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Usually nothing bad happens when fugu is on a restaurant’s menu. Customers feel great

after the meal. That’s because chefs are trained to remove the inside of the puffer fish before
they give it to customers. If they miss even a small amount, the fish is not safe to eat.

Puffer fish is very expensive. A plat of fugu costs more than $200 in some restaurants
in Tokyo. Besides being dangerous to eat, the fish is very ugly, with spines all over its body.

Also, it can puff, or blow, itself up to double its normal size. Why do the Japanese risk so

much for such an ugly and dangerous fish? Well, some people like taking risks. And fugu
tastes wonderful.

Source: Reading & Vocabulary Development 2, Thoughts & Notions

Write T if the sentence is true. Write F if it is false. Write N if no information about

the sentence is given in the text
1. … Puffer fish is popular in Japan.

2. … The Emperor of Japan eats fugu for his eating meal.
3. … The most dangerous part of the puffer fish is its spines.

4. … The puffer fish lives in the Pasific Ocean.
5. … Fugu is popular because it is very cheap.

6. … This fish can puff itself up to ten times its normal size.

7. … There is some risk in eating a plate of fugu.
8. … It is called the puffer fish in English because of the spines that cover its body.

9. … The inside of the puffer fish are very poisonous.
10. … A few restaurants in New York serve fugu.

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