200. The Light Eater (2)

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if you don't remember the word. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Oscar examined the pasta box. On the front, large letters, was “Barilla Penne—Italy’s #1 Brand of .” On the side, in small print at the bottom, was “Product of U.S.A.” Oscar shook his ; they tricked me again, he thought. He added cups of pasta to the boiling water and the timer. While the pasta was cooking, Oscar a cucumber out of the fridge. He peeled , sliced it, salted the slices, and ate them while he read This Week, a popular weekly magazine. Finished with the cucumber, he sliced a and ate it.
The timer went off. Oscar the hot water through a plastic strainer, and put the pasta into a bowl. He added heaping tablespoon of butter to the hot pasta let it melt in. Then he poured the juice onto the pasta. He chopped up part a red onion and mixed it into the . He drained a can of boneless herring fillets stirred them into the pasta. He sprinkled garlic and grated parmesan cheese onto the pasta. He a spoon into the bowl, sat down at dining room table, and dug in.
When Oscar the pasta, he washed the dirty dishes and . Then he poured cold nonfat milk into a glass, sat down, and slowly ate half of five-ounce bar of Hershey’s Special Dark candy. He it down with the milk. Now, that was waiting for, he thought.
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