COULD YOU SHOW ME THE WAY TO THE LIBRARY

30. Student 1: "Excuse me! Could you show me the way to the library? Student 2: "Sorry, I'm new here. Student 1: "... " A. Not at all B. Bad luck. C. No problem. D. Thank you all the same. PART B. CHOOSE THE WORD OR PHRASE THAT FITS EACH SPACE IN THE FOLLOING PASSAGE. In recent years, ready-made meals have (1)...Britain's eating (2)... . Britons now spend four times as much as the Italians on ready-made meah and six bmes more than the Spannh. (3)...for instant meats has increased across Europe as a (4)...but why has Britain become the (5)...European capital of ready-made food, second only in the world to America? Convenience is (6)...of the attraction. A recent survey (7)...that 77 percent of purchasers said they only bought ready meals when they did not have time to cook. Dr Susan Jebb, head of nutrition at the Medical Research Council, said: "People in the UK work the longest hours, we are very time-poor, and we don't have a strong (8)...history of cooking,' The ready-made meal boom also reflects changing social (9)...in Britain. More people live alone and so are less likely to be (10)...to cook. And with families eating together less often, ready mealsh allow people to eat what they want when they want. Juliaa Michna, of Marks and Spencer, says that ready meals also reflect changing (11)...infood. 'Brian's multicururalism has brought a (12)...range of restaurants than other European countries, and ethnic cuisines, which people are often scared of cooking from (13)...are (14)...more popular. One quarter of (15)... meals are Indian, and nearly one in five are Chinese.