Practice English Reading Exercises for A2 – Culinary Arts & Food Business 5

Exercises:   123456

Reading 1

For each question, choose the correct answer.

The Teenager Behind the Family Restaurant

Sixteen-year-old Linh lives in a big city, where her parents run a traditional Vietnamese restaurant. They opened ‘The Golden Bowl’ ten years ago, before Linh started school. The restaurant serves famous meals like pho and grilled pork. Because her parents are always busy cooking, Linh goes there every day after school to help them.

When Linh was younger, her only job was washing the dishes. However, she is older now, so she talks to the customers and takes their orders. This can be quite difficult on Saturday evenings. The restaurant is full, it is very noisy, and hungry people often speak very fast! But Linh always smiles and writes everything down carefully.

Last month, Linh’s father decided to add fried spring rolls to the menu. Linh wanted to help him sell them, so she drew a large, colourful poster and put it in the restaurant window. Because of her beautiful picture, many people came inside to try the new meal. Now, it is the most popular dish they make!

Linh loves spending her free time at the restaurant, even though she often feels tired at the end of the day. She is not planning to become a chef like her dad. Instead, she wants to study business at university. Her dream is to help her family open more Vietnamese restaurants in other cities!

1   Why does Linh go to the restaurant after school?

     (A) She wants to cook famous meals like pho.

     (B) Her mother and father need her assistance.

     (C) She opened it ten years ago before school.

2   What does Linh find difficult about Saturday evenings?

     (A) The visitors talk too quickly in the noisy room.

     (B) She has to do her old job of washing the dishes.

     (C) She always smiles and writes everything down carefully.

3   How did Linh help with the new food last month?

     (A) She came inside the restaurant to try the new meal.

     (B) She decided to add fried spring rolls to the menu.

     (C) She created a picture to show people the dish.

4   What does Linh want to do when she is older?

     (A) She is planning to become a chef like her dad.

     (B) She hopes to spend her free time at the restaurant.

     (C) She would like to learn about companies at college.

5   What is the best title for the article?

     (A) How to cook traditional Vietnamese food

     (B) The best dishes to eat on Saturday evenings

     (C) The young student assisting her parents’ business

Reading 2

For each question, choose the correct answer.

The Teenager Baking Smiles for Sick Children

Fourteen-year-old Mia has a very sweet hobby. While her friends spend their free time reading or playing video games, Mia loves baking. But she doesn’t just make cakes for her family. Every month, she bakes special birthday cakes for sick children who have to stay in the local hospital.

The hospital nurses send Mia an email with information about the birthday child. They tell her the child’s age and their favourite colours or animals. Then, Mia draws a picture of the cake. She usually goes to the supermarket on Friday to buy sugar and eggs, and spends all day Saturday making the cake in her kitchen.

Last month, a little boy asked for a dinosaur cake. Mia felt quite nervous because she didn’t know how to make an animal cake. She asked her mum for some advice, and they watched a video online together. The cake looked fantastic in the end, and the boy smiled happily when Mia gave it to him.

Mia feels wonderful when she helps the children forget about being in hospital. There are always many kids who want cakes, so Mia is starting a baking club at her school. She hopes her classmates will join and help her make even more cakes next year.

1   What does Mia do in her free time?

     (A) She spends her free time reading or playing video games.

     (B) She cooks sweet food for kids who are unwell.

     (C) She just makes cakes for her family.

2   How does Mia prepare for her baking?

     (A) She sends an email with information to the nurses.

     (B) She goes to the supermarket on Saturday to buy sugar and eggs.

     (C) She plans the design after learning what the child likes.

3   How did Mia feel about the dinosaur cake?

     (A) She was worried because it was a new experience for her.

     (B) She smiled happily because she wanted to ask for some advice.

     (C) She wanted to watch a video online with the little boy.

4   What is Mia planning to do next?

     (A) She wants to help the children forget about being in hospital.

     (B) She wants to get other students to join her project.

     (C) She hopes to make even more cakes for her classmates next year.

5   What is the best title for the article?

     (A) How to start a baking club at your school

     (B) The hospital nurses who make dinosaur cakes

     (C) The young girl bringing birthday joy to hospital patients

Reading 3

For each question, choose the correct answer.

The Teenager Exploring the Science of Taste

Fourteen-year-old Leo has always enjoyed helping his parents in the kitchen. But he doesn’t just want to cook meals. He is very interested in food science. He wants to know why a cake rises or why our tongues like sweet and salty things together. Because he couldn’t find anyone at school to talk to about this, he decided to start a new club.

First, Leo spoke to his science teacher, Mr. Clark. Mr. Clark thought a food science club was a fantastic idea and agreed to help. Leo spent a whole weekend making colourful posters. He put them on the walls in the school corridors. He hoped at least five people would come to the first meeting.

On Wednesday afternoon, fifteen students arrived! In the first lesson, they didn’t cook anything. Instead, they did an experiment with their noses and mouths. They ate different fruit while holding their noses to see if they could guess the flavours. Everyone laughed a lot because it was very difficult. Some students even thought an apple was a potato!

Now, the club meets every week. The students love learning how cooking is just like chemistry. Next term, Leo wants to organise a big food competition for the whole school. He feels extremely proud of his club. When he finishes his studies, he hopes to become a famous food scientist and invent new healthy snacks.

1   Why did Leo decide to help the beach?

     (A) He wanted to go surfing with his brother.

     (B) He saw that the area was full of trash.

     (C) He noticed something terrible about his brother.

2   What happened when Leo tried to get help?

     (A) His friends from school did not have time.

     (B) He was busy playing video games.

     (C) His classmates made an interesting poster.

3   How did Leo feel on Saturday morning?

     (A) He was worried because fifty people arrived.

     (B) He was angry because he had empty rubbish bags.

     (C) He was afraid that people would not appear.

4   What is Leo planning to do next month?

     (A) Make the beach safe for animals again.

     (B) Request some businesses to provide drinks for helpers.

     (C) Give free drinks to local cafes.

5   What is the best title for the article?

     (A) The best way to use social media

     (B) A teenager’s project to clean the coast

     (C) Why you should go surfing at the weekend

Exercises:   123456