Reading test "Fast food"

Reading test

Fast Food

Beefburgers are the world's most popular fast food. You can buy a beefburger in almost

every country in the world. When restaurants open on the Moon, burger restaurants will be there

first! Burgers are not very good for you, so if you like them, eat plenty of fruit and vegetables too.

Chips, or chipped potatoes, are also known as French fries. But they are not French. They were invented in Belgium about a hundred years ago. Although potatoes are vegetables, there is

not much vitamin C in them, so you need other vegetables too.

Ice cream was invented by the Italians. Or was it? Some people think that the Italian explorer Marco Polo got the recipe from China in 1295. There is very little cream in ice creams nowadays. A typical modern ice cream is less than 1% cream. But it tastes good, doesn't it?

Pizza was invented in Italy. Well, that's only half true. The Italians first put tomatoes on a pizza base 400 years ago. But modern pizzas have cheese too. That idea came from Italians living in America in about 1800. Pizza is not as bad as some fast food, but most pizzas have too much salt, and that is bad for you.

Falafels are probably the oldest type of fast food. The Egyptians invented falafels about 2,500 years ago. Falafels are made of beans and chickpeas and they have always been popular in Arab countries. Now they are popular in Europe, Asia and America because a falafel sandwich is healthier than other fast food.

Tasks:

I. Match the statements true or false

1. More people eat burgers than any other fast food.

2. Chips came from France.

3 Ice cream is a very modem invention.

4. Falafels are eaten only in Arab countries.

II. Choose a, b or c.

1. Burgers are not bad for you if you.......

a. eat lots of fruit and vegetables b. like them c. are on the Moon

2. ... do not contain much vitamin C..

a. Vegetables b. Chips c. Belgian vegetables

3. ... made the first ice cream.

a. Marco Polo b. We don't know who c. A Chinese explorer

4. Ice creams today are not really ....

a. tasty b. cold c. creamy

5. The first pizzas ......

a. had tomatoes b. had cheese c. were not Italian

6. The first modern pizzas were made ....

a. in America b. without tomatoes c. 400 years ago

7. Falafels ...... Egypt.

a. are older than b. were first eaten in c. are not popular in

8. Falafel sandwiches are ......

a. bad for you b. American c. eaten in many countries

III. Answer the questions.

1. Which three kinds of food were invented more than 100 years ago?

2. Where was pizza invented?

3. Are burgers good for your health?

4. What are chips made of?

5. Which of these fast foods do you like?

6. Which one has the most vitamin C?

IV Write about your favourite dish.