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PART ONE: Reading and interpreting
Read the text carefully and do the following activities.
1-Nutrition
Nutrition is the science that deals with food and how the body uses it. People, like all living things, need food to live. Food supplies the energy for every action we perform, from reading a book to running a race. Food also provides substances that the body needs to build and repair its tissues and to regulate its organs and systems.
What we eat directly affects our health. A proper diet helps prevent certain illnesses and aids in recovery from others. An improper or inadequate diet increases the risk of various diseases. Eating a balanced diet is the best way to ensure that the body receives all the food substances it needs. Nutrition experts recommend that the daily diet include a certain number of servings from each of the five major food groups: (1) breads, cereals, rice, and pasta, (2) vegetables, (3) fruits, (4) milk, yogurt, and cheese, and (5) meat, poultry, fish, dried beans and peas, eggs, and nuts. Fats are also essential, but, like sweets, should be eaten in small quantities.
Workers in the field of nutrition oversee school food services, plan menus for hospitalized patients, and provide nutrition counseling for individuals. They administer international food programs and investigate the relationship between diet and health. They seek improved ways of processing, packaging, and distributing foods, and they create new foods.
1- Choose the right answer ( a , b or c ) :
A. The aim of the passage is to a-inform b- narrate c- entertain
B The text is about:
a- food poisoning b- eating habits c – food and diet
2. Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
a- Our body needs food just to stop the feeling of hunger
b- A rich diet is good but if it is improper it is bad
c- It is not essential to eat different kinds of food to be in good health
d- A balanced diet is vital to keep away from diseases
3- what do the following words refer to in the text?
a-its §1 line 4
b-the best way §2 line 3
C-they §3 line2
4- Answer the following questions according to the text
A-why is it important to consume balanced diets?
B- the author advises people to avoid some food . what are they?
5-Find in the text the words whose definitions follow.
Ability to work or act with strength and power (§ 1)
Food that is usually eaten (§2)
Examine in order to discover the truth (§3)

6- Reorder the sentences to make a coherent paragraph
a- such phenomenon is due to the long hours needed to prepare meals.
b- This change in living mode is the result of a busy and complex life
c- Our eating habits have changed over the last years.
d- So people turned to the ones that need a few minutes to prepare

7. Combine the following sentences using the provided connectors:
Make any necessary changes if necessary
a-you consume poor quality food/your body generate enough energy (if)
b-we consume improper diet / we become ill (because of