Module 15
Pretest
Choose the best alternative.
1. Which type of food business involves pre-retail distribution, such as importation, wholesale storage, and multi-purpose wholesaling?
1. primary producer
2. manufacturer/ processor
3. retailer
4. distributor, transporter, and wholesaler

2. What is NOT included in the AEC priority areas for food, agriculture, and forestry?
1. developing rural communities and human resources
2. facilitating trade in agriculture and forestry products
3. involving and investing in public sectors
4. strengthening ASEAN cooperation in addressing regional and international issues

3. What component on a product shows written, printed, or graphic matters?
1. label
2. container
3. packaging
4. ingredients

4. What are the major areas of ASEAN food cooperation in the food business?
1. food reserve, food handling, food production
2.  food security, food labeling, food production
3. food reserve, food labeling, food safety
4. food security, food handling, food safety

5.  Tax evasion in capital transfer deals remains _____________ for the Ministry Of Finance. The Ho Chi Minh City Taxation Sub-department has found that a lot of the capital transfer deals have been made recently, but the tax sums the agency has collected from the deals are modest.

(Source: Adapted from http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/93788/tax-evasion-in-capital-transfer-deals-remains-a-hot-potato-for-mof.html retrieved from 20/5/2014)

1. a hot potato
2. a bad egg
3. a big cheese
4. the cream of the crop

 

6.  Identify the underlined noun phrase pattern.
Most of the major factors are that ASEAN countries’ food security strategies normally have two basic components, i.e., income growth and food prices, and neither of these is specifically linked to any of the standard definitions of food security used by international agencies.
(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

7. There are several factors that support the new emerging economies in ASEAN to replace China as the world's top _______________.
1. manufacture
2. manufacturing
3. manufacturer

4. manufactured

8.

(Source: http://www.boi.go.th/tir/issue_content.php?issueid=89;page=42 retrieved 15/4/2014)
The bar chart illustrates Thailand’s food exports in billions of baht from 1997 to 2011. To begin with, Thailand’s food exports __________ over this time frame.
1. gradually increased
2. steadily declined
3. suddenly fell
4. steeply grew
9.  Where is the intake of sweet flavoring or fermenting agent  indicated on this label?
                                                  

(Source: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/foods-from-carls-jr/7012/2 retrieved on 27/5/2014)

10. Which of the following is NOT passive voice?
1. Codex General Guidelines for Halal have been unified as a practical reference for the regional and international market.
2. Major producers of medical food are establishing facilities in Thailand.
3. Thailand is renowned for offering investors strong government support, rich agricultural resources, skilled labor, and excellent infrastructure.
4. ASEAN is continuously committed to supporting the free movement of goods, primarily thorough harmonization of members' regulations supported by MRA.