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PART I: ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM WRITTEN TEXTS
(70 points)
Read the article below and then answer questions 1-8.
THE LATEST NEWS FOR CHOCOLATE LOVERS
I Chocolate manufacturers have always been creative. Over the years, they have given us products
in dozens of shapes and sizes, and a huge variety of flavors — including some strange ones like
pepper, tea, and pizza. Manufacturers also closely follow changes in consumer preferences, and do
their best to give people what they want. Several companies, for example, have recently reduced the
5 amount of sugar in their products.
II But one thing has long remained the same: the color. "Chocolate gets its familiar brown color
from cacao powder, an ingredient that comes from cacao beans," explains food writer Andrea Morgan.
"The more cacao powder it contains, the darker the brown. White chocolate — and its new 'blond'
version — are also made from cacao beans, but there is no cacao powder in them. So chocolate really
10 comes in only two basic colors: brown and white."
III That, however, is about to change. Callebaut, a leading chocolate company, recently announced
that it has succeeded in creating pink chocolate. Other manufacturers were not impressed.
Callebaut, they said, has not done anything innovative — it has simply added food coloring to regular
chocolate. But the company insists that the color does not come from food coloring. "The secret,"
15 said a representative, "is the use of a special type of cacao bean and a unique manufacturing process."
IV Pink chocolate is expected to arrive in the shops soon, and Callebaut believes it will be an
enormous success. "The time is right because colorful foods are becoming increasingly popular,"
said the company representative. "You can see them everywhere these days. For example, many
supermarkets are selling blue potatoes and purple carrots, and some bakeries are offering bread in
20 rainbow colors."
V Callebaut reported that pink chocolate got excellent responses wherever it was tested.
One of those places was China, where consumption of chocolate has always been very low.
Ms Morgan believes the attractive new color is what made the difference. "The success of pink
chocolate in China could have a big impact by opening up this country to other kinds of chocolate
25 as well," she says. After spending ten years and huge sums of money on developing its new
product, Callebaut undoubtedly hopes she is right.
4 עמוד /5 המשך בעמוד/
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QUESTIONS (70 points)
Answer questions 1-8 in English, according to the article. In questions 1, 3 and 5, circle the number
of the correct answer. In the other questions, follow the instructions.
1. Why does the writer mention the flavors of chocolate? (paragraph I)
(i) To explain why people like chocolate.
(ii) To show how creative chocolate manufacturers can be.
(iii) To show that some flavors are more popular than others.
(iv) To explain how chocolate manufacturers get their ideas.
(8 points)
2. What can we understand from lines 3-5?
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE.
Many consumers prefer chocolate that .................................................................................................. .
(8 points)
3. What does Ms Morgan explain in paragraph II?
(i) How the color of chocolate affects the taste.
(ii) What determines the color of chocolate.
(iii) Why there are two types of white chocolate.
(iv) Why brown chocolate is the most popular.
(8 points)
4. According to Ms Morgan, what do brown chocolate and white chocolate have in common?
(paragraph II)
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE.
Both of them .......................................................................................................................................... .
(8 points)
5. What did other manufacturers claim about Callebaut's new chocolate? (paragraph III)
(i) It looks just like regular chocolate.
(ii) Its ingredients are unfamiliar.
(iii) Its color is strange.
(iv) There is nothing special about it.
(8 points)
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6. What does the Callebaut representative explain? (paragraph III)
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE.
He explains how the company managed to .............................................................................................. .
(8 points)
7. Why is Callebaut optimistic about the future of pink chocolate? (paragraph IV)
COMPLETE THE ANSWER.
Because people today ............................................................................................................................... .
(8 points)
8. What can we understand from paragraph V?
PUT A √ BY THE TWO CORRECT ANSWERS.
........ i) Chocolate companies have been developing new products.
........ ii) The best response to pink chocolate was in China.
........ iii) Chocolate sales in China might increase.
........ iv) Chinese companies are starting to produce chocolate.
........ v) Consumption of chocolate has increased everywhere.
........ vi) It was hard to develop pink chocolate.
(2x7=14 points)
6 עמוד /7 המשך בעמוד/
