III. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
Most Americans eat three meals (21) ______ the day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast begins between 7:00 and 8:00am, lunch between 11:00 am and noon, and dinner between 6:00 and 8:00 pm. On Sundays "brunch" is a (22) ______ of breakfast and lunch, typically beginning at 11:00 am. Students often enjoy a "study break" or evening snack around 10:00 or 11:00 pm. Breakfast and lunch tend to be light meals, with only one (23) ______. Dinner is the main meal.
(24) ______ breakfast, Americans will eat cereal with milk which are often mixed (25) ______ in a bowl, a glass of orange juice, and toasted bread or muffin with jam, butter, or margarine. Another common breakfast meal is scrambled eggs or (26) ______ omelet with potatoes and breakfast meat (bacon or sausage). People who are on (27) ______ eat just a cup of yogurt. Lunch and dinner are more (28) ______. When eating at a formal dinner, you may be overwhelmed by the number of utensils. How do you (29) ______ the difference between a salad fork, a butter fork, and a dessert fork? Most Americans do not know the answer, (30) ______. But knowing which fork or spoon to use first is simple: use the outermost utensils first and the utensils closest to the plate last.
21. Most Americans eat three meals (21) ______ the day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
22. On Sundays "brunch" is a (22) ______ of breakfast and lunch, typically beginning at 11:00 am.
23. Breakfast and lunch tend to be light meals, with only one (23) ______. Dinner is the main meal.
24. (24) ______ breakfast, Americans will eat cereal with milk....
25. which are often mixed (25) ______ in a bowl, a glass of orange juice, and toasted bread or muffin with jam, butter, or margarine.
26. Another common breakfast meal is scrambled eggs or (26) ______ omelet with potatoes and breakfast meat (bacon or sausage).
27. People who are on (27) ______ eat just a cup of yogurt.
28. Lunch and dinner are more (28) ______.
29. How do you (29) ______ the difference between a salad fork, a butter fork, and a dessert fork?
30. Americans do not know the answer (30) ______.
