Take-away food in Britain

The fish and chip shop is the most (0) traditional form of British take-away, a place which
sells TRADITION
(1) hot meals at lunch time and in the evening. However, the last thirty or forty
years have AFFORD
seen the rapid spread of foreign fast food restaurants, and there are now few towns without
Chinese, Indian and Italian restaurants, as well as many other (2) of
food. VARY
Despite the constant (3) , the concept is always the same: INNOVATE
(4) meals to eat in or take away for clients who don't have the time or energy to
cook for ECONOMY
themselves. Restaurants such as MacDonalds pioneered the idea of fast food to be eaten whilst
sitting down in the restaurant itself, and also developed ways of (5) their
customers ate SURE
(6) and left. QUICK
Visitors to Britain are advised to try everything at least once, (7) the
foods SPECIAL
which are not common in their own countries. They are also warned not to make (8)
with COMPARE
the food they eat at home; the pizza and pasta which is served in London, is very (9)
to be LIKE
as (10) as the dishes available in Naples or Rome. TASTE
1. Affordable
2. Varieties
3. Innovations
4. Economical
5. Ensuring
6. Quickly
7. Especially
8. Comparisons
9. Unlikely
10. Tasty
Word formation, 9

Rread the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that
fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Example: 0: impossible

SURVIVAL

The weather made their progress (0) ..impossible.. As it POSSIBLE

had been raining (1) … all night they had to HEAVY

be very (2) … as they walked through the CARE

thick jungle. Their good (3) … would help JUDGE

them overcome the (4) … and get back to SET

civilisation with only minor injuries.

Although things were (5) … they had to be BEARABLE

(6) … because it was the only way they could OPTIMIST

help each other through this difficult situation.

Their (7) … , chosen for his knowledge, would help LEAD

them in every way. The (8) … of this training IMPORTANT

was to (9) … them for the special task ahead HARD

of them. However, they had never imagined how (10) … DANGER

it would turn out to be.

SURVIVAL

01 heavily
02 careful
03 judgement
04 setback
05 unbearable
06 optimistic
07 leader
08 importance
09 harden
10 dangerous