【推荐1】Every hour spent watching TV, DVDs and videos as an adult reduces life by almost 22 minutes, a study suggests. And watching TV for an average of six hours a day can cut short your life by five years.
The researchers say they only want to tell people how dangerous watching TV for long time is. And they want to find out the relationship between watching TV and life.
Writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, they concluded（得出结论）: TV watching time may have something to do with a loss of life.
The researchers, from the University of Queensland, used information from the Australian illnesses and lifestyle study, together with population and death rate data. But they said, “While we used Australian data, the effects in other countries are likely to be comparable（可比较的）. In the UK, the average amount of time spent watching TV is four hours a day compared with five hours in the United States.
Some American researchers said that watching TV for long time can lead premature（过早的）death. Other study suggests that sitting for long can cause overweight and it can also make people take more junk foods.
England’s Chief Medical Officer, Sally Davies, says, “Physical activity offers huge benefits. We hope these studies will help more people realize that there are many ways to get exercise.” Her study shows that exercising for just 15 minutes a day can increase your life by up to three years.
Stop watching TV, sit up and take more exercise!
1. Watching TV for ___________ a week can make a loss of five’s years’ life.

A．154 minutes

B．42 hours

C．70 hours

D．154 hours

2. The researchers want the public to know ____________.

A．the usage of watching TV.	B．the advantages of watching TV.
C．the importance of watching TV.	D．the danger of watching TV.

3. The research data comes from___________.

A．the U.K.

B．the U.S.

C．Australia

D．France

4. The underlined word “overweight” in the passage means “__________” in Chinese.

A．失重

B．暴食

C．超重

D．厌食

5. Sally Davies suggests us ___________.

A．to take exercise as much as possible.	B．to watch TV as much as possible.
C．to stay at home as long as possible.	D．to play games when having time.

【推荐2】Sports may be fun, but you need to play them safely. Here are some tips to help you stay safe while you’re playing sports in winter.
·Get your body ready!
Before you do any exercise, be sure to warm up for at least five minutes. During warming up you should stretch(伸展) all parts of your body.
·Wear the right clothes!
Be sure to wear the right clothes for sports. If you play winter sports, make sure that you dress warmly. Also make sure to use suntan oil (防晒油). It may be cold, but the sun is still bright! If you don’t put on suntan oil, your skin may be hurt. If you go skiing, be sure to wear waterproof(防水的) trousers and gloves. If you go running in cold weather, try to wear a scarf. It will keep your face, ears and neck warm.
·Stop playing sports when you are a hurt!
If you get hurt when playing sports, don’t play again until you get well.
·Don’t get thirsty!
Drink a lot when playing sports because it is easy to become thirsty.
1. You should warm up at least _____ minutes before you do exercises.

A．five

B．ten

C．fifteen

D．twenty

2. In the passage, the writer tells us ______.

A．to have a good rest before playing sports

B．to keep warm for sports in winter

C．to eat a lot before playing sports

D．to drink a little when we play sports

3. Two kinds of sports are mentioned in the passage. What are they?

A．Running and skating.

B．Swimming and running.

C．Skiing and running.

D．Skiing and skating.

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．You should wear waterproof trousers when skiing.

B．If you get hurt, you should never play sports again.

C．You should use suntan oil even if you play winter sports.

D．You’d better wear a scarf when you run in cold weather.

5. Which is the best title of the passage?

A．playing sports is fun.

B．Playing sports in summer.

C．What we should wear when playing sports.

D．Keeping safe when playing sports in winter.

【推荐3】Last month we asked our students about their free time activities. Our questions were about exercise, use of the Internet and watching TV.     1    

We found that only fifteen percent of our students exercise every day. Forty-five percent exercise four to six times a week. Twenty percent exercise only one to three times a week.     2    

We all know that many students often go online, but we were surprised that ninety percent of them use the Internet every day. The other ten percent use it at least three or four times a week. Most students use it for fun and not for homework.

    3     Only two percent of the students watch TV one to three times a week. Thirteen percent watch TV four to six times a week. And eighty-five percent watch TV every day! Although many students like to watch sports, game shows are the most popular.

It is good to relax by using the Internet or watching game shows, but we think the best way to relax is through exercise.     4     Exercise such as playing sports is fun, and you can spend time with your friends and family as you play together. And remember, “Old habits die hard.”     5    

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A．So start exercising before it’s too late!

B．It is healthy for the mind and the body.

C．And twenty percent do not exercise at all.

D．The answers to our questions about watching television were also interesting.

E．Here are the results.

【推荐1】Do you know the reason why we feel tired in the middle of a class? Maybe you would say it is because the teacher’s class is boring.     1     Perhaps this is something you have not paid enough attention to or not yet noticed.

Purpose of sleep

Why do we need sleep? Sleep helps our body heal (修复) grow and stay healthy. It also gives us energy, so we can be active all day. Doctors and health scientists say: when you close your eyes and need to rest, sleep is just the very best!

Sleep time

Enough sleep is important to us. How much sleep do we need? New-born babies can sleep 20—22 hours a day. Teenagers need 8—10 hours of sleep a day because they need lots of energy to grow into their adult bodies. Grown-ups usually need 6—8 hours of sleep to keep active.     2     That is why old people sleep less than young people.

Interesting facts

Almost everyone has their dreams while they sleep, but not all of them can tell their dreams clearly when they wake up. Some people talk in their dreams.     3     This is called “sleepwalking”. Are you a sleepwalker? Or is there a sleepwalker around you?

Sleepy animals

It’s not just people that love to snooze (打盹).     4     Some animals, such as bears and hedgehogs (刺猬), sleep all through winter. The swift (雨燕) is a very fast bird that can sleep while it flies! Cute koalas sleep around 18 hours a day. Giraffes don’t need much sleep at all. They usually sleep standing up.

根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，其中有一项为多余选项。

A．More surprisingly, some may even get up in their dreams and walk around.

B．However, the real reason is probably that we don’t have enough sleep.

C．In fact, many animals have unusual or surprising sleeping habits.

D．The older you get, the less sleep you will need.

E．Many animals also need as much sleep as people.

【推荐2】Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is “happier”, then you are right. Study found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.

The findings came from a Gallup Survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University In New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress (压力) were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped greatly after people arrived at their fifties.

Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.

The study also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns (情感模式) as they grow older. However, women at all ages were reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.

So why would happiness increase (增长) with age? One theory (推测) is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

1. How many adults are there in the study?

A．300

B．40,000

C．340,000

D．34,000

2. What can you learn from the findings of the study?

A．People become happier and feel less worried before age 50.

B．People are happier with their life at 18 than they are at 85.

C．Adults between the ages of 22 and 25 have the least stress.

D．The kids and those in their early seventies feel the happiest.

3. Why does happiness increase with age?

A．Because old people have no emotions.

B．Because when people get older, they seldom have bad experiences.

C．Because when people get older, they own more than before.

D．Because old people are more thankful for what they have.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A．Differences Between Men and Women

B．Relationship Between Age and Happiness

C．Relationship Between Stress and Happiness

D．Differences Between Young People and Older People

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，从所给选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺，结构完整，其中有一项是多余选项。

Once upon a time, people could not write and they had no books. But they had stories. The ancient Egyptians wrote their stories on flat sheets made from papyrus(纸莎草) plants.     1     Then they rolled the strip around a stick to make a seroll Peoplem other areas also used parchment(羊皮纸) instead.

In ancient China, books looked a little different. People there first carved words into bone or tortoise shell. Later they used ink to write on strips of bamboo or silk.       2    . The first paper was made from rags, but later plant materials were also used. Its surface was smoother and better for writing on than papyrus. The invention spread slowly across the world, reaching Europe in the 1100s. Then people used paper to make early books     3    . Every single book had to be copied out by hand. If there were pictures, each page had to be painted by hand, one at a time. This made books rare and expensive—though also very beautiful.

The Chinese were the first to think of a way to speed things up a little. In 1040, a man named Bi Sheng invented movable type printing(活字印刷). Movable type worked by carving a single Chinese character on a block of wood or clay. These could then be combined with other characters to create words, sentences, or whole pages.

In the1400s, Johannes Gutenberg of Germany invented a new method of printing. It used movable type--metal letters that could be arranged and rearranged to form words. It also used a machine called a press.     4    .

As more books became available, more people learnt to read.     5    . But with the printing press, they soon became a treasure everyone could enjoy.

A．But all these early books still had one big problem.

B．Paper is the basic material for written communication and the spread of information.

C．Gutenberg’s inventions made printing became faster and easier.

D．In the past, books were a luxury only the rich could buy.

E．Then the Chinese invented paper.

F．They glued many papyrus sheets together to make one long strip.

【推荐1】Colorful(多彩的) fruit and vegetables are good for our health. Their colors help us keep healthy. Close your eyes and think about the colors of the food: the orange of carrots, the yellow of lemons(柠檬) and the red of tomatoes.

You can enjoy eating fruit and vegetables of all colors—green, yellow, red, blue, white, purple and so on. They work together to help our bodies keep healthy.

The food here shows how the colors work:

·Green helps prevent cancer (防癌). It is good for our eyes, too. It also gives you good body and teeth.

·Blue and purple help us remember things well.

·Red gives us healthy hearts(心脏).

·Yellow and orange give us a healthy immune system(免疫系统). They’re also good for our eyes.

·White is good for our stomach(胃).

Do you think the colors are interesting? So when we buy or eat fruit and vegetables, please remember: the more colors, the better.

根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. How many kinds of food are there in paragraph 1?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

2. What does the underlined word “They” refer to(指的是)?

A．Green vegetables.

B．Fruits of different colors.

C．Colorful fruit and vegetables.

3. What colors can help us remember things well?

A．Blue and purple.

B．Blue and red.

C．Red and purple.

4. What colors are good for our eyes?

A．Green, blue and purple.

B．Red, yellow and orange.

C．Green, yellow and orange.

5. What’s the best title(标题) of the passage(文章)?

A．Healthy life

B．Colorful food and health

C．Colorful fruit and vegetables

【推荐3】In China, the twelfth month of the lunar calendar（阴历）is called Layue. The month is full of interesting festivals and customs（习俗）.

The Laba Festival, which falls on the eighth day of Layue, is the first festival in this month. From this day on, people begin to get ready for the Chinese New Year.

On the Laba Festival, people often eat hot Laba porridge （粥）. There are usually eight things in the porridge, rice, red beans, peas, dried lotus seeds（莲子）, dates（红枣）, and three different kinds of fruits and nuts. The porridge is not just good for your health, but best wishes for the coming of the Chinese New Year.

Laba porridge is not the only tasty food in Layue. Laba garlic（蒜）is popular in the north. People begin to soak（浸泡） garlic in vinegar（醋） from that day on, and have it with dumplings during the Chinese New Year. While in the south, people like making sausages (香肠).

1. When is the Laba Festival?

A．On the 12th of December.	B．On the 8th of December.
C．On the 12th of Layue	D．On the 8th of Layue.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to（指代） ?

A．Laba garlic.

B．Laba porridge.

C．Rice.

D．Vinegar.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．People in the south like to made Laba garlic on the Laba Festival.

B．When the Laba festival is over, the Chinese New Year is coming.

C．Chinese people have the same customs on the Laba Festival.

D．The Laba Festival is the last Chinese festival in Layue.