【推荐1】Tying to eat heathily and get enough exercise can be difficult when your family refuse to get healthy with you.     1    

Tell your family about your decision.     2     You will need their encouragement and support, even if they are not interested in joining you. Once your family see the progress you’ve made—whether you want to lose weight, increase your energy levels or get fit- they may be encouraged to join you!

    3     It is an important part of becoming healthy. Eating healthy food in the correct proportions (比例) can help you and your family members to lose weight, increase energy, sleep better, have flawless skin and stronger hair, along with other benefits. You should try your best to persuade your family members to give up junk food.

Drink lots of water. Drinking water is a key part of a healthy diet and it makes your skin cleaner and takes weight off.     4     We mistake thirst for hunger, so when you feel hungry, try drinking a glass of water instead.

Exercise for half an hour per day. It is important to make exercise part of your plan to get healthy.     5     Exercise is always easier if you have someone else to do it with you. Even if your family aren’t ready to change their diet, they may be willing to join you for a daily run or dance class.

A．Eat a balanced diet.

B．Don’t share dishes with sick family members.

C．However, with the right attitude and some tips, you can still succeed.

D．It’s important to tell your family about your plans to live a healthy lifestyle.

E．It is strongly suggested that you drink at least 8 glasses of water per day.

F．Make sure you are getting enough sleep you should be aiming for 8 hours per night.

G．Even ten minutes of physical exercise per day can have a positive influence on the body.

【推荐2】In recent years，riding a hot-air balloon has become more and more popular. Many people practice flying a hot-air balloon as a sport.     1     Some people may question the safety of riding a hot-air balloon. Generally speaking，hot-air balloons are quite safe.

Before examining the safety of hot-air balloons，it may help to understand how they work. Each balloon has a large bag called an envelope，attached to a bag or gondola(吊篮). In order to get enough lift，the air in the bag is heated with the assistance of a flame. As the air heats up，the balloon rises.     2    

Like kites，hot-air balloons travel with the wind. Typically，pilots choose the early morning hours to fly since wind speeds are low.     3     Meanwhile，the flight will become more enjoyable.

    4    High winds and extreme weather such as storm and snow are very dangerous. An experienced pilot will not fly in these conditions. Good pilots always check their equipment before beginning a flight，and they often carry backup for safety even in sunny days.

Riding hot-air balloons can be great fun，and it’s very safe as long as passengers follow the directions of the pilot.     5     People who have a fear of heights may want to skip the experience，however.

A．Of course，some people enjoy it as a relaxing activity.

B．Low wind speeds make flying hot-air balloons much safer.

C．This，of course，is for those who love to challenge themselves.

D．The requirements of flying a hot-air balloon vary in different nations.

E．The weather is the most important concern in the safety of hot-air balloons.

F．Sometimes weather，such as lightning，is the cause of hot-air balloon accidents.

G．When the flight is over，the pilot slowly lets out air to allow the balloon to drop.

【推荐1】If you’ll be taking vacation time in the coming year and plan on flying, here are some shopping tips to give your undivided attention to.

When to buy

If you’re shopping for domestic flights, check prices on Tuesday afternoons. This is an old tip but still valid because most US carriers continue to release sales on Tuesday morning, and competitors quickly drop their fares to match the better deals.

When to fly

Weekdays continue to be generally cheaper times to fly than weekends for most flights. In the US specifically the cheapest days are typically Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. A good itinerary for the expensive US spring break travel period is Tuesday to Saturday; it won’t be cheap exactly, but it will save you money (in most cases) over weekend-to-weekend travel.

Direct vs. connecting flights

Compare the price of direct with connecting fights. Sometimes adding a stop to your route will save you money, and it might be enough to endure the extra-long flying day. Some examples;

Boston to Seattle :$247 direct, $234 one-stop

San Francisco to Raleigh/Durham: $553 direct, $362 one-stop

Okay, the savings on Boston-Seattle might not be worth it to you, but I’ll bet you’ll think twice about the direct fight for San Francisco to Raleigh.

Compare, compare, compare

Stifle the impulse to go to your favorite airline site to purchase tickets without doing any comparison; it’s a recipe for disaster. Example: Let’s say you want to fly from New York to London and figure your favorite US legacy carrier will get you there for the best price.

Airline price: $554 round-trip

Comparison price: $486

Obviously, the legacy carrier did not have the cheapest flight, but wait, there’s more: The comparison site also showed a cheaper flight from the same legacy carrier ($521). See what you’re missing when you fail to compare?

1. The best price for flights within the US could most possibly be found on            .

A．Monday morning

B．Tuesday afternoon

C．Thursday morning

D．Sunday morning

2. Ticket buyers are advised to            .

A．choose direct flights rather than connecting ones

B．take the cheapest deal from their favorite airline

C．look for flight deals to Europe throughout the summer

D．avoid weekend-to-weekend flights in holiday seasons

3. The underlined phrase “stifle the impulse” probably means “            .”

A．feel free to do something

B．hold off on doing something

C．get well prepared for something

D．make quick decisions about something

【推荐2】How to deal with negativity

It can sometimes feel like we’re surrounded by negative people and opinions. Whether it is on social media the people we meet or in political discourse, things can often seem overwhelming and depressing.     1    .

But is there a more constructive, compassionate way of dealing with these kinds of people? Here are a few suggestions.

Don’t be a receiver, and always be honest. First, when it comes to dealing with negative people, it’s essential that you make it very clear what you are prepared to put up with.     2     No one has the right to force themselves on your life to that extent, so make sure they understand that.     3    . It’s always important to be honest with people when their negativity is unfounded or seems habitual.

    4     Why is the negative person you’re dealing with so negative? It’s almost certain that whatever it is they are feeling, you will have also felt it yourself too, at one time or another. Compassion should be a practice, in the sense of something done regularly. But I know it’s not always easy either — being compassionate with difficult people is also a skill that needs to be practiced for us to get better at it.

Open your heart to them. When we approach other people from a position of love or caring interest, it is surprising how often they then respond to us in the same way. Someone who is going through a hard time, or who has become habitually negative in their outlook, still has the capacity to show love and care for others.     5     It is always the best foundation to build a more positive relationship on, if you can.

A．Practice sympathy.

B．Don’t be judgmental.

C．So make sure that this is the ground you meet them on.

D．And we all know that dealing with negativity can be exhausting too.

E．Equally don’t just try to cover them with positivity either.

F．So ignore them and move on with our lives despite them.

G．Never allow yourself to simply take everything in.

【推荐3】Some people like modern art, while others say that is rubbish. But a cleaner who works in the Tate Gallery in London isn’t able to tell the difference. The woman, whose name isn’t known, mistook a work of art by the German painter Gustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish, and threw it out with other bags. The plastic bag, which contained pieces of paper and cardboard, was later recovered outside the gallery, but the artist thought that it was too damaged to be put on show again. 78-year-old Mr Metzger explained that the exhibit, which he said was a copy of a similar work he had created in 1960, was meant to show that all art is temporary and “finite” (有限的).

Embarrassed officials at the museum said that they had to call a meeting with cleaners to explain which things should not be touched. They would not say whether Mr Metzger would be paid any compensation for the incident. However, to make absolutely sure the same thing would not happen again, they decided to cover Mr Metzger’s work every evening with a colored cloth. In this way the cleaners arriving after the gallery had closed to the general public would realize they should not touch it.

This is not the first time that museum cleaners have had trouble distinguishing exhibits from rubbish. In 2001, in another London gallery, a cleaner threw away a work by the well-known British artist Damien Hirst. It was an arrangement of empty beer bottles, coffee cups, and overflowing ashtrays, which were meant to indicate the chaos in the life of an artist.

However, cleaners don’t always throw things away—sometimes they clean them! This was the case with a dirty bath, which was on show in a gallery in Germany. Without asking what the bath was doing in the gallery, the cleaners simply scrubbed it clean.

1. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Cleaners mistake modern art for rubbish

B．Modem art shouldn’t be cleaned

C．What makes a great work of art

D．Cleaners don’t always throw things away

2. The officials of the museum covered Mr Metzger’s work so that.

A．the visitors couldn’t get close in the evening

B．they could get recovered soon

C．the cleaners wouldn’t make the same mistake

D．they would return to normal

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．People have different opinions on modern art

B．Mr Metzger would be paid much compensation

C．A work of Damien Hirst was thrown away by a cleaner in 2001

D．Some modern work is about artists’ chaos of their life

4. The last paragraph is written to show that.

A．cleaners often make exhibits as clean as possible

B．cleaners can’t always differ exhibits from rubbish

C．exhibits are usually difficult to clean

D．exhibits are not always so beautiful