UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA

DE HONDURAS

Reading II

SUBJECT:
English IV

TEACHER:
Oscar Alfonzo Bedoya Ramirez

STUDENT:
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October 28, 2020

 READING 9 A2

Quick fried rice

2 large spoonfuls of olive oil 1 small onion
You will need:
1 carrot
1 cup of mushrooms some green cabbage 2 cups cooked rice 1 egg
salt and pepper

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes
I make this when I have extra rice left over from another meal. It's easy and delicious and you can use any
vegetables you have in your kitchen, but some people also use small pieces of fish or meat. If you want to do this,
cook the meat first.
First, heat 2 big spoonfuls of oil in a frying pan, until it's quite hot. The pan has to be big and not very deep so
everything cooks fast.
Next, cut all the vegetables into very small pieces with a large knife. Add them to the hot oil and cook them for a
few minutes, until they start to get soft.
Then mix in the cooked rice. Be careful that the cooker doesn't get too hot. Continue mixing, to make sure all the
rice is hot.
After that, take the pan off the cooker. Make a small hole in the middle of the rice using a spoon. Break the egg into
the hole and quickly mix it into the rice and vegetables.
When it's mixed, add salt and pepper. Your fried rice is ready to eat!

1 Put the words in the correct column. 3 Read the recipe again. Are the sentences true
or false?
add cooker cutF eggs frying pan heat knife mix olive oil
onions rice oo vegetables
spoon 1 The writer makes this dish when he has
d
a lot of rice in the cupboard.
TRUE/FALSE
2 This recipe takes about 10 minutes to
Egg Cooker
Th Add
in pan make, from start to finish.
Olive oil Fryinggs Cut
TRUE/FALSE
Onions Knife in t Heat
h 3 You can only cook this dish with
Rice Spoon e k Mix
itc onions, carrots and cabbage.
Vegetables he
n
2 Read the recipe quickly. Put the sentences in the correct order. TRUE/FALSE
4 You need to use a deep frying
3 Then add them to the hot oil and cook them for a few minutes.
Co pan. TRUE/FALSE
2 Cut all the vegetables into small pieces. ok
in 5 The cooker must be very hot. TRUE/FALSE
1 First, heat some oil in a frying pan. g
ve 6 All the rice should be hot. TRUE/FALSE
rb
6 When the rice is hot, take the pan off the heat and add the egg.
s
7 You need to cook the egg first before you
7 Add salt and pepper. It’s ready! add it to the rice. TRUE/FALSE
5 Quickly mix it into the rice and vegetables. 8 Add salt and pepper at the
4 After that, mix in the cooked rice. end. TRUE/FALSE

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 READING 10 A2

The Story of Goldie Mother sat in her armchair.

Chapter 1
The shout came from the kitchen. Mother was near the
cooker looking very worried. She pointed at their empty
breakfast bowls on the table.
"My breakfast!" she said in a surprised voice.
"My bowl's empty, too!” shouted Father. "Where's my
breakfast?" He sounded a little angry.
"And mine's all gone- there's nothing left!" cried the little
boy, looking sadly at his empty bowl.
They were all very hungry because they had just returned
home after a long morning walk. Every day Father and
Robert made the beds so the bedrooms were nice and tidy,
while Mother made the breakfast. After this, they always
went for a walk, came back and then had breakfast together.
That was their routine and they enjoyed it.
"This is horrible! I’m very upset," said Mother. Father took
her into the living room.
"This is strange," he said. "Maybe someone is still here? Both
of you stay here while I look upstairs."
"Oh!" she said. "Where are all my cushions? I can't sit on a
hard chair if I don't have my soft cushions. Did you take
them, Robert?"
"No, I didn’t,” he replied. “Are they on my chair? Oh no!” he
cried, seeing his chair. “Look! My beautiful chair, it’s
broken!”
"Dad!" shouted Robert. "Someone has broken my chair and
stolen Mum's cushions!" They ran upstairs and found
Father in the large bedroom. The bed was a mess. All the
covers were on the floor.
"But you and Robert made the beds before we went
out…" said Mother.
Father put his arm around her and Robert. "This is
really strange. Let's check if there's anything else
missing, before we call the police." He opened the door to
Robert's small bedroom. Mother sniffed the room. "The air
smells strange in here," she said. "A bit like a wet animal."
"Something's in my bed!" shouted Robert. "Look! It's still
here!"
****
"Look! It's still here!" a voice shouted in her ears. Goldie
woke up and lay quiet under the blanket, but she was
ready to jump out of bed and run away.
"They think I'm an animal…how strange," she thought.

Read the story quickly. Complete the sentence.

1 3 Match the words with their opposites.
Goldie is a dog / girl / boy.
1 upstairs A happy
2 Read the story again. Put the sentences in the order they happened. 2 broken B full
4 Father went upstairs and Mother and Robert waited in the living room. 3 a mess C tidy
6 Robert saw that his chair was broken. 4 upset D downstairs
10 Goldie woke up. 5 empty E fixed
8 They saw that the bed was a mess.
7 They went upstairs to tell father about the broken chair.
5 Mother couldn't find her cushions.
2 The family went for a morning walk.
1 Mother made breakfast.
9 Robert saw something in his bed.
3 When they came back, their breakfast wasn't there anymore.
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