【推荐2】Do you ever wish you could change something about your body? If so, you're not alone.     1     But when you get stuck on what you don't like, it can really bring down your self-esteem (自尊).

So, want to look and feel your best? Here are some ways:

Accept your body

Nobody’ s perfect. Everybody wants to be liked and accepted just as they are. Don' t body-shame yourself. When you say something negative about your own body, it hurts your self-esteem.     2     It hurts just as much as if someone else said it. Be kind and respect yourself.

Like your body

Find things to like about your looks. Maybe you like your hair, face, or hands. What about your shape shoulders, or legs? Your eyes or your smile?    3     If you get stuck, think of what your good friends like about how you look.   Accept those things and let yourself feel good.

Take care of your body

Eat healthy foods. Learn what foods are good for you, and how much is the right amount. Eating right helps you look your best. When you treat your body right, you feel good about yourself.

Be active every day. Your body needs to move to be strong, fit and healthy.     4     You can run, walk, swim or dance. Pick activities you like and have fun.

Keep to a healthy weight.     5     Always talk to your parents or doctor first. But don’ t try to diet on your own. Your doctor can suggest ways you can stay at a weight that’s right for you.

A．Attend to your body’s needs.

B．Tell yourself what you like and why.

C．You can be active by playing a sport.

D．You can change a thing about your body.

E．Lots of people feel unhappy with some part of their looks.

F．Being a healthy weight helps you feel good about your body.

G．That’s true whether you say it out loud or think it to yourself.

【推荐3】Many of make it our New Year decision to get more active—but you don’t have to spend large sums in gyms.     1     But by changing that plan for these following ideas, you can not only increase your activity but save your money.

Get started with running. Going for a jog costs nothing and is one of the easiest ways to build up your body. If running seems like a task, why not try an app to add to pleasure? I love a sports app called RockMyRun. It understands your personal pace and then matches the music beat to it.     2    

Follow fitness bloggers. Instagram, as well as YouTube, is full of fitness bloggers competing for likes and followers. They often post some free short videos showing how they are exercising.    3    . For guidance from a personal trainer, which may even cost£ 30 to 65 an hour.

Weight to go.     4     You can use them to increase your resistance training—zero gym required. Tins (罐头) of beans or tomatoes can be used as smaller weights, while 2-litre drink bottles offer heavier resistance.

    5     It may be slightly cold to work out there, but there are hundreds of nonprofit community outdoor gyms across the country. With everything from cross-trainers to leg presses, they provide various training workouts. Find your nearest outdoor gym at tgogc. com.

A．Free outdoor gyms.

B．Great various workouts.

C．It is free to download on Android and iOS.

D．Generally, gyms cost on average £ 40.53 a month.

E．Heavy kitchen items can be used as hand weightlifting equipment.

F．It is necessary for most people to train by lifting hand-held weights.

G．Make the most of their efforts by repeating these at home or in the gym.

【推荐1】America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while—then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily, but truly can't manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes,

For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for pure business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

1. Where are we expected to call our American friends if we go there by plane?

A．On the bus.

B．At the airport.

C．Near their home.

D．At our own hotel.

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

B．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

C．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

D．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

3. Which is the typical(典型的)way of American hospitality?

A．Treating friends at home.

B．Sharing everything they have.

C．Taking days off to be with friends.

D．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.

4. What's the best title for the text?

A．Americans' hospitality.

B．The mobility of Americans.

C．Friendships between Chinese.

D．Americans' views of friendships.

5. In which part of a newspaper can this article be found?

A．Culture.

B．News.

C．Story.

D．Travel

【推荐2】Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships do not last very long.     1     You must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules. Be honest; be generous; be understanding.

Honesty is where a good friendship starts.    2     If you do not tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always count on one another to speak and act honestly.

Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You do not have to give your lunch money or your clothes of course. Instead, you have to learn how to share things you enjoy, like your hobbies and your interests. Naturally you will want to share your feelings.    3     They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them, you help your friend know you better.

    4     Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put in your friend’s place, so you can understand the problem better.

    5     But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friends, you must practise honesty, generosity, and understanding.

A．These can be very valuable to a friend.

B．Not all people can enjoy a true friendship.

C．Friends must be able to trust one another.

D．No two friendships are ever exactly alike.

E．To have a friend, you must learn to be one.

F．Helping each other is the quality that everyone should possess.

G．Sooner or later, everyone needs understanding and help with a problem.