READING QUIZZ

While fats have lately acquired a bad image, one should not forget how essential they are. Fats provide the body´s best means of storing energy, far more efficient energy sources than either carbohydrates or proteins. They act as insulation against cold, as cushioning for the internal organs and as lubricants. Without fats, there would be no way to utilize fat-soluble vitamins. Furthermore, some fats contain fatty acids that contain necessary growth factors and help with the digestion of other foods.

The main idea of this paragraph is that:

• Fats have a bad image

• Fats serve important functions in the body

• Fats store food more efficiently than proteins or carbohydrates

An important consideration of fat intake is the ratio of saturated fats to unsaturated fats. Saturated fats, which are derived from dairy products, animal fats, and tropical oils, increase the amount of cholesterol in the blood. Cholesterol may lead to coronary heart disease by building up in the arteries of the heart. However, unsaturated fats, derived from vegetable oils, tend to lower serum cholesterol if taken in a proportion twice that of saturated fats.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Unsaturated fats may reduce cholesterol levels

• The consumption of any types of fat leads to heart disease

• Fats taken in the proper proportion may reduce serum cholesterol

The consumption of a variety of fats is necessary, but the intake of too much fat may lead to a variety of health problems. Excessive intake of fats, like all nutritional excesses, is to be avoided.

The main idea of this paragraph is that

• People are eating less and less fat today

• Fat should be gradually eliminated from the diet

• Excessive consumption of fats may be dangerous to one's health

Blood cholesterol used to be thought of as a problem only for adults.

• Blood cholesterol is no longer a problem for adults.

• Only children have a problem with blood cholesterol.

• Blood cholesterol affects both adults and children.

Illegible handwriting does not indicate weakness of character, as even a quick glance at the penmanship of George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, or John Kennedy reveals.

• Washington, Roosevelt and Kennedy all had handwriting that was difficult to read.

• A person's handwriting reveals a lot about that person.

• The author believes that Washington, Roosevelt and Kennedy all had weak characters.

William Faulkner set many of his novels in and around an imaginary town Jefferson, Mississippi, which he closely patterned after his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi.

• William Faulkner wrote many of his novels while living in Jefferson, Mississippi.

• The town of Oxford, Mississippi, exists only in Faulkner's novels.

• Faulkner actually wrote about his hometown but did not use its real name.

In all cultures, gestures are used as a form of communication, but the same gestures may have very different meanings in different cultures.

• No two cultures use the same gestures.

• One gesture will never have the same meaning in two cultures.

• A person from one culture may misunderstand the gestures used by a person from another culture.

Detergents clean clothes by first removing particles of the dirt from the fabric, then suspending the particles until they can be washed away.

• Clothes

• Particles of dirt

• Detergents

Wooly mammoths were hunted by big cats called sabertooth tigers, which also became extinct by the end of the last Ice Age. They were also hunted by early men armed with spears and clubs.

• Sabertooth tigers

• Early men

• Wooly mammoths

Yasuko Kuniyashi was born in Japan 1883 and studied art at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design. He also studied art in New York City, where he gave his first one-man show. In 1925 he moved from there to Paris where he was influenced by the works of Chagall and other artists.

• Japan

• Paris

• Los Angeles

• Ney York City