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    DIRECTORATE FOR QUALITY AND STANDARDS IN EDUCATION

    Department of Curriculum Management


    Educational Assessment Unit Track 1

    Annual Examinations for Secondary Schools 2016

    FORM 5 ENGLISH
    COMPREHENSION TEXTS

    Reading Comprehension: Text 1

    A. Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world. Children between the ages of 3 and 11 prefer
    pizza over all other food for dinner. But have you ever wondered where it all started from? If you
    think of pizza as flat bread cooked in an oven, then its origins go back to the Middle East in ancient
    times. In fact, historical writings mention the habit of soldiers baking flattened bread on their
    shields and they later added cheese and dates. Pizza as we know it today started in Naples. This is
    where the first pizzeria was opened in 1830, with a brick wood-burning oven covered with lava
    stones from the volcano.
    B. The first pizza delivery took place in 1889 when an Italian restaurant owner was asked to create
    a special dish for the guest of honour, Queen Margherita. He wanted to include the colours of the
    Italian flag red, white and green in his dish to honour the queen, so he added tomatoes, mozzarella
    cheese and basil to focaccia bread. The restaurant owner Raffaele Esposito named this meal Pizza
    Margherita. The pizza was delivered to the palace because the Queen did not want to go all the way
    to the restaurant!
    C. In 1905 Gennaro Lombardi opened the first American pizzeria in New York City and it is still
    there today. However, pizza did not become popular until after World War II, when war veterans
    stationed in Italy returned home dreaming about the pizza they had eaten there. Soon, pre-made
    pizza pie mixes, frozen pizza, and pizzeria chains sprang up around the country.
    D. The popularity of pizza continues to grow even today and many public events and festivals are
    held in honour of this incredible dish such as the World Pizza Championship where the best cooks
    from all over the world compete for the title of best pizza maker.

    English – Comprehension Texts – Form 5 Secondary – Track 1 – 2016 Page 1 of 2


    Text 2:
    Interesting facts:

    The world’s biggest pizza The Greeks and Romans both Pizza was called the poor
    was 37 metres in diameter baked flat bread that was people’s food because it was
    and was baked in South topped with olive oil and simple and cheap. It was sold
    Africa. local spices. Today we call it in the streets.
    focaccia.

    It is said that the best pizza is 62 per cent of Americans October is Pizza Month in
    found in Naples. prefer meat on their pizza, Naples.
    while 38 per cent prefer
    vegetarian pizza.

    English – Comprehension Texts – Form 5 Secondary – Track 1 – 2016 Page 2 of 2

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