closeup c1 unit 5 c1 national geographic learning, Exercises of English

Download closeup c1 unit 5 c1 national geographic learning and more Exercises English in PDF only on Docsity! Eat Up!5 Reading A Read the Exam Reminder. What should you carefully consider in each text? B Now complete the Exam Task. B Food intolerance or food allergy? With obesity rates in most industrialised countries at record levels and more and more of us leading sedentary lives, it is hardly surprising that there is so much obsession in the media about the importance of curbing our calorie intake and increasing the amount of exercise we take. The United Kingdom Department of Health recommends a daily calorie intake for men of just over 2,500 and for women of just below 2,000. However, there is a small group of people whose goal is to consume up to twice this number of calories in an attempt to attain peak physical fitness. These are the professional athletes. Olympic swimmers train long and hard. On top of ten gruelling sessions in the pool every week, they do strength training in the gym and undergo physiotherapy. Needless to say, they burn a lot of calories. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps allegedly told the American broadcaster NBC that he consumed up to 12,000 calories a day while training. He has since claimed that this was a myth. However, Olympic athletes certainly need a huge amount of fuel to be able to train at such intensity. But it’s not just about calories. It’s important to fuel up from the right food groups at the right time. While training, athletes require carbohydrates to keep their energy levels high and protein to repair and build muscle. They also need essential vitamins and minerals, which they get from fresh fruit and vegetables. These foods also supply them with healthy fats. Keeping hydrated is equally important. Athletes lose a lot of water through sweat. The day before a competition, long-distance runners and swimmers do what is known as ‘carb-loading’. That is to say, they eat lots of carbohydrates that the muscles will store as energy to be released during the event the following day. Of course, athletes face the same problem as the rest of us. If they eat more calories than they burn, they will put on weight. Being an Olympic athlete cannot be a piece of cake. We are all likely at some point in our lives to have a bad reaction to a certain food. In many cases, it may be as a result of food poisoning, which is not a reaction to the food itself, but to contaminants in the food as a result of poor storage, handling or cooking. In far fewer cases, it may mean that we have a food intolerance or a food allergy. But what is the difference and why is the distinction important? A food intolerance is often caused by a difficulty in digesting a particular substance (such as lactose, a sugar present in milk). There may be digestive symptoms such as stomach cramps or nausea, but these are usually triggered only after large amounts of the substance are consumed and the symptoms often occur several hours after the food has been eaten. People with an intolerance to a certain food learn to avoid it but may eat small amounts without experiencing symptoms. A food allergy, on the other hand, is an abnormal response to a food caused by a reaction in the immune system to a particular protein. While symptoms are usually mild and may be similar to those produced by a food intolerance, they are much more varied and may, in rare cases, be life threatening. They include itching in the mouth or throat, swelling of the face, lips and tongue, asthma, and – much more rarely – a sudden drop in blood pressure (known as anaphylaxis). People with strong allergies to food must avoid those foods at all costs. The foods that most commonly trigger allergic reactions are milk, eggs, nuts and shellfish. The good news is that food allergies affect only about 6% of children and 3% of adults. The lower figure in adults is because some of the allergies more common in children, such as an allergy to milk or to eggs, resolve themselves over time, while allergies to nuts and shellfish tend to last a lifetime. A Fitness or fatness Exam Reminder Understanding the context in multiple texts • Remember that when answering questions about multiple extracts or articles, first read the texts and underline key information in each. • Remember to try to focus on the differing opinions, attitudes and information each text gives. • Then read the exam questions carefully and identify the section in each text which mentions similar information. • Finally, re-read the relevant section carefully to identify the correct text. Eat Up!536 6067_CloseUp_C1_WB.indd 36 12/02/2015 15:10 Vocabulary A Complete the words in the sentences. 1 Daniel isn’t feeling well and has lost his a _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 2 You mustn’t have sweet f _ _ _ _ drinks to quench your thirst. 3 What an amazing meal! It was a c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ triumph. 4 What’s your favourite c _ _ _ _ _ _? Mine’s Indian. I just love curries. 5 ‘Go on, have another biscuit.’ ‘OK, I will. I’m f_ _ _ _ _ _ _!’ 6 Don’t eat so much junk food or you will p _ _ _ on the pounds and become obese. 7 Make sure you s _ _ _ _ _ the casserole really slowly. You mustn’t let it boil or you’ll ruin it. 8 Lucy decided she needed to s _ _ _ a few pounds before going on holiday, so she went on a strict diet. B For questions 1 – 8, decide if these words are related to how food tastes, to the cooking of food or to ways of eating. Write T for taste, C for cooking or E for eating next to the words. 1 munch 2 poach 3 gobble 4 bland 5 sour 6 bake 7 bitter 8 blanch C Circle the correct words. 1 The Queen welcomed the President to the United Kingdom with a spread / banquet at Buckingham Palace. 2 Can I have a second platter / helping, please? I’m still really hungry. 3 We were ravenous / stunted after fasting for two days, so everything tasted delicious. 4 Oh, no, look! The bread has gone mouldy / fizzy. There are green bits all over it. You can’t eat it! 5 This cake is absolutely scrumptious / appetising! Can I have the recipe? 6 The drought went on for months, nothing grew in the fields and the animals famished / starved. 7 Snacks like crisps and roasted nuts are too salty / acidic for young children. They shouldn’t eat them. 8 Can I have a little nibble / sip of your drink? It looks so delicious. You are going to read two articles about food and health. For questions 1 – 4, choose from the articles A and B. The articles may be chosen more than once. Which article 1 explains that obesity is due to consuming more food than you burn? 2 explains that the main cause of food poisoning is consuming food which contains harmful bacteria? 3 describes that before competing, athletes fill up with carbohydrates as fuel for the body? 4 describes the serious symptoms which certain elements in food can have on someone? Exam Task Eat Up! 5 37 6067_CloseUp_C1_WB.indd 37 12/02/2015 15:10 Eat Up!540 Listening A Read the Exam Reminder. What will the distractors be like? B 5.1 Listen and complete the Exam Task. Writing: a proposal A Read the writing task below and answer the questions. You are a member of the student social committee at an international college. The principal has asked you to write a proposal recommending a menu for a dinner for those students leaving the college at the end of the year. Read the extract from the principal’s email below. Then, write your proposal. email From: principal@college.com Sent: 12th June Subject: Leaver’s dinner menu We need to choose a menu for our Leaver’s Dinner next month. Here are some possibilities suggested by our students – could you please make a recommendation? Chinese theme Indian feast American alternative Mediterranean choice exotic option, not familiar to all popular with everyone; not special lots of variety, spicy healthy and varied Write your proposal. 1 Who is the target reader? 2 What register will you use? 3 How many menus will you discuss? 4 What do you need to recommend? C 5.1 Listen again and check your answers. You will hear eight short conversations. For questions 1 – 8, choose the best answer (a, b or c), that is true according to what you hear. Exam Task 1 a There isn’t any butter. b The woman hid the butter so the man couldn’t find it. c The man couldn’t see the butter as it was behind the cheese. 2 a She didn’t let him know she was going to be out for dinner. b He didn’t look at his text messages. c Her message didn’t arrive. 3 a She is going to train to become a chef at her school. b He thinks she should train before opening a restaurant. c She is going to open a restaurant while training to be a chef. 4 a Henry used to be slim, but he’s put on a lot of weight recently. b Henry is large, but you wouldn’t describe him as obese. c The woman thinks Henry should lose some weight. 5 a She knew that tomatoes originated in Mesoamerica. b He knows many foods we eat originated in the American continent. c She didn’t realise that chocolate came from the Americas. 6 a The man has lost weight since he stopped eating takeaways. b The woman doesn’t believe that the man hasn’t been on a diet. c The man has been on a strict diet, avoiding fast food. 7 a The man agrees to cook a curry for the woman. b The woman wants a takeaway as she doesn’t want to cook. c The man doesn’t like any sort of fast food. 8 a She believes he doesn’t want to eat with the family. b He has been eating a lot at work. c She doesn’t really believe that he will change his ways. Exam Reminder Identifying distractors • Remember that with this type of listening task, you will be given multiple-choice options, but you won’t be asked a specific question. • The correct option should reflect what a speaker says during the conversation. The distractors will be carefully worded wrong answers that use some of the words and ideas from the conversation. • Distractors may: – contain correct information, but focus on the wrong person. – be partially true according to the conversation, but also contain false information. – contain information which is the opposite of what is said during the conversation. 6067_CloseUp_C1_WB.indd 40 12/02/2015 15:10 Eat Up! 5 41 B Read the example proposal and write your own introduction and conclusion. Proposal for Leaver’s Dinner Menu Introduction Chinese theme This is an exotic and original option. Some of our students have eaten Chinese food, especially takeaways, and would enjoy the variety of dishes. However, other students may be reluctant to try it if they’ve never had it before. Indian feast This is also an ethnic choice, which would be very popular with a great many students. The variety of meat and vegetarian dishes is appealing. On the other hand, it may be too spicy for some of our students. American alternative Everyone loves burgers, chips, pizza and hotdogs. Having said that, this is a rather informal choice and not really appropriate for a Leaver’s Dinner. It probably wouldn’t feel special. Mediterranean choice You can’t go wrong with simple chicken, fish, vegetable and pasta dishes. They are healthy, varied, delicious and everyone loves them. Moreover, the majority of students are familiar with the food from this region. Conclusion C Read and complete the Exam Task below. Don’t forget to use the Useful Expressions on page 67 of your Student’s Book. Writing Reference p. 179 in Student’s Book Learning Reminder Understanding the purpose of a proposal • The main aim of a proposal is to put forward different options and persuade the reader to choose the option which you think is best. • Start in your introduction by telling the reader why you are writing the proposal. • Describe the different options in your main paragraphs and then give your recommendation in your concluding paragraph – make sure you are convincing! • Remember to also use a detached tone, formal or semi-formal language, headings and discourse markers to add clarity and fluency to your writing. You are a member of the student council at an international college that hasn’t got a canteen. The principal has asked you to write a proposal recommending whether or not the college should open a café, a bar or provide more vending machines. Read the extract from the principal’s email below. Then, write your proposal. email From: principal@college.com Sent: 19th April Subject: College café, bar or vending machines We need to decide whether the college should open a café, a bar or simply provide more vending machines in the common room. café bar more vending machines hot beverages and food, soft drinks, somewhere to meet food available at all times, not a healthy option, no hot food or beverages a fun place for students to meet in the evenings, music venue, no food, not appropriate for students under 18 Write your proposal in 180–220 words in an appropriate style. Exam Task 6067_CloseUp_C1_WB.indd 41 12/02/2015 15:10