A Spanish restaurant that was (1) ____ best in the world five times has closed. The El Bulli, run by award-winning chef Ferran Adria, served its final meals this week. He created a special 49-(2) ____ menu as a final (3) ____. The lucky customers on Mr Adria’s last night were his staff and their families. The courses included some of Adria’s unique creations, such (4) ____ squid and coconut ravioli, roses with ham wonton and melon water, and blackberry risotto. The (5) ____ restaurant will now become a centre for food creativity (6) ____ the name of the El Bulli Foundation.
El Bulli opened in 1984. It was named best restaurant in the world a record five times by the ‘Restaurant’ magazine, which used the (7) ____ of around 800 chefs, critics and food (8) ____. Mr Adria never believed his restaurant deserved the title of the world’s best. He said: "It is not the best restaurant in the world because (9) ____ does not exist." However, it was an unusual eatery. The food (10) ____ cooking with chemistry and science; it was closed at lunch time (11) ____ staff could develop new dishes; it only served 50 customers a day for six months of the year; and it never (12) ____ a profit.
El Bulli opened in 1984. It was named best restaurant in the world a record five times by the ‘Restaurant’ magazine, which used the (7) ____ of around 800 chefs, critics and food (8) ____. Mr Adria never believed his restaurant deserved the title of the world’s best. He said: "It is not the best restaurant in the world because (9) ____ does not exist." However, it was an unusual eatery. The food (10) ____ cooking with chemistry and science; it was closed at lunch time (11) ____ staff could develop new dishes; it only served 50 customers a day for six months of the year; and it never (12) ____ a profit.
Put the correct words into the article.
1. | (a) | voting | (b) | votes | (c) | voted |
2. | (a) | course | (b) | case | (c) | cause |
3. | (a) | very well | (b) | farewell | (c) | well |
4. | (a) | has | (b) | was | (c) | as |
5. | (a) | fame | (b) | famously | (c) | famous |
6. | (a) | under | (b) | below | (c) | before |
7. | (a) | onions | (b) | opinions | (c) | openings |
8. | (a) | experts | (b) | expats | (c) | expects |
9. | (a) | that | (b) | those | (c) | them |
10. | (a) | mixture | (b) | mixed | (c) | mixes |
11. | (a) | sew | (b) | such | (c) | so |
12 | (a) | did | (b) | made | (c) | was |
Taken from News English Lessons
The number of answers are wrong from number 5 to the end,
ReplyDeletethere are 12 answers not 10.
I forgot to ask you what means wonton, if it really means something :D
ReplyDeleteSorry! I did it in class, very fast :S
ReplyDelete1) voted
2) course
3) farewell
4) as
5) famous
6) under
7) opinions
8) experts
9) that
10) mixed
11) so
12) made
And this is a wonton, maybe you've eaten it before in a Chinese restaurant! ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonton