Health

English Written Test Module 1 – 3rd Year Name: ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ____________________ Nr:  __________  Teacher: __________________ _________________________________ _______________ Mark:  _____________________________   _____________________________ 

Breakfast helps girls stay slim Girls, dispense with the latest fad diet, toss the new weight loss chocobars. The way to shed kilos and lose weight is to eat breakfast every day. So says a newly published published study study conduc conducted ted by Americ America’s a’s Maryl Maryland and Medical Medical Researc Research h Instit Institute ute.. Researc Researcher herss trac tracke ked d the the eati eating ng habi habits ts and and weig weight ht of near nearly ly 2,40 2,400 0 girl girlss thro throug ugho hout ut their adolescence. Research continued over a ten-year period, which, according to lead researcher Bruce Barton, is a time when “girls put on a lot of weight”. The conclusion of the team’s findings was that teenage girls who ate cereal for breakfast three times a week or more were more likely to stay slim. For girls who didn’t eat breakfast cereal frequently, the risk of being overweight increased by 13 percent. A press release from the Journal the  Journal of the American Dietetic Association reports that “cereal consumption had positive effects on the girls’ nutrient intake, particularly in higher levels of calcium and fiber and lower levels of fat and cholesterol. In addition to nutrients contributed contributed by cereal, the researchers suggest that other factors related to cereal consumption may have an impact on girls’ diets. For example, other healthful foods are usually eaten with cereal such as milk and juice and the cereal may replace other less nutritious food choices. According to the researchers: “Cereal consumption may be one component of a healthful lifestyle that helps adolescent girls to maintain adequate nutrient intake,” and stay slim. I

II 1. Are the following statements TRUE / FALSE?

a.

A new diet breakfast cereal has become popular with girls.

T/F

 b.

Researchers followed the eating habits of 2,400 girls for ten years.

T/F

c.

Adolescence is not a time when girls put on weight.

T/F

d.

Girls must eat cereal every day to stay slim.

T/F

e.

Cereal consumption had positive effects on the girls.

T/F

f.

Cereal is very high in cholesterol.

T/F

g.

Milk and juice must be drunk with cereal for people to lose weight.

T/F

h.

Cereal consumption helps girls get the right amounts of nutrients.

T/F

2. What do the following refer to in the text?

a) Their (Line 4)

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 b) Who (Line 7)

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c) Who (Line 8)

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3. Put the words in the column on the right in the correct gaps in the text:

A newly ________ report says that girls should eat breakfast every

 period  conclusion

day if they want to ________ slim. Researchers from America’s  stay

Maryland Medical Research Institute ________ the eating habits weight 

and ________ of nearly 2,400 girls throughout their adolescence. This ten-year ________ is a time when “girls ________ on a lot of  weight”, according to lead researcher Bruce Barton. The ________  of the findings was that teenage girls who ate cereal for breakfast three times a week or more were more ________ to stay slim.

likely  published   put   followed 

III A. Rewrite the following sentences, using both…and, neither…nor, neither…nor, either…or:

a) For a healthy breakfast you shouldn’t eat fat food. You shouldn’t eat sugary food either.  _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   b) I will have a nutrition appointment next week but I forgot forgot the correct day. Maybe it will be on Monday; maybe it will be on Tuesday.  _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _  c) You can eat yoghurt at breakfast. You can also eat fruit.  _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _  d) She didn’t practice any sport. She didn’t have a healthy nutrition either.  _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _  B. Join the following sentences by means of a conjunction:

1. You should avoid fat and sugary food. They are dangerous.  _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _  2. He goes running everyday. He intends to keep in shape.  _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _  3. Fast food is really delicious. It is a caloric bomb to our body.  _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _  4. My mother smokes a lot. My father also.  _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _  5. She went to the doctor. She wanted him to help her giving up smoke.  _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _  6. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I keep forgetting it.  _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _ 

IV Choose one of the following topics and write a 10-to15-lined paragraph about it:

a) Bearing in mind what you have discussed in classes, give your opinion about Food disorders like anorexia and their impact on teenagers nowadays.

 b) What about you? How nutritious nutritious are your meals? Do you worry about your your health?  _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _   _______________________  ___________________________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ ____________  _ 

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