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NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Kids who eat better perform better in school, a new study of Nova Scotia fifth graders confirms.
Students who ate an adequate amount of fruit, vegetables, protein, fiber and other components of a healthy diet were significantly less likely to fail a literacy test, Dr. Paul J. Veugelers of the University of Alberta in Edmonton and colleagues found.
While a healthy diet is generally assumed to be important for good school performance, there has actually been little research on this topic, Veugelers and his colleagues note. To investigate, they looked at 4,589 fifth graders participating in the Children's Lifestyle and School performance Study, 875 (19.1 percent) of whom had failed an elementary literacy assessment.
The better a student's eating habits based on several measures of diet quality, including adequacy and variety, the less likely he or she was to have failed the test, the researchers found, even after they adjusted the data for the effects of parental income and education, school and sex. Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables, and getting fewer calories from fat, was also associated with a lower risk of failing the test.
To date, Veugelers and his team say, most research on diet and school performance has focused on the importance of eating breakfast, as well as the ill effects of hunger and malnutrition.
“This study extends current knowledge in this area by demonstrating the independent importance of overall diet quality to academic performance. We should not only realize the importance of children's nutrition at breakfast but also that throughout the day.” the researchers conclude.
Another research from the UK is suggesting that children's diets in the pre-school years affects how they perform at school later on. The researchers from the Institute of Education, at the University of London say in fact that what children were eating in those days before primary school has more of an effect than the chicken nuggets they ate at lunchtime. The researchers say they have found that children who ate a diet of “junk food” at the age of three, made less progress in school between the ages of six and ten. They say children's diet at later ages appears to have less impact on their school attainment.
1.According to Dr. Paul J. Veugelers, students who have a healthy diet ( ).
A. are more likely to fail in their school performance
B. definitely can perform better in their school work
C. usually have more of fat and less of fruit and vegetables
D. tend to perform better in their school work
【答案】D。根据题干人名定位到第二段…a healthy diet were significantly less likely to fail a literacy test…可知健康的饮食可以很大程度上帮助学生通过知识测试。选项A：更容易让他们在校表现不好，句意相反，排除;选项B：一定会让他们在学习上表现更好，表达太过肯定;选项C：通常会让他们多吃肉少吃水果蔬菜，未提及;选项D：更倾向于让他们在学习上表现更好。根据句意可知D项更符合，故正确答案是选项D。
2.It can be implied from the passage that ).
A. little research has been done on the importance of breakfast
B. most students participating in the research failed the test
C. the adequacy and variety of foods can mean better school performance
D. eating more chicken nuggets leads to good school performance
【答案】C。通过选项关键词定位，A选项根据关键词the importance of breakfast定位至第五段most research…has focused on the importance of eating breakfast，可知对早餐重要性的研究很多，错误;B选项，大部分参与研究的学生在考试中失败，文章没有提到;C选项根据第四段第二句Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables, and getting fewer calories from fat, was also associated with a lower risk of failing the test.可知该选项正确;D选项根据末段第二三句可知吃垃圾食品的学生，进步的程度更低，可知该选项错误。故正确答案是选项C。
3.The underlined word “literacy” (in Para.3) probably refers to ( ).
A. the ability to read and write
B. a guessing game
C. the art of painting
D. the ability to handle practical task
【答案】A。猜词题，定位至第三段an elementary literacy assessment，根据assessment评估评测可知literacy指的是测试相关含义，根据全文可知合理的饮食、全面的营养能让孩子在学校里有很好的表现，能让他们顺利通过考试，结合推理可知“读写能力”更符合句意。选项A：读写能力;选项B：猜谜的名称;选项C：绘画的艺术;选项D：处理实际任务的能力。选项B、C、D与文中内容均不相关，故正确答案是选项A。
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Children should have more“junk food”at lunch time.
B. Pre-school diets can have more impact on children's school work.
C. A child who often has “junk food” at 3 is bound to fail in school work.
D. The older a child is, the more impact of what he eats has on school work.
【答案】B。B选项根据末段第二句The researchers…say in fact that what children were eating in those days before primary school has more of an effect…可知B选项正确。选项A根据关键词junk food定位至倒数第二句话…“junk food” at the age of three, made less progress in school…可知不建议食用垃圾食品;C选项中的bound to“一定、绝对”，表述太绝对，错误;D选项根据文章最后一句话They say children's diet at later ages appears to have less impact on their school attainment.可知该项错误。故正确答案是选项B。
