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Reading Unseen Passage Test 03

1. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

1. Overweight and obesity are affecting many countries in the world; more than 300 million people are overweight or
obese. In India, some people tend to be overweight because of their high-calorie diet and lack of physical activities.
In the United States, obesity is more prevalent in lower economic groups. Obesity is now well recognized as a
disease in its own right. Though obesity commonly means very overweight, it is defined as an excess amount of body
weight that includes muscles, bone, fat, and water. 'Obesity' specifically refers to an excess amount of body fat. Some
people, such as bodybuilders or other anthracitic with a lot of muscle can be overweight without being obese.
2. Women have more body fat than men. Usually, men with more than 25c, body fat, and women with more than 30%
of body fat are regarded as obese. Obesity occurs when a person consumes more calories than he or she burns.
3. Obesity tends to run in families, suggesting a genetic cause. Environmental factors mean lifestyle behaviours such as
what a person eats and his or her level of physical activity. Although you cannot change your genetic makeup, you
can change your eating habits and levels of activity. You can learn how to choose more nutritional meals which are
low in fat and become more active.
4. Then there are the psychological factors. Negative emotions such as boredom, sadness, or anger, respond to people
who overeat. There is also 'binge eating' when people eat a large amount of food thinking that they cannot control
how much they are eating. Those with the most severe binge eating problems are also likely to have symptoms of
depression and low self-esteem.
5. Obesity is a health hazard. Several serious medical conditions have been linked to obesity, including type-2 diabetes,
heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke. Obesity is also linked to higher rates of certain types of cancer. Other
diseases and health problems linked to obesity include gall bladder disease and gallstones, liver disease, and
deterioration of joints.
6. The benefits of exercise are much more than any other way of losing weight. Not only does exercise help you to lose
weight but it also improves your fitness and flexibility and improves skin texture. Exercises also free one from the
harmful side effects of crash dieting, slimming capsules, and the heat treatment used by slimming centres.
i. Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option. (MCQ)
Obesity is ________.
i. High-Calorie Diet and Lack of Physical Activities
ii. Low-income results in Poverty
iii. Combine muscle, bone, fat, and water
iv. Excess amount of body fat
ii. Comment on the writer’s description of women being obese as explained in paragraph two.​​
iii. List the two environmental factors which cause obesity.
(Clue: Think about the human habits and schedule)
iv. Select the option that conveys the opposite of ‘inactive’, from words used in paragraph three.
i. genetic
ii. behaviour
iii. activity
iv. lifestyle
v. Tick out of the following diseases linked to obesity.
A. Cancer
B. Low Blood Pressure
C. Gallstone

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D. Type 1 Diabetes
i. Only A and B
ii. Only C and D
iii. Only A and C
iv. All of these
vi. There are some psychological factors that can cause obesity. Based on your understanding of paragraph four,
explain about the problem of binge eating.
vii. Obesity is a genetic problem still there are ways to control its damage. How can one become active in life?​​
viii. Complete the given sentence with an appropriate inference, with respect to the following:
The benefits of exercise are much more than any other way of losing weight. Such as (paragraph six) ________.
ix. What are the psychological factors leading to over-eating?
i. Stress
ii. Happiness
iii. Excitement
iv. Peacefulness
x. Select the most suitable title for the above passage.
i. Obesity - Causes and Factors
ii. How to Deal with Obesity
iii. Food and Obesity
iv. Obesity - A Deteriorating Medical Condition
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2. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Within the memory of the youngest child, there was a family of rabbits who lived near a pack of wolves. The wolves
announced that they did not like the way the rabbits were living. One night several wolves were killed in an earthquake
and this was blamed on the rabbits, for it is well-known that rabbits pound on the ground with their hind legs and cause
earthquakes. On another night one of the wolves was killed by a bolt of lightning and this also was blamed on the
rabbits, for it is well known the lettuce-eaters cause lightning. The wolves threatened to civilize the rabbits if they didn’t
behave, and the rabbits decided to run away to Desert Island. But the other animals, which lived at a great distance,
shamed them saying, You must stay.
"Where you are and be brave. This is no world for escapists. If the wolves attack you, we will come to your aid, in all
probability.” So, the rabbits continued to live near the wolves.
And one day there was a terrible flood which drowned a great many wolves. This was blamed on the rabbits, for it is
well-known that carrot nibblers with long ears cause floods. The wolves descended on the rabbits for their own good,
and imprisoned them in a dark cave, for their own protection.
When nothing was heard about the rabbits for some weeks, the other animals demanded to know what had happened to
them. The wolves replied that the rabbits had been eaten and since they ate the affair was a purely internal matter.
"They were trying to escape", said the wolves, "and, as you know, this is not the world for escapists"- James Thurber.
i. Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option.
According to the wolves, the earthquake was caused by rabbits because ________.
i. They keep hopping
ii. They pound with their hind legs
iii. They had a connection with the almighty
iv. All of these

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ii. Comment on the writer’s reference as to why the rabbits decided to run away from their place of living to
another safe place.​​
iii. List the two reasons why rabbits changed their decision later on.
(Clue: Think about what did they realise and think)
iv. Choose the option that conveys the opposite of ‘stay in place’, from the passage.
i. affair
ii. aid
iii. descended
iv. escaped
v. What characteristic of the wolves does the phrase ‘for their own good’ reveal?
i. selfless
ii. hypocrite
iii. confused
iv. selfish
vi. Based on your understanding of the passage, how did the wolves justified their action to the other animals?
vii. Complete the given sentence with an appropriate inference, with respect to the following:
The final fate of the rabbit was ________.
viii. What lesson do we learn from the story?​​
ix. What happened when other animals asked for the rabbits?
i. Wolves said that they ate them since they tried to escape
ii. Wolves said it’s a personal affair and others shouldn’t interfere
iii. Wolves said that they put them in jail
iv. Wolves said that the rabbits escaped
x. Select the most suitable title for the above passage.
i. Wolves and Rabbits
ii. The Rabbit Who Caused All The Troubles
iii. Rabbits - The Cutest Companion
iv. Reap as You Sow

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Class 12 - English Core

Reading Unseen Passage Test 03

Solution

1. i. (iv) Excess amount of body fat

ii. Women have more body fat than men. Usually, men with more than 25c, body fat, and women with more than
30% of body fat are regarded as obese. Obesity occurs when a person consumes more calories than he or she
burns.
iii. i. Lifestyle behaviours
ii. Physical Activities
iv. (iii) activity
v. (iii) Only A and C
vi. There are the psychological factors. Negative emotions such as boredom, sadness, or anger, respond to people
who overeat. There is also 'binge eating' when people eat a large amount of food thinking that they cannot
control how much they are eating. Those with the most severe binge eating problems are also likely to have
symptoms of depression and low self-esteem.
vii. Although you cannot change your genetic makeup, you can change your eating habits and levels of activity. You
can learn how to choose more nutritional meals which are low in fat and become more active.
viii. i. Helps to lose weight
ii. Improves fitness and flexibility
iii. Enhances skin texture (any one)
ix. (i) Stress
x. (i) Obesity - Causes and Factors
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2. i. (ii) They pound with their hind legs
ii. The rabbits decided to run away from their place of living to another safe place because they were blamed by
the wolves for every bad thing.
iii. The rabbits changed their decision later on when
i. They were told to stay where they were and be brave
ii. They realized there is no place in the world for escapists
iii. Other animals assured them to aid in time of need (any two)
iv. (iv) escaped
v. (iv) selfish
vi. The wolves justified their action to the other animals by saying the rabbits are escapists.
vii. They were imprisoned them in a dark cave.
viii. Don’t try to run away from your problems OR We should not move away from our problems
ix. (i) Wolves said that they ate them since they tried to escape
x. (iii) The Rabbit Who Caused All The Troubles ​

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