Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 4 to 8. Fill in the appropriate word in question 8 Lunch is for sharing Mimi Ito carefully puts together her children's packed lunches each morning. She then photographs them on her cameraphone and (4) _______ the pictures on her online blog. In this way, Mimi is able to keep a record of meals that she is proud of, and hungry ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 4 to 8. Fill in the appropriate word in question 8

Lunch is for sharing

Mimi Ito carefully puts together her children's packed lunches each morning. She then photographs them on her cameraphone and (4) _______ the pictures on her online blog. In this way, Mimi is able to keep a record of meals that she is proud of, and hungry websurfers get the chance to look at her mouth-watering creations. For these are no ordinary lunches, Mimi prepares what are (5) _______ as bento meals for her children.

A bento is a single-portion Japanese takeaway meal that traditionally consists of rice, fish or meat, with vegetables on the side. In Japan, they are normally served in distinctive trays divided into sections for the different parts of the meal. Mimi thinks that children in (6) _______ enjoy having small compartments with little bits of food that are (7) _______ to their small appetites. However, if we think of the excitement that many of us feel when our airline meal arrives, it's easy to understand the fascination.

Mimi was born in Japan and currently lives in the USA. She is fairly health (8) _______, but believes that having wide tastes and finding pleasure in food is important. She thinks that it's possible to focus on that whilst at the same time also eating healthily.