Дополнительные упражнения по теме ЕДА - 10 класс
учебно-методический материал по английскому языку (10 класс)

1.  Read the article in the Exercise 3. Ignore the gaps. Decide if the sentences 1-3 below are true or false.

1. According to the article, crisps are a popular snack nowadays.
2. Crisps were invented by a choosy customer.
3. An annoyed cook invented crisps unintentionally.

2. Read the paragraph below and complete gaps a-d using the options 1-4 from Exercise 3. Explain your choice and say why the other options are not correct.

Mike has been going to that restauranta        he first came to live in London. Itb ______very

cheap, but the food is delicious. He last went there c _______Monday and ate some spicy Thai noodles and a traditional Chinese moon pie, which was not sweet d _____but he liked it anyway.

3. Read the following text about the invention of crisps (or chips in American English). For gaps 1 -8, choose the correct answer A-D.

THE ORIGIN OF CRISPS

Crisps have been great favourites with many of us 1______ years. Who 2______enjoy nibbling thin round pieces of fried potatoes in front of the tv or as a snack to go with a drink at a party? One would think that such a popular food was born from an idea that came to one of the top chefs of America AT A MOMENT OF GREAT INSPIRATION, BUT THE TRUTH IS QUITE DIFFERENT.

One day in 1853 in a restaurant a choosy customer complained to the waitress 3 _____ the quality of his chips, saying that they were 4 _____ thick and oily. When the cook heard about this, he became very angry. He made some paper-thin slices of potatoes, fried them until they were brown and 5 ________ a rather generous amount of salt. Finally, he 

6 ______ his crisps to the dissatisfied customer in person and literally dumped them in front of him. The customer tried one, liked the taste, and went on to eat 7 ______ all. Today, according 8 ______ statistics, an American eats an average of six pounds of crisps each year.