A2 English test 5 – Text with multiple-choice gaps

There are many challenges on the internet 1 whowhichthat they are related to food. For example, some people video themselves while they 2 are eatingare eatenhave eaten an onion or a lemon. 3 MuchFewA lot of these challenges are harmless and fun. 4 SoAlthoughHowever, a few of them are dangerous. For example, in one challenge, people have to hold ice and salt in 5 theirstheirthem hands. They get together with friends and find out who can hold it for the 6 longestlongermost long time. But this challenge is so dangerous that nobody 7 shouldmightwill do it. If you take some ice and add salt, the temperature of the ice 8 is fallingwould fallwill fall to -17ºC. Ice at this temperature will burn you. The problem is, you 9 mustn'tmight notshouldn't notice that your hand is burning because the ice is so cold. You’ll 10 keep holdingto keep holdingkeep to hold it, and the burn will get worse.

In another challenge, people try to eat a large spoonful of cinnamon powder without drinking 11 everythinganythingnothing. It sounds simple, but it isn’t. In fact, it’s both impossible and dangerous. Cinnamon powder 12 hasn't dissolvedisn't dissolvingdoesn't dissolve in water or the saliva in your mouth. So, if you put a spoonful of 13 thoseitits in your mouth, your body will panic and you will start coughing. If that powder gets 14 alongthroughinto your lungs, you might damage them.

So, in the future, when someone 15 will daredaresis going to dare you to do a food challenge, don’t agree to it unless you know it is safe. Don’t risk your health just to make a funny video.