Choices intermediate - Module 3 Taste (reading comprehension)

Write your full name and class. Read the text. Match each person (a-f) with the best best restaurant (1–7) for them. There is one extra restaurant. a Maria and her husband are coming to London to do some shopping and see a play. They want a quiet meal near the theatre. 7b Dan is coming to London for the day and wants to have lunch in a quiet place with a nice view. 6c Emma and her friends love trying new food, especially hot, spicy things. They are lively and love dancing. 4d Pam is coming to London with her children. It’s important that her children are happy in the restaurant and like the food. 1e Nigel wants to take some clients out for dinner to a lively place with great food. However, they also want to discuss business at some point. 3f Adrianna is coming to London in December to go shopping. She doesn’t like big cities and would like to eat somewhere quiet and warm. 2 1 CANTEEN is a great place to come for good, simple meals. The food is cheap and there are pencils and pictures to colour for younger customers who might get bored while they wait to be served.2 CLOS MAGGIORE is full of flowers and has a glass roof and a real fire in the winter. It’s hard to believe you’re in the centre of London. The ‘tasting’ menu lets you try lots of different dishes if you can’t decide what to eat.3 The food at PARADISE is prepared by a celebrity chef. It’s a fun place with music or comedy most evenings, but companies or celebrities can reserve private dining spaces. Evenings only.4 COTTONS is a noisy but fun West Indian bar and restaurant a few kilometres north of the centre of London. There are lots of spicy dishes and you can listen to music on Fridays and weekends.5 DININGS is the place to go for good, cheap Japanese food. It’s a long way from the centre of the city, but it’s cheap. The dining area is dark and you may have to share a table with strangers.6 THE GUN is a traditional English pub which is over 250 years old. The food is traditional English. Sit outside and watch the boats on the river, with Tower Bridge behind them. Over 18s only.7 STEF’S is an Italian restaurant in the centre of London near to the shops, cinemas and theatres. It’s perfect for couples and it also offers a ‘pre-theatre’ menu from 5–7 p.m. Great pizzas and pastas. Match the beginnings to the correct endings How would you like your steak? Would you mind waiting while your table is prepared? Could you bring some water, please? I’d like the vegetable soup, please. Are you ready to order? I’m afraid we’re out of fish. Can I take your coat? A table for two, please Read the conversation of two people in the kitchen. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? true It is their mother’s birthday tomorrow. The girl thinks Delia Smith’s recipes are good because they are simple The boy doesn’t know what ‘separate the eggs’ means It should take about an hour in total to make the cake false Their mother would like a creamy cake if they knew how to make one The boy thinks the first recipe is a good one to use They don’t need all their eggs for the cake Girl: Let’s make a birthday cake for Mum.Boy: But today isn’t her birthday.Girl: I know, but we won’t have time tomorrow and the cake will still be fine.Boy: Okay, but I’m not sure I know how. Birthday cakes are difficult. All that cream and chocolate and fruit.Girl: No, we won’t make one like that. Mum doesn’t like creamy cakes, anyway. We can make something simpler and something that she’ll actually want to eat.Boy: Do you know how to do it?Girl: No, but I know a book with good recipes. It’s by Delia Smith and she’s a really good cookery book writer. Everything she writes is simple and easy to follow.Boy: Let’s have a look at this first recipe. What do we need?Girl: Flour, eggs, sugar, butter and some chocolate for the top.Boy: It sounds a bit fattening. I’m not sure Mum will want to eat that.Girl: Well, here’s one that’s called a ‘fatless’ cake. There’s no butter in it, but you have to separate the eggs.Boy: What do you mean?Girl: You put the yellow of the eggs in one bowl and the whites in another.Boy: That sounds easy. How long does it take to make?Girl: It says you cook it for twenty to twenty five minutes. Let’s say it takes another half an hour to prepare everything, so we should have our cake in just under an hour.Boy: Right, let’s get started. What should we do first?Girl: Heat the oven to 180 degrees. Then it will be the right temperature when we put the cake inside. That’s very important. Now get a cake tin and put butter round the inside.Boy: Why?Girl: To stop the cake sticking to it.Boy: Oh, right. Good idea.Girl: Now we have to separate the eggs. Careful you don’t drop any yellow into the whites or it won’t work. We can’t make any mistakes because this cake needs three eggs and we’ve only got three eggs.Boy: Can you do that? I don’t want to be responsible for anything going wrong. I can do the washing up.Girl: Wow! That’s the first time I’ve ever heard you say that. We should make cakes more often. Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two extra words. CALORIES DAIRY FIBRE HOME-MADE ORGANIC SEAFOOD VEGETARIAN 1 My doctor told me not to eat so many dairyproducts so I've stopped eating cheese, butter and yoghurt.2 I'm not a vegetarian but I try not to eat meat more than once a week.3 We need to eat food that is low in fat and high fibre if we want to lose weight and be healthy.4 How many calories are there in this small piece of cake? 200? 300?5 I don't eat meat, just fish and other seafood. Transform the sentences into the correct Passive form.1. They are going to eat dinner at 8 p.m.2. The chef is teaching us how to cook duck today.3. People speak English all around the world.4. He built that house in 1945.5. They were cleaning the restaurant tables when we arrived.