【推荐1】Moving in with a boyfriend causes women to eat more unhealthily and put on weight. But the opposite is true for men, whose long-term health benefits when they move in with a female partner.

Dieticians at Newcastle University said both partners try to please one another, and so change their dietary habits to suit their other half.

It leads men to eat more light meals, such as salads, fruit and vegetables, while women choose to make creamier, heavier dishes curry or rich pasta sauces, which may please their partner.     Women still have the strongest long-term influence over the couple’s diet and lifestyle, as they still have the traditional role of shopper and cook in most households.

The report, by Newcastle University’s Human Nutrition Research Centre, reviewed the finding of a variety of research projects from the UK, North America and Australia, which looked at the eating and lifestyle habits of couples.

The research shows that women are more likely to put on weight and increase their consumption of foods high in fat and sugar when they move in with their partner.

Women also use food as a comfort when dealing with emotional stress and have been found to gain weight when a relationship ends, while the same finding has not been observed in men.

Many couples reported food as being central to their partnership, and eating together in the evening was particularly important to many.

Report author and registered dietician Dr. Amelia Lake said, “The research has shown that your partner is a strong influence on lifestyle and people who are trying to live healthier lives should take this factor into consideration.”

1. According to the passage, moving in with a girlfriend, men _______.

A．have few changes of their dietary habits

B．have to eat more unhealthy foods

C．don’t like foods high in fat and sugar at all

D．try to eat foods that their girlfriends like

2. The underlined word “light”(in Paragraph 4 ) probably means ________.

A．not very heavy	B．less in fat and sugar
C．gentle	D．not serious or important

3. According to the report by Newcastle University’s Human Nutrition Research Centre, ________.

A．women put on weight only because they want to suit their other half

B．when men are faced with emotional stress, they will change their dietary habits

C．eating together in the evening is a good way to communicate for couples

D．it is wrong to change your dietary habits to suit your partner

4. From the passage, we can infer that _________.

A．women should pay more attention to their partner’s influence on them

B．more men will play roles of shopper and cook in most households

C．couples will not change their dietary habits and lifestyle to please their partner

D．long-term health of men benefits when they move in with a female partner

5. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Don’t be silly any more, women!

B．Which are better dietary habits?

C．Boyfriends make you fat

D．Dr. Amelia Lake and his study

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Aside from the health benefits of laughter (which are numerous and significant), having a sense of humor about life’s difficulties can provide a way to bond with others, look at things in a different way, normalize your experience, and keep things from appearing too overwhelming or scary. Properly developed, a good sense of humor can keep people and relationships strong.

Studies show that having a smile on your face can make you feel better, and can lead you to actually feeling happier (rather than just looking happier). Even if the smile is fake, the benefits you will experience are real! Also, a fake smile leads readily to a genuine one. If you are able to put a smile on your face, the laughter will come more easily, and the stress will melt more easily.

If your situation seems ridiculously frustrating, recognize what can develop into humor in just how ridiculously frustrating and annoying it is. In your imagination, take the situation to an extreme that becomes even more ridiculous until you find yourself amused. For example, when you’re waiting in a long line at the store, you can imagine that hours pass, then days, visualizing yourself accepting visits from loved ones from your new home in this ultra-long line, holding your children’s birthday parties in aisle seven so you can be there to enjoy them...you get the picture.

Besides, find a friend with whom you can laugh also works! You can each share your frustrations, and laugh about them in the process. Even when your friend isn’t there, you can feel less stressed by thinking about the retelling that will come later.

You can have a ＂most annoying boss＂ game with your friends, or try to count how many times the same potentially frustrating event happens in a day.(＂I was cut off in traffic 7 times today — I’m almost up to 10!＂) This works well for predictable or repetitive annoying situations that you can’t control; you can begin to value them in their own special way instead of letting them upset you.

One of the factors that drive the popularity of shows like Modern Family or movies like the classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, is that they take somewhat universal situations that many people find frustrating and push them a little further, pointing out the silliness of it all.

What’s more, you can try joining Funny Clubs. Years ago, when Oprah had a show rather than a network, she did a part on Laughter Yoga that interested me, and I researched a club on my own, finding it to be a terrific place to enjoy a good laugh. Whether you mean business or laugh at the silliness of it all, taking part in the exercises of laughter yoga with other humor-participants can be a very effective way to get back in the practice of getting some more laughter into your day.

Title	Develop a good sense of humor
1	Developing a good sense of humor concerning    2    in life is an effective coping technique. It leads to better relationship as well as simple stress management.
Suggestions	*Start with a     3    : It’s shown in the studies that wearing a smile can help you feel happier. The more you laugh, the     4    the stress is to melt.
	*Value the extremes: Imagine the situations to an extreme so that you can recognize the     5    humor.
	*Have an interesting friend: Share frustrations with your friends. If your friend isn’t with you,     6    the retelling to come can help lighten your moods.
	*Make it a     7    :Value your frustrations in a ＂most annoying boss＂ game or count the times of the same potentially frustrating events in a day.
	*Watch funny shows and     8    : Realizing that some     9    frustrating situations are actually funny can help you endure them with a smile — even if it’s ironic.
	*Join laughter yoga clubs: Whether you are taking laughing     10     or just laughing at the silliness of it all, joining a laughter yoga club is of much help.

【推荐3】To achieve something in life, you will need to identify important life goals and create a plan of action. Goal achievement involves clarity of purpose, continued determination, and a reward system that keeps you on your intended path.     1    

Clarify your life goals. You may be enthusiastic about obtaining an advanced degree, starting a family, creating a successful business or writing a book. Ask yourself what really makes you happy and try to follow your happiness.

Recognize your strengths. It is a bad idea to follow a life suggestion just because someone tells you to. However, other people will be able to recognize your strengths in a fair way that you often cannot.

    2     Try to suit your goals to your strengths.

For example, if you are good at drawing, think about careers in visual design.     3     That doesn't mean you should devote yourself to being a novelist or an artist, which can be difficult careers. But you should consider other careers that call for these skills, like advertising, architecture, design, or law.

    4     For example, you might have an innovative business concept, but not enough capital to get it off the ground. It is impractical to get into sports or some professional careers past a certain age. Talk to people who have followed the route you are favoring to determine if it is an available option for you .

Have confidence.     5     Think about your accomplishments. Practice body language that shows confidence. Once you develop the confidence to act and be successful, your confidence will naturally grow with your accomplishments.

A．Remove the blocks that drag you down.

B．Identify blocks that may affect your goal.

C．It's significant to be ambitious and hardworking.

D．Most importantly, it requires a goal that keeps you inspired.

E．Listen to what they say about your strengths and weaknesses.

F．Studies show that your confidence is as important as your actual qualifications.

G．If you are good at writing, consider how you can make use of that in your own career.

【推荐1】While mangoes are known as the "King of Fruits", grapes are popularly called as the "Queen of Fruits". The small juicy grapes are sorted into three varieties based on colors: green, red, black or blue. So are there any health benefits in grapes?

Grapes can be consumed in many ways. It can be either eaten raw, consumed in a juice form or used to prepare wine. During autumn, you will find different kinds of grapes in the market. As it is the main season of grapes, the amount of consuming this fruit is very high.

Although grapes are tiny in size, it has numerous health benefits. A lot of people are unaware of the health benefits of grapes. For example, drinking grape juice is one of the easiest ways to treat acidity. Moreover, the fruit juice is also a healthy drink for those who are on a diet.

Grape juice is loaded with nutrients, vitamins and mineral which keep us fit. For example, drinking grape juice is one of the traditional ways to cure a painful headache.

It would be interesting to know that grape juice is good for skin as well. Drinking a glass of grape juice every day helps get a clear and perfect skin naturally. It also has anti-ageing benefits on the skin. Green grapes especially speed up metabolism (新陈代谢) and induce perspiration which in turn helps get a youthful skin naturally.

So selection of grapes is very important. You must buy fresh, fine, and colored grapes. This can be easily done by lifting a bunch of grapes and shaking them. If the grapes fall, then they have been stored for long. And if the grapes are attached to the stem, then you can be sure that they are fresh to be consumed.

1. When it comes to grapes, the author thinks ________.

A．they are the best fruit in the world

B．they are consumed most in summer

C．they can do much good to our health

D．they consist of more than three kinds

2. What can we learn from the 2nd and the 3rd paragraphs?

A．Grapes are harvested only when it is cold.

B．The benefits of grapes escape many people.

C．Grape juice is considered to result in acidity.

D．Grape juice can make you have a good appetite.

3. Which is NOT the function of grape juice?

A．It helps people avoid suffering from acidity.

B．It is beneficial to those being overweight.

C．It can make your skin fine and smooth.

D．It can cure all kinds of diseases.

4. What can we infer by reading the passage?

A．Green grapes are much better than black ones.

B．It is better to prepare fresh grape juice at home.

C．The stored grapes juice is thought to be harmful.

D．Grape juice does more good to women than to men.

【推荐2】People diet to look more attractive. Fish diet to avoid being beaten up, thrown out of their social group, and getting eaten as a result. That is the fascinating conclusion of the latest research into fish behavior by a team of Australian scientists.

The research team have discovered that subordinate (下级的) fish voluntarily diet to avoid challenging their larger competitors. "In studying gobies（鰕虎鱼） we noticed that only the largest two individuals, a male and female, had breeding (繁殖) rights within the group," explains Marian Wong. "All other group members are nonbreeding females, each being 5-10% smaller than its next largest competitor. We wanted to find out how they maintain this precise size separation. "

The reason for the size difference was easy to see. Once a subordinate fish grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it causes a fight which usually ends in the smaller goby being driven away from the group. More often than not, the evicted fish is then eaten up.

It appeared that the smaller fish were keeping themselves small in order to avoid challenging the boss fish. Whether they did so voluntarily, by restraining how much they ate, was not clear. The research team decided to do an experiment. They tried to fatten up some of the subordinate gobies to see what happened. To their surprise, the gobies simply refused the extra food they were offered, clearly preferring to remain small and avoid fights, over having a feast.

The discovery challenges the traditional scientific view of how boss individuals keep their position in a group. Previously it was thought that large individuals simply used their weight and size to threaten their subordinates and take more of the food for themselves, so keeping their competitors small.

While the habits of gobies may seem a little mysterious, Dr. Wong explains that understanding the relationships between boss and subordinate animals is important to understanding how hierarchical（等级的） societies remain stable.

The research has proved the fact that voluntary dieting is a habit far from exclusive(专有的) to humans. "As yet, we lack a complete understanding of how widespread the voluntary reduction of food intake is in nature," the researchers comment. "Data on human dieting suggests that, while humans generally diet to improve health or increase attractiveness, rarely does it improve long-term health and males regularly prefer females that are fatter, than the females' own ideal."

1. When a goby grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it _________.

A．faces danger	B．has breeding rights
C．eats its competitor	D．leaves the group itself

2. The underlined words "the evicted fish" in Paragraph 3 refer to _________.

A．the fish beaten up	B．the fish found out
C．the fish fattened up	D．the fish driven away

3. The experiment showed that the smaller fish _________.

A．fought over a feast	B．went on diet willingly
C．preferred some extra food	D．challenged the boss fish

【推荐3】The moon is providing a rare triple treat this week. On Wednesday, much of the world will get to see not only a blue moon and a “supermoon”, but also a total lunar eclipse(月食). Having all three events taking place at the same time is extremely unusual.

A total lunar eclipse happens when the Earth comes between the Sun and a full moon. The Earth blocks the sun’s light, making the moon appear dark in the sky. A blue moon is a second full moon in one month. It is rare enough that English speakers use the expression “once in a blue moon”to describe it! A supermoon is a full or new moon. It appears brighter and bigger than usual because the moon is closer to the earth than usual.

In a total lunar eclipse, the Earth covers the moon’s surface with its shadow, giving it a red-like color. For that reason, it is also known as a “blood moon. ”Some people are calling this week’s lunar event a “super blue blood moon.” Noah Petro is a scientist with the American space agency NASA. He is calling the lunar event, “the Super Bowl of moons.” No matter what the name, it is likely to impress if the skies are clear.

Just as last August’s total solar eclipse cooled the Earth’s surface, a lunar eclipse cools the surface of the moon. It’s this sudden cooling- from the heat of direct sunlight to almost a deep freeze—that researchers will be studying.

1. Which of the following picture shows a total lunar eclipse?

A．	B．
C．	D．

2. What does the underlined phrase in paragraph 2 usually refer to?

A．Something that is rarely noticed.

B．Something that is round and bright.

C．Something that does not happen often.

D．Something that can arouse people’s curiosity.

3. What will the lunar eclipse do to the moon?

A．Make it absorb less heat.

B．Make it give off less heat.

C．Make its inner part cooler.

D．Make its surface heat go down.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．It explains how the lunar eclipse happens.

B．It tells us NASA’s achievements in observing the moon.

C．It offers us some information about a rare total lunar eclipse.

D．It is about the effects that the lunar eclipse will have on the moon.