UNIT 4B ELAR 2019

Read the dictionary entry below.

fare

1. a range of food. 2. material provided for use or enjoyment. 3. the price charged to transport. 4. a passenger who pays to travel.

Which definition best fits the meaning of fare that is used in paragraph 1?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

In paragraph 1, the word altered means..

• adapted

• responded

• maintained

• modified

What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?

• to inform the reader about the government taking too long to make a decision on school

  nutrition guideline changes

• to explain that cafeteria workers are eager to provide the most nutritious meals possible to

  meet the needs of changing guidelines

• to suggest that some people do not like being told what to cook and how to cook it

• to provide information about the new less expensive and more economical menu items

Which sentence shows that the cafeteria management is supportive of healthier school lunches?

• Mrs. Jansen, the manager of our school cafeteria, says the United States Department of

  Agriculture is responsible.

• Under these new rules, she says, sweets and heavy starches will be replaced with whole

  grains and leafy vegetables.

• She hopes that using such seasonings will make the changes less noticeable to students.

• Mrs. Jansen and her staff are excited about the challenge to make heathy foods that are

  still delicious.

Complete the following analogy.

weight loss is to protein as ____________ is to carbohydrates

• sugar high

• sleepiness

• rest

• good taste

Which detail from the passage would BEST support the idea that a high-protein diet may help

some kids become better students?

• Recent discoveries in the field of nutrition have shown that high-protein meals may be more

  healthful than the high-carbohydrate meals now served at most schools.

• Second, meals of this type could help some students lose weight.

• Eating smaller amounts of carbohydrates provides a steadier source of energy and allows

  students to remain more alert!

• Well, eating a lot of carbohydrates can cause your blood sugar to rise for a short time and

  then fall as your body adjusts.

Which statement represents a fact found in the selection?

• In fact, it seems that the harder a school tries to provide its students with balanced

  nutrition, the less tasty that school’s lunches become.

• For this reason, I believe that our school should change its lunch policy and start serving the

  kinds of foods that kids actually enjoy.

• A recent study by Stephen Sondike, M.D., at Schneider Children’s Hospital in New Hyde Park,

  New York, showed that teenagers on a diet high in protein and fat were able to lose an

  average of 18 pounds over 12 weeks.

• Students are happier and healthier than ever before.

Which of these is the best summary of the selection?

• School meals contain too many foods that are high in carbohydrates. These foods are more

  expensive than foods high in protein and fat. For this reason, schools should change the

  foods they serve in order to save money.

• School meals are neither as popular with students nor as healthy as they could be. Meals

  higher in protein and fat would have many advantages over the meals presently served.

  Therefore, schools should switch to these types of meals.

• Students often throw away school meals because they don't like the way they taste. Proper

  nutrition is very important both for general health and for keeping your energy level high.

  Therefore, schools should make sure all students finish their meals.

• Students complain about school lunches. These complaints distract them from their studies.

  Since students go to school to learn, anything that distracts them from learning is bad. For

  this reason, the school lunches should be changed.

What conclusion can be drawn by reading both “Dietary Changes Are Here!” and “School

Lunches”?

• For change to be made, someone must act.

• For food to taste good, it must be high in fat.

• For things to improve, they must stay the same.

• For students to stop wasting food, it must taste good.

The authors of both selections would most likely agree about the importance of —

• discovering the lunch options that students like the most

• allowing schools to make their own decisions when constructing lunch menus

• having cafeteria managers make all final decisions when constructing school lunch menus

• using current new scientific data to make healthy changes to school lunch programs