Listening warm-up – part 22

.Listen to the recording and answer the questions below

Questions 31-35

.Choose the correct letter, A, B, or С

N31. The tomato originally came from

A. Mexico B. Spain C. Peru

N32. The original color of the tomato was

A. red B. green C. yellow

N33. The Aztec word for tomato means

A. golden apple B. plump thing C. small fruit

N34. In the 1500s, people in Spain and Italy

A. enjoyed eating tomatoes B. used tomatoes as ornamental plants C. made medicine from tomatoes

N35. In the 1600s, the British

A. saw tomatoes as poisonous B. published tomato recipes C. ate tomato sauce daily

Questions 36-40

Complete the timeline with information about the history оf the tomato in the United States

.Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer

 __________________________ .A. 1806 – Tomatoes were mentioned as food in a N36

 . B. 1809 – Thomas Jefferson N37.________________   at his home in Virginia

 ______ .C. 1820 – A man proved that tomatoes were not poisonous by eating them N38

 . D. 1830s – N39.________________  appeared in newspapers and magazines

______________________ .E. 1930s – People began to eat N40

ANSWERS

Each question correctly answered scores 1 mark. Correct spelling is needed in all answers

N31.  C N32.  C N33.  B N34.  A N35.  A N36.  Calendar N37.  Served tomatoes N38.  In public N39.  Tomato recipe / tomato recipes N40.  Raw tomatoes