Keys to Exercises February

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A Spring Carpet of Colour

You will read about a garden. Decide if the statements are true or false and put your answers next to the statements.

1. After possessing the same garden for many more decades there are no longer any surprises.       F
2. Patricia still feels enthusiastic about gardening.       T
3. Their garden surprises them in and out of seasons because of different plant types.         T
4. They haven’t diversified into many plants and produces or rearing animals.          F
5. Patricia loves the idea of the huge contrast popping up in the garden over the year.         T
6.  There is only one single type of plant adding colour to the garden with the arrival of spring                  F
7. There is the same amount of plants in the garden as back in the 1950s.      F
8. In summertime formal borders are more in the centre of attention.             T
9. Patricia was a novice gardener when she started working on  her own.      F
10. The reappearance of crocuses in February is promising every year. T

All You Need to Know about… Food Fraud

You are going to read an article about Food Fraud. Answer the questions connected to the text.

1. Give some examples of food fraud.- Mislabelled imported Chinese produce sold as ’Norfolk Honey’, selling battery eggs as free-range.
2. Food fraud is not a new phenomenon. What did people do to play pranks on others in  the past? – For example bakers in the 18th century added mashed potatoes and sawdust to loaves.
3. What is food fraud exactly? How is it committed? - Food is placed on the market with the intention of deceiving customers, that is the sale of unfit and harmful produce or mislabelled and misdescribed food or drink
4. What are the common tricks normally used by food fraudsters? - Adulteration: Water is added to pump up volume. Cheap substitutes are used in premium products.
5.  To what extent is it harmful? - In most cases the harm is to consumers’ wallet and sense of trust. In some cases it can result in serious illness or disability.
6. Why does the fight against it seem to be a tilt at windmills? – There are tests, yet they are expensive and the number of cases prosecuted is likely to be a drop in the ocean.
7. There are some logos, which are schemes subject to strict inspection procedures.  What are their symbols- what are they?

  

    

                                                                      

Country in the City- Local Produce

Read the following text and decide which of the words or phrases a-q is missing from items 1-15.

a/ tranquality              b/are                c/ evidence      d/ confines      e/ togetherness                       f/ minimise      g/ well                        h/  like-minded           i/ hand             j/ being            k/ by    l/ alongside     m/sustainable  n/ specialise                        o/ grown         p/ is     q/ sustain

1-d      2-l        3-q       4-j        5-f       6-h       7-c       8-o       9-m      10-b     11-k     12-g     13-i      14-a     15-e

Craft and Companionship

The following sentence chunks are from the text.Put them in Hungarian.

1.      …discuss their latest ideas and indulge in a swap-shop of old and treasured lace, buttons, remnants of material and other items that might inspire their artistic endeavours- megbeszélik legújabb ötleteiket és belemerülnek a régi, kincset érő csipkék, gombok, maradék anyagok és hasonló dolgok csere-beréjébe, amely művészi próbálkozásaikat inspirálhatja

2.      it’s a shared love of vintage fabrics – and excellent home baking – that stitches them together- a régi anyagok és a kitűnő, otthon készített sütemények iránti szeretetük az, ami összeköti őket

3.      I can’t bear to cut things up- egyszerűen nem tudom elviselni, hogy szétszabdaljam azokat

4.      who winces whenever her friends chop into an old item of clothing-akinek az arca összerándul, amikor a barátai egy-egy régi ruhadarabba belevágnak

5.      the others descend like magpies on the haul of different cloths and accessories- a többiek, mint a szarkák csapnak le a különböző ruhadarabokra és kiegészítőkre

6.      in exchange, receives 100 per cent of the takings when their own pieces sell- cserében amikor saját alkotásuk kerül eladásra, a bevétel 100 százalékát kapják meg

7.      They nurture talent in younger people,too, and Angelica has started special crafting days- Fiatalok tehetségét is gondozzák, Angelica különleges alkotói napokat indított el.

My Countryside – Alan Titchmarsh- Reminiscing about his childhood, the broadcaster feels passionate about protecting rural Britain

You are going to read a magazine article about Alan Titchmarsh. Some parts of the article have been removed. Choose from the sentence chunks A-G and match them with the numbers 1-7.

A/ I split my time between Hampshire and the Isle of Whight, which is a wonderful place for a winter stroll. - 1

B/ In the garden, February is great for catching up. -2

C/ I remember, as a child, enjoying that wonderful thing of breaking ice ont he water. - 3

D/ The River Wharf, where I grew up, had willows growing alongside it. - 4

E/ I’m a great fan of some of our older flowers. - 5

F/ Winters in Hampshire tend to be much warmer than the ones of my childhood, when I remember scratching frost from inside the windows. - 6

G/ We should also be very careful about building. - 7