Food. Entry Test

Choose the correct adjective. I’d love another slice of pizza. It’s very _______.

Read the text. Choose the correct option. Should We Eat Less Meat? Since the 1960s people have eaten more and more meat. One reason for the increase in the popularity of meat is the rise of fast-food restaurants. Some scientists think the increase in the 1)of meat that people eat is going to be a 2)problem in the future because the world’s population is 3) to grow from 7 billion to more than 9 billion. As meat is 4)more popular in some Asian countries, scientists say that the amount of meat we eat will keep going 5). What scientists are 6)of is that it takes a lot of water and energy to grow the crops needed to 7)farm animals. A lot of land 8)also needed to grow the food that farm animals eat, which could be used to produce crops for people to eat 9). However, other scientists say that meat may become so expensive to produce that people won’t go 10)buying it.

Choose the correct adjective. This soup tastes quite _______. There must be some seafood in it.

Match the words to form phrases.

Choose the correct adjective. This drink is supposed to be made from fresh melon and bananas but it doesn’t taste very _______ to me.

Choose the correct adjective. I’m afraid the potatoes were too _______. Are you feeling thirsty as well?

Choose the correct adjective. Let’s buy some of these oranges; they look really _______.

Choose the correct adjective. Mix the flour with the eggs and milk until it is nice and _______.

Read the text and mark the statements as true, false or not stated. Potatoes The potato comes from the high and cool areas of the Andes of Peru. It began to be grown as food more than 7,000 years ago. When Europeans came to South America, they took the potato back to Europe. In 1589, Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer and historian known for his expeditions to the Americas, first brought the potato to Ireland and planted the new vegetable there. In spite of the fact that the potatoes grew very well in the poor soil of Ireland, it took nearly 200 years for them to become a widely grown crop in Ireland and Great Britain. People didn’t like its unusual appearance and originally bitter taste. Besides, the potato was not mentioned in the Bible and it was often associated with the devil. According to legend, Sir Walter Raleigh presented potato plants to Queen Elizabeth I. A special royal potato dinner was made and the noble men were invited to taste the new American vegetable. But the royal cooks didn’t know how to cook potatoes: they cut off and threw away the ugly-looking tubers and brought to the royal table a dish of boiled leaves (which are very poisonous). Most of the guests died after that royal dinner and potatoes were forbidden for many years. Only two hundred years later farmers in Great Britain and Ireland began growing potatoes. Soon the rest of Europe started to follow Britain. The only country which did not accept potatoes was France. To overcome the negative attitude of the French people towards the new vegetable, King Louis XVI started to wear a potato flower as a decoration. He tried to make the people understand the benefit of potatoes as food. Even after the French king had given an order to his citizens to grow potatoes, they still were against the unfamiliar vegetable. The farmers refused to eat potatoes because of their unusual smell and taste. Then King Louis XVI decided to trick his people. In order to show the value of the potato, the king ordered to have it planted in a royal field and put guards to watch over the field. When the local farmers saw the guards at the royal field, they decided that the thing so carefully guarded must be valuable. One day, the guards were allowed to go off duty. The local farmers went into the field, dug out some potatoes and planted them in their fields. The king’s plan was a success. From this small start, the habit of growing and eating potatoes spread all over the country. As Europeans began to grow potatoes, they realized the advantages of the new vegetable. The potato harvest was enough to feed their own families and to sell some to the citizens of towns and cities. The new food stimulated the development of cities and industries. Besides, the health of the people improved as they included potatoes in their diets. Now the potato is grown and enjoyed everywhere. 1) Potatoes were the basic food for the people of Peru. 2) The British people liked potatoes at once. 3) The potato dish for the royal dinner was prepared in a wrong way. 4) King Louis XVI was against the idea of growing potatoes for food. 5) French farmers stole some potatoes from the King’s field. 6) The potato helped the development of the European countries. 7) Nowadays the potato is the most popular vegetable in Europe.

Choose the correct word. Can I have _________ juice, please?

Choose the correct word. Have we got _________ bananas?

Choose the correct word. I don't eat ______ chocolate.

Choose the correct word. There is _________ onion on the table.

Choose the correct word. We've got _________ lemons left. We need to buy some more.