Comprehension Questions

1. Summarize the article in a few sentences (i.e. What was researched? What are the main findings
presented?).

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2. What are two effects of a junk food “overload”?

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3. What happened when rats consumed fatty foods in high quantities?

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4. Explain the purpose of the electric shock administered to the rats.

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5. How has food changed over the centuries (i.e. how do we eat differently from our ancestors)?

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6. Why does one researcher say that “applying the results of animal studies to humans can be tricky”?

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Homework

1. Think of four disadvantages/advantages of an unhealthy/healthy diet.

2. Find 5 words you don’t know, look them up in a dictionary and write a sentence using each word.

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3. Underline 5 verbs with an irregular past tense form (i.e. buy  bought), then write them in the chart
below. Can you think of the past participle (i.e. do – did – done)?

Verb Past simple Past participle