The weather is getting hotter. You are thirsty playing basketball or riding home from school. A cold drink may be just the thing. But be careful what you are drinking. Something that looks cool may not be good for your health.
There are plenty of “energy drinks” on the market. Most of them have beautiful colors and cool names. The lists on them tell you they are helpful to your health. Sounds great! But after a careful check you may find that most energy drinks have lots of caffeine（咖啡因）in them. These drinks are especially aimed at young people, students, busy people and sports players. Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can keep you awake. But be careful not to drink too much.
Caffeine makes your heart beat fast, Because of this, the International Olympic Committee has limited its use. Caffeine in most energy drinks is at least as strong as that in a cup of coffee or tea. Possible health dangers have something to do with energy drinks. Just one box of energy drink can make you nervous, have difficulty sleeping and can even cause heart problems. Scientists say that teenagers should be discouraged from taking drinks with a lot of caffeine in them.
1. The “energy drinks” are aimed at ________.| A．busy people and sports players | B．students, busy people, young people and sports players |
| C．old people, young people and students | D．actors, singers, students and busy people |
| A．Because most energy drinks have lots of caffeine in them. |
| B．Because caffeine is helpful to people’s health. |
| C．Because caffeine makes your heart beat fast. |
| D．Because scientists say that people should be discouraged from taking caffeine. |
| A．heart problems | B．nervousness | C．sleeping trouble | D．A、B and C |
| A．advertisements are important in getting people to buy energy drinks |
| B．energy drinks are helpful to teenagers’ study |
| C．sports players need to drink a lot of energy drinks |
| D．energy drinks are especially aimed at teenagers |
| A．What’s the Use of Energy Drinks? | B．Who Can Drink Energy Drinks? |
| C．What’s That in Energy Drinks? | D．Why Can’t We Buy Energy Drinks? |
相似题推荐
【推荐1】How does success taste? The answer of 17-year-old Sunny Beatson can be: it tastes sweet.
Sunny Beatson lives in Australia. Although Sunny had little interest in cooking, he started making doughnuts (甜甜圈) just to make the time pass more quickly during the COVID-19 lockdown (封锁). He found the recipes online and his doughnuts tasted great. Everyone in the family liked them, so he thought he would try selling some.
“At first, I just put a message online,” said Sunny, “I didn’t think much of it. I thought I might only get one or two orders. But I didn’t think I would make any money by selling them.”
To Sunny’s surprise, he got lots of replies. Soon his doughnuts were sold in local supermarkets and his family members helped sell his doughnuts across the city.
Sunny remembered being excited when he sold 30 doughnuts in one day. Now he is selling up to 700 doughnuts in one day from his shop, Beadoughts Donuts, which he opened in January this year. The shop opens six days a week. Sunny wakes up at 3:30 a. m. and reaches the shop by 4:00 a. m. to start making doughnuts and get ready for the 9:00 a. m. opening time.
As his business grows quickly, Sunny opens his second shop in September. His doughnut productions has doubled since then. But the doesn’t want to stop there. The young-man is confident of his business and hopes to have it worldwide someday.
1. Why did Sunny start making doughnuts?| A．Because he is interested in cooking. |
| B．Because he could get help from his family. |
| C．Because he felt bored during the lockdown. |
| D．Because he wanted to make money. |
| A．didn’t have any recipes at all |
| B．thought much of his doughnuts |
| C．could know that his doughnuts would sell well |
| D．didn’t know his doughnuts could be so popular |
| A．is always interested in cooking |
| B．only has a rest for one day in a week |
| C．wants to stop his business now |
| D．set up two shops in half a year |
When cold winter days come, nothing is better than a nice pot meal to warm and cheer you up.
With a long history, hot pot is still the most popular kind of food in China, according to a survey by the consumer review (消费者评论) website Dianping.com. There are about 350,000 hot pot restaurants around the country, the largest number of all kinds of restaurants.
When enjoying a hot pot meal, people sit around a table and eat delicious food from a steaming pot. There are many kinds of soup bases to choose (选择) from: spicy, mushroom and tomato. Usually a hot pot has two parts inside. One side is spicy, while the other side is not so spicy. So everyone can choose what they like. They put meat, seafood, vegetables, tofu and bean noodles in the soup to boil. Meat, especially beef, is often cut as thin as paper, so it should not be cooked too long. Otherwise, it will lose its taste. You needn’t have great cooking skills to enjoy hot pot, either. When the food is ready, take it out and put it in different sauces to give it a special flavor (品味). Some also drink the soup from the pot.
▲ . While the pot cooks, people talk and drink. Nowadays, hot pot is more than food but a part of our Chinese life. Unlike some meals, it can make everyone feel relaxed. No wonder hot pot restaurants have become a favourite place to get together for friends and family in China.
1. Why does the writer mention “350,000” in Paragraph 2?| A．To learn about the kinds of hot pot. |
| B．To tell us the long history of hot pot. |
| C．To show how popular the hot pot is in China. |
| A．when to cook hot pot | B．how to enjoy hot pot | C．where to eat hot pot |
| A．There are different ways to cook hot pot |
| B．A hot pot meal is the most popular in winter |
| C．Enjoying hot pot is about more than just eating |
| A．The history of hot pot in China. |
| B．Some famous hot pot restaurants. |
| C．The different ways of cooking hot pot. |
Everyone who eat instant noodles (方便面) before knows how it looks like. It is very easy to cook it by putting the noodles into the boiling water and add in those MSG (味精) packets, together with your other ingredients like eggs or vegetables. However, have you ever wondered whether this is the correct way of cooking it? When you first took out the noodles from the packaging, you will notice that the noodles are joined together nicely as a piece. In order to make the noodles joined together nicely side by side, some forms of wax coating (石蜡) are needed. It makes the noodles attractive in front of us. However, research has shown that the layer of wax coating (石蜡涂层) on the noodles is quite harmful to our body and we should not eat it too frequently. It is advisable to have a break of 2-3 days before we start to eat another packet of instant noodles as our body need about 3 days to clear that layer of wax coating away from our body system. Do you know the danger of having too much wax coating stored in our stomach? It will lead to CANCER if it is stored in our body system for a long period of time.
Two Keys Points to Take Note While Preparing Instant Noodles
1) Wash the instant noodles with warm water first, stir (搅拌) it and pour away the water containing the wax coating.
2) Repeat Step 1 and try to stir the noodles again to wash away the wax coating on the noodles before cooking it in a new pot of water.
I hope this article will let more people have self-awareness (自我意识) of the hidden danger of instant noodles and thus eat safely and stay healthy.
1. Why can instant noodles be joined together nicely?| A．To cook them easier. |
| B．Because they are soft. |
| C．It’s easy to take out the noodles from the packaging. |
| D．Because of the layer of wax coating on them. |
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
| A．Put the noodles into the warm water. |
| B．Wash them with warm water before cooking them. |
| C．Put the noodles into the boiling water and add in MSG packets. |
| D．Cook them with your other ingredients like eggs or vegetables. |
| A．You can eat instant noodles as often as you like. |
| B．The layer of wax coating on the noodles is harmful to our body. |
| C．It is common to see the noodles nicely joined together. |
| D．It advisable to have a break of 2—3 days before eating another one. |
| A．how to cook instant noodles |
| B．how the instant noodles are made |
| C．how to eat instant noodles safely and healthily |
| D．something about the layer of wax coating on the noodles |
| A．hide danger | B．are easy to cook |
| C．do harm to us | D．are joined in a mess |
【推荐1】We all know that eating vegetables is good for us. Then why do some people like them but others don’t? A new study has found that other people’s likes and dislikes could play a part. According to the research, people who eat vegetables and show dislikes for them can influence others.
A team of scientists in the UK set out to study how the facial expressions people make as they eat influence a person watching them. They asked more than 200 young women to watch videos of other adults eating broccoli (西兰花). The people in the videos had different expressions while eating. They would smile, seem neutral (neither happy nor sad) or look disgusted (厌恶的) by what they were tasting.
The study found that people who watched someone else with disgusted expressions while eating broccoli began to like broccoli less. The opposite was not true, however. When someone had a positive facial expression while eating broccoli, people watching them did not end up liking broccoli more.
Humans learn which behaviors, including eating, will benefit them by watching the reactions (反应) of others. Known as social modeling, it can have a strong influence on people’s eating habits. Scientists believe that people might avoid food that appears disgusting because it could help protect them from eating something that tastes bad or could even be dangerous.
Although the research focused only on adults, experts think the results could also apply to (适用) children. This means that if children see their parents not enjoying certain foods, including vegetables, they might not want to eat them either. Another study found that children between the ages of 4 and 6 were more likely to eat broccoli if they had seen videos of adults enjoying it. The team said further research is needed to find out how other people’s facial expressions influence not only how much people like a vegetable but also how much of it they choose to eat. They also hope to understand more about how the behavior of adults influences children’s enjoyment of food. This could help experts find ways to encourage young people to eat more of the foods that are healthy for them.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。1. How does the writer lead in the topic in Paragraph 1?
| A．By asking a question. | B．By listing numbers. |
| C．By giving an example. | D．By making a guess. |
| A．The study focused on how people’s words influences others. |
| B．Children were asked to watch videos of other adults eating broccoli. |
| C．People began to like broccoli less if they watched someone dislike it. |
| D．People would like broccoli more if other adults showed likes for it. |
| A．To start a different topic. |
| B．To meet the readers’ needs. |
| C．To express the writer’s opinion. |
| D．To explain the reason of the study results. |
| A．How should scientists carry on the further study? |
| B．Why should scientists carry on the further study? |
| C．Where will scientists carry on further study? |
| D．When will scientists carry on the further study? |
| A．Science and arts. | B．Sports and arts. |
| C．Sports and health. | D．Science and health. |
Eat more fruit and vegetables.
“One apple a day, keep the doctor away!”Fruit and vegetables have rich vitamins. They can help us to keep healthy. Remember to eat some fruit and vegetables every day.
Drink water and milk often.
When you are thirsty, water is the best choice. Try to limit soda drinks, such as Coca Cola, Sprite and Fanta. Milk is also very good for your body. Drink a cup of milk every day if possible.
Listen to your body.
You’d better notice how your body feels when you eat. That is to say you should stop eating when you’re full. It can make you feel comfortable.
Limit screen time.
Don’t spend too much time watching TV or DCDs, playing video games or using the computer. You should do some outdoor activities, such as playing basketball, going riding and swimming.
If you follow the tips, I’m sure you’ll have a healthy body.
1. Eating fruit and vegetables every day can help you __________.
| A．study well | B．stay away from doctors |
| C．keep healthy | D．feel happy |
| A．Coffee and Sprite. | B．Water and Sprite. |
| C．Coffee and milk. | D．Milk and water. |
| A．stop eating when you’re full |
| B．eat too much |
| C．listen to your body |
| D．drink a little soda |
| A．use the computer too long | B．play games with iPad |
| C．do a lot of exercise | D．eat well |
| A．how to eat well | B．how to exercise |
| C．how to spend free time | D．how to stay healthy |
1. According to HEALTHY EATING PLATE, we should pay attention to ______aspects方面 to be healthy.
| A．2 | B．4 | C．6 | D．1 |
| A．Some kinds of oil are unhealthy. |
| B．Eating lots of fruit of different colors is a good way to keep healthy. |
| C．Brown rice is healthier than white rice. |
| D．We’d better eat a lot of potatoes and French fries. |
| A．How to use plates | B．How to eat healthily |
| C．How to use healthy oils | D．How to eat whole grains |
【推荐1】A “Gap Year” is a period of time when a student takes a break before going to university. It is often spent travelling or working. It can give young people useful learning experiences and new skills.
Gap years are popular with European and Australian students, but remain less popular in America. However, in recent years, more and more American students are preparing for college by taking a gap year. The advantages of taking a gap year are as follows:
Learn about the World and Yourself
Although you don’t have to go abroad to experience gap years, most gap year students catch the chance to travel abroad. You are able to work out who you are and what you are for. The experiences of different cultures offer you interesting lessons. You can learn more about the world and get to know yourself better.
Face Challenges and Have Fun
A gap year is not only a time to take a vacation, but also a time to face challenges. Gap year students usually work, volunteer or take service projects. You have to learn how to get along in the real world. This process isn’t always easy, but it is an important part of growing up. Only in this way can you enjoy life and have fun.
Save Money and Improve Your College Admission Chances
There’s a common thought that gap years are only for rich students, but it’s not true. Actually, taking a gap year can save your money. Gap year students often take a part-time job. Besides, students are much more likely to know what to study in college. Clear learning goals can keep the students working hard instead of wasting time and money playing.
Imagine an admission officer trying to admit (录取) only one between two students. Both of them are excellent and have high grades. However, one student has much practical experience or has volunteered in his vacation. Who do you think the admission officer will choose?
1. What does “Gap Year” mean in this passage?| A．Travelling around the world in a year. |
| B．Doing a part-time job to make money during a vacation. |
| C．Going abroad in a year in order to have further education. |
| D．Spending a year travelling or working before going to a university. |
| A．India. | B．France. | C．The UK. | D．The USA. |
| A．Five. | B．Seven. | C．Six. | D．Four. |
| A．Students can take more full-time jobs. |
| B．Students can form clear learning goals. |
| C．Students can learn college courses. |
| D．Students can be admitted to top universities. |
| A．Either of the two students. |
| B．The student with high grades. |
| C．Neither of the two students. |
| D．The student with a gap year experience. |
【推荐2】Being a teenager can be challenging, but it can also be exciting. You’re becoming more independent and making decisions for yourself. You are also learning to take risks and solve problems better than you could before. And changes are happening throughout your body, even in your brain.
You can’t see the changes in your brain, but they’re affecting how you develop into an adult. At this time in your life, there is a process going on inside your brain that makes it work faster and more efficiently. Imagine that the structure of your brain is like a big road map. There are lots of roads leading to different destinations (终点). When you were a child, as you learned new things, your brain created more roads leading to different destinations. By the time you become a teenager, the most important places on the map have many different roads leading to them. Now your brain’s job is to make that map more efficient. It removes the roads that you don’t need and works to make the other roads faster.
As a result, your experiences as a teenager actually affect the way that your brain develops. If you spend hours playing video games, what skills do you use? You learn to see something with your eyes and respond to it with your hands, right? As you develop those skills, your brain is making sure that the roads leading to them are especially fast and efficient. So, your video game playing could be preparing you for a career such as a fighter pilot, or even a surgeon.
This is a great time for you to practice new skills and discover what you’re good at and what you love doing. Go out and try different activities, and stick with them if you think they’re useful. Remember that with everything you do, you’re shaping your brain for the future.
1. As a teenager, you are becoming more ________.| A．challenging | B．exciting | C．independent | D．difficult |
| A．By working more and more efficiently. |
| B．By stopping learning new things. |
| C．By finding more destinations. |
| D．By changing its structure. |
| A．触摸 | B．反应 | C．停止 | D．阻断 |
| A．They should learn to be more efficient. |
| B．They should try more and hold on to the useful activities. |
| C．They should play more video games when possible. |
| D．They should never stop studying and working. |
| A．How to play computer games well. |
| B．How the brain changes at different ages. |
| C．How the brain helps you to develop. |
| D．What a teenager likes to do. |
I arrived in the UK last weekend to learn English. So far I have already made a few friends and had some traditional English food here. But after having three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes, I thought none could be more delicious than Chinese food, especially my favorite-huoguo. You can’t know how excited I was when I got to know that there was going to be a free meal of hotpot to welcome the new students. On the way to the canteen. I seemed to smell huoguo in the air.
To my surprise, when I went into the room, I didn’t see any sign of huoguo. Where was it?
With many questions in my head, I sat down to have the free meal. After talking with an English girl, I got to know that Chinese huoguo is completely different from hotpot. Chinese huoguo is written in two words-hot pot; and hotpot, one word, is a traditional English dish.
Hotpot is made from mutton (羊肉) and onion (洋葱). On the top are pieces of potatoes. People put in the oven (烤箱) all day in a heavy pot on a low heat. You can often see it at parties in the UK because it’s easy to prepare for a large number of people and is not expensive.
Hotpot doesn’t taste bad. However, I still miss huoguo-hot pot, two words!
1. What did the writer think she would do?| A．Meet some new friends. | B．Have her favorite huoguo. |
| C．Learn English in the UK. | D．Try traditional English food. |
| A．Sandwiches. | B．Mutton. | C．Hotpot | D．Hot pot. |
| A．School. | B．Restaurant. | C．Gym. | D．Flat. |
| A．“Hotpot” is different from “hot pot”. | B．Hotpot is very popular at parties. |
| C．Hot pot was an English traditional dish. | D．The girl knew nothing about hotpot. |
| A．My life in the UK | B．UK’s Hotpot | C．Hotpot or hot pot? | D．My favourite food |
【推荐1】
China is one of the biggest tea production countries in the world. Tea has a history of 5,000 years in China. It is said Shen Nong was good at farming and he discovered tea by accident. An ancient road makes tea popular around China. It is the Ancient Tea Horse Road.
The Ancient Tea Horse Road can date back to the Han Dynasty. It then continued developing in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. There were two main roads. One began in Sichuan province. The other began in Yunnan province. Each one ended in Tibet (西藏).
People in Tibet have a tea history of about 1,000 years. The weather in Tibet is dry and cold. People there need to eat a lot and keep warm. Tea can help them digest (消化). But tea can’t grow in Tibet. They used to sell their horses for tea. So tea and horses were traded through the Ancient Tea Horse Road.
In the past, horses carried bags of tea from Yunnan to Tibet. The trip took more than two months. In Sichuan, the road was very difficult for horses. So only people carried bags of tea. And each young worker carried 15 bags of tea. Each bag weighed 10 kg.
The Ancient Tea Horse Road not only served as a trading road, but also a bridge connecting different nationalities (民族)—such as Han and Tibetan people.
1. Shen Nong was good at ________.| A．tea making | B．farming | C．carrying | D．trading |
| A．The Yuan Dynasty. | B．The Qing Dynasty. |
| C．The Han Dynasty. | D．The Tang Dynasty. |
| A．Yunnan | B．Guizhou | C．Sichuan | D．Tibet |
| A．Different kinds of tea were grown in Tibet. |
| B．Both tea and horses were traded through the road. |
| C．Horses were used in Yunnan and Sichuan to carry tea. |
| D．The trip from Sichuan to Tibet took over two months in the past. |
| A．Different Nationalities in China | B．Horse Trading in Tibet |
| C．The Ancient Tea Horse Road | D．Chinese Tea Production |
【推荐2】①Have you ever bought Genki Forest(元气森林) sparkling water because it is advertised(打广告) as “sugar-free”? The company(公司) of Genki Forest recently said that they were sorry for a misleading advertisement(广告).
②The company said the drinks are “sucrose-free(零蔗糖), but this is not the same as “sugar-free”. Now they have changed the word “sugar-free” into “low sugar” on the bottles.
③In fact, there are many kinds of sugar. Sucrose is just one of them. Other kinds of sugar, such as fructose(果糖) and sugar alcohol(糖醇), are still in Genki Forest drinks. These kinds of sugar are used as sweeteners(甜味剂). They offer little energy(能量), but a bit of them can make drinks taste sweet. That’s why diet(低热量的) drinks like Genki Forest are popular among people who want to lose weight. They believe that they can not only enjoy sweet drinks, but also take in less sugar.
④However, studies find that the sweeteners might make people eat more so they may easily become very fat. When you eat sweet-tasting things, it sends your brain a “sweet sign”. Then your brain tells your body to prepare itself to take in energy. But since the diet soft drink has little energy, the brain will not receive what it is expecting. At this time, you will feel hungry and start getting energy by eating more food.
⑤According to China Daily, drinking too many diet drinks with sweeteners might also lead to illnesses like heart problems. It’s time for you to think twice before choosing these diet drinks.
1. Why did Genki Forest recently say sorry?| A．For not having any sugar in its drinks | B．For advertising its drinks in a wrong way. |
| C．For making too many advertisements. | D．For making spelling mistakes on the bottles. |
| A．unhealthy | B．enjoyable | C．popular | D．helpful |
| A．①;②③④;⑤ | B．①②;③④;⑤ | C．①②;③;④⑤ | D．①;②③;④⑤ |
| A．Genki Forest-the Most Popular Drink | B．Truth Not That Sweet |
| C．Different Kinds of Sugar | D．A way to Lose Weight |
【推荐3】Have you ever heard of “the first cup of milk tea in autumn”? Do you often have milk tea while you’re going out with your friends? Well, drinking milk tea has become a habit of many young people these days.
In fact, it was the people from Xizang, China that first drank tea by putting some milk into it. They thought the tea with milk tasted better. Later, the idea came to India and Europe. Then around the 1940s, somebody in Taiwan invented bubble tea, a famous drink that we all know. In the mid-1990s, many companies opened their tea-shops in China.
Later, they developed many kinds of milk tea for customers to choose from. In recent years, milk tea has become more and more popular in China. However, researchers in China have warned (警告) that drinking too much milk tea can be bad for health. The study was done among more than 5,200 college students in Beijing. Researchers asked them about how often they drank milk tea, as well as their health conditions. At last, it showed that almost 77% of these students drank milk tea at least 6-11 cups in 2023. And they were more likely to have health problems.
According to the study, the caffeine (咖啡因) and sugar in milk tea could lead to addiction (瘾). What’s worse, the milk tea addiction has something to do with a higher risk of depression (抑郁) and anxiety (焦虑). And it might also cause health problems like heart disease.
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Paragraph 2?| A．The price of milk tea. | B．The history of milk tea. |
| C．Who first drank milk tea. | D．When bubble tea was invented. |
| A．no more than 2,000 | B．less than 4,000 | C．more than 4,000 | D．over 5,200 |
| A．Not all milk tea has caffeine in it. |
| B．Milk tea is good for depression and anxiety. |
| C．The study was done among college students all over China. |
| D．The milk tea addiction may increase the risk of health problems. |
| A．The great future of milk tea | B．Milk tea: a great invention or a bad addiction? |
| C．Enjoy the first cup of milk tea in autumn | D．Milk tea—the magic medicine of young people |
