A taste of the future - Test 4

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English Advanced 3, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

tackling

grappling

cracking

managing

dictate

decide

direct

determine

tricked

convinced

swayed

influenced

Lately

Instantly

Currently

Shortly

repeatedly

cautiously

regularly

gradually

second

following

insights

judgements

features

elements

party

crowd

group

company

Experimental psychologists, who have influenced the (0) ___ of food industry giants by studying how our senses interact to form our perception of flavour, are turning their attention to the menus of leading restaurants. How to make bug-eating acceptable to westerners is just one of the problems they are (1) ___ . Sensory testing has already been used to (2) ___ how consumers are affected by the colours in packaging. It was found that increasing the amount of yellow on cans of lemonade (3) ___ people they could taste more lemon. (4) ___ the researchers are also helping brands to produce healthier food by making reductions in the salt and sugar they contain. If this is done (5) ___ , customers don't notice the difference from one packet to the (6) ___ . Their study of how we experience food has already provided some fascinating (7) ___ for chefs. The colour of crockery, the weight of cutlery, background noise – these all control taste, and people, not surprisingly perhaps, eat more when in the (8) ___ of friends.

A taste of the future

provision

output

yield

supply

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