Progress Test U5 U6 - Page2
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READING
5 points
Read the excerpts from a BBC article about TV and children’s eating habits
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/4144676.stm Published: 2005/08/12)
and answer the questions.
| Children's TV heroes are having a negative impact on their eating habits, a survey finds.
"TV can obviously have a huge impact on children's lives. If it is having an influence as the survey suggests - and parents will know best - it is worrying." A separate survey of more than 1,000 schoolchildren also found that two thirds were failing to eat five portions of fresh fruit or vegetables a day as the government recommends. The unhealthiest age group was 12-year-olds with only a fifth eating the correct amount, with a further fifth only eating one portion a day. The survey also revealed primary schools were better at promoting healthy eating than secondary schools. And children also showed a "worrying" lack of knowledge about where food comes from. One in five thought beef came from pigs, one in eight said cheese came from butter and one in six claimed broccoli was a baby tree. |
1. Children have bad eating habits because they do what their favourite characters do.
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True
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False
2. It was found that more than 1,000 children didn’t eat the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables.
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True
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False
3. The most serious problems were in the group of 12-year-olds.
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True
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False
4. Many children didn’t know the basic facts about food.
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True
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False
5. Some children thought that broccoli was a small tree.
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True
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False
