What Does Food Mean to you?
My whole relationship with food has become consumed by the after-effects of my illness and dealing with them. As a result, I’ve forgotten that there’s more to food than this. And I don’t think I’m the only one.
When I think about my experience with food, my thoughts immediately go to my family. For me, food is family. Every evening, my dad would make it home by 6pm so that we could all sit down and have dinner together. We would share the highs and lows of our days and on a Sunday we would chat about our plans for the week. We never ate dinner in front of the television and very rarely was it ever just my brother and me.
Everyone has a different attitude to food, and it will mean different things to different people. For me, though, good quality, healthy food is important, but without the socio-familial aspect, there is something sorely lacking from my relationship with food.
| A．Studies have shown the importance of eating together. |
| B．This is certainly not true for me, and the relationships that were built over the kitchen table with my family are very important to me. |
| C．The social importance of food, and eating together, should not be downplayed or replaced by a focus on purely what we are eating. |
| D．Many recipe books on sale have got caught up in an obsession with ‘clean eating’, dieting, watching what we eat and generally eating healthily. |
| E．It’s common knowledge that you are what you eat and this reflected in the ideas behind eating healthy, clean and unprocessed food. |
| F．Food and meal times were, and still are, the glue that brought us together and keeps us together. |
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【推荐1】It is Saturday afternoon. You and your friends are planning to go to the movies and then spend the night together. Just as you start to get ready, your dad reminds you it is your aunt’s birthday and the whole family is going out to dinner to celebrate. How can this possibly end without a huge argument?
One of the greatest sources of tension (紧张) between teenagers and their families is the struggle to balance personal desires with family expectations. As you are getting older, you are becoming more independent and more interested in being with your friends. However, at the same time, your family is trying to figure out(弄清楚) how to deal with these changes. While you once spent most of your free time with your family, you are now often absent from home. Parents may get their feelings hurt. Or they might feel that they are losing control of their family during this period. You might feel angry that so many family demands are placed on you.
There are a few things you can try to make it a little easier to ease the tension.
﹡Make your plans ahead of time. Ask your parents if there is anything else planned at that time.
﹡When something with your friends interferes (冲突) with a family event, try to figure out if there is any way you can do both.
﹡Suggest something you would really like to do with your family. Sometimes parents feel better just knowing their teenager wants to spend time with them.
Some of the time you won’t be happy with the outcome. You might either have to disappoint your parents or have to miss out being with your friends. However, if you show consideration for the feelings of both your family and your friends, you can solve the problem in a tender（和善的）way.
1. The purpose of the first paragraph is to_________.| A．show a disagreement of views |
| B．serve as a description of teenager trouble |
| C．show the popularity of teenager problem |
| D．serve as an introduction to the discussion |
| A．Try to think of ways to balance family event with friend event. |
| B．Don’t feel angry if your parents ask you to do something. |
| C．Tell your parents before you decide to spend time with your friends. |
| D．Advise your parents to do something that you are interested in with you. |
| A．To inform us of parent and teenager tension. |
| B．To tell us about a common teenager problem. |
| C．To advise teenagers how to deal with their tension with their family. |
| D．To persuade parents to show consideration for teenagers. |
Making and Keeping Friends Is More than Child’s Play
When 6yearold Rachel returned to school on a recent Monday morning, her eyes immediately scanned the playground for her friend Abbie. “Though they were only separated by a weekend, the girls ran right into each other’s arms and hugged,” recalls Rachel’s mother Kathryn Willis of Gilbert. “It was like a scene from a movie.”
Most parents instinctively (本能地) know that having friends is good for their child. Experts agree that friendship is not simply child’s play, but a powerful predictor of social adjustment throughout life.
A Skill for Life
“Childhood friendships serve as a very important training ground for adulthood,” says Dr.Robbie AdlerTapia, psychologist with the Center for Children’s Health & Life Development at the East Valley Family Resource Center.
Researcher William Hartup states, “Peer relations contribute significantly to both social and cognitive (认知的) development.” Hartup concludes that the single best childhood predictor of adult social adaptation is not school grades or classroom behavior, but rather, how well a child gets along with other children.
The work of Arizona State University professor of Developmental Psychology Gary Ladd proves that being able to make and keep friends is beneficial to kids while the lack of friends is detrimental.
Good Friendships Don’t Just Happen
Experts agree that it is essential for children to establish highquality friendships. But, researchers warn, these friendships don’t necessarily just happen. Often, a good friendship begins with involved parents.
Psychologist Dr.Lynne Kenney Markan believes kids should be taught social skills in much the same way they are taught math and reading.
Bad Company
Many parents worry about the quality as well as the quantity of their child’s friendships. “When she was in 1st grade, her supposed ‘best friend’ began calling her names and threatening to hurt her,” says Mindy Miller. “My daughter wasn’t allowed to talk to or even look at other girls in her class. It really crushed her spirit. I told my daughter she didn’t need a ‘friend’ like that.”
“I’ll bend over backwards(拼命) to help my son get together with a friend I think is good for him,” AdlerTapia says. “I don’t look at it as manipulation (操纵)，just positive parental involvement.”
1. The example of Rachel and Abbie is used to indicate that ________.
| A．childhood friendship is of great significance to their growth |
| B．a positive friendship helps children solve emotional and physical problems |
| C．it is a proven fact that peer friendship is the most rewarding experience throughout life |
| D．Rachel missed her friend Abbie very much because of their separation of one weekend |
| A．aggressive | B．disappointing | C．ridiculous | D．harmful |
| A．social skills and good study habits |
| B．school grades and classroom behaviors |
| C．academic success and social adaptation |
| D．positive parental involvement and social skills |
| A．parents should regard making friends as something that just happens |
| B．it’s wise for parents to support and encourage healthy peer relationships |
| C．parents only need to help their children to cope with difficult social situations |
| D．parents are supposed to encourage their children to make as many friends as they can |
【推荐3】Sometimes parents wonder if they should really give their children chores (家务活). After all, isn’t it the parents’ responsibility to manage the household? And don’t children need an opportunity to “just be children” for now because they have the rest of their lives to worry about chores?
Most children have really busy schedules. They rush around from one activity to another with little time to clean the house. Despite those concerns, however, giving your children chores may be one of the most important things you’ll ever do.
While giving your children chores can certainly take some of the stress off you, that’s not the only reason you should expect your children to do the chores. Studies show chores are good for children. Research from a well-known 75-year Harvard study shows that chores can shape children to be more likely to become happy, healthy and independent adults.
Why are chores like sweeping the floor and clearing the table so important to children’s happiness in life? One reason is that children feel a sense of achievement when they do their chores. No matter whether they’re making their beds or they’re sweeping the floor, helping out around the house makes children feel qualified. Doing chores also helps children feel like they’re part of the team and learn responsibility. Helping family members is good for them and it encourages them to be good adults.
Children who do chores gain important life skills that will serve them well throughout their lives. Life skills such as meal preparation, mowing the lawn, or doing the laundry will be important after high school, which helps your children live independently.
1. Why does the author raise questions in paragraph 1?| A．To express doubts. | B．To make a warning. |
| C．To lead in the topic. | D．To provide background information. |
| A．Chores. | B．Less homework. |
| C．School activities. | D．Learning schedules. |
| A．Tired. | B．Nervous. |
| C．Having no time. | D．Having the ability. |
| A．Skills to deal with chores. | B．Advantages of doing chores. |
| C．The importance of life skills. | D．Ways to balance study and chores. |
【推荐1】If you’re eating protein (蛋白质), you could be swallowing hundreds of tiny pieces of plastic each year, research finds.
A new study by researchers with the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto found microplastics — tiny particles ranging from one micrometer to a half-centimeter in size — in nearly 90 percent of protein food samples tested.
The researchers analyzed more than a dozen different types of common proteins that could wind up on the average American’s plate, including seafood, pork, beef, chicken, to fu and several plant-based meat alternatives. They estimated that an American adult could consume, on average, at least 11,000 microplastic pieces per year.
The study’s findings provide further evidence of the availability of small plastic particles — which have been discovered everywhere from Antarctic snow to inside human bodies — and how they can end up in the food we eat and the water we drink.
“While we still really don’t have any idea what the human health consequences of this are, if there are any at all, we need to take this seriously because this is a problem that’s not going away on its own, and it’s only going to get worse the more plastic we use and throwaway,” Leonard said. But Leonard and other experts cautioned against using the findings to draw final conclusions about how microplastics can dirty food and the amount of plastic that could be hiding in proteins.
The study’s sample size was not big enough and the researchers noted that there was high variability in microplastic concentrations in the samples. The researchers also only counted microplastic particles that were larger than or equal in size to 45 micrometers. “It just highlights that we need to do more research,” said Bianca Datta, a food scientist not involved in the new research.
1. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?| A．The nature of plastic particles. | B．The researchers’ discovery. |
| C．The variety of foods on a dining table. | D．The conclusion of the research. |
| A．Cautious. | B．Critical. | C．Confident. | D．Concerned. |
| A．To show the limitation of the research. |
| B．To highlight the danger of microplastic concentrations. |
| C．To appeal for environmental protection. |
| D．To stress the urgency of the study. |
| A．Stay away from plastics | B．Possible effects of food processing |
| C．You may be eating plastics | D．A poisoned food system |
【推荐2】In recent years, researchers of Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab are studying how environmental factors influence many Americans to unnoticeably eat too much. Many people wrongly believe that factors like hunger or boredom and depression are the main causes of overeating, but their research has shown otherwise. It is thought that we overeat if the food is good or if we’re really hungry. In reality, those are two of the last things that determine how much we eat.
In one experiment, the researcher placed jars of candies in workers’ offices for a month. Then, he moved the candies 1.8 m away. The office workers ate five more candies each day when the jar was closer to them, equaling an additional 125 calories a day. It does not sound too bad, but add that up over a year and you will have gained 5.4 kg. “If something is visible, every time we see it, we have to make a decision: to eat it or not?” the researcher explained.
In the other experiment, moviegoers were given five-day-old popcorn, some in medium-size buckets, some in large buckets. The researcher found that moviegoers who had the larger buckets ate 53 percent more, despite its unpleasant taste. He believes that the distraction of the movie and hearing others eat the popcorn persuade people to keep eating.
The findings in other researches have shown that we tend to eat more when we use larger dishes, eat in front of the television, or dine with someone who eats a lot. Researchers of the lab advise a gradual approach in changing eating habits. People can cut a couple of hundred calories a day by doing things such as avoiding open food dishes at the office, using smaller serving bowls, sitting next to the slowest eater and being the last one to start eating.
1. What is the truth shown by the study?| A．We eat more when the food is good. |
| B．People tend to eat a lot when they dine out. |
| C．Feeling depressed leads us to overeat. |
| D．Hunger is not the key factor in overeating. |
| A．People turn to more candies for more energy. |
| B．Office workers eat more candies due to visibility. |
| C．Moviegoers eat more popcorn because it is tasty. |
| D．People keep eating popcorn to enjoy the movie. |
| A．Dining with slim persons. | B．Eating while watching films |
| C．Using smaller dishes. | D．Starting eating earlier. |
| A．To display a research process. |
| B．To instruct how to do research experiments. |
| C．To warn against overeating. |
| D．To advise being a mindful eater. |
【推荐3】Being fit is a way of saying a person eats well,gets a lot of physical exercise,and has a healthy weight.There are a lot of discussions these days about fit kids.
1.Eat a variety of foods.You may have a favorite food,but the best choice is to eat a variety.
2.Listen to your body.What does it feel like to be full?When you're eating,notice how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full.Sometimes,people eat too much because they don't notice when they need to stop eating.
And over a period of time,overeating can lead to unhealthy weight gain.
3.
These rules aren’t magic.
However,follow them most of the time and you can become a fit kid sooner or later.
| A．Limit screen time. |
| B．If you're a kid who wants to be fit,here are three rules to live by. |
| C．Drink water and milk. |
| D．Ask your parents to help you do your favorite activities regularly. |
| E．Eating too much can make you feel uncomfortable. |
| F．If you eat different foods,you're more likely to get the nutrients your body needs. |
| G．Try to spend no more than 2 hours a day on screen time. |
