4. Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below.WHO INVENTED POTATO CHIPSA Native American named George Crum invented potato chips in 1853. He was a chef at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. A regular item on the menu was fried potatoes, an idea that started in France. At that time, French fried potatoes were into thick slices. One day, a dinner guest sent his fried potatoes back the chef because he did not like them so t...
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4. Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below.
WHO INVENTED POTATO CHIPS
A Native American named George Crum invented potato chips in 1853. He was a chef at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. A regular item on the menu was fried potatoes, an idea that started in France. At that time, French fried potatoes were into thick slices. One day, a dinner guest sent his fried potatoes back the chef because he did not like them so thick. So, Mr. Crum cut the potatoes a little thinner and fried them. The guest did not like those either. Mr. Crum was very angry. He sliced the potatoes paper-thin and fried them. He just want to show the guest that he was angry but the guest loved the crispy, thin potatoes. Other dinners tried them and also like them. So, Mr. Crum’s potato chips were added to the menu. Eventually, Mr. Crum opened his own restaurant to sell his famous chips. Now potato chips are packaged and sold in grocery stores worldwide.
1. The nationality of the person who invented potato chips is _____.
A. French B. American C. English D. German
2. Fried potatoes firstly appeared in _____.
A. France B. the USA C. M. Crum’s menu D. in 1853
3. Initially, French fried potatoes were _____.
A. as thin as potato chips today B. as thick as today potato chips
C. thicker than today potato chips D. thinner than today potato chips
4. Mr. Crum invented the potato chips _____.
A. deliberately B. when he was cooking another dish
C. unintentionally D. a guest asked him to try to cook it
5.. Mr. Crum’s chips _____.
A. were like by other guests in the restaurant he was working in at that time
B. weren’t added to the menu in the restaurant he was working in
C. are only sold in the USA today
D. made the guest was serving party
