The document describes Michael Phelps' daily diet and calorie intake. Phelps consumes over 12,000 calories per day through large meals and snacks that are high in carbohydrates, as well as energy drinks. His diet provides the necessary calories and nutrients to support his intensive 5-6 hours per day, 6 days per week training regimen as an Olympic swimmer.
The document describes Michael Phelps' daily diet and calorie intake. Phelps consumes over 12,000 calories per day through large meals and snacks that are high in carbohydrates, as well as energy drinks. His diet provides the necessary calories and nutrients to support his intensive 5-6 hours per day, 6 days per week training regimen as an Olympic swimmer.
The document describes Michael Phelps' daily diet and calorie intake. Phelps consumes over 12,000 calories per day through large meals and snacks that are high in carbohydrates, as well as energy drinks. His diet provides the necessary calories and nutrients to support his intensive 5-6 hours per day, 6 days per week training regimen as an Olympic swimmer.
The document describes Michael Phelps' daily diet and calorie intake. Phelps consumes over 12,000 calories per day through large meals and snacks that are high in carbohydrates, as well as energy drinks. His diet provides the necessary calories and nutrients to support his intensive 5-6 hours per day, 6 days per week training regimen as an Olympic swimmer.
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Vocabulary Reading 1 Rewrite the sentences, replacing the underlined 3 Read the text and complete the sentences. words with a suitable word or expression. 1 Sportsmen often become well-known people. A diet fit for a champion American swimmer Michael Phelps consumes an amazing 12,000 calories a day. He starts off by eating three fried-egg 2 We need to discover what time the train leaves. sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise. He follows 3 My aunt is a woman without a husband. this up with two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelette, a bowl of cereal and three slices of toast topped with 4 I prefer meat without fat. powdered sugar and three chocolate-chip pancakes. For lunch Phelps has half a kilo of enriched pasta and two 5 We cooked some eggs in hot water for lunch. large ham and cheese sandwiches covered with mayonnaise. He finishes the meal by downing 1,000 6 Eating three times a day is normal. calories worth of energy drinks. For dinner Phelps loads up the carbohydrates with another half a kilo of pasta and a whole pizza. Then he drinks another 1,000 calories worth of 7 Tina stopped eating chocolate last week. energy drinks. His diet is designed to give him the energy he needs to complete his five-hours a day, six-days-a-week 8 Everyone in my family is very strong and well. training regime. 1 Michael Phelps takes part in competitions. 2 The sandwiches he has for breakfast contain 9 We often cook a chicken in the oven on special different ingredients. occasions. 3 He has and pancakes on his toast. 4 The main liquid he consumes comes from . 10 My steak was very easy to cut. 5 He eats so many carbohydrates to get . Marks: /5 Marks: /10 4 Read the text again and answer the questions with a 2 Complete the text. complete sentence. A traditional English breakfast is bacon and eggs. People 1 How many eggs does Phelps eat for breakfast? 1 used to their food in butter, but now we know 2 that this isn’t very . To reduce the content of 3 2 How much pasta does Phelps eat every day? in food, many people now 4 the bacon at the top of the oven instead. However, things have 3 What drinks does Phelps have during the day?
changed, and most people in Britain only have a bowl of 5
4 What is Phelps’s biggest meal? for breakfast today. Some follow this with a slice or two of 6 with butter and 5 How many hours does Phelps train per week? 7 8 . In the past families made a pot of Marks: /15 to drink, but nowadays many people have a cup of 9 instead. In general, they don’t drink espresso though! Some people also have a glass of orange 10 with their breakfast. Marks: /10
Grammar Language skills 5 Find the mistake in each line. Write the correction 7 Complete the dialogue. below. Dan There isn’t anything for dinner. 1 To have the balanced diet, you should eat a Ben I’m sure there’s 1 bread. We could have 2 variety of foods from all of the five basic group. toast. 3 How many bread can you eat? Bread, pasta, Dan We had sandwiches 2 lunch and we finished 3 4 potato and rice are all in the first group. These bread. 5 foods should be the main part of all meals you Ben What about eggs. Are there 4 eggs in the 6 eat. How many fruit should you have? You should fridge? We could make 5 omelette. 7 eat five portions of fruits and vegetables every day. Dan No, there 6 any eggs either. 8 Are meat bad for you? Of course not. You need to Ben 7 there any fruit? 9 eat any fish or meat every day, but you shouldn’t Dan There 8 two apples, and I think there’s 9 banana. 10 eat some fat. Cut this off the meat before you cook it. Ben Great! I know, you make a cup of tea, and I’ll make 1 6 a fruit salad. 10
2 7 Dan I can’t make tea, becau se there
3 8 any milk! Marks: /10 4 9 5 10 8 Complete the mini- es. Marks: /10 dialogu Dialogue 1 6 necessary words. Use the words to write sentences, adding any extra A How much coffee is there? B 1 . 1 I / not have / computer / at / home I just had the last cup. A How many biscuits are there? 2 There are / bananas / in / kitchen B 2 . You ate them all yesterday. 3 How / milk / be / in / fridge? Dialogue 2 A 3 ? 4 We / listen to / radio / during / day B I usually have cereal and toast.
Dialogue 3 5 What time / you have / breakfast / in / morning? A 4 ? B My brother’s got two cars. 6 Linda / go cinema / every week / to see / film Dialogue 4 7 How / people / go / work / in your family? A 5 ? B Sam usually drinks water. 8 My father / go work / by / car Marks: /10
9 My friends / not have got / money / in bank Writing
10 You / watch television / in / evening? 9 Imagine you want to organize a weekend at a hotel for you and a group of friends. You want to find out: if the hotel is available, the price of a room, if Marks: /10 the hotel has a car park. Write a formal letter to the hotel. Write 90–110 words and include the following information: • how many people are in the group • what the occasion is • the date Marks: /20 TOTAL: /100
