【推荐1】This is not a diet. It’s a simple way to lose weight. You don’t have to give up the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits thin people have. Keep them, and you’ll become thin.

◆Wake-up When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, lean forward(前俯) until you feel sore(酸痛的) in your back. It will use up 10 calories.

◆Start with soup Order a clear soup, and have it before the main food. In this way, you’ll feel fuller, so you’ll eat less when the main food comes.

◆An apple or more a day Apples are full of fiber(纤维) and water, so your stomach will want less. Studies show that people who eat at least three apples or pears a day may lose weight.

◆Talk it up Every time you use the cell phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn up 50 or more calories.

Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.

1. The text is to encourage you to ______.

A．go on a diet	B．follow some habits of thin people
C．join a gym	D．give up your favorite foods

2. Which of the following ways is a good choice to become thin?

A．Sit up quickly in the morning.	B．Sit down when using a cell phone.
C．Eat rice instead of apples.	D．Have soup before the main food.

3. How many skills are there in the text for people to lose weight?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Five.

D．Four

4. The text is most likely to be read ______.

A．on a map

B．in a dictionary

C．in a story-book

D．in a magazine

【推荐3】Should swimming lessons be compulsory (强制的) in schools?

Guangdong province is set to make swimming lessons compulsory in primary schools staring from 2020, proposing the courses should be given from the fourth grade. Do we need to make swimming compulsory in schools? Forum (论坛) readers share their opinions.

White Bear (Poland)

In Poland swimming lessons are not compulsory, but most of the schools have them. I think that when it is only possible-there should be the swimming lessons for kids. It is a lifesaving skill.

Mister Panda (France)

I come from France where swimming lessons in school are compulsory (dating back to Charlemagne!). I even got my lifesaving certificate in school.

Boilermaker (Expert in China)

There are swimming lessons in my city, but I was very disappointed in how they were taught. The kids spent 45 minutes of the one hour lesson practicing strokes on dryland. They only spent 15 minutes in the water. All of the children panicked and sank immediately to the bottom. Then all of the parents scolded the children, telling them they weren’t paying attention to the teacher and that they were failures.

Yunzhang (China)

It is a pity that many Chinese: athletes have won world championships in swimming while most schools don’t have the swimming facilities. Swimming is an essential lifesaving skill that everyone should have access to. The earlier, the better. The government needs to put money into the popularity of the sport.

1. Who is doubtful about the effect of swimming lessons?

A．White Bear

B．Minter Panda

C．Boilermaker

D．Yunzhang

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Swimming lessons are made compulsory in high schools in Guangdong.

B．Swimming lessons are not compulsory in Poland, but most schools have them.

C．In France only a few schools have swimming lessons.

D．Most of the readers think swimming is an unnecessary skill.

3. What is the attitude of Yunzhang to the proposal of swimming lessons?

A．Pitiful

B．Positive

C．Concerned

D．Opposed