Tomatoes - the Perfect Fruit

It is difficult to (0) A a world without tomatoes. High in the Andes Mountains of modern-day Peru, the local inhabitants have been cultivating and eating tomatoes since pre-historic (21) ___, but the food has only become popular in the rest of the world (22) ___ recently. These days, the bright red fruit plays an important role in the cooking of many cultures and is a key ingredient in many types of fast food (23) ____ both taste and colour to dishes that otherwise would be rather ordinary.

The tomato (24) ____ to the nightshade family of plants, many members of which are poisonous when they were first (25) ____ into North America, therefore, tomatoes were viewed with suspicion and people tended to use them as table decorations (26) ____ than as food. In Europe, the tomato was first grown in Italy in 1555, although it wasn't (27) ____ with pasta until much later. The first recipe for tomato ketchup dates from 1727 and in the 1800s, tomatoes began to be used more (28) ____ in sauces and soups. These days, as well as tasting good tomatoes are known to contain substances which are good for our health. Nutritionists (29) ____ out, however, that many processed tomato products also contain additives such as salt and sugar which can (30) ____ the beneficial effects of the fruit.

Writing

Task 1 Read the text below. Complete the story with the correct forms of the words in brackets. Write your answers on the lines. An example (0) has been done for you.

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