Module 15

Which type of food business involves selling food to the final consumer, such as supermarkets and market stalls in a traditional market?
1. customers
2. primary food producers
3. wholesalers
4. retailers
What is the priority area for food, agriculture, and forestry?
1. strengthening ASEAN cooperation in regional and international issues.
2. transferring technology to develop human resources
3. managing rapid development of natural resources
4. facilitating trade in agricultural and medical products
What refers to any substance that is not normally consumed as a food by itself and not normally used as a typical ingredient of food?
1. best before
2. claim
3. food additive
4. prepackage
Which of the following are major areas of ASEAN food cooperation?
1. food production, food handling, food reserves
2. food security, food handling, food safety
3. food reserves, food labeling, food safety
4. food security, food handling, food production
Fill in an appropriate idiom.

Transferring price at foreign-invested food enterprises remains ____________ for Vietnam’s tax authorities, though the recent efforts have paid off to some extent.
(Source: Adapted from http://news.com.vn/explore-vietnam/destination/52205.html?device=desktop retrieved 20/5/2014)
1. a gravy train
2. a big cheese
3. a hard nut to crack
4. a silver platter
Identify the underlined noun phrase pattern.

The initial responses of the Southeast Asian countries to address the adverse effects of
the global food crisis were also diverse and depended to a great extent on food import and export.

(Source: Adapted from http://www.iisd.org/tkn/pdf/regional_food_trade_asean.pdf retrieved 20/5/2014)
1. determiner + noun
2. determiner + adjective + noun
3. quantifier + determiner + noun
4. quantifier + determiner + adjective + noun
Malaysia, the region’s third largest __________ of rubber after Thailand and Indonesia, exported around US$11 billion of the commodity in 2012, an amount it aims to triple through investments over the next seven years.
1. producer
2. production
3. produce
4. product
(Source: http://www.boi.go.th/tir/issue_content.php?issueid=89;page=42 retrieved 15/4/2014)

The bar chart illustrates Thailand’s halal food exports in billion baht from 2007 to 2011. To begin with, Thailand’s halal food exports __________ over this time frame.
1. gradually rose
2. sharply dropped
3. slightly increased
4. gently declined
Which option indicates your intake of salt added to foods or beverages as a seasoning or preservative?

(Source: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/7714/2 retrieved 27/5/2014)
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
Which of the following has and example of passive voice?
1. Thailand’s food industry has a rather challenging future because of good credentials with long established expertise, and adding that the demand for food will always grow in line with the world’s population.
2. The food industry has emerged as one of the fastest growing industries in the ASEAN region over the past couple of years, and is among the key strategic markets.
3. With the growing Muslim population and increasing awareness of the halal standards, the
  demand for halal products and services is expected to increase in Malaysia.
4. Indonesia had the highest packaged food sales in the region, whereas Singapore had the
  highest per capita retail sales of packaged food and beverages.

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