Mod 06

MODELO 2006
Should the State tell us what to eat and drink?
Anyone who, in an honest spirit of enquiry, has watched many of us eat and drink will have been
QUESTIONS
1. Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are
given for only TRUE or FALSE.
a. The society described in the text does not have the habit of eating on the street. FALSE.
We eat on the street to a degree almost unknown anywhere else.
b. In the author's country all homes have a dining table. FALSE.
A sociologist told me that half of our homes no longer have a dining table.
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2. In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions.
a. What negative eating habits are mentioned in the text? Write about at least four of them.
People use very few fresh food, instead the eating of junk food is increasing, everything is
cooked in the microwaves and the act of eating has became a solitary activity not a social one.
b. What can rubbish reveal about people's diet?
Taking a look at the rubbish we can discover a lot of rests from the wraps of junk food.
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3. Find the words in the text that mean.
a. research (paragraph 1) enquiry
b. nearly (paragraph 2) almost
c. whole (paragraph 2) entire
d. unpleasant (paragraph 3) nasty
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4. Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when given.
a. Last night, before eating (eat) his orange. John asked for a second cut of fried bread.
b. John, you ate (eat) more than two loaves (loaf) of bread, didn't you?
c. According to a survey, most people buy (buy) kitchen furniture only once or twice in
their life.
Complete the following sentence to report what was said
d. "Anne, do you want something else to eat?¨I offered her something else to eat
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4. Write about 100 to 150 words on one of the following topics.
a. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being a vegetarian.

Inmyopinion,the advantages of beingvegetarianare equaltothe disadvantages.
Your health benefits from eating a healthy diet is not good to eat only vegetables.
Nor is it good to eat only meat.
People who eat only vegetables and protein needs has to take medicine to meet them.
People who eat lots of meat, have stomach problems, which then have to operate.
so I think people should eat everything, to feel good.
I do not think that vegetables are healthy, just to be natural.
There are even plants that are poisonous.
So here you have to be careful what we eat.
Therefore, vegetables are good and bad. Me for example I do not like.

 I know people who only eat vegetables, but it is his opinion.
As stated in one sentence: Healthy body and healthy mind!

b. Do you think that the State should promote or forbid some kinds of food?

Governmentshould notban anything,justgive usinformationaboutpotentially harmful products.

Asfastfood.Ingeneral, peopleeatverybadly,thenhurryandeat anything.
The fast food is what more you eat, but the government can not prohibit.
We have the right to eat whatever we want, we just want to be informed of this fact. 

Butwe are free and yet you continue eating.
Unless they throw poison.

The government should do advertising campaigns.

 It should also provide healthy food dinners for people who eat badly. But never force anything by force, because it isundemocratic.
I believe that eventually people would stop eating junk food, to health problems.

 But untilthen I keep enjoying my burger and fries with my large soda.
This is my opinion, everyone has their own, but the government should not interfere.