As a country develops, its people usually enjoy better health care, drink cleaner water and have more food. However, people’s lifestyle is changing at the same time. They have busier lives. They eat more processed food which has more fat, salt and sugar. As a result, the number of people with certain illnesses is increasing.
Diabetes (糖尿病) is an illness that has become more common. According to the WHO, the number of diabetes patients in the world rose by nearly 4% from 1980 to 2014. And the number is still rising.
In the past, diabetes was more common in rich countries. However, in recent years, the number has been rising more rapidly in developing countries. Take China for example, in 1980, less than 1% of the population in China had diabetes, but now more than one in ten Chinese over 18 have diabetes.
It is possible to control diabetes with medicine, but there is no cure. There are things, however, that people can do to avoid it. If they are overweight, they should try to lose weight. They can avoid food high in fat and sugar. They can also exercise often. Besides, they should walk or ride bikes more instead of travelling by car. If all of us change our lifestyle into a healthier one, we may be able to stop the rise in diabetes in the future.
1. Eating food with more fat, salt and sugar will cause certain illnesses.2. The number of diabetes patients has stopped rising.
3. There are more and more diabetes patients in China.
4. Diabetes can be cured with medicine.
5. The healthier lifestyle we choose, the fewer diabetes patients there will be.
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【推荐1】When you wake up in the morning, do you feel hungry? Do you think of breakfast?
Eating a healthy breakfast helps us feel more concentrated（专心致志的）for the coming day.
If we don’t eat, we won’t feel great.
Well, hopefully after reading this passage, you’ll get up a little earlier and eat healthily in the morning. Trust me——you’ll feel better for it!
| A．And the energy comes from food. |
| B．The food we eat affects out feelings. |
| C．This is quite true for our first meal of the day. |
| D．Breakfast is regarded as the most important meal of the day. |
| E．Some people feel hungry but they still choose to wait until lunchtime. |
【推荐2】Tips for Keeping Your Body Healthy
It is not common for the human body to sit for a long time in the old days. But now sitting for a long time every day is common. Sitting for a long time is dangerous for your health. You can hurt your arms and your neck.
People who work in offices often have health problems. People who travel many hours on planes often say they feel bad at the end of a long trip. The following tips can help you if you don’t want any problems.
Sit correctly. Keep your back straight and your feet on the floor. It is very necessary to have a comfortable chair.
Take breaks often. Don’t sit for more than thirty minutes.
Move your body. Stretching (拉伸) is a simple and quick way of moving your body while you are sitting down. Stretch your arms, your hands and your shoulders.
| A．You can also hurt your back |
| B．Drink water |
| C．Stand up and have a break |
| D．Don’t stretch a lot if it hurts |
| E．The chair can help you sit correctly |
【推荐3】What is the most important thing in the world? I think it is health. You can take away our money, house, car, or even our clothes and we can survive. But if our health was taken away, we would surely die. That is why we always try to eat in a healthy way and exercise regularly.
In order to eat healthily, I usually avoid eating food high in fat, like French fries or cookies. I also eat little meat. I eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruit which are full of vitamins. Taking exercise every day helps us build a strong body. Regular exercise is an important part of keeping me healthy.
What’s more, I think friends are an important part of our health. Many studies show that people with a wide range of social contacts get sick less than those who don’t. I always feel better when I am with friends than when I am alone. When I am with my friends, I always laugh. Laughing is also an important part of health. I like to laugh with my friends.
By eating properly and exercising regularly, I can keep my body at a proper weight and keep healthy. By spending time with my friends, I can keep my mind as well as my body happy. These things sound easy to do, but not many people can manage them. I think a strong will is necessary if we want to keep healthy.
1. What does“survive” most probably mean in Chinese?| A．幸存 | B．磨炼 | C．振奋 | D．斗争 |
| A．To eat food high in fat. | B．To eat more meat. |
| C．To eat French fries or cookies. | D．Eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruit. |
| A．Parents. | B．Sisters. | C．Friends. | D．Brothers. |
| A．Eating properly. | B．A strong will. | C．Exercise regularly. | D．Spending time with my friends. |
| A．How to Eat Healthily | B．How to Exercise Regularly |
| C．How to Keep Healthy | D．How to Make Friends |
【推荐1】Handshakes, kisses, hugging…people all over the world greet each other in different ways. Because of the outbreak of COVID-19, people are changing how they greet each other to stop the virus from spreading(传播). They have come up with some good ways to say hello.
France
French people love to kiss on the cheek, even between people who have only just met. As kissing and handshaking may spread the virus, a French expert says simply looking into a person’s eyes is good enough as a greeting.
Australia
Holding your hand out to shake hands is popular in Australia. However, it’s risky at this time. People said they could pat(轻拍) each other on the back.
Iran
In Iran, a video has gone viral(在网上快速传播的) online. It shows three friends meeting, hands in their pockets, and two of them hitting their feet lightly against each other as a greeting. It seems to be a good way to replace their traditional greetings — handshaking and hugging.
UAE
A nose-to-nose greeting is popular in the United Arab Emirates(阿拉伯联合酋长国). People there rub (摩擦) their noses together upon meeting or leaving each other’s company. Now UAE’s Health and Prevention Ministry is advising people to stop this traditional greeting. It also said that people shouldn’t shake hands, kiss or hug. Instead, they should greet each other “by moving the hand from side to side only”.
1. Which of the following is the right way to greet each other in France during the outbreak of COVID-19?| A．Kissing on each other’s cheek. |
| B．Shaking hands with each other. |
| C．Looking into each other’s eyes. |
| D．Patting each other on the back. |
| A．possible | B．dangerous | C．sad | D．terrible |
| A．France | B．Australia | C．Iran | D．UAE |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Greetings during the outbreak of COVID-19 |
| B．Different ways to say hello |
| C．How to keep close contact |
| D．Why should we change our greeting ways |
【推荐2】①Traveling (旅游) by train is a great way to go around China. It is faster than driving or taking a bus. It is more comfortable than taking a plane. It’s also more relaxing to take the train. On a train, you can sit and enjoy beautiful things along the way. You can use your phone freely. Also, trains can run even in the rain and snow.
②There is a very popular kind of train in China —high-speed (高速的) trains. Two of the top high-speed trains are Fuxing trains and Hexie trains. They can move far away in the blink of an eye. But do you know which one is faster?
③Fuxing trains are the fastest trains in China. They can go up to 400 km/h. Also, Fuxing trains are more comfortable than Hexie trains. They have better seats, free Wi-Fi, more charging ports (充电接口) and more legroom (放脚空间) . What’s more, Fuxing trains look more beautiful than Hexie trains and the design (设计) working life of Fuxing trains reaches 30 years, 10 years longer than Hexie trains.
④Hexie trains can go up to 350 km/h. They are not as fast as Fuxing trains, but they are also very comfortable. They don't have as many special features (特征) as Fuxing trains, but they still take you where you need to go fast and easily.
⑤So, which train do you like better, Fuxing or Hexie? No matter (不论) which one you choose, you will have a great time traveling by train in China. Just give these high-speed trains a try, and you will fall in love with them.
1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about?| A．A popular kind of train in China. | B．The history of traveling by train. |
| C．Different ways to travel in China. | D．Good points of traveling by train. |
| A．Very loudly. | B．Very quickly. |
| C．Very quietly. | D．Very slowly. |
①better seats②more legroom
③more charging ports④shorter design working life
| A．①②④ | B．①③④ | C．①②③ | D．②③④ |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
【推荐3】Health problems which are connected to climate(气候) change are getting worse, say two recent reports.
The reports followed 44 health problems that are connected to climate change around the word. They include heat deaths, infectious diseases(传染病) and hunger. “All of them are getting worse,” said Marina Romanello. She is a research director of the Lancet Countdown project. “With global warming getting worse, doing nothing on climate and health will cost more than acting now,” one of the report says.
The reports are called “code red for a healthy future”. One report is centered on the US and the other is centered on the whole world. The reports found some dangerous facts. At-risk populations like older people and the very young are more easily infuenced by high temperatures. For people over 65, the researchers found they stayed longer in great heat than the average(平均的) from 1986 to 2005. Also, there are more people living in warm places where it is easier for some diseases to spread. For example, coast areas are warm enough for dangerous bacteria(细菌) to grow. In some poor nations, the season for disease-spreading mosquitoes(蚊子) has got longer since the 1950s.
The research also found that 72 percent of countries saw an increase in wild fires. And in 2020, up to 19 percent of the world’s land surface was influenced by extreme drought(极端干旱). In the US, the heat, fire and drought caused the biggest problems. The Pacific Northwest and Canada saw extreme heat waves last summer. An earlier study found that the heat waves would not have happened if there were no human-caused climate change.
1. What did the reports find according to Paragraph 3?| A．At-risk populations are more easily influenced by high temperatures. |
| B．Climate change doesn’t influence people who are under 65. |
| C．It’s easier for some diseases to spread in warm places. |
| D．In poor nations, the season for mosquitoes becomes longer. |
| A．To show how to protect the environment. |
| B．To tell people to take action to keep healthy. |
| C．To let more people know the importance of health. |
| D．To ask people to pay attention to environment protection. |
| A．The results of climate change. |
| B．The reasons why climate changes. |
| C．Health problems connected to climate change. |
| D．Deaths caused by human-caused climate change. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
【推荐1】Welcome to Our Clubs!
The computer club (for all people) Do you want to know how to use (使用) a computer? Come to the club and we can help you. Our club has a computer room with the best computers. Opening (开放) hours: From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and weekends in the Computer Room in the Art Center. Cost (花费) for joining the club: 35 dollars every year. |
The Tai Chi club (only for old people under seventy) Tai Chi is an old Chinese kung fu. Playing Tai Chi is very healthy for old people. You can exercise and make friends here. Opening hours: From 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Sports Room in the Art Center. Cost for joining the club: 45 dollars every year. |
1. The computer club's members (成员) can use the computer room _______.
| A．on Tuesday and Saturday | B．from Friday to Sunday | C．on Friday and Sunday |
| A．open to all people | B．in the Art Center | C．open on the weekend |
| A．You need to pay (支付) $45 a year to join the computer club. |
| B．Old people under 60 years old can't join the Tai Chi club. |
| C．You can go to the Tai Chi club and the computer club on Wednesdays. |
【推荐2】Shenzhen plans to carry out the smart parking platform (智慧停车云平台) in March, 2019. This project is an important part of building the smart city to solve the parking problem.
Shenzhen has 1.42 million parking spaces in commercial parking lots (商业停车场) now. The number of parking lots in Shenzhen has increased by 2.6 times from 2008 to 2018. However, it is far from enough because Shenzhen still needs more than 3 million parking spaces in total.
By building an intelligent parking platform, the city will make better use of the parking resources than before. The smart parking platform will provide information and support for car parking and traffic planning through parking data (数据).
In the future, people will be able to use mobile phones to search the parking information in different areas. Then people can drive directly to the parking lots through booking in advance, navigation (导航) and other services. The smart parking platform is so large that it makes all the online parking systems together. It provides different kinds of services for drivers. Car parking will be much easier than before. It helps to save time and brings lots of convenience to drivers.
According to the plan, the first part of the project needs more than 40 million yuan (US$5.9 million). It lasts until the end of 2022. Moreover, the city will spend 25 million yuan setting up the platform and completing the main body of the platform this year.
1. How many parking spaces are needed in Shenzhen in total?| A．1.42 million. | B．3 million. | C．4.42 million. | D．2.6 million. |
| A．Heavy traffic. | B．Noise pollution. |
| C．Parking problem. | D．Energy waste. |
| A．It's too difficult to make all the online parking systems together. |
| B．Shenzhen will spend 40 million yuan in total on the project. |
| C．The smart parking platform will be finished by the end of this year. |
| D．People can find the parking information by mobile phones. |
| A．Parking spaces in Shenzhen. | B．Shenzhen's smart parking platform. |
| C．A new kind of electric cars. | D．Car parking and traffic planning in Shenzhen. |
【推荐3】Only a Ribbon
In one of the London hospitals, a short time ago, there was a young doctor. He noticed one of the patients, a ten-year-old poor girl called Katie, who had a very painful illness.
Katie lay in her bed, day after day, with nothing to help her forget her pain and cheer up. One day the doctor noticed her trying to make a doll of her finger, and speaking to it. But she was soon tired of it, and lay back into her bed.
That afternoon, the young doctor saw a beautiful ribbon in a shop window. He thought that it might help cheer the little girl up, so he went in and bought it for her. When he handed the ribbon to the girl, she was too surprised to speak. There were tears in her eyes. This little gift made her feel rich and happy.
The nurse later told the doctor that the girl played with the ribbon all day long. She twisted（盘绕）it round her head. She held it in her hand while she slept.
Some weeks later, Katie's illness became worse, and it was necessary to perform a dangerous operation. When Katie was brought into the operation room, she cried out for the young doctor. He was brought, and he held one of the girl's hands, while the other tightly held the ribbon.
During the operation, the ribbon fell off Katie's hand. As soon as she woke up and opened her eyes, she looked at her friend and said in a low voice, “My ribbon.” The doctor gave it to her and she smiled happily.
It was only a little gift, but it made the girl's stay in the hospital bright with beauty and love.
1. Katie was a________.| A．doctor | B．patient | C．nurse | D．salesperson |
| A．Katie asked him for it | B．it could treat Katie's illness |
| C．the nurse advised him to do so | D．he wanted to make Katie feel happy |
| A．She looked for her ribbon. | B．She smiled happily at the doctors. |
| C．She ran out of the operation room. | D．She cried out for the young doctor. |
| A．Doctors are kind people. |
| B．Gifts are important for patients. |
| C．A little gift can bring great happiness. |
| D．Hospitals are places with beauty and love. |
【推荐1】Have you ever gone to a fast-food restaurant to eat and gotten a kid's meal that came with a toy? Sometimes those meals have different toys for boys and girls —maybe a truck for the boys and a toy bear for the girls. Who decides that boys like to play with trucks and girls like to play with stuffed animals? I know many boys who like stuffed animals and lots of girls who play with trucks. When we decide what someone will like or how they will act just because they are boys or girls, we are stereotyping（形成模式化观念）.
A stereotype is a group that we put people into. Our human brains do this all the time; it's one of the ways that our brain has learned to deal with the world. We see someone and put that person into a group—for example, the old or the young, a boy or a girl. Is that a bad thing? No, it's not.
One advantage of a stereotype is that it enables us to deal with situations rapidly because we may have had a similar experience before. The use of stereotypes is a major way in which we simplify our social world; since they cut down the amount of processing（i.e. thinking）we have to do when we meet a new person.
Although grouping itself isn't bad, it can be harmful sometimes. It makes us ignore differences between each single person, that is, we usually think all the people in one group are the same but that might not be true.
When we stereotype, we think of a group and give everyone in that group certain characteristics. For example, the fast food restaurant believed that all boys like to play with vehicles and all girls prefer toy animals. They did that based only on whether they were boys or girls.
Stereotypes are problems when beliefs that people have about groups are not necessarily true. Have you ever heard anyone say that "Men are better drivers than women"? Statements like this take a group of people and give all of them the same behaviors or characteristics. I know men who are good drivers, and I know women who are good drivers. It's not fair to judge all people in a group by a stereotype. We need to remember that everyone in the group is an individual who has different abilities, interests, strengths and behaviors.
1. The example of different toys for boys and girls is mentioned to show that_________.| A．boys and girls prefer different toys |
| B．boys and girls are treated unfairly |
| C．people sometimes mix children's likes |
| D．people have fixed ideas on things |
| A．Making friends by his appearance. |
| B．Boys do better in science than girls. |
| C．Youth easily do unreasonable things. |
| D．Red signs on the road warn us of danger. |
| A．fail to notice | B．fail to trust | C．fail to search | D．fail to face |
| A．Stereotyping is like a coin which has two sides. |
| B．It helps our brain learn to deal with similar situations. |
| C．Judging people by stereotyping them makes things hard. |
| D．Trying to learn about and form some kinds of them stereotypes. |
In Britain, you should try not to put your hands on the table when you’re having a meal. In Mexico, however, guests are expected(期待) to keep their hands on the table during a meal. But in Arab countries you must be very careful with your hands. You mustn’t eat with your left hand. Arabs think it’s very bad manners eating with left hands. So, what should you do if you are on a visit in another country? Well, just
1. According to the passage, making noises when you have liquid food isn’t bad manners in _____.
| A．China | B．Japan |
| C．Britain | D．Mongolia |
| A．Mongolian people burp when they are eating |
| B．Japanese people all make noises when drinking |
| C．Chinese people never make noises at table |
| D．few Arabs eat with left hands |
| A．Do as the native people do |
| B．Do as you do at home |
| C．Ask the native people to do it |
| D．Watch the native people doing it |
| A．some table manners in Britain |
| B．some different table manners |
| C．different ways of having liquid food |
| D．to have good manners |
【推荐3】At the age of sixteen, I went on my first volunteer program in West Virginia to repair or build homes for poor families. When we arrived, we discovered that the family we were going to help was living in a trailer（拖车式活动房）that was in poor condition, no bigger than two parking spaces. A group of people had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another appeared.
We soon decided that the only way was to build a new house. It was something unusual because normally our goal was to repair old homes. The family was pleased with their new house that was 20 by 30 feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, “What do you want for your new room?” Kids in the families we had helped usually wanted toys or posters, so we were surprised when Josh, the oldest boy said, “We just want beds.” The boys had never slept in a bed. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
On Friday when we saw the truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. They were very excited.
That afternoon, while we were setting up the beds, Eric ran into the house to watch us with wide eyes. As Maggie, a member of our group, put one of the pillows on the bed, Eric asked, “What is that?”
“A pillow,” she replied.
“What do you do with it?” Eric went on asking.
“When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” Maggie answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as she handed Eric the pillow.
“Oh …that’s soft,” he said, holding it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems very urgent（急迫的）, my dad always asks, “Do you have a pillow?” We know exactly what he means.
1. Why did the writer’s group build a new house for the family?| A．Because it was their normal work. |
| B．Because the family asked them to do it. |
| C．Because the trailer could no longer be repaired. |
| D．Because they thought it was a perfect gift for the family. |
| A．The family needed two parking spaces. |
| B．The boys of the family wanted toys and posters. |
| C．The family were excited about the beds and bedding. |
| D．The writer’s group made some furniture for the family. |
| A．The Pillow | B．A New House |
| C．The Family | D．An Interesting Program |
