KEY TO “AMERICAN OBESITY PROBLEM”
KEY TO “AMERICAN OBESITY PROBLEM ”

(A) COMPREHENSION (4 points)

a) ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN
WORDS. (1 point per answer)

1) What bad habits cause obesity? (Name two)     (1 point per answer)
EATING NUTRIENT-POOR AND CALORIE-RICH FOOD, FAST FOOD, AND LACK OF EXERCISE

2) Why have people become more sedentary? (Give two reasons)

BECAUSE THEY WATCH A LOT OF TV, USE THE CAR AND TAKE LESS EXERCISE

b) ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH WORDS OR
PHRASES FROM THE TEXT. (0.5 points per answer)

3)         More than half of the American population has overweight problems.

TRUE. 'ABOUT SIX OUT OF TEN AMERICANS WERE EITHER OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE' (lines 1-2)

4)         There is a tendency to avoid cooking nowadays.

TRUE. 'PEOPLE ARE ALSO LESS LIKELY TO COOK FOR THEMSELVES THESE DAYS" (lines 8-9)

5)         Most meals are consumed outside the home.

FALSE. 'ROUGHLY HALF OF ALL MEALS ARE CONSUMED OUTSIDE THE HOME" (line 9)

6)         The physical activity program in American schools is appropriate for the obesity problem.

FALSE. "HEALTHY FOODS AND MORE INTENSE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN SCHOOLS ARE ALSO IMPORTANT (line 16)

(B) USE OF ENGLISH (3 points)

7) Give one opposite for CURRENT (adjective) (line 3)
PAST, FORMER (future" is unacceptable)   (0.25 points)

8) Give an adjective with the same root as PREDICT (verb) (line 3)

(UN-)PREDICTABLE,-IVE,-ED   (0.25 points)

9) Find in the text a synonym for MOSTLY (adverb)
LARGELY (line 5)       (0.25 points)

10) Find in the text the word which has the following definition:       (0.25 points)
"Not physically active"       SEDENTARY (line 7)

11) Turn the following sentence into Passive voice: (0.5 points)
Small children are eating too much fat in their meals nowadays

TOO MUCH FAT IS BEING EATEN BY SMALL CHILDREN IN THEIR MEALS NOWADAYS.

12) Fill in the gap with the correct form of the verb in brackets:       (0.5 points)
The doctor BROUGHT the most recent medical reports to yesterday's meeting.

13) Complete the following sentence:         (0.5 points)
You could lose some weight IF YOU ATE HEALTHY FOOD

14) Join the following sentences using an appropriate linker (do not use AND or BUT).        (0.5 points)
Make changes if necessary.

That man is very big. This seat may be too small for him.
THAT MAN IS SO BIG THAT THIS SEAT MAY BE TOO SMALL FOR HIM.
SINCE/AS THAT MAN IS VERY BIG, THIS SEAT MAY BE TOO SMALL FOR HIM.
THIS SEAT MAY BE TOO SMALL FOR THAT MAN BECAUSE HE IS VERY BIG.
THIS SEAT MAY BE TOO SMALL FOR THAT MAN, WHO IS VERY BIG.