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Goodbye, fish and chips: national changing trends in British dining

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Всероссийская олимпиада школьников

Английский язык

Школьный этап 2017-2018 уч. г.

Комплект заданий для учащихся 7 - 8 классов

LISTENING

Time: 10 minutes

Task 1.You will hear an interview with Emma. For each items (1- 10) decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, choose A (True). If it is not correct, choose B (False). You will hear the text twice.

AN INTERVIEW WITH EMMA

Are the statements below true (T) or false (F)?

1. Emma took her exams yesterday.

2. Emma’s mother lives in Oxford.

3. Her parents do not live together.

4. Emma has got a brother and a sister.

5. Her brother is twelve years younger than Emma.

6. Emma’s brother likes to play football.

7. He doesn’t go to school yet.

8. Emma’s father lives in Edinburgh.

9. They often spend holidays together with their father.

10. Emma is fond of pop music.

 

 

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READING

Minutes

Task 1. You are going to read an article about the effects of tourism on local people.  For questions 1-6, choose from the people (A-C). The people may be chosen more than once.

Which person

1. Misses a place they used to go as a child?

2. Says that tourism provides a lot of jobs for local people?

3. States that tourism has destroyed a traditional local industry?

4. Feels that presence of the people from other cultures benefits the local community?

5. Criticizes the behavior of some tourists in their town?

6. Believes that most of the profit from the local tourist industry goes abroad?

7.  Claims that tourists are unwilling to learn the local language?

8.  Believes tourism helps the local people to get to know the other cultures and their traditions?

Living with tourism

Three people describe how tourism has affected their home town.

A. Yusuf Demir

In my childhood in my home town there was a path I used to go to school, and last summer I went to see if it was still there. It was, but the view from it was different. Now there is a vast shopping mall, with a cinema and some cafes. I don’t really worry about that, because it means there are lots more things to do, and I also like the fact that it has a really international atmosphere. It is good for local people to meet visitors from other parts of the world, try new kinds of food and hear about different ways of living.

B. Matt Walker

Tourism has changed this town so much, even in the years since I was at school. In those days there was a football pitch near the harbour, but it’s gone now, which is a pity. We used to kick a ball around there a lot. In the harbour itself luxury yachts owned by people from richer parts of the country have replaced the fishing boats which had been owned by locals. And now there is no sign of what used to be the main source of income and employment locally. In the evenings the town is certainly a lot livelier than it used to be. But sometimes people start doing things they would never do in their home towns. And then the police have to be called!

E. Daniela Navarro

I know some of the new hotels and holiday apartments are unattractive, and the bars, restaurants and nightclubs for tourists have changed the nature of the town. Without them the unemployment would be a much higher, particularly among the young. But the problem is that the only ones making any real money out of all this are big tour operators and the owners of the hotels. None of them are actually based in my country. Also, very few tourists learn our language, so it means there’s little communication between us and them.

Task 2. You are going to read a text about the eating habits of the British people. Match the beginning of the sentences (9-15) with the proper endings (A-G).

9.British people today eat … 10. They are drinking … 11. They are eating … 12. For the past 20 years, … 13. Shoppers today have more information about … 14. There has been a big increase 15. Now people more prefer brown bread A. … where their food comes from. B … more convenience foods than they did before. C … in the amount of chips, pizza and crisps people eat each week. D… healthier food than in the past. E … bananas have been the most popular fruit inthe UK. F … much less tea than they did 40 years ago. G. …. than they used to do.

Goodbye, fish and chips: national changing trends in British dining

Tea, baked beans on toast and fish and chips have always been popular in Britain. But, things arechanging, according to data published recently inthe National Food Survey.

Everyone knows that the British love tea but theydrink more than 50% less tea than in the 1970s. Britons are now drinking on average only eightcups of tea a week – they drank 23 cups in 1974.Tea is still the most popular hot drink in the UK butpeople now spend more money on coffee.

The data comes from 150,000 families whotook part in the survey between 1974 and 2000,combined with information from 2000 to 2014. Itshows a move towards healthier food in recentyears – people have changed to low-calorie softdrinks, from whole to skimmed milk and they eatmore fresh fruit. But, the amount of chips, pizza,crisps and ready meals they eat each week hasincreased a lot.

There has also been an enormous change fromwhite to brown bread. The survey also shows theamount of bread people eat has fallen from 25 to 15slices a week over the past forty years. The amountof baked beans people eat has reduced by 20%.But, there has been an increase in other types ofconvenience food, particularly Italian dishes. The amountof pasta they eat has almost tripled over the sameperiod.

Fresh potatoes are also becoming less popularwith a 67% decrease from 1974, when adults atethe around 188g every day. People eat more ofother vegetables such as cucumbers and mushrooms. The amount oftakeaway food they eat has almost doubled since1974, from 80g per person per week to 150g.

 It seems that British people are now more carefulabout what they eat – the amount of fruit hasincreased by 50% since 1974. Bananashave been the most popular fruit in the UK since1996 – adults ate 221g per adult per week in 2014,much more than apples (131g) and oranges (48g).Half of all soft drinks British people drink are nowlow-calorie soft drinks.

The UK Environment Secretary, Elizabeth Truss,said: “Food is the heart of our society. People care more about where theirfood comes from than before, we can order qualityfood on the internet, fashionable restaurants giveus the latest trends and exciting global cuisines arenow as common as fish and chips.”

First published in The Guardian, 18/02/16

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