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Diet, routine, programmes..

My answer sheet says the answer is food programmes and I wonder what it mean exactly and why the other ones can't be the answer. Is food programmes collocation?

It used to be thought that people could not swallow well in space, so the food____ for astronauts consisted of bite-sized pieces of food pushed out of tubes.

a. diets, b. routines, c programmes d. agendas
  

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Hi, My answer sheet says the answer is food programmes and I wonder what it mean exactly and why the other ones can't be the answer. Is food programmes collocation? None of these choices sounds very natural to me.

— Clive

  • Hi, My answer sheet says the answer is food programmes and I wonder what it mean exactly and why the other ones can't be the answer.
  • Is food programmes collocation?
  • None of these choices sounds very natural to me.
  • I'd just say - It used to be thought that people could not swallow well in space, so the food for astronauts consisted of bite-sized pieces of food pushed out of tubes.
  • It used to be thought that people could not swallow well in space, so the food__ for astronauts consisted of bite-sized pieces of food pushed out of tubes.
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Hi,

My answer sheet says the answer is food programmes and I wonder what it mean exactly and why the other ones can't be the answer. Is food programmes collocation? None of these choices sounds very natural to me. I'd just say -

It used to be thought that people could not swallow well in space, so the food for astronauts consisted of bite-sized pieces of food pu
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