Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make
the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word,
fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,
use one word that best fits each blank.
Japan is a food heaven which has a unique food
culture. You can find food from different countries worldwide in this island nation,
and it is also very good at {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(combine)
foreign food with its own traditional food. You may even find some food which {#blank#}2{#/blank#}only be found in Japan. One of them
is called "Okosama Lunch," or "Kids' Lunch." In major department
stores in Japan, there usually are many restaurants on the top floor of the building.'
No matter what kind of food they serve, they usually have a menu for "Okosama
Lunch." {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it
is called a lunch, it is served at suppertime in most cases.
It is said that "Okosama Lunch," a
kid's menu was invented in 1930 by Taro Ando, a chief manager of Mitsukoshi Department,
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(famous) department store in Japan
founded in1673. Ando came up with an idea to have a variety of food which kids like
on one plate and decorate {#blank#}5{#/blank#}nicely.
The plate usually has molded rice with a tiny national flag chosen from one of many
countries on top. It was during the Depression (大萧条) {#blank#}6{#/blank#}Ando
thought it would be nice {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(have)
something looking good for kids to enjoy. Besides a small portion of rice, an "Okosama
Lunch" usually contains kid's favorite food, such as hamburger steak, deep-fried
chicken, red Vienna sausages, Spaghetti Neapolitan, fried shrimp and pudding.
The details of this special menu are different
from restaurant to restaurant, resulting in different types of "Okosama Lunch"
across the country. They{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(design) to attract kids with popular
comic characters on the plate."
Now you can find "Okosama Lunch" anywhere
in Japan. At some restaurants, they usually serve it only to kids {#blank#}9{#/blank#}ten years old. Next time you visit
Japan, you {#blank#}10{#/blank#}try this special menu and enjoy
Japanese food culture.