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For questions 1-8, read the text betow and decide which answer (A,
is before you look of the
B, C or D) best fits each [Link] is an example at the beginning (0).
options. You might know the
onswêr olreody!
Example:
0 A learned f-ü taught c said D asked
What is umami?
We are (0) that there are four different tastes: sweet, sour, salty and bitter- However, Auguste Escoffier, the famous
ln 1909, the chemicaI basis of this taste was discovered by a Japanese chemist called Kíkunae lkeda. He was eating a bowl of
seaweed soup and noticed that its delicious taste could not be (3)
........ . as any of the four accepted taste (4)
He ca[led this umami, which means'delicious' in Japanese, and took his idea into the [aboratory to find out (5) whai
was. He discovered that the taste was caused by glutamate, which is a naturaI acid found in meat, fish, vegetabtes and dairy
(6). .......... When you cook meat, cheese ages or onions are fried, the glutamate breaks down and makes things taste
(7) .......................... good. ln20A2,this newtaste was officially named umami in lkeda's (g) .... .....
1A cooks B plates C sauces D kitchen
2A secret B idea C reason D mystery
3A defined B detaited C decided D designed
4A boxes B styles C sections D categories
5A finatty B surety C exactty D mostly
6A types B objects C products D suppties
7A widety B particutarly C suitabty D virtuatly
8A respect B thanks C approvaI D honour
Food, glorious food
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The housework gap
text of 150-ló0 words with eight gops where words
hove been removed. You write one word in eoch
[Link] ore given on exomple (0).
n Thisport tests your knowledge of grommor, e.g.
orticles (o, the, on), prepositions (to, with, by, etc.),
modol verbs (con, must, should, etc.) ouxiliory
verbs (do,did, heve, etc.), pronouns
(it, fhem, which, etc.), conjunctions (ond,
olthough, but, etc.), quontifiers (much,
few, o litfle, eÍc.).
* The words must be spelt correcily,
' i.r-. \
looks forward (O) t9 cleaning
IhTrbody
U the house. That's (I) it,s an
extremely frustrating task: you do the washing up \
just (2) you can dirty the plates again
the following day, in a never-ending loop. while
there are plenty oÍ men in the world who clean the
house on a regular basis and plenty of women who
do not, a recent study suggests that women
(3) average do 60% more housework
than men"
It has (4) argued that the reason
behind this is that some women, deep down, (s)
rather do it themselves than trust
their partner to do it right. They tend to see the state
of the house (6) an indication of theÍr
own value, whereas some men do not. so should a
partner (7) made to work harder to
achieve their spouse's standards? The solution in
these cases could be just to accept mess,
(8) , some suggest, would lead to us
having more time to relax. But does anyone really not
prefer to live in a clean house?
A fomily offoir
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§OS fo, will hear an interview with Ivor Roberts, a chef who owns several restaurants.
For questions 1-10, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.
RUNNING A RESTAURANT
Ivor enjoys the (1) of running the restaurants, aithough he
also flnds it worrying.
Ivor thinks customers return to the restaurant because of the
(2)
Ivor says creating a good (3) is very impclrtant for
developing a successful restaurant.
Ivor's cooks have to identify the (4) ...... before they make one
of his dishes.
Ivor doesn't think it's heipful for staff to see an excellent (5)
There was a problem with a restaurant a few years ago because people only went
there for a (6)
Ivor says paying attention to (7) .............. is how he maintains a
consistent level of service.
lvlore than (8) people phone to book a table at the riverside
restauranl every day
Ivor hkes the fact that cooking is (9) so [he menu changes
regulariy