Unit-7, Lesson-3
Question No. 1 (A)
1. Read the passage and answer question A.
A plate of hot French fries and a huge burger with hot cheese oozing out of it, with a carbonated drink, looks like a treat! This calorie-rich junk food does look mouth-watering but is known to be nutritionally poor. Junk food or fast food has become an increasingly popular food choice. Ideally, junk foods are defined as processed foods with negligible nutrient value and are often high in salt, sugar and fat. But we often confuse fast foods with junk foods. How are they different? Or what is junk food really?
Junk foods are processed foods consisting of high calories but that is considered only a broad umbrella. These foods are prepared in a way that they look appealing and are enjoyable so you are chemically programmed to ask for more. According to Dr. Sunali Sharma, a dietician and Nutritionist, “Commercial products including salted snack foods, chewing gum, candy, sugary desserts, fried fast food and sweetened carbonated beverages that have little or no nutritional value but are high in calories, salt and fats may be considered junk foods. Though not all fast foods are junk foods, a great number of them are. For instance, a salad may be fast food but is definitely not junk food. Some foods like burgers, pizzas and tacos may alternate between junk and healthy categories depending on the ingredients, calories and process of manufacturing.”
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.
(a) According to the passage, the word ‘treat’ is ---.
i. a verb ii. a noun iii. an adjective iv. an adverb
Ans: a noun.
(b) Mouth-watering foods are ---.
i. appetizing ii. lucrative iii. stale iv. instigating
Ans: appetizing.
(c) ‘Negligible nutrient value’ refers to --- of nutrition.
i. absence ii. abundance iii. shortage iv. presence
Ans: shortage.
(d) People often take fast foods --- junk foods.
i. like ii. against iii. with iv. for
Ans: for.
(e) High calories of junk foods have been mentioned in the passage as ---.
i. harmful ii. congenial iii. inclement iv. positive
Ans: harmful.
(f) These foods look appealing because of the process of ---.
i. baking ii. cooking iii. presentation iv. preparation
Ans: preparation.
(g) The word ‘programmed’ in the passage may be replaced with ---.
i. enticed ii. submitted iii. prepared iv. arranged
Ans: prepared.
(h) Nutrition and calorie are --- to each other.
i. reciprocal ii. interdependent
iii. opposite iv. dissimilar
Ans: opposite.
(i) --- fast foods may be called junk foods.
i. Some ii. Several iii. All iv. Many
Ans: Many.
(j) Foods may be categorized according to ---.
i. calories ii. ingredients and calories iii. ingredients, calories and process iv. calories and process
Ans: ingredients, calories and process.
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