Виконайте лексичний тест на тему “Їжа”. (Do the lexical test on topic “Food and Meals”) Food and Meals
Visitors to the US think either that there is no real American food, only (1) … borrowed from other countries, or else that the Americans eat only “fast food”. While there is some truth in both these expressions, real American food does exist.
The British also have a poor (2) … for food. Visitors to Britain often (3) … that food in restaurants is badly presented, overdone and has no taste. But the best English food is found in people’s homes. Certain food is considered essential to traditional British cuisine and forms the basis of most meals. These (4) … bread, pastry and (5) … products such as milk, cheese and eggs. Potatoes, especially chips, are eaten at lunch or dinner. A (6) … potato (a potato baked whole in its skin) with cheese is a popular “pub lunch”. Good (7) … home cooking, ex. food prepared without spicy or creamy sauces, is something the British are proud of it.
People’s interest in trying new recipes is encouraged by the many cookery programs on TV. Famous TV (8) … include Della Smith and Ainsley Harriott. They give advice about healthy eating. The main idea is to (9) … the amount of fatty food and sugar and to (10) … people to eat more fruit and vegetables.
When British and American people (11) … they can choose from a wide range of eating places: burger bars, pizzerias, fast food outlets. They seem to be (12) … a battle between what they want to eat and what is good for them.
a) stuff 2. a) experience 3. a) argue
b) dishes b) status b) persuade
c) meals c) taste c) complain
d) courses d) reputation d) discuss
4. a) have 5. a) fatty 6. a) coat
b) mean b) organic b) dressed
c) include c) vegetarian c) jacket
d) consist d) dairy d) peeled
7. a) ordinary 8. a) directors 9. a) reduce
b) simple b) chefs b) neglect
c) plain c) bosses c) miss
d) easy d) chiefs d) ignore
10. a) encourage 11. a) stay out 12. a) playing
b) help b) get out b) fighting
c) assure c) eat out c) combating
d) convince d) take out d) struggling
