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A strict vegetarian is a person who never in his life eats anything derived from animals. The main objection to vegetarianism on a long-term basis is the difficulty of getting enough protein, the body building elements in food. If you have ever been without meat or animal foods for some days or weeds (say, for religious reasons) you will have noticed that you tend to get physically rather weak. You are glad when the fast is over and you get your reward of a succulent meat meal.

Proteins are built up from approximately twenty food elements called “amino-acids”, which are found more abundantly in animal protein than in vegetable protein. This means you have to eat a great deal more vegetable than animal food in order to get enough of these amino-acids. A great deal of the vegetable food goes to waste in this process and from the physiological point of view there is not much to be said in favor of life-long vegetarianism.

The economic side of the question, though, must be considered. Vegetable food is much cheaper than animal food. However, since only a small proportion of tae vegetable protein is useful for body-building purposes, a consistent vegetarian, if he is to gain the necessary 70 grams of protein a day, has to consume a greater bulk of food than his digestive organs can comfortably deal with. In fairness, though, it must be pointed out that vegetarians claim they need far less than 70 grams of protein a day.

Whether or not vegetarianism should be advocated for adults, it is definitely unsatisfactory for growing children, who need more protein than they can get from vegetable sources.

A lacto-vegetarian diet, which includes milk and milk products such as cheese, can, however, be satisfactory as long as enough milk and milk products are consumed.

Meat and cheese are the best sources of usable digestible and next come milk, fish and eggs. Slow and careful cooking of meat makes it more digestible and assists in the breaking down of the protein content by the body. When cooking vegetables, however, the vitamins, and in particular the water-soluble vitamin C, should be lost through overcooking.

1.A vegetarian is a person who _____.

A.eats the meat of animals only B.eats the vegetable only

C.drinks milk only D.eat nothing at all

2.Compared with vegetable food, animal food contains ____.

A.more proteins B.more nutrients

C.more minerals D.more amino-acids

3.Which“fast”in the following sentences has the most similar meaning to the underlined word“fast”(in Para.1)?

A.Johnny ran off as fast as his legs could carry him.

B.Gandhi drank some orange juice to break his three-week fast.

C.I always keep my watch 15 minutes fast.

D.The rainforests are being chopped down at an alarmingly fast rate.

4.From the passage, we know that _____.

A.to gain enough protein, one must consume much more vegetable food than animal food

B.cooking vegetables for long time makes it more digestible

C.milk is the best source of usable animal protein

D.the most common deficiencies in Western diets are those of vitamins

5.Which of the following best reflects the author’s attitude?

A.Vegetarianism is not good for one’s health.

B.Vegetarianism should be advocated for adults.

C.A lacto-vegetarian diet is the best as it provides adequate nutrition.

D.One should have a well-balanced diet containing elements of all foods.

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