A2 Use of English Test 2 – multiple choice gaps

For each question, choose the correct answer.

Ice cream

Fifty years ago, people only ate ice cream in the hot summer months – but now (1)…………… is eaten at any time of the year. Who made the first ice cream is a question (2)…………… we can’t answer, but we think an Italian adventurer called Marco Polo saw people (3)…………… ice cream in China 700 years ago. He brought the idea back to Italy. It soon became very popular.

Ice cream then became very popular in France, (4)…………… only very rich people had enough money to buy it. Before we had fridges, people used large pieces of ice from lakes to (5)…………… ice cream cold. The first ice cream factory opened in America in 1851. Americans eat more ice cream than (6)…………… other nationality – 23 litres per person per year!

1   A   they         B   it                C   she

2   A   that          B   who           C   when

3   A   doing       B   making     C   liking

4   A   but           B   so              C   or

5   A   keep        B   kept           C   keeping

6   A   all             B   any            C   each