Question

Read the following passage and do the given activities :
B1  Select :
Complete the following sentences by selecting the correct alternatives: 
(i) It is more important to have _______ before rushing to work. (lunch, breakfast, dinner)

(ii) Skipping breakfast brings a higher risk of _______ (cancer, heart attack, brain attack)

(iii) An adequate _______ is provided by your meal. (energy, weight, height)

 (iv) More than half of the people risk heart attack due to _______ eating. (early morning, afternoon, late night) 

MEN WHO SKIP BREAKFAST FACE
27% HIGHER RISK OF HEART ATTACK

Late-Night Eaters at 55% risk. TNN.
 London-Breakfast is widely acknowledged as the most important meal of the day. But now, there’s more reason to have that piece of toast before rushing to work: Skipping breakfast has for the first time been associated with an increase in heart attacks.
 A study published in the American Heart Association journal circulation showed that men who skipped breakfast had a 27% higher risk of heart attack or death from coronary heart disease than those who didn’t.
 “Skipping breakfast may lead to one or more risk factors, including obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes, which may, in turn, lead to a heart attack over time,” said Leah E. Cahill, lead author from the Harvard School of Public Health.
 “Our study group has spent decades studying the health effects of diet quality and composition, and now this new data also suggests overall dietary habits can be important to lower risk of coronary heart disease,” said co-author Eric Rimm.
 “Don’t skip breakfast,” Cahill said. “Eating breakfast is associated with a decreased risk of heart attacks. Incorporating many types of healthy foods into your breakfast is an essay way to ensure your meal provides adequate energy and a healthy balance of nutrients. 

B2 Find:
Find the pieces of ‘advice’ from the passage and write.  

B3 Antonyms :
Find out the antonyms for the following words from the passage and write:
(i) higher                (ii) decrease
(iii) excluding        (iv) low 

B4 Reported Speech :
Complete the reported speech of the following sentences given indirect form:
(i) “Our study group has spent decades studying the health effects of diet quality and composition,” said co-author Eric Rimm.
Co-author Eric Rimm _________
(ii) “Dont’s skip breakfast,” Cahill said.
Cahill _______ 

B5 Personal Response :
How will you practice the message implied in the passage in your life?

Answer 1

B1 

(i) It is more important to have breakfast before rushing to work. (lunch, breakfast, dinner)

(ii) Skipping breakfast brings a higher risk of Heart attack (cancer, heart attack, brain attack)

(iii) Adequate energy is provided by your meal. (energy, weight, height)

 (iv) More than half of the people risk heart attack due to late-night eating. (early morning, afternoon, late night) 

B2 Breakfast is widely acknowledged as the most important meal of the day. But now, there’s more reason to have that piece of toast before rushing to work: Skipping breakfast has for the first time been associated with an increase in heart attacks. 

B3 
(i) higher –  lower
(ii) decrease – increase
(iii)  excluding – including
(iv) low –  high

B4
(i)“Our study group has spent decades studying the health effects of diet quality and composition,” said co-author Eric Rimm.
Co-author Eric Rimm said that their study group had spent decades studying the health effects of diet quality and composition.

(ii) “Dont’s skip breakfast,” Cahill said.
Cahill said not to skip breakfast.

B5  The basic message, or the crux of this passage, as I gather, is that one should not skip breakfast. So, I would practice this message by incorporating healthy foods into my breakfast and avoiding all those foods that are not healthy or lack nutrition. Foods that are easy and come out of the box are processed and come with more problems than benefits. So I would avoid these items as much as possible.