QUATRIEME

Question 1

1- l. 6: “tastebuds”

Answer 1

papilles gustatives

Question 2

l. 17: “eager”:

Answer 2

enthusiastic

Question 3

3- “some digging”:

Answer 3

discoveries

Question 4

4- l. 34: “spearheaded”:

Answer 4

initiated

Question 5

5- l. 39: “slackers”:

Answer 5

lazybones

Question 6

6- l. 42: “side hustles”

Answer 6

petits boulots d’appoint

Question 7

7- l. 43: “frantic”:

Answer 7

hectic

Question 8

8- l. 44: “convenience”

Answer 8

commodité

Question 9

• l. 51: “fuzzy”:

Answer 9

unclear

Question 10

10- l. 103: “from scratch”:

Answer 10

à partir de zéro

Question 11

1- Page 1: any act or non-verbal form of communication that is intended to influence a decision:

Answer 11

[political statement] .

Question 12

2- Pages 1 & 6: the main messages or information that you learn from something you hear or read:

Answer 12

[takeaways] .

Question 13

3- Page 2: a small quantity of:

Answer 13

[a handful of] .

Question 14

4- Page 3: things demanded or obligatory, needs or necessities:

Answer 14

[requirements] .

Question 15

5- Page 3: that which tends to prove or disprove something:

Answer 15

[evidence] .

Question 16

6- Page 3: the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc…:

Answer 16

[commitment] .

Question 17

7- Page 3: (especially of food) having different elements in the correct proportions:

Answer 17

[balanced] .

Question 18

8- Pages 4 & 6: able to continue over a period of time/causing or made in a way that causes little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time:

Answer 18

[sustainable] .

Question 19

9- Pages 4, 5, and 7: general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving:

Answer 19

[trend] .

Question 20

10- Page 4: a short description of something that provides general information about it, but no details:

Answer 20

[overview] .

Question 21

1- Even if you were not born between 1980 and 1995, you cannot but acknowledge that new food-related trends have been emerging.

Answer 21

• “you cannot but acknowledge” means that it is not possible for you to “deny” (l.4) an idea, a statement.
• “Whether (…) or not” (ll. 3-4): idiom used for saying that it is not important which of two possibilities is true:

Whether or not you like it, I’m going out tonight.
Whether he wants to or not, he’ll have to clean his room.
La réponse correcte est « Vrai ».

Question 22

2- The text views millennials as consumers who enjoy food products that are tailor-made according to their respective tastes and needs.

Answer 22

La réponse correcte est « Vrai ».

Question 23

3- The text confirms the widely-spread idea that millennials tend to favour leisure over labour.

Answer 23

La réponse correcte est « Faux »

Question 24

4- As millennials mainly crave for hassle-free access to meals, some businesses specializing in food delivery services have been struggling financially.

Answer 24

La réponse correcte est « Faux ».

Question 25

5- At the end of the article, the author uses a play-on-words, focusing on the double meaning of a central notion.

Answer 25

**La réponse correcte est « Vrai ».**

Question 26

1- The Chipotle meal brand has recently experienced success thanks to

Answer 26

La réponse correcte est : **their policy which consists in determining the origin of the products used in their prepared meals.**

Question 27

2- When it comes to the Washington Post's findings about millenials' desires in terms of food choices,

Answer 27

**unconditional approval.**

Question 28

- When observing eating habits according to different generations,

Answer 28

**the author of the text rejects stereotypes.**

Question 29

The survey mentioned by the text to study millennials' eating habits has shown that

Answer 29

**people from this generation are increasingly aware of and worried about the impact that the food they consume may have on the planet.**