【推荐2】There are a lot of benefits to staying physically fit. You’ll have more energy, you’ll look great, and you’ll notice improvements in your health.     1     However, if you focus on exercise, you can make a lot of healthy physical changes.

Find the time. Exercise is one of the most important aspects in staying (or becoming) fit and healthy.     2     Try scheduling your exercise the same way that you schedule other appointments and work. You’ll be more likely to stick to it if it’s on the calendar (日历).

    3     You will see the most benefits from exercise if you do it regularly. One good way to make you stick to it is to pick a form of exercise that you enjoy. For example, if you like swimming, make it a point to swim twice a week.

Go outdoors. It is really good to work out at a gym—without air conditioning and televisions. But scientists report that exercising outdoors, at least part of the time, can have more benefits.     4    

Be social. If you join other people in your exercise routine, you’ll see a positive influence in your results.     5     If you schedule an activity with a friend, you are less likely to cancel than if you were only cancelling on yourself.

A．Make it a habit.

B．Enjoy your exercise.

C．Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to stay in great shape.

D．In a word, it is absolutely good for you to stay physically fit.

E．Finding a workout partner can help you to stick to your exercise.

F．The road or sidewalk challenges your body in ways that gyms can’t do.

G．Experts recommend that you should be active for at least 30 minutes per day.

【推荐3】Older women who walk a little over three kilometers each day might live longer than less active women of the same age, a new study suggests.

Many Americans hoping to stay healthy set a daily goal of 10, 000 steps, or about eight kilometers. They often have this goal because they are wearing electronic devices which set that target, note researchers in the United States. Their findings appeared recently in the publication JAMA Internal Medicine.

But it is not clear how much intensity(强度)or speed matter when counting the health benefits of every step, the researchers write. They add that 10,000 steps per day might not be the right goal for everyone.

For the study, researchers observed 17,000 women, all in their early 70s. They asked the women to wear accelerometers for at least four days. Accelerometers are small devices that measure the number of steps and the intensity of movement. The researchers followed up with the women much later, around 4. 3 years later, on average. Since the beginning of the study, 504 women had died. Compared to women who took no more than 2, 718 steps daily, the women who took at least 4,363 steps per day were 41 percent less likely to die.

“Even a modest amount of steps is associated with lower death rates, "said I-Min Lee, the lead writer of a report on the study. "The rate of stepping did not matter in these older women: it was the number of steps that mattered.

The study had a few limitations. For example, the researchers only measured women’s movements once, at the start of the study period. It is possible that the women’s behaviors changed over time. Still, the results are "good news for older adults who may have difficulty walking at faster paces, "said Keith Diaz, a researcher at Columbia University. He was not involved in the study.

“Any walking is better than nothing, " Diaz said by email. "With even small amounts of walking, your risk of death will be sharply reduced "For those who have difficulty walking, other research shows that any form of aerobic activity provides health benefits," he added. "Swimming, bicycling or any form of activity that is continuous in nature will provide health benefits.

1. What conclusion can we come to from the text?

A．People who walk about 10,000 steps can live longer.

B．10,000 steps per day might be the right goal for people.

C．The more steps one walks per day, the longer life he may live.

D．The number of steps is important for a long life among older women.

2. How is paragraph 4 mainly developed?

A．By giving examples.	B．By comparison.
C．By listing statistics.	D．By explaining reasons.

3. What can be leaned from what Diaz said?

A．People who walk fast will get more health benefits.

B．If people have a habit of walking, the risk of death will be reduced.

C．People with walking difficulty can not benefit from activities

D．Activities such as swimming and bicycling are not as beneficial as walking.

4. Where is the text most likely from?

A．A medical journal.	B．A news report.
C．A magazine about fashion.	D．A traveler brochure.

【推荐1】Nowadays the U.S. students are sleepy in school because they spend too much time texting, playing video games, watching TV and using the media in other ways.
“Heavy media use interferes with sleep by reducing sleep duration, making it harder to fall asleep, and lowering sleep quality,” Meilan Zhang, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at El Paso, wrote in her research review in the journal, Sleep Medicine.
But the relationship between youth’s media use and sleep is not so simple, said Michael Gradisar, who authored both that review and the Sleep Medicine meta-analysis. “Technology use is the new evidence when we are trying to answer ‘Why are school-age children sleeping less?’” said Mr. Gradisar, an associate professor of psychology at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia.
There may be safe limits to technology use, Mr. Gradisar stated. For instance, recent research results indicate that using a bright screen for an hour before bed or even playing violent video games for less than that will not necessarily interfere with teenagers’ sleep, he wrote.
But longer periods of usage can be harmful to sleep, Mr. Gradisar added. Rather than delaying school start times, he said, the first step should be educating parents about limiting the hours that their children are using technology before bed, and enforcing a consistent bedtime.
Early school start times are also commonly blamed for students’ sleepiness, especially for adolescents. Secondary schools around the nation and the world have been delaying start times, often with positive results.
Mr. Minnich of the TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center hesitated to put blame to any particular factor. But he did think that cost-saving measures to consolidate（合并）bus routes might help explain U.S. students’ sleepiness.
“For those children who board the bus first, they must get up earlier, may end up sleeping on the way to school, and may end up arriving at school sleepy.” he said.
1. Which of the following may be the best title for the text?

A．Kids benefit a lot from technology.

B．Several sleep troubles appear at school.

C．Some tips can help kids sleep well.

D．Several factors affect kids’ sleep.

2. Which of the following may be the good way to help kids sleep better?

A．Parents should be well educated.

B．Technology is forbidden at home.

C．Their playing time must be limited.

D．They are allowed to go to school early.

3. Who are most likely to be interested in the text?

A．The teachers.	B．The parents.
C．The officials.	D．The researchers.

【推荐3】Are you getting enough protein（蛋白质）? The question provides its own answer: If you are worrying about the amount of protein in your diet, then you are almost certainly eating more than enough.

You merely need to visit a western supermarket today to see that many people regard protein as some kind of excellent medicine — one food companies are profitably adding to anything they can. “When the Box says ‘Protein’, Shoppers say ‘I’ll take it’” was the headline of a 2013 article in The Wall Street Journal.

The intensity of our protein obsession can only be understood as part of a wider series of diet battles that go back half a century. If we now thirst for protein as if it were water, it may be because the other two macronutrients — fats and carbohydrates — have each in turn been made to seem poisonous (有毒的) in the public mind.

In the current nutrition wars, protein has emerged as the last macronutrient left standing. David L. Katz, an American doctor and public health scholar who is the director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center said, “First they told us to cut fat. But instead of whole grains and lentils, we ate low-fat junk food.” Then food marketers heard the message about cutting carbohydrates and sold us protein-enriched junk foods instead.

For decades now, there has been a tendency to think about what we eat and drink in terms of nutrients, rather than read whole ingredients in all their complexity. A combination of diet fads and clever marketing has got us here. It doesn’t matter whether we fixate on “low fat” or “low carbohydrates” or “high protein” — we are making the same old mistakes about nutrition in a new form.

1. How does the author begin the article?

A．By raising a question.

B．By giving an assumption.

C．By describing a phenomenon.

D．By illustrating a typical case.

2. How many kinds of macronutrients does food provide us with according to paragraph 3?

A．Two	B．Three
C．Four	D．Five

3. What is the author’s attitude towards protein according to the text?

A．Cold.	B．Crazy.
C．Sensible.	D．Critical.

【推荐1】Crafternoon

Saturday, September 18, 2023, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Emma Clark Library, 122 Main Street

The March “Crafternoon” at Emma Clark Library is a hatching bird pop-up craft (雏鸟孵化工艺). Stop by Saturday, September 18 anytime between 2:00 PM-3:00 PM for this free craft! Welcome all children. If you have any questions, please email us at kids@emmaclark.org.

The Flower & Garden Show

June 3-20, 2023, 8:00 AM-6:00 PM

Hicks Nurseries

Go to Hicks Nurseries in Westbury if your children want to know the hottest ideas and products for gardening. The Flower& Garden Show, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily, beginning on June 3 and running through June 20, offers kinds of activities for children interested in gardening.

Super Bowl “Saturday”

Sunday, August 8, 2023, 2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Emma Clark Library, 122 Main Street

Kick off (使开始) the Super Bowl weekend with football-focused activities on Sunday, August 8. Simply drop into the children’s department at Emma Clark Library between the hours of 2:00 PM-4:00 PM. Play games and enter for a chance to win a special prize. Be sure to catch the fun and families with children all ages are welcome.

1. Which event provides an email address for the public?

A．Rolling River Day Camp Family Day.

B．Crafternoon.

C．Super Bowl “Saturday”.

D．The Flower& Garden Show.

2. For those who are interested in growing flowers, when can they join in an activity?

A．On September 18.	B．On July 21.
C．On June 9.	D．On August 12.

3. Who are the text intended for?

A．School teachers.	B．Young couples.
C．Families with children.	D．Teenagers.