EXTRA READING COMPREHENSION 1

  1  The words below appear in the text in Exercise 2. Find the words and guess their meanings. Use a dictionary to check your guesses.

       1.  spaceship   ……………………                 3.  rocket         ……………………

       2.  screen        ……………………                 4.  spacesuit    ……………………

  2  Read the text. Then complete the sentences below.

EATING AT MARS 2112 Are you looking for a different type of restaurant? Then Mars 2112 is the place for you. Mars 2112 is a popular restaurant in New York City. But it’s not an ordinary restaurant. People don’t come to Mars 2112 for the food. They come for an interesting and fun experience. The name Mars 2112 comes from the red planet – Mars. Going to the restaurant is like visiting a different world. You sit in a “spaceship” – a room with some chairs in front of a screen. There are a lot of lights and the room begins to move. On the screen, you see pictures of a rocket, stars and a planet. Five minutes later, you “land” on Mars – well, actually the dining room. It’s a big room with rocky walls and red lights. Around 500 people can eat in it. Waiters in spacesuits bring your food, and everything has got a Martian name like Full Moon Pizza, Martian Soup or Red Star Fried Chicken. There are video games and music videos to entertain you, too. The restaurant is very popular and there is usually a long queue of people in front of it. A meal at Mars 2112 is a lot of fun.

       1.  People go to Mars 2112 for .................................................................................................  .

       2.  The dining room is similar to the planet Mars because .........................................................  .

       3.  The waiters wear ..................................................................................................................  .

       4.  At the restaurant, you can play .............................................................................................  .

       5.  Many people usually wait to .................................................................................................  .

  3  Write questions with the words below. Then answer the questions according to the text
in Exercise 2.

       1.  how much time / it / take / to “land” on Mars

                                                                                                                                                  

       2.  what / you / see / in the “spaceship”

                                                                                                                                                  

       3.  how many people / the restaurant / serve

                                                                                                                                                  

       4.  what / people / eat / at the restaurant

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