A Kitchen Calendar

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge Ready original exercise

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

time

season

date

period

flavours

savours

tries

tastes

much

many

lot

plenty

get

have

make

take

take

make

put

give

carries

brings

takes

fetches

gets

causes

makes

forces

award

fee

tip

treat

Thanks to modern transport, supermarkets can sell strawberries and tomatoes all year (0) ___ . However, a growing number of cooks prefer to eat fruit and vegetables only when they are in (1) ___ where they live. They argue that food picked at the right time simply (2) ___ better, and because there is so (3) ___ of it, it is often cheaper too. Eating this way also makes you more creative in the kitchen, as you have to (4) ___ do with whatever is available. In winter, root vegetables such as carrots and potatoes (5) ___ the place of summer salads, and warming soups and stews appear on the table. Spring (6) ___ fresh green vegetables, and by late summer there is more fruit than most families can eat. Many people find that cooking with the seasons (7) ___ them look forward to each new time of year. The first ripe tomatoes, picked on a warm afternoon, are no longer something you take for granted but a real (8) ___ .

A Kitchen Calendar

round

over

about

across

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