Bài tập đọc hiểu

Tiêu đề: Bài tập đọc hiểu Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:45 pm

a. In 1762 John Montagu, an English Earl, was to busy playing card to leave the table and have a formal meal. He asked his servant to put some meat between two pieces of bread and bring it to him. This snack was named after him and these days it is the most popular lunchtime meal in Britain.

b. In 1853 a customer at the Moon Lake Lodge resort in Saratoga Springs, New York, was being very awkward about his French Fries – he was complaining that they were too thick. Chef George Crum made up another batch but the customer was still not satisfied. Annoyed by the customer, Crum made a batch that was so thin it was impossible to eat with a fork. To his surprise, the customer loved them, and these days so do the rest of the world.

c. In 1905 eleven-year-old Frank Epperson mixed up a fruit drink in his back garden, in San Francisco, California. By accidents he left the drink outside overnight. When he discovered it in the morning, the juice had frozen around the mixing stick. Young Frank had invented something which would make him a lot of money.

d. In 1897 William Morrison and John C. Wharton, from Nashville, Tennessee, invented a way of heating and spinning sugar in it threads onto a stick so that it forms a large ball of fine material. When you eat it, it melts in the mouth. It is commonly found, along with toffee apples, at fairs and carnivals.

e. In 1904, at the St. Louis World’s Fair, an unlucky ice cream vendor ran out of dishes to put his ice cream in. Ernest Hamwi was in the next stall selling Syrian pastry and offered to help. He rolled up come of the pastry so that the vendor could put his ice cream inside. It was a great success and ice creams have been sold in this way ever sine then.

f. In 1903 Ruth Wakefield was busy making her favorite chocolate biscuits in Whitman, Massachusetts, when she realized that she had run out of cooking chocolate. She broke some normal eating chocolate into the mixture instead. Ruth noticed that when the biscuits came out of the oven, the chocolate hadn’t melted but it was still in small bits. These biscuits have sold very well ever since.

g. In 1845 Thomas Adams gave up trying to make a synthetic type of rubber from chicle, the dried sap of a Mexican jungle tree. He put some chicle in his mouth and started munching on it. He realized that he had discovered another use for it. He added some flavors such as liquorices and mint and it has not stopped selling since then.

h. These soft sweets were originally made and eaten by the Egyptians more than three thousand years ago. They made them from the root of the plant which shares the same name and grows by the bank of the river Nile.

READ THE WHOLE PASSAGE AND DECIDE WHETHER THESE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE(write T) or FAULT (write F) next to each

1. The man who invented the sandwich was named James Mortimer.

2. The sandwich is the most popular lunchtime meal in Britain.

3. When George Crum made potato crisps he hoped to annoy the customers.

4. The customers were annoyed when they were presented with the potato crisps.

5. Frank Epperson left his fruit juice outside overnight intentionally.

6. Frank Epperson didn’t make any money from his invention, the ice lolly.

7. Candy floss is commonly found at fairs.

8. The first ice-cream cone was a price of rolled Syrian pastry.
9. The ice-cream cone was invented in 1914.

10. Ruth Wakesfield invented chocolate chip cookies by accident.

11. Chocolate chip cookies are made with baking chocolate.

12. Thomas Adam made synthetic rubber from chicle.

13. Chewing gum was invented in 1845.

14. The Greek first made marshmallows two thousand years ago.

15. Marshmallows used to be made from the root of a water plant.

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Tiêu đề: Re: Bài tập đọc hiểu Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:14 am

1. The man who invented the sandwich was named James Mortimer. F

2. The sandwich is the most popular lunchtime meal in Britain. T

3. When George Crum made potato crisps he hoped to annoy the customers. F

4. The customers were annoyed when they were presented with the potato crisps. T

5. Frank Epperson left his fruit juice outside overnight intentionally. F

6. Frank Epperson didn’t make any money from his invention, the ice lolly. F

7. Candy floss is commonly found at fairs. T

8. The first ice-cream cone was a price of rolled Syrian pastry. T

9. The ice-cream cone was invented in 1914. F

10. Ruth Wakesfield invented chocolate chip cookies by accident. T

11. Chocolate chip cookies are made with baking chocolate. T

12. Thomas Adam made synthetic rubber from chicle. F

13. Chewing gum was invented in 1845. T

14. The Greek first made marshmallows two thousand years ago. F

15. Marshmallows used to be made from the root of a water plant. F

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