Read the passage, then do the tasks below. Task A. Choose TRUE or FALSE
Pizza is a traditional Italian dish. It’s popular in Italy but around the world.
Naples, a city in southern Italy, is believed to be the birthplace of pizza. It’s well-known for the most delicious pizza anywhere. The first pizzeria was built in Naples in 1830 at Port’Alba.
The ancestor of the modern pizza is the simple flat bread. It’s the food of the poor. The truly modern pizza we eat today starts with the Margherita pizza. In 1889, Queen Margherita went on a trip to Naples. She heard about pizza and asked to try it. Don Raffaele Esposito, the most famous pizza maker, was asked to prepare it. He prepared two traditional and one new type of pizza, but the Queen liked the new one topped with tomatoes, Mozzarella cheese and fresh basil the best. She thought that the colours of this pizza represented the colours of Italian flag-red, white, and green. This pizza was then called ‘Margherita’.
1. At first, pizza was a dish for the King and Queen.
True or False
2. Naples is considered the place where pizza was born
True or Fasle
3. Margherita was one of the two traditional types of pizza that were presented for the Queen.
True or Fasle
4. Don Raffaele Esposito was the most famous pizza maker in Naples.
True or Fasle
Read the passage, then do the tasks below. Task A. Choose TRUE or FALSE
Pizza is a traditional Italian dish. It’s popular in Italy but around the world.
Naples, a city in southern Italy, is believed to be the birthplace of pizza. It’s well-known for the most delicious pizza anywhere. The first pizzeria was built in Naples in 1830 at Port’Alba.
The ancestor of the modern pizza is the simple flat bread. It’s the food of the poor. The truly modern pizza we eat today starts with the Margherita pizza. In 1889, Queen Margherita went on a trip to Naples. She heard about pizza and asked to try it. Don Raffaele Esposito, the most famous pizza maker, was asked to prepare it. He prepared two traditional and one new type of pizza, but the Queen liked the new one topped with tomatoes, Mozzarella cheese and fresh basil the best. She thought that the colours of this pizza represented the colours of Italian flag-red, white, and green. This pizza was then called ‘Margherita’.
1. At first, pizza was a dish for the King and Queen.
True or False
2. Naples is considered the place where pizza was born
True or Fasle
3. Margherita was one of the two traditional types of pizza that were presented for the Queen.
True or Fasle
4. Don Raffaele Esposito was the most famous pizza maker in Naples.
True or Fasle
