Put the sentences into the correct order.

a) The traveller came to a small village.

b) The traveller was indifferently asking for some other ingredients for his soup.

c) Everyone enjoyed the tasty meal.

d)The traveller started cooking the soup of stone.

e) The traveller started telling the villagers stories of his travels.

Choose the correct variant to complete the sentences.

1) The text is ….

a) a newspaper article b) a textbook paragraph c) a letter d) a fable (a story used to illustrate a moral lesson)

2) The traveller in the story ….

a) knew a recipe of a stone soup b) didn’t need any ingredients but a stone for his soup c) was an excellent storyteller d) ate the soup alone

3) The villagers ….

a) didn’t give him any food b) laughed at the traveler

c) were excited to hear the traveller’s stories d) weren’t interested in the traveller’s soup

4) The traveller did not really need … for the stone soup.

a) potatoes b) salt c) carrots d) a stone

VII. Read an article and match the headings (A-G) to the paragraphs (1-6). There is one extra heading which you do not need to use.

A. Be Careful What You Buy

B. Dangerous Diets

C. Life in the Fast Lane

D. Can You Give up Chocolate?

E. New Diet - New Life!

F. Some Healthy Advice

G. You Know What's Good for You

Eat your way to good health

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We all know that a varied diet with the right combination of protein, carbohydrates and fresh fruit and vegetables is necessary for good health.

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However, modern living and a busy lifestyle often mean that many of us don't have time to eat proper well-balanced meals. We seem to be relying too much on 'fast foods' to match our fast lives. The problem with these foods though is that they are high in bad things like fat and calories, but low in the good things like vitamins and minerals. If you are only eating this sort of 'junk' food, then you've got a poor diet.

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A poor diet can lead to lots of health problems. These include allergies and tiredness or much more serious illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. The additives which are put in processed foods can also cause illness. Additives are used to add colour, flavour and long life to foods, but they can be quite harmful if you eat too many of them.

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If you eat raw and organic foods, you will be much healthier. Therefore, it makes sense to eat organically grown fruit and vegetables whenever you can. Try to stop drinking coffee and stop using sugar, too. Also, it is good idea to take vitamin and mineral tablets if you know your diet is not as healthy as it should be.

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A good time to think about healthy eating is when you are shopping, read the list of ingredients on food packets to find out if there are a lot of additives so you can avoid them. Foods that contain a lot of additives include: processed meats, soft drinks, tinned fruit, margarine and biscuits.

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All in all, a few simple changes to your diet can make a big difference to your health. Eat the right things and you can eat your way to good health.

VIII. A Story

One day some Americans were having dinner at a hotel in London, when fish was put on the table one of them, a young man, said: "Let's examine the fish carefully, perhaps we'll find a diamond in it." Everybody began to laugh, but an old man said quietly: "Yes, I'm sure we have all heard stories like that. Let me tell you what happened to me once."

"When I was a young man,” he began, "I worked for a big company in New York; and I was sent to England to do some work there. I was in love with a beautiful girl, and before I left for England, we decided that we would get married when I returned home.

I stayed in England for two months. I sent letters and postcards to the girl almost every day, but after the first two weeks I didn't receive any answers. But I didn't think anything was the matter, and before I left for home, I bought a beautiful diamond ring for her.

On the ship one morning, a telegram was brought to me. It was from a friend in New York, who told me that the girl had changed her mind and was going to get married to another man. I was so angry that I threw the diamond ring into the sea.

My friend came to the port to meet me, and he invited me to dinner. While we were sitting down at the table and I was eating fish, I suddenly felt something hard in my mouth. What do you think it was?"

"The diamond!" all the Americans cried.

"No", the old man answered, "It was the fish bone."