Milk, it comes from cows, right? Well, not all the milk you see on supermarket shelves is from cows. These days we see many plant-based alternatives to dairy, such as oat, pea and soya milk. But why would someone stop drinking their full-fat, semi-skimmed or skimmed cow’s milk and trade it for one of these? There are many reasons why someone might try alternative milks.
Some people believe the alternatives are healthier than milk from cows. Those with lactose(乳糖) intolerance or thinking about becoming vegan might start drinking alternative milks. Also, concerns about the impact of dairy farming on the environment could be a factor. Whatever the reason, there are many alternatives to dairy out there for us to consume. But what are the differences between these other options and regular cow’s milk? Soya milk is one common alternative. According to some sources, such as healthline.com, it contains a similar amount of protein to regular milk. It is also lower in calories than some cow’s milk, which could be good for those on a diet, and often comes strengthened with things like calcium and various vitamins.
So, all good? Well, soya, according to foodallergy.org, is one of the nine foods which cause the majority of allergic reactions, such as lactose intolerance and nut allergy. Almond milk is a low-calorie, low-fat drink and is naturally lactose free and has a slight nutty taste. When unsweetened, it also has lower levels of carbohydrates and sugars than some dairy options. However, even when strengthened, it doesn’t provide the levels of protein seen in soya or regular milk. Then there’s coconut milk, which is low in calories and may affect people with lactose intolerance as much as other options, but is lacking in protein.
Whichever plant-based milk you choose, there are positives and negatives. Dieticians agree the most important thing is getting a healthy balanced diet which won’t trigger any allergies and comes with all the minerals and vitamins you need. And at the end of the day, it may just come down to which one you think tastes better.
1. What is the purpose of the question at the very beginning?| A．To state a wrong belief. | B．To introduce the main topic. |
| C．To express the writer’s doubt. | D．To ask for an immediate answer. |
| A．Farming technology. | B．Allergy symptoms. |
| C．Weight control. | D．Taste preferences. |
| A．Soya milk. | B．Almond milk. | C．Coconut milk. | D．Regular milk. |
| A．Returning to cow milk. | B．Making use of alternative milks. |
| C．Calculating mineral and vitamin content. | D．Combining nutrition facts with taste buds. |
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【推荐1】Next time you make a salad, you might want to consider adding mushrooms to it. That's because higher mushroom consumption is associated with a lower risk of cancer, according to a new Penn State study.
The systematic review and meta-analysis examined 17 cancer studies published from 1966 to 2020. Analyzing data from more than 19,500 cancer patients, researchers explored the relationship between mushroom consumption and cancer risk.
Mushrooms are rich in vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants. The team's findings show that these super foods may also help guard against cancer. Even though king oyster mushrooms have higher amounts of the amino acid ergothioneine than white button mushrooms, the researchers found that people who incorporated any variety of mushrooms when having meals daily had a lower risk of cancer. According to the findings, individuals who ate 18 grams of mushrooms daily had a 45% lower risk of cancer compared to those who did not eat mushrooms.
“Mushrooms are the highest dietary source of ergothioneine, which is a unique and cellular protector;” said Djibril M. Ba, a graduate student at Penn State College of Medicine. “Refilling antioxidants in the body may help lower the risk of cancer.”
When specific cancers were examined, the researchers noted the strongest connections for breast cancer as individuals who regularly ate mushrooms had a significantly lower risk of breast cancer. Ba explained that this could be because most of the studies did not include other forms of cancer. Moving forward, this research could be helpful in further exploring the protective effects that mushrooms have and helping to establish healthier diets that prevent cancer.
“Overall, these findings provide important evidence for the protective effects of mushrooms against cancer' said coauthor John Richie, a Penn State Cancer Institute researcher and professor of public health sciences. “Future studies are needed to determine the working system of mushroom and specific cancers that may be impacted.”
1. What does the passage focus on?| A．The way to lower risk of cancer. | B．The function of mushroom consumption. |
| C．The way to make a more delicious salad. | D．The effect of mushroom consumption on cancer. |
| A．Included. | B．Grew. | C．Cut. | D．Picked. |
| A．Healthier diets that prevent cancer are being explored. |
| B．Lower breast cancer risk results from mushroom consumption. |
| C．Regular mushroom consumption indicates lower breast cancer risk. |
| D．Previous studies ignored other forms of cancer except breast cancer. |
| A．Eating plenty of mushrooms tend to cure cancer. |
| B．Mushroom consumption has an impact on many cancers. |
| C．More study is needed to learn the working system of mushroom. |
| D．The working system of mushroom has recently come to light. |
【推荐2】Coffee is an essential part of Italian culture and since arriving here over six months ago, I have definitely drunk a lot of it!
Of course, coffee is also very popular in the UK but coffee culture in Italy is a completely different story. In Italy, when you order a coffee in a cafe or bar, you are presented with a tiny, bitter espresso. This is' normal coffee for Italians and they are not so interested in the huge coffees that we drink in the UK. In addition, while take-away coffee is extremely popular among the British, it is not very common at all in Italy, especially in non-touristy areas. Generally, Italians prefer to drink their tiny coffees while standing at the bar and,for many, this short break is an important part of their day.
Typically, breakfast in a bar in Italy involves a coffee and a pastry. I have been attracted by the lovely cafes in the Italian town I'm living in. These cafes sell all sorts of mouth-watering pastries, either plain or filled with cream, chocolate, jam or Nutella, as well as delicious coffee. Cappuccinos are very popular at breakfast time and, for me, a creamy cappuccino and a pastry full of Nutella is the perfect way to start the day. I think it's nice to head to a bar to grab a coffee and pastries for breakfast before work and it's luxury to take more time to enjoy such a breakfast at the weekend.
Finally, I have found that coffee in Italy is so much cheaper than coffee in the UK. Normally, an espresso or a macchiato(an espresso with a small amount of milk added)costs around a euro and a cappuccino about 1.50! They are small, of course, but this means that in Italy it is possible to go out for coffee regularly without breaking the bank.
1. What does the author intend to tell us in Paragraph 2?| A．Espresso is very popular in Italy. |
| B．Italians prefer small coffees to large ones. |
| C．Coffee culture in Italy is very different from that in the UK. |
| D．Italians have more time spent in cafes than the British people. |
| A．a container to provide cream | B．some attractive fruit |
| C．a powder to be mixed with coffee | D．a dessert served for breakfast |
| A．Drinking coffee in cafes is expensive. |
| B．Coffee is not allowed to be taken out. |
| C．Italian coffee is mainly imported from the UK. |
| D．Coffee often comes along with other food as breakfast. |
| A．Positive. | B．Disapproving. | C．Doubtful. | D．Uncertain. |
【推荐3】If you think of pumpkins as an orange-colored squash that's carved as the key ingredient for holiday season pies, you wouldn't be wrong.
But there's much more to pumpkins, which are full of nutrients that provide an impressive collection of health benefits, says Lisa Jones, a registered dietitian based in Philadelphia. Pumpkins may be good for carving, but they're even better for a variety of healthy nutrients, she says. “Pumpkins provide a diverse variety of nutritional benefits in addition to being an ingredient in pies or festival decoration.”
The best part about pumpkin is that it's so easy to work it into your daily food. When preparing various dishes, add pumpkin to things like soups or bake with it in breads. There are so many things you can do with pumpkin beyond pumpkin pie. Pumpkins are seasonal, ripening in fall. But you can get pumpkin products, like canned puree or soup, in many stores throughout the year.
Consuming pumpkin can help fight cancers, says Mahmoud Ghannoum, professor and director in a medical center. Pumpkins have plenty of beta carotene, which is an antioxidant, playing an important role in protecting the body from cancers. Pumpkin is a good source of minerals, vitamin C and fiber, all of which are associated with heart health and keep your skin strong, healthy and, hopefully, wrinkle-free. The squash also contains a healthy amount of vitamin E, which helps reduce damage caused to your skin by ultraviolet light. Besides, the fiber in pumpkin can help you feel full ——which, in turn, boosts your odds of consuming healthy portions of food. Every half-cup of cooked pumpkin provides about 3 grams of fiber. Pumpkins are also low in calories: a cup of cooked pumpkin contains about 50 calories, which helps with weight management.
1. What does Lisa Jones think of pumpkin?| A．It can be used in various western dishes. |
| B．It is more than used in dishes or decoration. |
| C．It is easy to carve pumpkin into diverse shapes. |
| D．It suits people from diverse cultural backgrounds. |
| A．It ripens in fall. | B．It can be bought all over the year. |
| C．It is not hard to add it to daily dishes. | D．It can be made into various products. |
| A．The classification of pumpkin. | B．The characteristics of pumpkin. |
| C．Different ways to consume pumpkin. | D．The potential benefits of consuming pumpkin. |
| A．A review. | B．A guidebook. | C．A fiction. | D．A website. |
【推荐1】The Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans that separate the Old World from the New. For centuries it kept the Americans from being discovered by the people of Europe.
It is more than 4,000 miles (6,400 km) wide where Columbus crossed it. Even at its narrowest it is about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) wide.
Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual. For so large an ocean it has very few islands.
One of the longest mountain ranges of the world rises from the floor of the Atlantic.
Ocean currents are sometimes called “rivers in the sea”. One of these “rivers” in the Atlantic is called the Gulf Stream. It is a current(流) of warm water. Another is the Labrador Current --- cold water coming down from the Arctic.
Today the Atlantic is a great highway. It is not, however, always a smooth and safe one. Storms sweep across it and pile up great waves. Icebergs float down from the far north across the paths of ships.
| A．We now have such fast ways of traveling that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller |
| B．This narrowest place is between the bulge(鼓起) of South America and the bulge of Africa |
| C．Also, it is the world’s saltiest ocean |
| D．This big Atlantic Ocean is not easy and sometimes dangerous to cross |
| E．This mountain range runs north and south down the middle of the ocean |
| F．Ocean currents affect the climates of the land near which they flow |
| G．The Atlantic furnishes much food for the people on its shores |
“Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problem of adolescent (青春期的)sleep at Cornell’s School of Medicine.
Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time in adolescents. And, at a more basic level, she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns(方式).
Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought.
Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice—their bodies are going through a change of sleep patterns.
All of this makes the transfer(迁移)from middle school to high school—which may start one hour earlier in the morning—all the more difficult, Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescents are up against difficulties when they try to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying. “I need a timeout.”
1. Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because
______.
| A．students work so late at night that they can’t get up early |
| B．students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early |
| C．it is biologically difficult for students to rise early |
| D．it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime |
| A．fall asleep | B．turn around |
| C．agree with others | D．refuse to work |
| A．Adolescents are going through a change of sleep patterns. |
| B．Adolescents need less sleep than they used to at childhood. |
| C．Adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. |
| D．It is difficult for adolescents to get up early for a 7:30 a.m. first bell in high school. |
| A．Adolescent health care. |
| B．Adolescent sleep difficulties. |
| C．Problems in adolescent learning. |
| D．Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns. |
【推荐3】What’s your favorite insect? It’s an odd question that many people may not be able to answer. But UA Honors College student Matt Velazquez certainly can. Ants have always fascinated him. He loves studying their behavior almost as much as he loves filmmaking.
Velazquez has already completed one documentary film, “Lazy Ants”, which documents research on inactivity in ants. The film recently achieved first place at The Scientific Research Society competition.
Then Velazquez noticed that a colony (群) of ants called trap-jaw ants occasionally make mysterious buzzing sounds, which he set out to explore.
“It’s very rare in the animal kingdom for organisms to help other organisms, especially in insects,” Velazquez explained. “I wanted to find out the role of sound communication in a colony of trap-jaw ants. Would these ants help other workers trapped in the dirt using sound signals? Would an ant from Colony A rescue an ant from Colony B, or would it only help ants from its own colony?”
Velazquez started by collecting a sample of the ants and analyzing sound bites to see how often the buzzing occurred.
He then color-coded ants from different colonies and buried the workers in different layers of dirt. The goal was to see how far down the noise would travel, and if the ants would understand the sound from different colonies.
It turns out, Velazquez has discovered that these ants communicate at a frequency in the ultrasonic (超声波的) range, which is simnilar to bats. He is currently in the process of building a microphone sensitive enough to pick up these tiny insect calls and also be able to pick up the ultrasonic frequencies.
When asked what advice he has for incoming students who are unsure about getting involved in research, Velazquez recommended the Honors College First Year Project.
“It’s an awesome way to see if you even like the field of research,” he said. “It’s definitely worth your time to potentially discover something new about yourself.”
1. What is the film made by Velazquez mainly about?| A．Different ant colonies. |
| B．Ants that help each other. |
| C．Ants that don’t do active tasks. |
| D．Sound communication between ants. |
| A．How they worked with other ants. |
| B．What other ants they would help. |
| C．When they would help other ants. |
| D．How often they received sound signals. |
| A．To bury the workers in the dirt. |
| B．To see how far ants would travel. |
| C．To record interaction between colonies. |
| D．To identify ants from different colonies. |
| A．It contributes much to your studies. |
| B．It helps to recognize your potential ability. |
| C．You may learn a lot of new things from it. |
| D．You will have to spend a lot of time on it. |
【推荐1】Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self - conscious; that is, they are concerned with their own appearance and actions too much. Negative thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: What kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?
It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect people unfavorably. A person’s self- concept is reflected in the way he or she behaves and the way a person behaves affects other people’s reactions. In general, the way people think about themselves has a deep effect on all areas of their lives.
Shy people, who have low respect, are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need faith that they are doing “the right thing”. Shy people are very sensitive to criticism. It makes them feel inferior (自卑).They also find it difficult to be pleased by praises because they believe they are unworthy of praise. A shy person may respond to a praise with a statement like this one: “You’re just saying that to make me feel good, I know it’s not true. ” It is clear that, while self- awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.
Can shyness be completely got rid of, or at least reduced? Fortunately, people can overcome shyness with determination since shyness goes hand in hand with lack of self respect. It is important for people to accept their weakness as well as their strengths. Each one of us has his or her own characteristics. We are interested in our own personal ways. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our chances for a rich and successful life.
1. The first paragraph is mainly about ______.| A．the cause of shyness |
| B．the effect of shyness on people |
| C．the feelings of shy people |
| D．the questions in the minds of shy people |
| A．harmful to people |
| B．a weak point of shy people |
| C．the cause of unhappiness |
| D．a healthy quality |
| A．They are pleased by it. |
| B．They feel it is not true. |
| C．They are very sensitive to it. |
| D．They feel they are worthy of it. |
| A．be overcome with determination |
| B．help us to live up to our full development |
| C．enable us to understand ourselves better |
| D．have nothing to do with lack of self respect |
It doesn’t have to be this way. Come home
Active vacations are often the most relaxing ones of all. We don’t expect you to take up jogging or backpacking. Rather, we ask the sedentary (惯于久坐不动的) vacationers to spend two to four hours a day doing things, such as walking in city streets, going to a zoo or biking beside the ocean.
These kinds of activities aren’t just good for your physical health. They improve your mental health and even your spiritual health. And they make vacations memorable and worthwhile.
Here are some fresh ideas to make your vacations as pleasurable as they are active and healthy.
◆A walk at dawn or dusk can make you feel or look young again. Try to make this a daily thing that is done regularly.
◆Don’t allow yourself to spend all your time sitting in front of the water.
◆Many of us spend a large part of our vacations on the road, either getting to and from our destinations, or using the car for sightseeing. But no matter how beautiful the scenery is, great memorable vacations don’t happen in a car seat.
1. What is the purpose of the passage?
| A．To introduce the relationship between vacations and health. |
| B．To show us how to make our vacations relaxing. |
| C．To tell us where we should go for our vacations. |
| D．To explain to us why vacations can sometimes be boring. |
| A．In low spirits. | B．Pleasant or cool. |
| C．Feeling less tired. | D．Feeling regretful. |
| A．to go on vacation by car |
| B．not to spend too much time on the road |
| C．to go camping to get close to the nature |
| D．to get out of the car for sightseeing |
【推荐3】Healthy Habits，Healthy Body
Feel tired lately？ Has a doctor said he can’t find anything wrong with you？ Perhaps he sent you to a hospital，but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you.
Then，consider this： you might be in a state of subhealth(亚健康).
Subhealth，also called the third state or gray state，is explained as a borderline state between health and disease.
According to the investigation by the National Health Organization，over 45 percent of subhealthy people are middleaged or elderly.The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam weeks.
Symptoms(症状) include a lack of energy，depression (压抑)，slow reactions，insomnia (失眠)，agitation，and poor memory.Other symptoms include shortness of breath，sweating and aching in the waist and legs.
The key to preventing and recovering from subhealth，according to some medical experts， is to form good living habits，alternate work and rest，exercise regularly，and take part in openair activities.
As for meals，people are advised to eat less salt and sugar.They should also eat more fresh vegetables， fruit and fish because they are rich in nutritional elements－vitamins and trace elements that are important to the body.
Nutrition(营养) experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract(消化系统).They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding subhealth.
1. According to this passage，which of the following is RIGHT？| A．When you are in a state of subhealth，you should stay home and keep silent. |
| B．When you are in a state of subhealth，you should go to see a doctor and buy some medicine. |
| C．When you are in a state of subhealth，you should have yourself examined in foreign countries. |
| D．When you are in a state of subhealth，you should find out the reasons and relax yourself. |
| A．they have used up their energy |
| B．they have lost their living hopes |
| C．they have more pressure in life and work |
| D．they begin to get older |
| A．work hard |
| B．sleep more |
| C．form good living habits |
| D．take more medicine |
| A．we should never eat meat |
| B．we should have a variety of food |
| C．we should eat less than usual |
| D．we should have meals without salt and sugar |
