【推荐2】Choose the best answer

Bob is a middle school student. He has a healthy lifestyle. He sleeps eight or nine hours a day. So he can get up early in the morning. He exercises every day before having breakfast. He runs three times every week. He takes quick walks and play football twice a week. He also has good eating habit. He tries to eat a lot of vegetables and fruit and drinks milk a lot. He likes apples best. He believes “Having an apple a day keeps the doctors away.” He likes eating hamburgers, but he tries not to eat to much. He only eats once a month. Good eating habits and doing exercises every day are good form him. They can help him get good grades.

His friend Jeff is different. He is kind of unhealthy. He doesn’t like doing exercises and sleeps too late. He likes eating junk food, too. But he says he wants to be healthy and exercise with Bob every day.

1. How long does Bob sleep a day?

A．Six hours.

B．Seven hours.

C．Eight or nine hours.

D．Nine or ten hours.

2. Bob exercises_________.

A．every day

B．three times a week

C．twice a week

D．five times a week

3. Bob’s favourtie fruit is_________.

A．apples

B．hamburgers

C．bananas

D．pears

4. _________, so Bob gets good grades.

A．Doing exercises every day makes him happy	B．He doesn’t like junk food
C．A healthy lifestyle is good for him	D．He always goes to school

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Bob eats hamburgers once a month.	B．Jeff has unhealthy lifestyle.
C．Bob takes good care of his health.	D．Jeff doesn’t like junk food.

【推荐3】Running

Running is good for people with too much fat because it can help them become slim. It also makes people strong. But it may be bad for joints(关节). If we don't feel comfortable in our joints, we should stop for another activity.

Walking

Walking makes our bodies relaxed(放松的). It can also help people to be slim.

Swimming

Swimming is a great way to make different places of your body strong. But it is not a good way to keep slim. The water in a swimming pool is cooler than our body. The body protects(保护)itself from the cold by keeping fat.

Cycling

Riding a bike will help us be slim and make our legs strong, too. But be careful! If you live in the city, you should ride on the bike road and be away from the busy traffic.

1. If you're not well in the joints while running, you should _________.

A．run faster

B．keep running

C．stop running

D．drink water

2. Cycling can help _________.

A．make your legs strong	B．you know the way well
C．you keep fat	D．you walk fast

3. While cycling in cities, you should be away from the traffic to _________.

A．keep quiet

B．keep safe

C．ride faster

D．enjoy fresh air

4. You can be slim if you play these sports except(除了) ________.

A．running

B．walking

C．swimming

D．cycling

5. What does the passage tell us about?

A．Four outdoor activities.	B．Four ways of traveling.
C．Four reasons why we need sports.	D．Four good things of sports.

【推荐1】The keys to keeping a healthy weight (体重) are regular (规律的) exercise and good eating habits. It may sound difficult to try to work them into our lives, but in fact, the best way is by making small changes. Here’s the information you need to make healthy habits easy.

Teens (青少年) should get 60 minutes or more of physical activity a day. Notice the word “activity”: as long as you’re getting your body moving, any kind of exercise will do. What’s important is that each week you get the right balance (平衡) of activity, including aerobic, strength building, and stretching exercises. Make exercise a habit by doing some of them every day.

On days when you don’t have football practice or a PE lesson, 60 minutes a day of activity seems like a lot of time for busy students. The good news is that it’s OK to take shorter “exercise breaks” during the day. So get up 15 minutes early and do some stretching. Fast walk for 15 minutes at lunch. Walk or bike home after school.

Eating well doesn’t mean dieting (节食) over and over again. In fact, studies have shown that dieting often doesn’t work—and diets may have the reverse effect, with dieters putting on more weight than before they started.

One reason diets don’t work is because they can make people think of foods as “good” or “bad”, but the truth is, everything is OK in moderation (适量地). Dieters are also more likely to “give up” some foods; we may end up longing for these foods while our bodies don’t get enough (足够的) important nutrients (营养). Teens should eat all kinds of food, and there’s nothing wrong with a treat occasionally. A candy bar somehow tastes more special if we treat ourselves from time to time, not every day.

Try to come up with ways to fit exercise and healthy eating into your life in a way that works for you. We’re all different. Your best friend might like gym time better, while you enjoy walks with your dog in the park. Knowing what’s right for you will make staying at a healthy weight a lot easier!

1. We can work healthy exercise and eating habits into our lives by ________.

A．not giving up easily

B．making small changes

C．learning from our friends

2. What can we learn from this passage?

A．Teens should go on a diet to get to a healthy weight.

B．The key to healthy eating is to give up foods with sugar.

C．Teens can get enough physical activity by taking “exercise breaks”.

3. The underlined word “occasionally” in Paragraph 5 probably means ________.

A．sometimes

B．never

C．always

4. Why does the writer write this passage?

A．To tell why teens should play more sports.

B．To ask teens to go on diets from time to time.

C．To introduce how to make healthy habits easy.

【推荐2】Traveling is very interesting. Many people love traveling. There are many ways to travel: by plane, by train, by ship or by car. Everyone has their favorite way.

My favorite way of traveling is by car. I can travel three hundred miles or only fifty miles a day. I can stop at a good restaurant to enjoy a good meal or at a hotel to spend the night. —Greg

I love traveling by train best! It’s very exciting. It’s the best way to talk with the local (当地的) people and make new friends. Trains even make the longest trip enjoyable. I also like traveling by ship. It is a very great way to spend a vacation. I can go to parties and movies on the ship, and enjoy the blue sky and water. —Eliza

Planes are my favorite. It’s the fastest way of traveling. I can quickly get to another country. It can save lots of time. Planes have very comfortable seats. I can have something to drink and to eat. I can also read some free magazines and newspapers. —Danny

1. Greg loves traveling ________ best.

A．by ship

B．by car

C．by train

D．by plane

2. What does Eliza think of traveling by train?

A．Comfortable.

B．Slow.

C．Boring.

D．Exciting.

3. Danny likes traveling by plane because ________.

A．his home is near the airport	B．he can make new friends
C．it can save lots of time	D．he likes the blue sky

【推荐3】Almost every Chinese person can recite (背诵) the two lines of the famous poem, "Every grain on the plate comes from hard work ". But sadly, many of us don't actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don't waste food.

A CCTV program reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Do we have too much food? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2011, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.

Chinese people are well-known for being friendly and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their friends have eaten all the food on the table. Luckily, a lot of people have realized the importance of saving food. What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food?

▲ Don't order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.

▲ Don't leave any food in your bowls while having meals.

▲ Don't buy too much food, especially for vegetables and fruit.

1. What's the real meaning of the underlined sentence?

A．春种一粒粟，秋收万颗籽。	B．谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。
C．吏禄三百石，岁晏有余粮。	D．足蒸暑土气，背灼炎天光。

2. What should we do to waste less food?

A．Order more food in a restaurant.

B．Every time you eat, leave some food in your bowls.

C．Take all the food you ordered home.

D．Don't store too much food like vegetables and fruit.

3. What's the main idea of this passage?

A．Don't waste food.	B．Chinese people are friendly and generous.
C．We can't die of hunger.	D．Every grain is grown by farmers.

【推荐1】It’s not easy to give a good gift. What should we know about giving gifts? Here are some good ideas.

◆We should know people’s ages. A 3-year-old boy or girl doesn’t need a pen or a knife. A seventy-year-old man won’t like a kite.

◆We don’t need to buy an expensive gift. Sometimes a book or a card is OK. A child may give his or her mother a leaf from the tree. This can make her very happy.

◆Different people like different kinds of gifts. If a boy likes sports, we can give a pair of ping-pong bats. If a girl likes songs, we can give her some CDs.

◆If you have a lot of time, you can make a gift by yourself. I’m sure your friend will be glad to get a gift made by yourself.

1. John is three years old. What gift is best for him? ______

A．A kite

B．A pen

C．A knife

D．A toy car

2. How many ideas can we get about giving gifts from the text? ______

A．Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

3. Which of the following is TRUE(对的) according to the text? ______

A．Different people like different gifts.

B．It’s easy to give people good gifts.

C．We should make every gift by hand.

D．We should know people’s names before we give them gifts.

4. What’s the best title(标题) for this text? ______

A．How to make gifts	B．My birthday
C．How to give gifts	D．Everyone likes gifts

【推荐2】It’s Good to Ask for Help

Part of growing up is learning how to work things out for yourself. However, you don’t have to struggle alone all the time.     1    

When you might need help

There are lots of reasons why you could need help, for example, with schoolwork, learning a new skill, or when you feel sad, worried or angry. When you find something difficult, or it takes a long time to make progress, you may feel discouraged. These are all signs that you need help.

What stops you asking for help

Asking for help isn’t always easy. You might feel red-faced that you need help, or you think asking for a helping hand is a sign of weakness.     2    

Angela McMillan, a counsellor (顾问) who advises young people, says asking for help can also feel risky, especially when you are not sure who to ask.

Asking for help is brave

Everyone finds things difficult sometimes — you’re not the only one.     3     “Letting someone in, believing in them and asking them to listen to you and help you solve a problem takes great courage,” she said.

Asking for help is good for you

    4     There are other benefits too. By asking for help, you practice speaking up for yourself and saying what you need. It shows you how someone else might feel when they’re struggling, which means you could be more able to offer a hand when someone needs it.

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A．I was really pleased that I had asked for help.

B．McMillan believes asking for help is an act of bravery.

C．These thoughts make it hard for you to turn to another person.

D．Learning how to ask others to lend a hand is also an important life skill.

E．When you ask for help, it makes you less worried, and it usually produces a better result.