Reading Test. Fish & Chips. 10 class. Focus on RNE
Reading with the multiple-choice questions. Preparing for RNE.
Задание 1
Complete the sentence. The traditional Fish & Chips shops will certainly continue to reduce in number. Probably, most cheap Fish & Chips shops will be gone completely. However, Fish & Chips ... In the years to come, they may become the only place where you can try this traditional English dish.
Задание 2
Complete the sentence. Limits on the number of fish that can be caught, have been introduced. However, the British fishermen and many fishermen from other countries protest ... At some point, thousands of the European fishermen can lose their jobs anyway, as there will be few fish to catch. Soon sea fish will become rarer and, as a result, it will be more expensive.
Задание 3
Complete the sentence. For the last quarter of the 20th century, things have changed. «Fish & Chips shops are not so popular with young people these days,» says Lizzie, a teenager. «Most of the time, if young people want to eat out, they will go to the Burger King or Chinese takeaway cafes. Fish & Chips is a bit old-fashioned. But there are cheaper chip shops around. We sometimes have chips at home or ... It saves cooking!»
Задание 4
Complete the sentence. Thousands of Fish & Chips shops have closed for the last twenty-five years. Some shops have been turned into the Chinese or Indian takeaways, and other shops have just closed. Most of them have survived in the seaside towns, where fish is really fresh, and people visit them more as ...
Задание 5
Complete the sentence. In spite of these changes, classic Fish & Chips shops can disappear in a few years for another reason – lack of fish. For ten years the European agriculture ministers ... As a result of industrial fishing, some types of fish are disappearing now. Overfishing in the North Sea has reached crisis levels.
Задание 6
Complete the sentence. Serving Fish & Chips in the newspaper helped to keep prices low. Wrapped in the newspaper, Fish & Chips was able to keep warm even ...
Задание 7
Complete the sentence. Long before a Big Mac was invented, but Britain had its own national form of fast food –... This dish was a relatively balanced and healthy meal that people could eat in the street on the way home from work or during their lunch break.
Задание 8
Complete the sentence. Fish & Chips was a relatively balanced and healthy meal that people ...
Задание 9
Complete the sentence. No British town is more than 150 km from a seaport, and most of them are much closer. So, when railways were built in the 19th century, fresh sea fish could easily be bought in all of the British towns. Cheaper than meat, ... By 1870, Fish & Chips shops had been opened all over the country, and soon every town in Britain had its Fish & Chips shops. For a hundred years, they were a popular British style restaurant.
Задание 10
Complete the sentence. Perhaps, nothing can save classic Fish & Chips shops from disappearance. Wrapped in the newspaper, Fish & Chips is just a memory. The European hygiene rules don’t allow this food to be wrapped in the old newspapers, so modern Fish & Chips shops use cardboard boxes. Of course, if you want, you can still eat Fish & Chips with your fingers. Now there are plastic throw-away forks for the people who ...