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I’ve noticed many people having a cold, and it’s not even officially fall yet. Why does the cold occur more frequently during the fall and winter     1     (month)? It’s actually not the cold weather     2     (it) that causes the cold. But rather it is most likely to be caused by people spending     3     (much) time indoors close to each other,     4     (make) the spread of viruses more readily. This is another reason     5     children in day care or school are more likely to pick up the cold.

When I     6     (work) in a hospital a few years ago, it was one of the leading reasons to visit the doctor in fall and winter. One billion people suffer from the cold each year. As a result, school absence is     7     (frequent) reported, with around 22 million days annually.

How can you avoid getting a cold? Among the commonly     8     (recognize) tips, washing your hands is     9     most important one. The cold is spread either     10     directly touching infected things or by taking in small particles in the air. Also, cold and flu viruses get into the body via the eyes, noses, or mouth. So, try to avoid touching your face, especially without first washing your hands.

【推荐2】There are two medicines that change people’s lives, one of     1     is aspirin,     2     (invent) in 1897. It is made from leaves or tree barks(树皮) possessing a special chemical and was first sold in     3     form of tablets in 1900. Aspirin has saved many people’s lives by reducing fever and pain. It     4     (recommend) for reducing potential heart attack strokes and some cancers. There have been more discoveries on how it can help increase the     5     (long)of people’s lives and help people with diseases.

The other drug which has proved     6     (benefit) to mankind is penicillin. It was first discovered in 1928, but it was not until World II     7    penicillin was purified and produced in large quantities. Due     8     the widespread use of penicillin, many     9     (life)were saved during the war. Had penicillin not been available, many people would have died from sickness of even small wounds. Penicillin became the     10     (great) drug of the 20th century.

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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Canada has organized a group of doctors to help sick people in the past few months. The doctors will send patients to art galleries, instead of     1    (give) them medicine. The museum is involved in ten experiments on patients to find out how art has an effect     2     health. The patients include people with breast cancer (乳腺癌), eating disorders and mental health     3     (problem). Thomas Bastien, director of education and wellness at the museum, believes that art can heal. He said, “We saw that the museum was good for people, so we     4     (decide) to start this program with the doctors a few months ago. If you have breast cancer, you can come to the museum and you might feel much     5     (well)”.

Dr Helene Boyer,     6     has a lot of experience in helping to heal people with art treatment, spoke about its advantages. She said, “There’s more and more scientific evidence that art treatment is good for your physical health.” She said that looking at art increases     7     same kinds of hormones (激素) in our bodies that     8     (produce) when we exercise. The museum’s director-general said, “I am     9     (complete) sure that in the 21st century, art will be what physical activity was for health in the 20th century. I am very     10     (confidence) in it.”

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Do you remember a time when you had no worries stopping you from getting a good night’s rest?     1     (fortunate), your happy childhood is probably a thing of the past.

A recent survey has found that many people suffer     2     sleep problems. Some are unable to fall     3     (sleep), some wake up in the middle of the night, and others simply do not get enough sleep. One of the reasons why people fail to get a good night’s sleep     4    (be) pressure from school or work. Noise pollution and light pollution in big     5     (city) may also contribute to sleep problems. In the short term, people with sleep problems often feel tired and have trouble     6     (concentrate). In the long term, they may be at increased risk of having     7     poor memory, being overweight and suffering a heart attack. Sleep problems are especially dangerous for teenagers. They are still growing, and night is the time when     8     (they) bodies grow faster. Teenagers who do not get enough sleep may experience situations     9     body development slows down, and their health suffers.

So, if you have a sleep problem, it might be time     10     (make) some changes in your lifestyle.

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We all know that a healthy life means     1    (get) both plenty of exercise and enough good-quality sleep ,     2     reality often gets in the way. The new research indicates that doing enough exercise could make up     3     some of the unhealthy impacts of terrible sleep.

Cancer , for example, those at the unhealthiest end of the sleep and exercise scale had a 45 per-cent    4    (high) risk of dying from cancer than those with good sleep and doing exercise     5    (regular). However , that risk just about disappeared for those    6     didn’t have good sleep but kept regular physical activity.

The weekly amount of exercise     7    (recommend) by the World Health Organization (WHO) is 150 minutes of moderately intensive activity , or more than 75 minutes of vigorously intensive physical activity.

“Levels of physical activity at or above the lower threshold recommended by WHO appeared to cut out most of the associations of poor sleep and mortality,” write the researchers in     8    (they) paper.

“Considering that physical activity    9    (be) perhaps more achievable than sleep, the study offers people more health    10    (reason) to be physically active; and provides health professionals with more reasons to recommend physical activity to patients with sleep problems. ”

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A lot of students in my school take a nap after lunch.    1    (recent) I have conducted a survey on     2    (take) a nap after lunch among my classmates. Most of them are in the habit of sleeping for     3    while at noon as they believe it benefits them much. The majority prefer to take a nap around 12:30,    4     usually lasts for about 30 minutes. They often choose to sleep at home instead of in their classroom     5     dormitory.

     Hopefully, the result of my survey can draw the attention of     6    (we) parents and school. Since most students are in need of a nap, proper     7    (arrange) should be made so that students can have a good rest after a whole morning’s hard work. Students should never     8    (ask) to do extra work during this period of time.    9     all, having a nap after lunch, one can feel refreshed and     10    (energy) enough to study more efficiently in the afternoon.