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!”

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Circle A, B, C or D before the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

6. You don’t need to take _________ food on the trip.       

      A. a                             B. some                       C. any                          D. the

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others.

3. A. temperature B. stomachache C. adult D. advice

4. A. recycle B. benefit C. provide D. encourage