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5. Answer the questions on the text:
1. Why are classifications of restaurants so numerous?
2. How often do Americans eat out?
3. What are the most popular days for eating out in the United States?
4. What is the most popular meal eaten away from home?
5. What kind of restaurant is called a full-service one?
6. How many entrees are cooked to order in a typical full-service restaurant?
7. What ingredients are used in dishes cooked to order?
8. What further categories do full-service restaurants fall into?
9. What cuisine do many of full-service restaurants serve?
10. What does the French term haute cuisine mean?
11. Why is it becoming increasingly more difficult to make a profit in this segment of the business?
12. What restaurants come under the general heading specialty restaurants'!
13. What sector of the restaurant business really drives the catering industry? Why?
14. Where do customers order their food in fast-food restaurants?
15. Why are customers of quick-service restaurants encouraged to clear their own trays?
Complete the sentences using proper words and phrases in the box.
| color photographs; full-service; eats out; small portions; business; food dollars; entrees; Northern Italian_ |
1. The average American________about four times a week.
2. Many of the fine restaurants in the United States are based on
cuisine.
3. The restaurant________is exciting and challenging.
4. In Chinese restaurants, patrons select menu items and receive ___ for one dollar.
5. Brightly lit menus feature________of food items.
6. Americans are spending an increasing number of________away
from home.
7. There are two main categories of restaurants:________and specialty.
8. In a full-service restaurant, different ________ are generally
cooked to order.
Say whether the following statements are true or false.
