Listening Test 2A – Year 8

Name: ___________________________ Class: ______ No.: ___ Date: _______________________________________

Teacher: _______________ Mark: ____________________  Enc. Educação: ___________________________

30 minutes
A. Listen to the first part of a podcast about school lunches around the world. Match the countries (1-4) with
the lunches (a-d).

a) The UK

b) The USA
1 2
c) Australia
..
d) Finland

3 4

B. Listen to the second part of the podcast and complete the gaps with the correct country from the box.
Write each country only once.
1. In ________ students can have meals cooked with local, fresh ingredients.
Guatemala
2. In _________ students don’t have lunch at school.
Ukraine
3. In ______________ lunches are divided into three courses. Brazil
4. In ______________ students take lunch to school. Israel
Norway
5. In ______________ kids only have classes in the morning.

C. Listen to the last part and complete the sentences with the missing words.
1. In Japan kids aren’t served __________ meals, they serve them! The meals are heavy on __________,
vegetables and fish.
2. Italian students have lunch at the ____________. The first dish is made of _________, and then they eat
___________ with a tasty salad.
3. Students from Thailand have the most ___________ lunches in all Asia. Kids eat a _________ meal.
4. Families in China pay a monthly fee of about 70 cents per day for children to receive a ___________.

Good work!

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Year 8 – Listening test 2A

Listening scripts

A.
Lunch time at school can be one of the best parts of a kid's day. Let’s get to know what kids around the world eat for lunch.
A kid in the UK might be served fish fingers, a hot jacket potato with beans and chocolate biscuits for dessert.
A lunch tray in the USA can include cheese on crunchy bread, with creamy tomato soup, carrot sticks, fruit like a box of raisins,
an apple and a brownie for dessert before the kids head back to classes.
Australian kids eat lunch outside, bringing food from home or buying meals from a cafeteria or a street vendor. Food can include
classic takeaway like a sausage roll with a couple of sweet chocolate biscuits for dessert.
Finland was the first country in the world to provide free lunches to every student and the law ensures high nutrition standards.
They eat veggies like beetroot salad and roasted turnips. The plate is also filled with grains and proteins. They usually eat soup
and some crackers.

B.
Students in Ukraine get their lunches in three courses. First, a soup course, followed by meat like sausages with potato. They
finish with shortbread biscuits.
Kids in Guatemala go home for lunch, where they eat dishes like pasta with tomato sauce.
With classes 6 days a week, school in Israel finishes before lunch time, but kids do take a morning meal to school, like pita bread
with an egg.
In Norway, schools don’t have cafeterias, so kids bring a light lunch from home, which can include a sandwich. Milk and fresh
food is provided by the school.
Food is a constitutional right in Brazil, which means schools are required to provide students with healthy meals with 30% of
ingredients sourced from local farmers. The kitchen staff cooks fresh food like vegetables with rice and beans and a piece of
fruit.

C.
In Japan kids aren’t served healthy meals – they serve themselves! To teach healthy cooking, kids take turns helping to cook,
serve and clean up for their peers. Meals are heavy on rice, vegetables and fish.
Italian students run to the cafeteria to receive a two-course meal and if these kids live in Rome the meal must be 70% organic by
law. First, comes the pasta course, while protein like chicken with a tasty mozzarella and tomato salad comes after.
According to the World Food Program, students in Thailand receive the most nutritional lunches in all Asia. Kids can expect a
balanced meal like chicken, rice and a green papaya salad.
Families in China pay a monthly fee of about 70 cents per day for children to receive a lunch box. Inside kids can find rice, meat
and vegetables.
So which type of school lunch do you want to try?
https://www.insider.com/what-school-lunch-trays-look-like-countries-around-the-world-2021-2 (abridged and adapted)

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Answer key

A. 4 x 5 = 20%
1. b) | 2. c) | 3. d) | 4. a)

B. 5 x 8 = 40%
1. Brazil | 2. Guatemala | 3. Ukraine | 4. Norway | 5. Israel

C. 8 x 5 = 40%
1. healthy… rice | 2. cafeteria… pasta… chicken (protein) | 3. nutritional… balanced | 4. lunch box

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 Progress Test 2A – Year 8

Name: ___________________________ Class: ______ No.: ___ Date: __________________________________________

Teacher: _______________ Mark: ____________________  Enc. Educação: _____________________________

I – Reading (20 minutes)

Read the magazine article below.

Should the government tell you what to eat?

First schools banned chocolate and fizzy drinks. Now they’re banning burgers, chips and chicken
nuggets, too. School lunches will be healthier from now on.

1.

Too much junk food, like chips and chicken nuggets, and too little exercise causes obesity. One in three
children under 16 in the UK is either overweight or obese. The government wants to change the nation’s
eating habits.
2.

“Schools must provide more fruit and vegetables, and food with less fat, salt and sugar. We must reduce
obesity and protect our children’s health. Children can learn to like healthy food,” they say.
3.

The cooks say the new rules are too strict. They say school meals will cost more and students will stop
buying them. “Students will just go out to fast food shops at lunch time,” they say.

4.

YES, maybe…

Chloe: “It will depend on how the food looks. When I see the food in our canteen, I just want to go out a
search for the nearest sandwich. But if you have better option, I think it may work.”
Clare: “I think people need better education about what they eat. People just eat pasta and rice the whole
time, even when they’re not doing anything. They must learn about calories.”
NO:
Finn: “People will say they will go to the town to buy lunch. I’m not spending my money in the canteen.”
Lauren: “The idea of boiled fish with mashed potatoes will make students run away from the canteen.”
Oliver: “I think I prefer to eat a snack for lunch and then have a great dinner at home to eating spinach
and broccoli for lunch.”
Team, Mary Glasgow (abridged and adapted, accessed in September 2021)

A. Write the questions below in the correct place in the article above.
What does the government say? Why is this happening?
What do the students say? Who doesn’t like it?

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B. Tick () the wrong ending.

1. With the changes made in school menus, the government wants to…
a) encourage students to eat more often in the canteen. 
b) provide the students with healthier diet options. 
c) prevent students from eating junk food. 

2. The school menu must…

a) include more nutritional food such as vegetables and fruit. 
b) reduce the amount of salt, fat and sugar. 
c) have food with no salt, fat and sugar at all. 

3. According to the cooks, …

a) the government’s rules may be a bit exaggerated. 
b) the new rules will reduce the cost of a meal as well as its quality. 
c) the meals will be more expensive. 

C. Complete the sentences according to the article.

1. The causes of obesity are __________________________________________________________.

2. As for the cooks, students __________________________________________________________.

D. Answer the questions. Write complete answers.

1. According to Chloe, which aspect is essential to make you want to eat in the canteen?

_____________________________________________________________________________

2. In Clare’s opinion, what do people need to know when it comes to their diets?

_____________________________________________________________________________

3. Where does Finn think people will have lunch?

_____________________________________________________________________________

4. What kind of menu do students hate, according to Lauren?

_____________________________________________________________________________

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 II – Language (15 minutes)

A. What’s on and off the menu? Label the food and drink. The first letter is given.

ON THE MENU OFF THE MENU

1. c_________ and s_________ 5. h____ d____, c______ and f_____ drinks

2. m_____________ with p_________ 6. b ________

3. f______ with c__________ 7. i_______ c________

4. Fruit: o__________and k______ 8. b ________ and m___________

B. Look at these pictures. Choose the correct food-related adjectives to make correct phrases.

1. sweet / bitter / burnt 2. healthy / fattening / greasy 5. salty / juicy / frozen 6. acid / full / dry
cookie veggies apple fruits

3. fried / mashed / boiled 4. fatty / sweet / raw 7. tasty / oily / hot 8. smoky / frozen / fresh
potatoes nuggets sandwich tomatoes

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C. Complete the sentences with the correct form of used to and a verb from the box.

1. Oscar __________________ pizza and lasagna at school, but not anymore. drink eat

2. When I was young, I __________________ a packed lunch to school. follow do

3. My parents __________________ (not) a strict diet, but now they are very healthy. bring

4. _______ you __________________ cola or juice for lunch at school?

5. We __________________ (not) any exercise, but now we go to the gym twice a week.

D. Choose the correct quantifier to complete the sentences.

1. How many / How any / How much / pasta have we got?

2. I put any / many / some chocolate somewhere, but where is it?
3. I’m afraid we haven’t got much / many / a little time.
4. You bought too much / many / some pizzas.
5. There are any / a few / a little eggs in the fridge. Can you bring them?

E. Complete the sentences by choosing the correct expression of quantity.

1. When you go shopping, don’t forget to buy a _____ of bread. (cup / dozen / loaf)
2. I like to have a _____ of coffee for breakfast. (cup / box / bag)
3. I’m thirsty! I need a ______ of water! (slice / bunch / bottle)
4. Please put the _____ of milk in the fridge! (can / dozen / carton)
5. Could we have another ____ of rice, please? (bowl / slice / piece)

F. Look at the picture. Fill in the gaps with should / shouldn’t.

1. You ____________ sit on the sofa all day.

2. You ____________ smoke or drink alcohol.
3. You ____________ drink more water.
4. You ____________ play video games for too
long. You ____________ do exercise instead.
5. You ____________ eat vegetables, but you
__________ eat pizza or burgers all the time.
6. You ____________ sleep well.

G. Choose the correct modal verbs to make correct sentences.

1. Schools would / could / mustn’t offer cooking lessons to parents and their children after school.
2. Mum, must / may / would I go to the gym class with Jackie today?
3. To be healthy you may / might / must eat well, but you couldn’t / mustn’t / might not forget
physical exercise.
4. Would / May / Could you like something for dessert, sir?
5. When I was your age, I could / can / should run and climb trees, but now I’m not able to!

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III – Writing (15 minutes)

Write an article (50-90 words) for a teen magazine with the title:

Should the government tell me what to eat?

Follow the guidelines below:

− start with your opinion about school lunches in your country and the influence the government has on
them;
− say if you agree with the government’s choices for your school’s menu;
− say where you have lunch and why;
− give your opinion about lunch in your own school’s canteen (what’s the best and the worst food/drink
on the menu).

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Good work!
Your teacher

8.º ano – Ana Santos, Catarina Pedrosa (2021)

Year 8 – Progress test 2A
Answer key
I – Reading
A. (4 x 1 = 4%)
1. Why is this happening? | 2. What does the government say? | 3. Who doesn’t like it? | 4. What do the students
say?
B. (3 x 2 = 6%)
1. a) | 2. c) | 3. b)
C. (2 x 1 = 2%)
1. too much junk food and too little exercise. | 2. won’t buy school meals.
D. (4 x 4 = 16%)
1. According to Chloe, the look of the food is essential to make you want to eat in the canteen. | 2. In Clare’s opinion,
people must learn about what they eat and about calories. | 3. Finn thinks people will buy lunch in town. | 4. Students
hate boiled fish with mashed potatoes, according to Lauren.
II – Language
A. (15 x 1 = 15%)
1. chicken… salad | 2. meatballs... pasta | 3. fish… carrots | 4. orange(s)… kiwi(s) | 5. hot dog… crisps; fizzy |
6. bacon | 7. ice cream | 8. biscuits… muffins
B. (8 x 1 = 8%)
1. sweet | 2. healthy | 3. mashed | 4. fatty | 5. juicy | 6. dry | 7. tasty | 8. fresh
C. (5 x 1 = 5%)
1. used to eat | 2. used to bring | 3. didn’t use to follow | 4. Did …use to drink | 5. didn’t use to do
D. (5 x 1 = 5%)
1. much | 2. some | 3. much | 4. many | 5. a few
E. (5 x 1 = 5%)
1. loaf | 2. cup | 3. bottle | 4. carton | 5. bowl
F. (8 x 1 = 8%)
1. shouldn’t | 2. shouldn’t | 3. should | 4. shouldn’t… should | 5. should… shouldn’t | 6. should
G. (6 x 1 = 6%)
1. could | 2. may | 3. must / mustn’t | 4. Would | 5. could

III – Writing
20%
Personal answer.

Alternative marking scheme

Per skill
I – Reading (100%)
A – 4 x 5 = 20%
B – 3 x 5 = 15%
C – 2 x 10 = 20%
D – 5 x 9 = 45%

II – Language (100%)
A – 15 x 1 = 15%
B – 8 x 2 = 16%
C – 5 x 2.5 = 12.5%
D – 5 x 2.5 = 12.5%
E – 5 x 2 = 10%
F – 8 x 2 = 16%
G – 6 x 3 = 18%

III – Writing (100%)

100%

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