Name:.. Read the following selection thoroughly.

Too Heavy, Too Young

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1. Aged 16, Lloyd Lamb, a 10th grader, already knows a thing or two about cruelty or loneliness. He is bright and outgoing. He plays golf and wrestles. He is also 170cm, weighs 91kg, and at times suffers the critical remarks of classmates. Although Lamb works hard to ignore them, there are moments, he himself admits, when he gets depressed and lonely. There must be a lot of lonely kids in America these days, judging from the high rate of childhood obesity. 2. Overweight children are likely to have high blood pressure or heart disease. Even more alarming is the number of children with Type 2 diabetes that puts kids at risk for adult illnesses. For example, they may, as adults, suffer from blindness, nerve damage, kidney failure, and cardiovascular disease. 3. What can parents do to protect their children from the danger of excess weight? A lot, especially if they start early before kids get into the habit of eating high-fat and high-sugar foods and out of the habit of exercising regularly. Parents should learn to serve appropriate portions. They should also limit the amount of treats and junk food in the house, including soda and fruit juice. 4. American children are getting less exercise than ever before partly because they spend much time watching television and playing computer and video games. According to a recent report, kids between the ages of 2 and 11 watch an average of 20 hours of TV per week. Obesity experts recommend that parents remove the television from their childrens rooms and set strict limits on time spent in front of a screen, including the computer. 5. Once a child has gained too much weight, its time to get outside help. Many parents turn to weight-loss camps for kids. Camp can seem like the answer, especially when an overweight child comes home as much as 15kg lighter. Lloyd Lamb attends a camp, where he has learned to look at labels of food for fat contents and to walk after meals. He lost 12kg last summer. His parents themselves have also learned to follow a healthier diet. 6. If parents want to protect their kids from obesity, they need, without hesitation, to look beyond the home to their childrens schools. Hundreds of schools have placed soft-drink vending machines in school hallways and opened their cafeterias to fast food. 7. Parents can try to change some of these things, but lasting behavioral change cannot be imposed from the outside. These are internal battles and will ultimately have to be fought by the kids themselves. Part One: Reading comprehension A. Choose the correct answer. (1 pts.) 1. This selection mainly discusses __________________________________. a- The problem of cruelty and loneliness b- The problem of childhood obesity 1

c- The problem of diseases that afflict children 2. Lloyd Lamb gets depressed and lonely _____________________________. a- Because he is 170cm; the tallest in the class b- Because he has no friends at all in the class c- Because of the critical remarks of classmates B. The following sentences misinterpret the selection. Correct them. (1 pts.) 1. In America, there are few kids who suffer from obesity. 2. Parents should always serve junk food in the house. 3. Weight-loss camps help kids gain too much weight. C. Answer the following questions. 1. What are two diseases that overweight children are likely to have? (1 pts.) 2. How do schools take part in making children become obese? (1 pts.) 3. What things do you think you can do in your everyday life to be healthier and avoid excess weight? Mention three things. (1 pts.) D. Pick words from the selection that most likely have the following meanings. (1 pts.) 1. Unkindness (Paragraph 1): 2. Advice (Paragraph 4) :. 3. Uncertainty (Paragraph 6): E. What do the underlined reflexive pronouns in the selection refer to? (1 pt.) 1. Himself (Paragraph 1) 2. Themselves (Paragraph 5) Part Two: Grammar F. Underlines the nouns in the sentences below. (2 pts.) 1. The boy washed his hands with soap. 2. Alice was thinking about her little, brown dog. 3. Ali picked up his pencil and drew a picture on the yellow paper.