Longman 4B Ch.4 A Balanced Diet Reading Comprehension

Read line 4. What does "Unfortunately" mean?

• Something happy has happened

• Something bad has happened

• Something happened by mistake

Read lines 3–4: We need to eat a little of the food at the top and plenty of the food at the bottom. The author suggests we should _________ .

• eat a little of the food we like and a lot of the food we don’t like

• eat a little fat, salt and sugar, and a lot of grain products

• eat a few dairy products and a lot of fish

• eat a little junk food and a lot of cereal

Which food group contains a lot of fat, salt and sugar?

• dairy products

• grain products

• junk food

• fruit and vegetables

Our bodies don't need any fats or salt.

• True

• False

Grain products and sugary food give us energy.

• True

• False

A smart lunch box has at least two types of food.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

A smart lunch box has at least three types of food

We should eat more meat and fish than fruit and vegetables.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

We should eat more fruit and vegetables than meat and fish.

We should eat three portions of ________, two portions of ________ and one portion of ________.

• vegetables, grain product, meat

• grain product, vegetables, meat

• meat, grain product, vegetables

Read what the children at the top of p.31 say: Choose a variety of fruit and vegetables. ‘A variety of’ means ___ .

• many different types of

• a healthy amount of

• many of the same type of

• the most colourful

*Which sentence is NOT true?

• Most fruit and vegetables contain only a little fat.

• A smart lunch box has more rice than meat.

• It is a good idea to eat low-fat yoghurt.

• Our bodies don’t need salt.