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​Birdseye

By Seksan Thongthai

You need to make dinner, but you don’t have any fresh vegetables.

You go to the freezer and take out some frozen ones.

When you eat them, they taste fresh and delicious. You can thank Clarence Birdseye for that.

Multiple Choice

He (1) a method that allows people to enjoy frozen food in convenient packages.

• invent

• invented

• has invent

• was inventing

Clarence Birdseye was born in 1886 in Brooklyn, New York. He was one of eight children and loved nature.

Multiple Choice

Later, he began (2) biology in college, although he did not finish because he needed (3).

• study / earn money

• studying / to earning

• to study / to earn

• to earn / earned money

He worked many different jobs around the country, most of them involving animals and nature.

In 1912, Birdseye traveled to the north of Canada.

Multiple Choice

He liked the place and (4) fur for a living.

• bought and sold

• buy and sell

• to buy and sell

• buys and sells

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He brought his wife and baby son with him. They lived in a cabin located 250 miles away (5) the nearest doctor.

• by

• with

• from

• to

Multiple Choice

Birdseye often went fishing with the local Inuit people. When someone caught a fish, it froze almost immediately (6) the weather was extremely cold.

• because

• although

• while

• unless

Multiple Choice

At first, Birdseye didn’t understand how the fish could last so long without (7).

• to go bad

• go bad

• goes bad

• going bad

Later, when he ate the frozen fish, he realized that quick freezing kept the fish tasting as fresh as ever.

Multiple Choice

He used the same idea on vegetables and froze cabbage so his family could eat it (8) winter.

• for

• during

• in

• over

In 1917, he returned to the United States and took various jobs.

Multiple Choice

Eventually, he worked for a fish company and began testing the quick-freezing method he had (9).

• learns in Canada

• learning in Canada

• has learned in Canada

• learned in Canada

In 1924, he started a company called Birdseye Seafoods.

Multiple Choice

It sold frozen foods such as meat, fish, and vegetables. In 1930, he tested his products in stores, and shoppers (10) them immediately.

• bought

• were buying

• buy

• had bought

Multiple Choice

Birdseye’s creativity and curiosity helped (11) the American diet forever.

• changes

• change

• to change

• changed