WRITTEN RECEPTION (100 points)

(ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM WRITTEN TEXTS)

Read the text below and then answer questions 1–9.

ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST?

I Every year, on the first Saturday in February,
people all over the world eat ice cream for
breakfast. This strange tradition began almost 60
years ago in the home of Florence Rappaport, in
5 Rochester, USA. It was the first week of February
1966, and it was very cold. There was a lot of
snow on the roads. People could not drive to
work, and students could not go to school. It was
even too cold to play outside. Florence's children,
10 Joseph and Ruth, complained all the time that
they had nothing to do.
II On Saturday that week, Florence thought of a way to make Joseph and Ruth happy. She gave
them ice cream for breakfast. Her children loved having the ice cream and did not complain for the
rest of the day. Exactly one year later, on the first Saturday in February 1967, the Rappaport family
15 remembered that special breakfast. They decided to have ice cream for breakfast again. Then they
began doing that every year on the first Saturday of February. It became a family tradition.
III Florence called this special day "Ice Cream for Breakfast Day." When friends of the
Rappaport family heard about it, they also began to celebrate the day. Soon newspapers had
articles about Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. People all over the world read the articles and
20 learned about the special day.
IV Now stores in some countries sell new flavors of ice cream on this day. Other stores give
free ice cream to their customers. But some doctors think this tradition is not a good idea.
They explain that ice cream has lots of sugar in it, and too much sugar makes people sick.
However, Dr. Jane Gordon, a children's doctor, is not worried. "People should definitely not have
25 ice cream for breakfast every day," she says. "But Ice Cream for Breakfast Day is not a problem
because it happens only once a year. Even I enjoy this special day."

<small>בטופס המקורי יש ליד הקטע תמונה עם הכיתוב: "Ice cream". התמונה לא נדרשת כדי לענות על השאלות.</small>

<u>QUESTIONS</u> (100 points)
Answer questions 1–9 in <u>English</u> according to the text. In questions 1, 4 and 6, circle the number of the correct answer. In the other questions, follow the instructions.