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2011-2012 н.р.

Reading Comprehension

9^th Form

Directions. In this part of the test you will read a few short texts. You need to decide, which of the given variants (A, B, C or D) best completes the sentence with regards to what was stated or implied in the text, and mark the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.

I. Read the recipe below, then answer the questions.

Main Dish – Pasta with Ham and Apples

1-2 servings

macaroni or rotini pasta, cooked

200-300 grams of ham, diced

1 onion, diced

1 apple, peeled and chopped

butter

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon oregano or basil

Dice ham and onions. Skin and coarsely chop apple. Melt a little butter in a frying pan. Cook the onions in the butter until they are translucent. Add oregano or basil to the onion. Add the ham. Cook in butter for one minute. Add the apple. Once the apple if soft but not mushy, add enough extra butter to make a sauce for your pasta. Add a little sugar to offset the saltiness of the ham. Pour the mixture over your cooked pasta and serve.

1. To make this dish, you will need 5 ingredients ; 9 ingredients; 7 ingredients; d) 6 ingredients.	6. All of these are needed for this dish except ham; garlic; sugar; d) onion.
2. The purpose of the butter is to give flavor to the sauce; cook the onion; mix the ingredients together; d) keep the pasta from sticking together.	7. “Mushy” probably means the same texture as potato puree; the same texture as cooked onions; crisp and crunchy like an apple; d) fried in butter.
3. Based on the recipe, this dish is most likely to taste slightly sweet; slightly salty; very salty; d) slightly sour.	8. “Translucent” probably means white and hard; sticking together after cooking; brown at the edges; d) clear.
4. This dish would probably be served as an appetizer; for the main course; for dessert; d) as a salad.	9. “Rotini” is probably like macaroni; like buckwheat; like pure;e d) like salo.
5. According to this recipe, you may choose to leave out the pasta; add additional flavors if desired; add some sweetness; d) decorate the dish with spices.	10. From the recipe, you might guess that this cook likes to eat salty food; oregano and basil have almost the same flavor; after cooking, there will be little liquid in the frying pan; d) pasta is a lot like kasha.