Extracurricular Reading
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Will It Matter if I Skip Breakfast？
If you have to 1 one meal a day（or if you want to do so），which meal will cause you fewest health problem if you don’t eat it？If they have to make a decision of this type，most people（especially dieters or very busy people）will choose to skip breakfast．
However，many experts in the field of health consider breakfast to be the most important meal of the day．If we eat a good breakfast，they say，we will have the energy and 2 we need to begin our working day with vigor and hopefully with good humor．Nevertheless，many people skip breakfast or 3 a donut and cup of coffee for a well-balanced meal．What happens if we 4 the importance of breakfast？
One recent study conducted in the United States tested a large number of people． 5 included both males and females who ranged in age from 12 to 83．During the experiment，these people were given a 6 of breakfasts，and sometimes，they had to skip breakfast completely．Special tests，including blood tests and endurance tests，were set up to analyze how well the participants’bodies 7 when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast．
The results showed that if a person eats an adequate breakfast，he or she will work more 8 and more productively than if he or she skips breakfast or eats a very poor breakfast．This fact appears to be especially true if a person’s work involves mental activity．The study showed that if schoolchildren eat fruit，eggs，bread，and milk before going to school，they will learn more quickly and will be able to concentrate on their lessons for a longer period of time than if their breakfast diet is 9 ．
The study also showed that，contrary to what many people believe，if you skip breakfast，you will lose weight．This is because people become so hungry if they skip breakfast that they eat too much for lunch and end up 10 weight instead of losing．So remember，if you are on a diet，skipping breakfast will not help you．You will probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals．
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＼Banked Cloze＼
Directions：Read the above passage through carefully and select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the following word bank．
＼Further Reflection on Reading＼
Directions：Think about and answer the following questions．
1．After you read the above three passages，what ideas seem useful or fresh for you？
2．Speaking from your own experience or what you have learned from the mass media，what other advice can you give for a healthy lifestyle in this ever-developing world with advanced technologies and mounting stress？