Tomatoes

19. Do you like tomatoes? Although people generally think of and use the tomato as a vegetable, in fact it ___________ (NOT BE) one. It's a fruit.

20. People in Central America ___________ (EAT) tomatoes for many thousands of years.

21. However, it was not until the Spanish __________ (ARRIVE) in Mexico in the early 1500s that tomatoes came to Europe.

22. Before that, no one in Europe had ever seen a tomato! When tomatoes __________ (ONE) appeared in Italy and Britain, many people were scared.

23. Tomatoes __________ (THINK) by many people to be poisonous. They refused to eat them and grew tomatoes only as plants for decoration.

24. Since then, the tomato __________ (BECOME) extremely popular. Can you imagine what food today would be like without it?

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Tomatoes (19-24)