MegaGoal Book 4 Unit 4: You Are What You Eat

Vocabulary

Question type: Fill in the Blank

Complete each sentence with a word from the box. 

1. You must be ____________________ to drive a car in most countries.

2. The most wonderful ____________________ is the smell of bread baking in the oven.

3. Snails are eaten as a ____________________ in some cultures.

4. The ____________________ of the tourist season at the beach is during the summer.

5. Strong coffee can have a very ____________________ taste.

6. Many people don’t know that the seeds of some fruits contain ____________________ that could be harmful.

7. When you hold your nose, it is difficult to ____________________ the flavor of foods.

8. This restaurant serves the most ____________________ desserts. I want to try all of them!

Grammar

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence.

9.. 
A. Could you take care of the plants while we are away?
B. Could you take the plants care of while we are away?
C. Could you take care the plants of while we are away?
D. Could you take care the plants while we are away?

10. 
A. Turn on the TV so we can catch up the news.
B. Turn on the TV so we can catch up the news on.
C. Turn on the TV so we can catch the news up on.
D. Turn on the TV so we can catch up on the news.

Choose the best answer to each question. 

11. Let’s _____ a restaurant to eat dinner at tonight.
A. pick at
B. pick up
C. pick out
D. pick on

12. Could you _____ a loaf of bread at the store?
A. pick at
B. pick up
C. pick out
D. pick on

13. I can’t _____ the answer to this math problem.
A. figure on
B. figure out
C. figure up
D. figure into

14. Let’s _____ the problem and maybe we can solve it.
A. talk over
B. talk up
C. talk out
D. talk down

15. We have _____ eggs. Could you go buy some?
A. run into
B. run out
C. run out of
D. run over

Reading

Question type: Multiple Choice

Read the text and answer the questions. Choose the best answer to each question. 

16. Which is the main idea of this reading?
A. Adams began selling gum in 1871.
B. Chewing gum has had a long, interesting history.
C. Early chewing gum was made from trees, plants, and grass.
D. Many people enjoy chewing gum.

17. People have chewed gum for at least _____.
A. 5,000 years
B. 1,000 years
C. 500 years
D. 100 years

18. Thomas Adams _____ that the rubbery substance could be used as a new type of chewing gum.
A. figured into
B. figured in
C. figured on
D. figured out

19. A synonym for synthetic is _____.
A. rubber
B. tree
C. man-made
D. natural

20. Sap is _____.
A. a type of tree
B. the leaves on a tree
C. a sticky liquid that comes from trees
D. the hard material on the outside of a tree

Listening

Question type: True/False

Listen to the text and answer the questions. Write T or F at the end of each question/statement. 

21. One of the people in the group ordered far too much food. ____

22. All six of them kept eating until all the food was gone. ____

23. Only one person got sick and was taken to hospital. ____

24. The writer had bought a first class ticket.  ____

25. The writer was very hungry and could hardly wait for the meal to be served. ____

26. He was really pleased to have had the chance to fly first class and have a superb meal.  ____

Form, Meaning and Function

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank in each question.

27. Sam felt hungry so he ordered a pizza, a salad, ____ fries and a juice.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. some

28. To stay healthy, you should try to eat as ______ fruit as you can.
A. much
B. many
C. some
D. a