TERM 3
Summative assessment for the unit “Our Health”
Variant 1
Reading
Task 1. This is an article about healthy eating. The titles of
the paragraphs were removed.
HOW TO STAY HEALTHY
1. __________________
People who eat a lot of fruit and vegetables are less likely to
have heart problems. You should eat at least five portions of
fruit and vegetables a day. One portion is e.g. a banana, an
apple, one slice of melon or pineapple or two plums.
Remember that potatoes are not included on that list.
2. _________________
Eating too much salt can raise your blood pressure. And
people with high blood pressure are three times more likely
to develop heart disease or have a stroke than people with
normal blood pressure. Three-quarters (75%) of the salt we
eat is already in the food we buy, such as breakfast cereals,
soups, sauces and ready meals. So you could easily be eating
too much salt without realising it.
3.___________________
Having too much saturated fat can cause heart disease.
Products that contain large amounts of saturated fats are meat
pies, cheese, butter, lard, cream, cakes. You should replace
butter and lard with vegetable oils, which don’t contain
saturated fat.
4. __________________
Having sugary foods and drinks too often can cause tooth
decay. Cutting down on sugar will help you control your
weight. Sugar is added to many types of food e.g. fizzy
drinks, juices, sweets, biscuits, cakes, ice cream
5. __________________
We should be drinking about 6 to 8 glasses of water every
day and even more when the weather is warm.
Don’t drink too much coffee or tea as they can dehydrate
you.
Read the article and match the titles of the paragraphs.
a) cut down on salt
b) dangers of saturated fat
c) five-a-day
d) drink a lot of water
e) cut down on sugar
Task 2. Writing
Write an email to give advice to a friend who has written to
tell you that he/she is having problems sleeping at night. Use
the ideas below to write your email (60-80 words).
 go to sleep at around the same time every night ->
helps your body keep regular hours
 avoid watching TV or reading before bedtime ->
your mind feels more rested
TERM 3
Summative assessment for the unit “Our Health”
Variant 2
Reading
Task 1. Read the text below carefully.
Fast Food Follies
About half the young people in America are heavier than they
should be. That’s because they eat the wrong food, or they eat
too much or too often. Or all three! American doctors keep
warning about ‘overweight kids’ and some things are
changing, very slowly. However, a lot of habits are very hard
to change. Fast Food restaurants, for example, are as popular
as ever, at all times of the day. Hot dogs, hamburgers and
French fries are still the most popular things to eat. The
problem is that they are high in calories and fat. Another
problem is to encourage children and teenagers to eat their
greens.
“I often come in for a burger after school,’’ says Billy, a
teenager from San Francisco. “They are so tasty and cost
only a dollar! We also come here because it’s a good place to
sit and chat!” But eating too much is not the only reason why
people get fat - drinking too much has the same effect. In
summer it’s so easy to drink too much. In America people
drink lots of soda pop, such as colas and 7Up. The reason is
simple. They are on sale everywhere: in shops, cafés…. And
compared to Europe, it’s very cheap. But each small soda
contains spoonfuls of sugar. No wonder people get fat!
Match the parts of the sentences
1. Many young Americans ____
2. American doctors ____
3. People like eating fast foods such as ____
4. Young people don’t like eating ____
5. Billy regularly goes to ____
a) are very delicious.
b) a fast food restaurant.
c) think that child obesity is a problem.
d) favourite summer drinks.
e) vegetables very much..
Task 2. Writing
Write an email to give advice to a friend who has written to
tell you that he/she has a problem with learning at school
(he/she wants to improve grades). Use the ideas below to
write your email (60-80 words).