HISTORY OF ICE CREAME

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 786.

Part 1: Multiple choice cloze

UNIT 9 TEST

For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Example: (0) A claim B believe Cmind D state

While few people (0) ….. to be addicted to it, ice cream is certainly a firm (1) …..

among people of all ages in many parts of the world. (2) ….. it is commonly believed to

have originated in China, and has (3) ….. been associated with Italian manufacturers,

it doesn't (4) ….. come from either of those countries. Ice cream is thought to have

originated when chemists in the Middle East (5) ….. out that by adding salt to water,

you effectively cooled it down. In the eleventh century, wealthy Arabs were certainly
enjoying sorbets of water ice sweetened (6) ….. sugar or fruit juice.

The (7) ….. for making this delicacy (8) ….. found its way into Europe, however, and

the first book to (9) ……. it was published in Italy in 1530. At that time, water ices

were typically served by monarchs and other important people as a special (10) …….

on great occasions. The British are supposed to have been responsible for (11) ….. up

with the idea of using cream in their ices (12) …….of plain water, and thus ice cream

as we know it today was born.

However, it was to remain an expensive luxury because it (13) ….. on ice imported in

vast blocks from colder climates. It was only from the mid-nineteenth century

(14) ……. , with the invention of modern refrigeration techniques, that ice cream

started to (15) ……. the familiar item of mass consumption that it is today.