Question

summarising a single paragraph 7
the conversation

read the passage and then complete the comment on the underlined part using words from the passage. -5 each

health check: should we really chew each mouthful of food 32 times?

there are many sayings, myths and recommendations about how we should eat our food. some of it is cultural - such as the use of tools - some involve noise while eating, keeping the mouth closed, spilling food, or for women, being \dainty\.
most mothers tell children not to \gobble\ their food but to eat more slowly. but is eating behaviour in terms of bite size, chewing and swallowing quickly really related to weight gain and obesity? and is there any truth to the old saying that chewing your food 32 times will make you lose weight?

the chewing movement
chewing food slowly and many times has been a strategy for weight management for decades. originally it was based on ideas emanating from medicine. a 1926 book on obesity by physician leonard williams holds some good examples of the medical thinking of the time.

in the underlined part, \it\ refers to the weight management

1. __________________ of 2) __________________, many times,

which the author wants to investigate to see if it really will make you

Explanation:

The exercise requires completing the comment on the underlined part of the passage ("Originally it was based on ideas emanating from medicine.") using words from the text. In this sentence, the pronoun "it" refers back to the subject of the preceding sentence: "Chewing food slowly and many times has been a strategy for weight management for decades." Therefore, "it" refers to the weight management "strategy" (1) of "chewing food slowly and" (2) many times.

Answer:

1. strategy
2. chewing food slowly and