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Food crime is an international problem (6th September, 2014)

The Reading / Listening - Level 3

There is a new and growing danger with the food we eat. Criminal gangs are selling billions of dollars of fake food to supermarkets around the world. The food could be very dangerous. In the past few years, there have been some high-profile scandals. In Britain, tons of horse meat ended up in products that were labeled as beef. British police recently found a product that used cheaper peanut powder instead of almond flour. This could seriously harm or kill people with peanut allergies. In 2008, six babies died in China after gangs made and sold fake milk powder. Gangs can make a lot of money from fake food. It is also safer than selling drugs for the gangs because the penalties are lower.

The assistant director of Interpol, Michael Ellis, told the BBC that food crime is very similar to the drugs trade. He said: "In my experience, the patterns used by criminals involved in counterfeiting are very similar to those used in the dealing of drugs." He said police in 33 countries showed that food crime is a serious international problem. The police found children's candies that were dyed with a poisonous chemical, 430,000 litres of fake drinks and 22 tons of long-grain rice that was labeled as high-quality basmati rice. The British government said it was a difficult problem to tackle. It said that using technology might be the only way to beat the criminal gangs.

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Level 0, Level 1 or Level 2

Sources

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29047911
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/03/food-crime-fraud-fatal-new-age-editorial

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities, crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. FOOD CRIME: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about food crime. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

danger / criminal gangs / the past few years / high profile / scandals / allergies / fake / crime / similar / patterns / poisonous chemical / rice / a difficult problem / technology

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. FOOD: What can we do about these food problems? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	What happens now?	What should happen
Food crime
Food waste
Overeating
Famine
Food safety
High prices

4. DRUGS: Students A strongly believe the drugs trade is a bigger problem than food crime; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. DANGERS: Rank these with your partner. Put the most dangerous at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• the drugs trade

• guns

• global warming

• terrorism

• viruses like Ebola

• food crime

• roads and traffic

• natural disasters

6. GANG: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "gang". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	Food crime is worth billions of dollars.	T / F
b.	In Britain, criminals sold horse meat but said it was beef.	T / F
c.	Police found that criminals replaced peanut powder with almond flour.	T / F
d.	There are currently no penalties for faking food.	T / F
e.	Interpol said food crime and the drugs trade were similar.	T / F
f.	Police in 33 countries reported food crime to be a problem.	T / F
g.	Criminals tried to sell basmati rice as long-grain rice.	T / F
h.	The British government said technology would not beat the gangs.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	fake	a.	terrible
2.	ended up	b.	punishment
3.	instead of	c.	imitation
4.	harm	d.	sweets
5.	penalty	e.	rather than
6.	similar	f.	defeat
7.	serious	g.	finished
8.	candies	h.	alike
9.	tackle	i.	injury
10.	beat	j.	stop

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	There is a new and growing	a.	allergies
2.	gangs are selling billions of	b.	as beef
3.	products that were labeled	c.	are lower
4.	people with peanut	d.	quality basmati rice
5.	the penalties	e.	danger
6.	food crime is very similar to	f.	poisonous chemical
7.	criminals involved	g.	the criminal gangs
8.	candies that were dyed with a	h.	dollars of fake food
9.	labeled as high-	i.	the drugs trade
10.	the only way to beat	j.	in counterfeiting

GAP FILL

There is a new and growing (1) ____________ with the food we eat. Criminal gangs are selling billions of dollars of (2) ____________ food to supermarkets around the world. The food could be very dangerous. In the past few years, there have been some high-profile (3) ____________. In Britain, tons of horse meat (4) ____________ up in products that were labeled as beef. British police recently found a product that used cheaper peanut powder (5) ____________ of almond flour. This could seriously harm or kill people with peanut (6) ____________. In 2008, six babies died in China after gangs made and sold fake milk powder. Gangs can (7) ____________ a lot of money from fake food. It is also safer than selling drugs for the gangs because the penalties are (8) ____________.

ended
danger
allergies
scandals
instead
lower
fake
make

The assistant director of Interpol, Michael Ellis, told the BBC that food crime is very (9) ____________ to the drugs trade. He said: "In my experience, the patterns used by criminals (10) ____________ in counterfeiting are very similar to those used in the (11) ____________ of drugs." He said police in 33 countries showed that food crime is a (12) ____________ international problem. The police found children's candies that were (13) ____________ with a poisonous chemical, 430,000 litres of fake drinks and 22 tons of long-grain rice that was labeled as high-(14) ____________ basmati rice. The British government said it was a difficult problem to (15) ____________. It said that using technology might be the only way to (16) ____________ the criminal gangs.

serious
similar
dyed
tackle
dealing
beat
involved
quality

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	In the past few years, there have been some ______
	a. high-profiles scandals b. high-profiled scandals c. high-profile scandals d. highly-profile scandals
2)	horse meat ended up in products that were ______
	a. labeled has beef b. labeled is beef c. labeled was beef d. labeled as beef
3)	This could seriously harm or kill people with ______
	a. peanut allergens b. peanut allergies c. peanut allergic d. peanut allegories
4)	Gangs can make a lot of money ______
	a. for fake food b. of fake food c. free fake food d. from fake food
5)	safer than selling drugs for the gangs because the ______
	a. penalties are lower b. penalties are slower c. penalties are lowered d. penalties are low
6)	food crime is very similar to ______
	a. the drugs trading b. the drugs trade c. the drugs trades d. the drug trade
7)	patterns used by criminals involved in counterfeiting ______
	a. are very similarity b. are very similarly c. are very similarities d. are very similar
8)	The police found children's candies that were dyed with ______
	a. a poisonous chemical b. a poison as chemical c. a poisoned as chemical d. a poison us chemical
9)	long-grain rice that was labeled as high-______ rice
	a. qualify basmati b. quality basmati c. quantity basmati d. quasi basmati
10)	technology might be the only way to ______ gangs
	a. beaten the criminal b. beat up the criminal c. beat down the criminal d. beat the criminal

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

There is a new and growing danger (1) ___________________ eat. Criminal gangs are selling billions of dollars of fake food to supermarkets around the world. The food could be very dangerous. In (2) ___________________, there have been some (3) ___________________. In Britain, tons of horse meat ended up in products that were labeled as beef. British police recently found a product that used cheaper peanut (4) ___________________ almond flour. This could seriously harm or kill people (5) ___________________. In 2008, six babies died in China after gangs made and sold fake milk powder. Gangs can (6) ___________________ from fake food. It is also safer than selling drugs for the gangs because the penalties are lower.

The assistant director of Interpol, Michael Ellis, told the BBC that food crime is (7) ___________________ the drugs trade. He said: "In my experience, the patterns used by criminals involved (8) ___________________ are very similar to those used in the (9) ___________________." He said police in 33 countries showed that food crime is a serious international problem. The police found children's candies (10) ___________________ with a poisonous chemical, 430,000 litres of fake drinks and 22 tons of long-grain rice that was labeled (11) ___________________ basmati rice. The British government said it was a difficult problem to tackle. It said that using technology might be the (12) ___________________ the criminal gangs.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What two adjectives in paragraph one describe the danger?
2.	What kind of scandals have there been in the past few years?
3.	What was horse meat labeled as in Britain?
4.	What kind of allergies did the article mention?
5.	What is lower for the gangs than selling drugs?
6.	What did an Interpol worker say food crime was similar to?
7.	How many countries reported food crime to be a problem?
8.	What was dyed with a poisonous chemical?
9.	What was labeled as basmati rice?
10.	What did the British government say could be used to beat the gangs?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	What two adjectives in paragraph one describe the danger?	6.	What did an Interpol worker say food crime was similar to?
	a) serious and terrible b) big and real c) new and growing d) slight and possible		a) GM food b) the drugs trade c) international banking d) terrorism
2.	What kind of scandals have there been in the past few years?	7.	How many countries reported food crime to be a problem?
	a) high-profile ones b) juicy ones c) shocking ones d) public ones		a) 33 b) 44 c) 55 d) 66
3.	What was horse meat labeled as in Britain?	8.	What was dyed with a poisonous chemical?
	a) beef b) chicken c) lamb d) tuna		a) tomatoes b) chicken c) candies d) soft drinks
4.	What kind of allergies did the article mention?	9.	What was labeled as basmati rice?
	a) pollen allergies b) peanut allergies c) wheat allergies d) dust allergies		a) pasta b) lentils c) wheat d) long-grain rice
5.	What is lower for the gangs than selling drugs?	10.	What did the British government say could be used to beat the gangs?
	a) the price b) risk of getting killed c) risk of getting caught d) penalties		a) technology b) sniffer dogs c) bacteria d) special police officers

ROLE PLAY

Role A – The drugs trade

You think the drugs trade is the biggest danger. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them how their dangers can be reduced. Also, tell the others which is the least dangerous of these (and why): terrorism, food crime or global warming.

Role B – Terrorism

You think terrorism is the biggest danger. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them how their dangers can be reduced. Also, tell the others which is the least dangerous of these (and why): the drugs trade, food crime or global warming.

Role C – Food crime

You think food crime is the biggest danger. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them how their dangers can be reduced. Also, tell the others which is the least dangerous of these (and why): terrorism, the drugs trade or global warming.

Role D – Global warming

You think global warming is the biggest danger. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them how their dangers can be reduced. Also, tell the others which is the least dangerous of these (and why): terrorism, food crime or the drugs trade.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'food' and 'crime'.

food

crime

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

new
billions
horse
cheaper
2008
safer

told
patterns
33
dyed
drinks
way

FOOD CRIME SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about food crime in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

FOOD CRIME DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	Do you think people should try and grow the food they eat?
c)	What food crimes do you know about?
d)	How is the drugs trade similar to food crime?
e)	How can the police stop the criminals?
f)	What would you do if you ate fake food and became very ill?
g)	What can supermarkets do to make sure our food is safe?
h)	How can we use technology to fight food crime?
i)	Have you ever eaten something that made you ill?
j)	What questions would you like to ask a criminal?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'crime'?
c)	What do you think food crime is?
d)	What do you worry about when you buy food?
e)	How can we eat food that we know is safe?
f)	What food in supermarkets is not so good for us?
g)	What would you do if the food you bought wasn't real?
h)	Do you have any allergies?
i)	How much do you trust the food safety system in your country
j)	What should the penalties be for food crime?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

There is a new and (1) ____ danger with the food we eat. Criminal gangs are selling billions of dollars of fake food to supermarkets around the world. The food could be very dangerous. In the (2) ____ few years, there have been some high-profile scandals. In Britain, tons of horse meat ended (3) ____ in products that were labeled (4) ____ beef. British police recently found a product that used cheaper peanut powder instead of almond flour. This could seriously harm or kill people with peanut (5) ____. In 2008, six babies died in China after gangs made and sold fake milk powder. Gangs can (6) ____ a lot of money from fake food. It is also safer than selling drugs for the gangs because the penalties are lower.

The assistant director of Interpol, Michael Ellis, told the BBC that food crime is very (7) ____ to the drugs trade. He said: "In (8) ____ experience, the patterns used by criminals involved in counterfeiting are very similar to (9) ____ used in the dealing of drugs." He said police in 33 countries showed that food crime is a serious international problem. The police found children's candies that were (10) ____ with a poisonous chemical, 430,000 litres of fake drinks and 22 tons of long-grain rice that was labeled as (11) ____-quality basmati rice. The British government said it was a difficult problem to tackle. It said that using technology might be the only (12) ____ to beat the criminal gangs.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	growth	(b)	growling	(c)	growing	(d)	grown
2.	(a)	past	(b)	gone	(c)	passed	(d)	before
3.	(a)	up	(b)	down	(c)	over	(d)	by
4.	(a)	as	(b)	was	(c)	is	(d)	has
5.	(a)	allergy	(b)	allergic	(c)	allergens	(d)	allergies
6.	(a)	rake	(b)	take	(c)	fake	(d)	make
7.	(a)	similar	(b)	same	(c)	similarly	(d)	alike
8.	(a)	of	(b)	all	(c)	the	(d)	my
9.	(a)	those	(b)	them	(c)	they	(d)	this
10.	(a)	dying	(b)	dyed	(c)	died	(d)	die
11.	(a)	tall	(b)	high	(c)	up	(d)	over
12.	(a)	way	(b)	how	(c)	possible	(d)	tackle

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	acmnrili gangs
2.	there have been some high-feriopl scandals
3.	tons of horse meat ended up in pcrdtuos
4.	peanut powder instead of almond lrfou
5.	kill people with peanut elarlgeis
6.	the anlesipte are lower.
Paragraph 2
7.	The ssaitntsa director of Interpol
8.	food crime is very irmlias to the drugs trade
9.	a esouisr international problem
10.	dyed with a unooispos chemical
11.	high-yaliuqt basmati rice
12.	a difficult problem to leactk

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	and sold fake milk powder. Gangs can make a lot of money from fake food. It is also safer
( )	counterfeiting are very similar to those used in the dealing of drugs." He said police in 33
( )	to the drugs trade. He said: "In my experience, the patterns used by criminals involved in
( )	than selling drugs for the gangs because the penalties are lower.
( )	candies that were dyed with a poisonous chemical, 430,000 litres of fake drinks and 22 tons of long-
( )	or kill people with peanut allergies. In 2008, six babies died in China after gangs made
( )	as beef. British police recently found a product that used cheaper peanut powder instead of almond flour. This could seriously harm
( )	few years, there have been some high-profile scandals. In Britain, tons of horse meat ended up in products that were labeled
( )	dollars of fake food to supermarkets around the world. The food could be very dangerous. In the past
( )	countries showed that food crime is a serious international problem. The police found children's
( )	grain rice that was labeled as high-quality basmati rice. The British government said it was a difficult problem
( )	The assistant director of Interpol, Michael Ellis, told the BBC that food crime is very similar
( )	to tackle. It said that using technology might be the only way to beat the criminal gangs.
( 1 )	There is a new and growing danger with the food we eat. Criminal gangs are selling billions of

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	fake dollars Gangs food billions are of of selling.
2.	up labeled ended products beef meat in as Horse.
3.	with people kill or Harm allergies peanut.
4.	money from fake food Gangs can make a lot of.
5.	is also safer than selling drugs for the gangs It.
6.	to trade crime similar drugs Food very the is.
7.	used dealing those the drugs to in of Similar.
8.	that poisonous were chemical dyed with Candies a.
9.	- rice was high basmati that as quality Rice labeled
10.	using the might only be technology said way that It .

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

There is a new and growing / grown danger with the food we eat. Criminal gangs are selling billions / bullion of dollars of fake food to supermarkets around the world. The food / foodie could be very dangerous. In the passed / past few years, there have been some high-profile scandals. In Britain, tons of horse meat ended up / down in products that were labeled as beef. British police recently / recent found a product that used cheaper peanut powder instead of / if almond flour. This could serious / seriously harm or kill people with peanut allergies. In 2008, six babies died in China after gangs made and sold fake milk powdered / powder. Gangs can make a lot of money from fake food. It is also safer than selling drugs for the gangs because the penalties are lowly / lower.

The assistant director of Interpol, Michael Ellis, told the BBC that food crime is very alike / similar to the drugs trade. He said: "In my / the experience, the patterns used / useful by criminals involved in counterfeiting are very similar by / to those used in the dealing / dealt of drugs." He said police in 33 countries showed that food crime is a serious / series international problem. The police found children's candies that were died / dyed with a poisonous chemical, 430,000 litres of fake drinks and 22 tons of long-grain / long-granule rice that was labeled as high-quality basmati rice. The British government said it was a difficulty / difficult problem to tackle. It said that using technology might be the only way to beat / win the criminal gangs.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

there is a new and growing danger with the food we eat criminal gangs are selling billions of dollars of fake food to supermarkets around the world the food could be very dangerous in the past few years there have been some high-profile scandals in britain tons of horse meat ended up in products that were labeled as beef british police recently found a product that used cheaper peanut powder instead of almond flour this could seriously harm or kill people with peanut allergies in 2008 six babies died in china after gangs made and sold fake milk powder gangs can make a lot of money from fake food it is also safer than selling drugs for the gangs because the penalties are lower

the assistant director of interpol michael ellis told the bbc that food crime is very similar to the drugs trade he said "in my experience the patterns used by criminals involved in counterfeiting are very similar to those used in the dealing of drugs" he said police in 33 countries showed that food crime is a serious international problem the police found children's candies that were dyed with a poisonous chemical 430000 litres of fake drinks and 22 tons of long-grain rice that was labeled as high-quality basmati rice the british government said it was a difficult problem to tackle it said that using technology might be the only way to beat the criminal gangs

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Thereisanewandgrowingdangerwiththefoodweeat.Criminalgang
saresellingbillionsofdollarsoffakefoodtosupermarketsaroundthe
world.Thefoodcouldbeverydangerous.Inthepastfewyears,thereh
avebeensomehigh-profilescandals.InBritain,tonsofhorsemea
tendedupinproductsthatwerelabeledasbeef.Britishpolicerecently
foundaproductthatusedcheaperpeanutpowderinsteadofalmondfl
our.Thiscouldseriouslyharmorkillpeoplewithpeanutallergies.In2
008,sixbabiesdiedinChinaaftergangsmadeandsoldfakemilkpowd
er.Gangscanmakealotofmoneyfromfakefood.Itisalsosaferthanse
llingdrugsforthegangsbecausethepenaltiesarelower.Theassistan
tdirectorofInterpol,MichaelEllis,toldtheBBCthatfoodcrimeisverys
imilartothedrugstrade.Hesaid:"Inmyexperience,thepatternsuse
dbycriminalsinvolvedincounterfeitingareverysimilartothoseused
inthedealingofdrugs."Hesaidpolicein33countriesshowedthatfood
crimeisaseriousinternationalproblem.Thepolicefoundchildren'sc
andiesthatweredyedwithapoisonouschemical,430,000litresoffak
edrinksand22tonsoflong-grainricethatwaslabeledashigh-qualit
ybasmatirice.TheBritishgovernmentsaiditwasadifficultproblemt
otackle.Itsaidthatusingtechnologymightbetheonlywaytobeatthe
criminalgangs.

FREE WRITING

Write about food crime for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

Which is worse, food crime or drug crime? Why? How can we stop them?

_____________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about food crime. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. FOOD CRIME: Make a poster about food crime. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. FOOD SAFETY: Write a magazine article about food safety. Include imaginary interviews with people who think we cannot stop the criminals and people who think we can.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on food crime. Ask him/her three questions about food crime. Give him/her three of your ideas on how to stop it. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

T

b

T

c

F

d

F

e

T

f

T

g

F

h

F

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	fake	a.	imitation
2.	ended up	b.	finished
3.	instead of	c.	rather than
4.	harm	d.	injury
5.	penalty	e.	punishment
6.	similar	f.	alike
7.	serious	g.	terrible
8.	candies	h.	sweets
9.	tackle	i.	stop
10.	beat	j.	defeat

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	New and growing
2.	High-profile ones
3.	Beef
4.	Peanut allergies
5.	Penalties
6.	The drugs trade
7.	33
8.	Children's sweets
9.	Long-grain rice
10.	Technology

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

c

2.

a

3.

a

4.

b

5.

d

6.

b

7.

a

8.

c

9.

d

10.

a

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