Is art of cookery dead? As there is a celebrity obsession with how you look, there are (1) _____________ really strange diets around the moment, none of which seems to involve cooking. Have you heard about the strawberry diet, where apparently you have to eat a cup of sliced strawberries every three hours? Sounds strange? Well, there’s (2) _____________ one which involves eggs and grapefruit. You can only eat boiled eggs and the grapefruit must be eaten beforehand. Needless to say this diet is (3) _____________ Hollywood and , I must say, it doesn’t (4) _____________ very nutritious. Another horrible diet I’ve ever heard about is one where you eat raw meat all the time. Can you imagine? And (5) _____________ boring, everybody likes a nice juicy steak. Also I’d be worried (6)_____________ hygiene as I think you need to cook meat. Then there’s something called the Airforce diet where you have to drink lots of water and you eat until you’re stuffed. Not quite sure what the thinking behind this is but all these diets are too restrictive and make people (7) _____________ bad eating habits. I’d much rather have some nice tasty food and forget about diets! 1. A.some B. any C. a D. the 2. A. an B. any C. some D. another 3. A. for B. from C. about D. in 4. A. sound B. eat C. have D. taste 5. A. what B. why C. how D. when 6. A. for B. about C. at D. with 7. A. developing B. developed C. development D. develop