Directions: Read the texts from an article, For five
questions, match each rule (1 to 5) to one of the statements (A to G) given
below. Mark your answer on your ANSWER SHEET.
John Harvey: In fact if you go out to a restaurant it’s
very difficult to find "British" cooking, but you can find almost anything else:
French, Italian, Chinese, Indian and so on. London is full of foreign
restaurants. I love trying "Newdishes". I think you can understand a lot about
another culture from its food. Jo Baker: I like foreign food,
but not all. I particularly do not like Indian food, although I quite enjoy a
mild curry I make myself. I like most European dishes, but Spanish food is quite
low down on my list. However, I think you have to travel a long way to beat good
old English cooking. What can be nicer than the aroma of a piece of beef
roasting in the oven, surrounded by crisp roast potatoes and served with piping
hot Yorkshire puddings, vegetables and gravy From my point of view, I think
foreign food is all right when you are abroad. You see, that’s just part of the
enjoyment of traveling to another country. Foreign food is also fine for an odd
night out to restaurant, but for every day please give me good old English
food. Gabby Macadam: On the whole I enjoy foreign food, but
at thought of thinking dozens of foreign dishes, I simply can’t stand. You see,
they have fish in some way or other and I never eat fish in any form. I have
found that many foreign dishes are served with a kind of sauce. I think it is
the accompanying sauce that hides all sorts of problems. I am not so sure that I
would be as fond of them as I am if they were served without the sauce. Len
Dangerfield: When we English people travel abroad, we always
make a great fuss about studying the menu but always end up with steak. You see,
when I’m abroad I always miss our home cooking. I mean, I’m used to English
food. Sometimes I do go to restaurant to taste some exotic dishes, but most of
the time I still prefer to have English food. You know, it’s always difficult to
get used to god in other countries. Peter Hawke: I like
foreign food. I particularly like Indian food. Well, I’m married to an Indian
girl. She is a good cook. I’m lucky to have her cook for me every day. I think
Indian food as well as other foreign foods is generally tastier and more spicy
than English food. Traditional English dishes, like roast beef and Yorkshire
pudding and fish and chips, are quite well known abroad. But I must say as a
nation we are not particularly good at catering. As far as I’m concerned, I
think we should learn to cook more interesting dishes and make our food tastier
and more varied. Now match each of the schools to the
appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra
statements. [A] Cooking varies from country to country even though the basic
gradients may be very much the same. [B] I can’t stand those foreign dishes
which contain fish in some way or other, and I’ m not so sure that I’m fond of
many foreign dishes which are served with a kind of sauce. [C] I think
foreign food is all right when you are abroad, but for every day I still prefer
home cooking. [D] I always miss English food when I’m abroad. [E] We are
becoming more and more cosmopolitan in our eating habits. [F] I love foreign
food, and I think people can understand a lot about another culture from its
food. [G] English people should learn to cook more interesting dishes and
make their food tastier and more varied. ( ) Len Dangerfield