How fit are you?Do you look after yourself?Do you eat healthily or do you eat anything you like?Premier League football club Aston Villa are encouraging their players and local children to eat healthy food.They know that what you eat is the key to success.
How fit is a footballer?
Could you run ten kilometers in 90 minutes?A professional footballer can.Footballers have to be strong, quick, skillful and creative in their moves.Every Premier League club makes sure it has a good coaching scheme and a well-planned fitness program.They also ensure that players have the practice and training that will prepare them for matches.What else do you think clubs pay special attention to?A good stadium?Anything else?What about the food they eat?
Eating the right thing
A good diet is a fundamental part of sport these days.Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill's sport and health experts have chosen a secret weapon-organic food(food grown without chemicals).Fitness manager Jim Henry eats with his players and said:“I chose to switch to organic food for Aston Villa because I've read studies showing that organic food has higher levels of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.”He believes that the best way to get these is to eat the very best fresh food.
What to eat after the match
Head chef at Aston Villa, lan Edge, feeds players with the best food as soon as they finish an away match.He says:“Food is very important to sports stars and particularly after a game.There is an hour of opportunity when they need to eat to get the best muscle strength, so I hand out meals on the coach on the way home.If we can make one per cent difference to the players by using organic food, then it is worth it.”
Teaching healthy eating
Everyone at Aston Villa enjoys organic food at their training ground.But the club is also worried about the unhealthy diet among local children who prefer sweets and unhealthy fast food.As part of their work in the community, Aston Villa has opened up their kitchen and invited children from local schools to come and learn how to cook with the help of the Villa head chef.Villa midfielder, Nigel ReoCoker, visited the children on the opening day.“The kitchen promotes healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle.”he said.
A final word from the kitchen
Head chef Ian says:“Footballers know how important food is to their profession and nine times out of ten, they go for the healthiest option.”Do you watch your diet?If you do and you keep yourself fit, you can be a winner!
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Every Premier League Club provides footballers with ________.
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A.
a good coach
B.
a fitness center
C.
proper practice and training
D.
a delicious diet
(2)
According to Jim Henry, ________.
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A.
he believes the studies he has read about organic food
B.
he will only eat organic food with his players
C.
he thinks food is especially important after a game
D.
he chose organic food as a secret weapon for footballers
(3)
We can learn from the passage that ________.
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people can make one percent difference to players by using organic food
B.
only a few footballers pay attention to the healthy eating
C.
footballers in Aston Villa usually eat on their way to the match
D.
footballers in Aston Villa usually eat some food within an hour after a match.
(4)
Why has Aston Villa invited children from local schools?
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Because they want to teach kids how to cook delicious food.
B.
Because they want to teach kids to play football.
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Because they are fond of the kids in the community.
Breakfast is not only the most important meal of the day, but also the most neglected.Common reasons for not eating breakfast include lack of time, not feeling hungry, traditional dislike for breakfast, and dieting.
Breakfast simply means:break the fast.Your body spends at least 6 to 12 hours each night in a fasting state.In the morning your body needs energy for the day’s work ahead.
A good breakfast should provide up to 1/3 of your total calories needs for the day.On average(平均)we eat 400 calories less for breakfast than for dinner.If you don’t want to have breakfast in the morning, try eating a lighter dinner earlier in the evening or save half of your dinner for breakfast in the morning.
Some people fear eating breakfast will make them hungrier during the day and they will eat more.It is true that eating breakfast is likely to make you feel hungry throughout the day.That’s because your body is working.Although you may feel as if you are eating more all day long, in fact you are probably not.
Not eating breakfast can last cause you to overeat, since a fall in blood sugar often makes you feel very hungry later.What’s worse, since your body is in a slow state it will not be able to burn those extra calories very efficiently(有效率的).
Breakfast is the first and most important.The best breakfast foods are fruits, juice, meat, and grain products such as bread, rice, and noodles.
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There are many reasons that people don’t eat breakfast EXCEPT that _________.
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they don’t have enough time
B.
they don’t feel hungry
C.
they want to be fatter
D.
they don’t like eating breakfast
(2)
If you don’t want to have breakfast in the morning, according to the writer, you should _________.
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A.
go to see a doctor to have an examination
B.
have a small supper
C.
go to a restaurant to enjoy a good meal
D.
have a good supper
(3)
Eating breakfast, in fact, makes your body _________.
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work out of order
B.
reduce too much energy
C.
work well
D.
feel hungry quickly
(4)
In the last paragraph the writer mainly _________.
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persuades us to have a good breakfast
B.
tells us what food we should have for breakfast
C.
tells us when and how we should have our breakfast