1. FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY
There has been growing criticism of the amount of food wasted by supennarket chains. A wide range of
fresh fruit, vegetables, sandwiches, meat, fish and ready-made foods are wasted because food cannot be legally so!d
once its sell-by date has passecl. The food is usually disposed of by dumping ¡t in costly and unattractive landfills,
that also damage the ozone layer.
5 Rather than dump food they can no longer sell. many European supennarket chains are trying different
ideas. In Britain, for exainple, Tesco reduces prices when food approaches Ihe sel!-by date, and Safeway dónales
food to zoos and animal sanctuaries. A different solution has been adopted by two of the largest food chains.
Sainsbury's and Marks and Spencer. Since there is a safety margin of a few days after a sell-by date when the food is
still suitable for human consumption, these food chains have decided to dónale large quantities of their surplus food
10 to charity.
While food charity does not provide a long-term solution to poverty. it can certainly help to improve the
lives of those who cannot afford fresh food. Charily organisalions take responsibility for getting llie food to the
needy while it is still fresh and for ensuring that it is not resold. The arrangement is satisfactory all round. Not only
do poor and homeless people get a good, fresh meal, bul the supermarkets also benefit from iheir own cliarily. It
15 improves their image and saves them the expense of using landfills. Charity organisations hope supermarkets in
other counlries will follow this example.
(A) COMPREHENSION (4 points)
a) Answer questions 1-2 according to the information given in the lext. Use your own words. (1 point per answer)
1) Do all European supennarket chains dump the food that cannot be coimuned? Give reasons for your
answer.
2) In what way do supennarket chains and charity organisations benefit from each othcr?
b) Are these statements Truc or False? Justify your ansvvers with words or phrases from the lext. (0.5 points per
answer)
3) By law, food cannot be offered for sale after a certain dale.
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4) Tesco makes food more expensive after its sell-by date.
5) Charity organisations sell the food at low prices to collect money for the needy.
6) Supermarkets have to pay for using landfills.
(B) USE OF ENGLISH (3 points)
C 7) Find in the text the word which has the following definition. (0.25 points)
"Groups of businesses that are owned by the same person or company."
8) Which word is not an adjective? (0.25 points)
READY-MADE COSTLY SUITABLE LEGALLY
9) Find in the text one opposite for SHORT-TERM (adj.). (0.25 points)
10) Find in the text one opposite for WEALTH (noun). (0.25 points}
11) Turn the following sentence into the active voice. (0.5 points)
Food cannot be sold once its sell-by date has been reached.
12) Join the following sentences using an appropriale linking word (do not use AND or BUT). (0.5 poinls)
Make changes if necessary.
Food charity does not provide a long-term solution to poverty.
However, food charity helps improve the lives of Ihe needy.
13) Fill in the gap with a corred adjective. (0.5 points)
I think John is Ihe most person for this job. He has gol all the
experience we need.
14) Rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning. Begin as indicated. (0.5 points)
Charity organisations take responsibility for getting the food to the needy.
Charity organisations are
(C) PRODUCTION (3 points)
15) Write a composition (80-100 WORDS). Choose ONE of the following options. Specify your option.
a.- Is man destroying the planet?
b.- How can society help the needv?