Part 2

For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). In the exam, write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on tho separate answer sheet.

Example: MOST

How Italian food took over the world

Studies over the last few years have shown repeatedly that Italian food is the 0 _____ popular in the world. This is true not 9 in Europe, but also in countries as diverse 10 Brazil and South Africa. So why 11 pizza and pasta become such universal favourites? One big advantage of both is that they are cheap and can easily 12 adapted to different tastes. It is possible to conjure up a tasty pasta sauce using a wide range 13 different ingredients, and there is 14 limit to what you can put on a pizza, from pineapple to eggs, and even bananas! Another reason for their popularity may have less to do with flavour and 15 to do with industrial food production. Both foods are easy and cheap to mass-produce and transport, and it may be 16 characteristic which has led to their spread to all corners of the globe.

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