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Part One: Reading Comprehension (Score: 13/20)

Read the following text about benefits of healthy food, then answer the questions that follow.

Healthy Food Benefits

1. It's important for people to eat as much as they need to give them
energy. If they eat too little food or the wrong food they won't
have enough energy. If they eat too much, they will need to make
more exercise; otherwise they will be fat.
2. Fat is very high in calories, and so is no help at all in keeping energy balance. Fat has
also been linked with heart disease, and eating less would help to reduce it.
3. Sugar isn't good for the energy balance either. The only value of sugar is to provide
energy, and you can get that from other foods. There's no doubt that too much sugar
makes you fat and it causes teeth cavities.
4. Fiber, on the other hand is something that we eat too little of. One of the simplest ways
of eating more fiber is to eat more bread, particularly high fiber bread .It's a good,
cheap source of fiber without too many calories .Potatoes and bread are excellent for
filling you up without making you fat, especially if you don't cover them with butter or
fry them in fat.
5. So eat less fatty food and eat more fiber foods.

Questions:

A. Refer to the text, answer the following questions: (score: 04)

1. Refer to paragraph 1, why do people need to exercise if the eat too much? (score: 01)
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2. Based on paragraph 3, is sugar considered healthy food? Why? (score: 01)
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3. According to paragraph 4, how can eating fibers such as potatoes and bread make you
full without getting fat? (score: 01)
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4. Do you prefer to eat fatty food or fiber food? Why? (score: 01)
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B. What does each of the underlined words in the text refer to? (Score: 01)
1. They: ______________________ (Paragraph 1)
2. It: _____________________ (Paragraph 3)

C. Use context clues to find the synonym of the following words: (score: 01)
1. decrease (paragraph 2): __________________________________________________
2. cook food in oil or fat (paragraph 4): _______________________________________

D. Correct the following statements. (Score: 02)

1. When people eat less food they gain weight.
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2. Fat is very low in calories.
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E. Fill in the blanks with will or won’t. (Score: 02)

1. If you drink milk, you ___________ have strong bones.
2. Chips and cookies are tasty, but they ____________ make you a healthy.
3. Meat, beans, fish and nuts _________ give your body iron and protein.
4. If you eat fried bread with fat every day, you __________ be living a healthy life.

F. Write the verb between parentheses in the past tense : (Score: 03)
1. Last week, Rama and her friends (go) ____________ to the healthy park.
2. They (see) ___________ a box with a title “Energy Secret”.
3. They (hurry) ________________ towards the box.
4. Rama (ask) _____________ about benefits of healthy food.
5. A presenter (smile) ____________ and (explain) ______________ that vegetables,
fruits and fish are the most important to grow up healthy.

Part Two: Writing (Score: 7/20)

Food is what people eat to survive. Fill in the graphic organizer below, and then write a well-
organized paragraph of 100 words about the benefits of healthy food. Don’t forget to write a
suitable title.
Nutrients Found in Benefits

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Fats