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.