By May, after three months, I had lost 22 pounds and reached my goal of 115 pounds. My friends would say “Alice, you look great!” or “How did you lose so much weight?” Those compliments made me feel good and confident.
Soon I dropped to 110 pounds. A few of my friends told me that I needed to stop dieting, because I was starting to look sick. They brought me a present－a bag of chocolates, which I later gave to my sister. My mom would come to my room, with tears in her eyes, and have long chats about how harmful this diet was and begged me to stop. My dad would leave worried messages on my cell phone at school, telling me that it would do serious harm to my body.
By mid-June, when school was coming to an end, I was down to an only alive state of 95 pounds. All of a sudden, I knew I had to do something. I guessed the number itself scared me. I recalled my doctor. He told me about a girl who was 95 pounds and was at the risk of dying. I knew I was putting my life at risk, but for what? To make those who love me worried? Was it worthwhile to be thin?
Now I realize that models in magazines, TV and movies are not realistic. The price to pay for the “perfect body” is living with a dangerous and sometimes deadly eating disorder. And there are more important things to think about than how thin you are.
1. The underlined word “compliments” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.| A．questions | B．praise |
| C．understanding | D．experiences |
| A．Because the mother was worried about her daughter’s health. |
| B．Because the mother thought her daughter was brave enough. |
| C．Because the mother was sorry to have helped her daughter go on a diet. |
| D．Because the mother was deeply moved by her daughter’s friends. |
| A．after her parents persuaded her out of it |
| B．when her weight dropped to 95 pounds |
| C．after she reached her goal of losing weight |
| D．after her friends told her to stop dieting |
| A．there are no models with a perfect body in real life |
| B．it is too expensive for people to lose weight |
| C．you will be healthy as long as you stop dieting |
| D．an unhealthy diet can lead to serious health problems |
| A．the present from the author’s friends |
| B．having long chats in the night |
| C．the author’s diet to lose weight |
| D．the author’s cell phone |
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【推荐1】Researchers from the United Kingdom and Canada looked at what children ate when compared to their IQ levels. The researcher used surveys to ask parents how often their children ate junk food. The parents were surveyed when the children were aged 3, then followed up 5 years later to see how the diet affected the growing children’s IQ. They found that those who ate more junk food had lower IQ levels than those who ate a more nutritious diet.
“This suggests that any cognitive (认知的) effects relating to eating habits early in childhood may well continue to exist in later childhood, despite any later changes (including improvements) to dietary intake,” the authors wrote.
The researchers found that dietary habits between the ages of 4 and 7 did not have as much of an effect as what children ate at age 3 did. This may be because the brain grows the quickest during the first three years of life, and thus is more easily affected by things such as diet.
“A possible explanation for this is that the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life. Studies have shown that head growth during this time is associated with cognitive outcome, and it is possible that good nutrition during this early period may encourage brain growth,” the researchers wrote.
The researchers point out that they have found an association between food and IQ, but not a direct cause or effect. Other factors could have played a role in determining a child's IQ. Parenting, genetics, and even family income are all factors that determine how intelligent a child will be.
Despite this, nutritionists tell us that what children eat can affect how healthy they are, how much rest they get, how smart they are during school. All of these things could change a child's test on IQ level. It is not clear whether food affects IQ directly or indirectly.
More research is needed to determine if there is a direct effect between what a child eats and how intelligent they are. However, the study does suggest that there may be more reasons than just physical health to make sure a child gets a healthy diet.
1. What is the best title for the passage?| A．New Research on Healthy Diet |
| B．Diets Determine Our Heights |
| C．Children's Health and Junk Food |
| D．Junk Food Lowers Your IQ |
| A．when the children were between 3 and 4 years old |
| B．while they were having junk food with children |
| C．by asking how often their children ate junk food |
| D．by always following the children |
| A．the more healthy food we eat, the more intelligent we are |
| B．what we eat during the first three years of life affects our brain most |
| C．parenting, genetics, and family income have little to do with our IQ |
| D．it is children’s diet that determines the growth of their brain directly |
| A．a science magazine |
| B．a newspaper advertisement |
| C．a financial report |
| D．an education paper |
【推荐2】When we moved to China seven months ago, we were very worried about what we would be eating, and how we would live. We never thought that we would fall in love with the Chinese eating habits and style. We also never imagined that we have lost 80 pounds! We thought we should share some of our tricks with you. Here is the Chinese Diet——five easy things you can do to lose weight.
Use a smaller bowl ---much smaller
Go into your cupboard and find your smallest bowl. Now that will be the bowl that you will eat out of. By doing this you actually pick much less food than you are naturally served.
Vegetables are your main course
For example, you might have one plate of a cucumber dish, one of corn＆carrots, and then another with ribs. Find a few dishes that your whole family loves and rotate (轮换) those.
Cut down on your meat ＆ dairy
We eat very little meat. So do most Chinese. We eat very little dairy. It was hard at first. Cut it down and try to limit it to eggs, milk and yogurt.
Use chopsticks to eat
We love eating with chopsticks and wonder why we didn’t use them more at home. You eat a lot slower, A LOT.
Introduce rice and noodles into your meals
A Chinese diet includes a lot of rice and noodles. So our daily diet is no different, we eat rice and noodles 3 times a day.
We wish we had known these simple tricks back home that make such a difference in our waistline.
1. Which statement is RIGHT?| A．I have gained 80pounds when I stayed in China |
| B．Eating little meat and dairy was easy for me at first |
| C．We dislike eating with chopsticks |
| D．To lose weight, you should cut down on the meat and dairy |
| A．moved to China to lose weight |
| B．does not really enjoy Chinese food |
| C．became much thinner eating the Chinese food |
| D．had known much about Chinese food before |
| A．Learn to cook rice and noodles. | B．Keep using the same bowl. |
| C．Try all kinds of chopsticks. | D．Eat more vegetables and less meat. |
| A．eat more slowly | B．eat less food |
| C．adapt to the Chinese lifestyle | D．experience the Chinese culture |
【推荐3】A lunch break—it’s an important and often necessary part of our working or school day. And now we’re spoilt (惯坏) with a lot of places to buy our lunch from, all offering attractive dishes and sandwiches to eat on the go.
But our appetite for buying our lunchtime fare is not just costing us money, there might be a cost in terms of damaging our planet too. Just grabbing a sandwich, crisps and maybe a cake and coffee can produce at least four items of waste. Paper boxes, cups, wrappers and plastic knives and forks are all part of our disposable feast in addition to the food waste we create. Some experts say throwing away food, which produces methane as it rots, is a bigger cause of climate change than plastics.
But regardless of what causes the most damage, the solution, according to an environmental campaign group called Hubbub, is to eat packed lunches. Tessa Tricks from the group says, “People are saying that they are buying food to take out because life has got busier.” And she says people think they are being more efficient; but she argues that it’s usually healthier and cheaper to make your own lunch. It means you can eat the things you really want and make the quantity that you actually need.
Of course, preparing your lunch is another thing to fit into your morning scramble (忙乱) of getting ready for work, so if you haven’t got time and you are going to buy lunch, an alternative that Hubbub suggests is to take your own container to a shop and ask them to put your food in it. The idea of using reusable coffee cups for hot drinks and refilling water bottles has already proved successful, so this could be another step in the right direction.
1. What’s the second paragraph mainly about?| A．Eating habits are suggested by experts. | B．Buying lunch costs amounts of money. |
| C．Eating fast food does no good to health. | D．Buying lunch causes damage to environment. |
| A．Eat what you like. | B．Make lunch by yourself. |
| C．Stop eating packed lunches. | D．Try to be more efficient in work. |
| A．Eating packed lunches. | B．Using reusable coffee cups. |
| C．Taking your own container. | D．Using recyclable water bottles. |
| A．Is Lunchtime Fare More Tasty? | B．Is Your Lunch Costing the Earth? |
| C．Are You Still Throwing Away Food? | D．Are You Ready to Prepare Your Lunch? |
