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Reading Comprehension
Volume 4, Number 18, January 25, 1999
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Read the selection without stopping to choose the correct missing words. Then read it again, pausing to underline the correct words. Finally, read the selection again to see if it makes sense.
Eggs
Eggs
are my favorite food. I like them fried, hard- boiled, scrambled, or
poached. I eat eggs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I eat eggs here,
there, and everywhere!
Eggs taste great.
You can eat them by themselves or as part of any meal. Eggs are also
used as an __1__ in many prepared foods. Can you think of any foods
that contain __2__?
Eggs are really a
perfect food. They are __3__ in most of the nutrients we need to
maintain good __4__. When a baby chicken develops __5__ an egg, the egg
__6__ and yolk are the only foods they need.
Many people
believe that eggs are __7__. They point out that eggs contain a very
high amount of cholesterol. Too much of one kind of cholesterol in our
blood can cause heart disease and strokes.
There is no
evidence that eggs raise the harmful cholesterol in our blood. When we
eat foods that are __8__ in cholesterol, our bodies make __9__ of it to
compensate, or adjust.
If you want to
enjoy a tasty and healthy food, eat plenty of __10__.
| 1. |
accident | oval | apple | ingredient |
| 2. |
flour | milk | vitamins | eggs |
| 3. |
rich | lacking | found | hiding |
| 4. |
habits | health | deeds | luck |
| 5. |
near | inside | under | outside |
| 6. |
beaters | white | shell | roll |
| 7. |
expensive | healthy | unhealthy | scrambled |
| 8. |
high | low | down | flavored |
| 9. |
more | less | fun | pickles |
| 10. |
grains | chicken | cookies | eggs |
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