Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1. What does 'their' in line 1 refer to?
Timothy and Mandy
2.Why did Timothy Lam decide to try the Atkins Diet? (one word for each blank)
Because his friend was on the Atkins Diet and she lost a lot of weight very quickly.

3. Which of the following dish(es) can Timothy eat on the Atkins Diet? (can choose more than one answer)
A. Fruit salad
B. Bacons with scrambled eggs
C.  Grilled lamb chops
D. chicken curry rice

4. Which phrase in the article is closest in meaning to 'stop eating'?
Cut on

5. According to the article, 'processed food' is probably ______________.
A. junk food
B. food in its natural state
C. a type of cheese
D. food changed from its natural state into another taste

6. By the third day of her diet, what were the only things Mandy could think of?
(a)chocolate cakes
(b)vanilla ice cream

7. Look at how 'go on' is used in paragraph 6 and decide which of the definitions below is
closest in meaning.
A to choose something
B. to move from one place to another
C. to continue an activity
D. to return to a place

8. Read the article again and decide if the following are true (T), false (F) or not stated (X). Put the correct symbol next to the statement.
(a) On the Atkins Diet, you can eat peaches. (F)
(b) The Cleanse Diet allows you to eat lots of broccoli. (X)
(c) On the Cleanse Diet, you can eat chicken. (X)
(d) It is all right to eat bread on both diets. (F)

9. What is wrong with the two diets mentioned in the article? Match the provided statement to the corresponding diet.
1. It hurts your stomach.
2. It is hard to follow.
3. It has no protein.
4. It has no carbohydrates.

Atkins Diet: 1;4
Cleanse Diet: 2;3

1. What does 'their' in line 1 refer to?  

Timothy and Mandy

2.Why did Timothy Lam decide to try the Atkins Diet? (one word for each blank)  

Because his__ friend was on the Atkins Diet and she _lost_ a lot of weight very _quickly_.   

 

3. Which of the following dish(es) can Timothy eat on the Atkins Diet? (can choose more than one answer)

A. Fruit salad  

B. Bacons with scrambled eggs  

C. Grilled lamb chops  

D. chicken curry rice  

 

4. Which phrase in the article is closest in meaning to 'stop eating'?  

Cut out  

5. According to the article, 'processed food' is probably __ 

A. junk food  

B . food in its natural state

C. a type of cheese  

D. food changed from its natural state into another taste  

 

6. By the third day of her diet, what were the only things Mandy could think of?  

(a)rich,dark,chocolate cakes  

(b)cool , sweet,vanilla ice cream  

 

7. Look at how 'go on' is used in paragraph 6 and decide which of the definitions below is   

closest in meaning.  

A to choose something  

B. to move from one place to another  

C. to continue an activity  

D. to return to a place  

 

8. Read the article again and decide if the following are true (T), false (F) or not stated (X). Put the correct symbol next to the statement.   

(a) On the Atkins Diet, you can eat peaches. (F)

(b) The Cleanse Diet allows you to eat lots of broccoli. (T)  

(c) On the Cleanse Diet, you can eat chicken. (X)  

(d) It is all right to eat bread on both diets. (X)  

 

9. What is wrong with the two diets mentioned in the article? Match the provided statement to the corresponding diet.   

1. It hurts your stomach.  

2. It is hard to follow.  

3. It has no protein.  

4. It has no carbohydrates.  

 

Atkins Diet:4,1  

Cleanse Diet:2,3