Question

[Tâm Vũ Minh]

VIII.  Read the text about snacks in Germany, Brazil and Japan. Complete the blanks with a/an, some, any or  (no word).

     Susan (from Germany): “Well, I often have (51) _____ snack at about eleven in the morning. I usually go to a kiosk near here and buy (52)       sausage, and then I eat it, standing up at a small table near the kiosk. Then at about four o’clock we usually stop work and have (53) ____cup of coffee and (54) so______ cakes.”

     Renato (from Brazil): “I don’t usually have (55) ____food in the middle of the morning, but in the afternoon, at about five o’clock, I sometimes have a coffee. Yesterday, for example, I had (56) ____loaf of bread and (57) _____ cheese. I get very hungry in the afternoons! Oh, yes. and I had (58) _____iced tea. You can buy it at the beach or on the streets - it’s very popular in Brazil.”

     Mariko (from Japan): “In Japan we eat food from all over the world, and young people like European snacks. Older people like more traditional food. For example, every afternoon, my grandfather has (59)_____ Japanese sweets with traditional green tea. At work, on weekdays we usually have a ‘three o’clock snack’. Today I had (60)           biscuits and tea, but no milk! I find it very strange that English people have milk in their tea!”