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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
The History of Fish and Chips
Fish and chips: the meal the UK is probably best known for around the world. It's unlikely you'll find many small towns or villages up and down the country that don't have a fish and chip shop on the corner.
However, neither fried fish nor chips were first eaten in the UK. It is believed that fried fish covered in flour was brought into the country by Jewish visitors from Spain and Portugal in the early 1800s. People think chips came from France or Belgium, but no one knows for sure. It started as cheap street food. Similarly, experts don't know where fish and chips were first sold together in the UK. Some believe the prize should go to a man called Joseph Malin, who opened a shop in London around the 1860s. His family started by selling fried potatoes and then later added fish to the menu. Others believe the credit should go to John Lees, who was selling fish and chips in a Lancashire market in the 1860s.
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Until as recently as the 1980s the takeaway was served wrapped in old newspaper, a custom that some say started in order to save money. However, shops doing this were told to stop for reasons of people's health. Newspaper could only be used if the food was wrapped in more hygienic paper first.
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1) When were fried fish and chips first believed to be brought into the UK?
A. 2000s
B. 1900s
C. 1800s
D. 1700s
2) Why were shops told to stop wrapping takeaway fish and chips in old newspaper?
A. to protect the environment
B. to preserve culture
C. to protect people's health
D. to save money
3) Where are some people believed to think chips originated from?
A. Italy
B. Belgium
C. Spain
D. Portugal
4) How do fish and chips start?
A. as a luxury cuisine B. as a festival dish
C. as a street food
D. as a royal food
5) Who opened a store in London and started selling fish and chips?
