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IELTS · Part 1 · Cambridge 20 — Test 4

Frozen Food: Reading answers

Answers to questions 1–13 (13 in all), each with why it is right.

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A US perspective on the development of the frozen food industry At some point in history, humans discovered that ice preserved food.There is evidence that winter ice was stored to preserve food in the summer as far back as 10,000 years ago.Two thousand years ago, the inhabitants of South America's Andean mountains had a unique means of conserving potatoes for later consumption.They froze them overnight, then trampled them to squeeze out the moisture, then dried them in the sun.This preserved their nutritional value - if not their aesthetic appeal. Natural ice remained the main form of refrigeration until late in the 19th century.In the early 1800s, ship owners from Boston, USA, had enormous…

Answers 1–13

  1. 1

    potatoes Note completion

  2. 2

    butter Note completion

  3. 3

    meat Note completion

  4. 4

    crystals Note completion

  5. 5

    cellophane Note completion

  6. 6

    tin Note completion

  7. 7

    refrigerator Note completion

  8. 8

    The ice transportation business made some Boston ship owners very wealthy in the early 1800s.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

  9. 9

    A disadvantage of the freezing process invented in Australia was that it affected the taste of food.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  10. 10

    Clarence Birdseye travelled to Labrador in order to learn how the Inuit people froze fish.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  11. 11

    Swanson Foods invested a great deal of money in the promotion of the TV Dinner.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  12. 12

    Swanson Foods developed a new style of container for the launch of the TV Dinner.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  13. 13

    The US frozen food industry is currently the largest in the world.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

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