’s a
__________ expensive restaurant.
2 That’s __________; I’m sure I bought some apples
yesterday, but they’re not here now.
3 Well, it’s __________ that you won’t save money
if you don’t stop eating out.
4 Don’t eat that cream! It’s __________ its use-by
date now.
5 I spilt some orange juice on my white shirt and
made a big __________ on it.

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4 Complete the dialogue with the phrases in the 5 Read the blog. Use the correct form of the word
box. Some phrases may be used in more than in CAPITALS to complete the spaces.
one space.
1 SHOP
I’m terribly sorry would you mind 2 SHOCK
I’m afraid don’t worry about it 3 RESPONSE
there seems to be a mistake it’s not your fault 4 REASON
5 DIFFER
I do apologize you’ve charged us for
How to Shop

Man Excuse me. 1____________________ Nobody wants to spend more money than they have to
bringing me a cloth, please? I’ve spilt my when they buy their groceries. In fact, people typically
coffee and made quite a mess. want to save as much money as possible. But how can
2
____________________. you achieve this?

Waiter Yes, of course, sir. I’ll get you one right Well, the first piece of advice I can give you is to make
away, and please don’t worry about it. a list before you go to the shops and then buy only
what’s on that list. Don’t do your 1__________ when
Man Thanks, and while you’re here, could I just
you’re hungry because you’ll probably buy more than
check something with you?
you really need. And we already know that a
Waiter Sure. What can I do for you? 2
__________ amount of food is thrown away each
Man Well, 3____________________ with our bill. week, both by families and supermarkets. You can also
be a more 3__________ shopper by buying food which
Waiter Oh, really? What’s the problem, sir? comes from your area, and not from the other side of
Man It looks like 4 ____________________ a the world. Try buying your fruit and vegetables at a
bottle of mineral water, but we didn’t get local market, where you’ll probably get very
that.
4
__________ prices. Of course, it doesn’t matter where
you shop – the one thing you have to remember is food
Waiter Let me have a look. Oh yes, you’re right. I’ll
safety. Make sure you understand all the 5__________
change that for you immediately.
food labels, and don’t buy things which are out of date.
5
____________________.
Man That’s OK. These things happen. I’ll pay you 2 points for each correct answer 10
now because we’re in a hurry.
Waiter OK, sir. I’ll just get that cloth and I’ll be
right back.

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B1 Unit test 10A

6 Read the online advertisements for takeaway

C
food websites. For questions 1–5, choose from
websites A–E. Happy Food
Which website … Happy Food is the country’s only takeaway discount
1 explains that customers are provided with site. The idea behind it is that takeaways join together
everything they need to eat their meal? _____ and help their local communities by giving them
2 allows its customers to pay for their food online? special discounts on every order, every time they
_____ order! We have a huge selection of takeaways for you
3 shows customers what other people have said about to enjoy, and you have the choice of giving your
it? _____ discount to help the local community, or taking it to
4 offers customers the opportunity to buy a full meal help yourself. It doesn’t matter what you decide this
including drinks? _____ time, because we’ll give you money off again the next
5 allows customers to buy their food at cheaper time you visit!
prices? _____
D
A

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take our word for it – read 1,000s of reviews from online. You have a choice of ways of pay – by cash
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B Dine for Less
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7 Complete the mini-dialogues with suitable 8 Complete the blog with the -ing form of the
words. The first letters have been given. verbs in brackets. Then write (S) if the -ing form
is used as a subject, (V) if it is used after a verb
1 A I’ve just made a chocolate cake. and (P) if it comes after a preposition.
Would you like a slice?
B No, thanks. I’m trying to reduce the Nowadays, in my country, there are far too many
amount of s__________ food I eat. cookery programmes on television and I’m really fed-
up with them! Well, you’re probably thinking (think)
(V) ‘Don’t watch them then’ and I wish I didn’t!
2 A Sushi’s one of my favourite things to The problem is I can’t stop 1__________ (watch)
eat when I go out. (_____) them! In fact, I’m 2__________ (become)
(_____) even more interested in them. I don’t know if
B What is it exactly?
it’s because there’s a secret cook inside me just
A Well, it’s a Japanese dish and waiting to come out, or if it’s because I’m really bad at
basically it’s r__________ fish. 3
__________ (cook) (_____) and just enjoy
4
__________ (admire) (_____) the skills these TV
B I don’t think I could eat fish that isn’t
chefs have. To be honest, I think it’s the second one! I
cooked!
mean, let’s be honest – cooking’s not easy. But
nowadays, so many people are interested in it – and
3 A Shall I add some more herbs and these TV programmes – that lots of them love
spices to this to make it tastier?
5
__________ (take) (_____) photos of their meals with
their smartphones!
B Actually, it’s fine for me. I prefer
quite p__________ food. 2 points for each correct answer 10

4 A I’m planning to cook chicken and

potatoes, but I’m worried it might be a bit
dry.
B Why don’t you make a nice
s__________ for it, then?
A Good idea. I’ve got lots of tomatoes in
the fridge.

5 A Do you like spicy food?

B No, not too spicy. I prefer things that
have a m__________ flavour.

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9 Read the following pairs of sentences. Decide

10 Read the text and decide what the words in
which word/s in the first sentence the word/s in
italics refer to. Underline those words in the text.
italics in the second sentence refer to.
Milk
Example: Unfortunately, the salad wasn’t fresh.
That wasn’t surprising because it was five days old. Milk is produced by mammals to feed their babies, but
of course it’s also taken from cows to be used by
1 If you’re in a restaurant, how do you decide
humans. 1 This is mainly done on dairy farms. Across
between two desserts? Do you choose the one
the world, dairy farms produce about 800 million
which has less sugar?
tonnes of milk each year, from around 270 million
2 Rice is a food that is eaten daily by people all over
dairy cows. 2 These are specially kept for the job of
the world. Many of them are Asian because rice is
producing milk. India is the world’s largest producer
grown so successfully in Asian countries.
of milk, but it does not sell its milk to any other
3 I didn’t realize that Katerina was such a good cook!
countries. New Zealand, Australia and the United
That was completely unexpected.
States are the countries that sell the most milk and milk
4 All the chocolate cakes looked very tasty. So did
products to other countries, and 3 the ones that buy the
the ones with fresh fruit on top.
most are China and Russia. Throughout the world,
5 Almost half of the world’s coffee is produced in
there are more than six billion people who use milk
Latin America. And most of this is grown in Brazil.
and milk products every day. Cheese and butter are
2 points for each correct answer 10 made from milk. 4 So are ice cream and yoghurt. Cows
are not the only animals from which we get milk – we
also get it from animals such as sheep, goats and
camels. 5 These don’t produce as much milk as cows,
but their milk is also very popular.

2 points for each correct answer 10

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