Running is becoming popular these days. Many of us run for our health. Doctors say many heath problems come from these bad habits: eating too much, drinking too much, smoking too much and not having enough exercise.
Doctors tell us, “Eat less, don’t smoke and exercise more. Running is good exercise because it helps build a strong heart. It also helps most people lose weight (重量). One 68-year-old woman runs three times a week. She runs to lose weight.
Running is good for our health in other ways, too. Many runners say running makes colds and other small health problems go away. Running is our doctor. Running can also help people to relax. So today men and women of all ages enjoy running.
1. Few people are running for their health these days.2. Many health problems come from eating, drinking, smoking too much and not having enough exercise.
3. Running can help many people lose weight.
4. Many runners say running can make colds go away.
5. Only young people enjoy running.
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【推荐1】It’s cold now. Walking outdoors is not a good idea. But we know that walking is the best exercise. So, what shall we do? Put off our health plans and go out next spring? No. Here is a way out. We can be mall (商场) walkers.
“It’s too hot in summer to walk outside and too cold in winter, so we come here,” Says Glenna Osiek. She walks at malls five days a week with her friends. “We can keep away from the bad day outside in this way, and there’s a lot to look at in malls.”
Doctors say that walking is good for health, and it’s good to start by walking for 30 minutes at a time. They say malls are good places because it’s not easy for walkers to fall down in them. And walking indoors makes people less tired. We can also make friends with others when walking there.
1. The passage asks people to ________.| A．go shopping in malls | B．go walking with friends |
| C．go walking in malls | D．go walking on cold days |
| A．推迟 | B．坚持 | C．脱掉 | D．开始 |
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
| A．shopping | B．walking | C．friends | D．sports |
【推荐2】Research has showed the importance of physical activities for students in a school environment. So many schools are now encouraging students to take part in some healthy forms of exercise.
Physical education is an important part of healthy living for people of all age groups, especially those going to school. This is because school life is full of stress.
Except that, in today’s world, many school children eat unhealthy foods. These may include soft drinks, pizzas, a burgers. Eating these foods often can increase school children’s body weight.
Physical education at school helps in preventing school children from putting on weight. Physical exercise and activities will help them burn off more calories(卡路里). If these calories are not burned off, they will be stored as fat. By doing physical exercises students use their calories to get energy.
At the same time, such activities play an important role in the healthy growth and development of bones(骨骼). Exercise such as jumping are especially important for school children as such activities produce a force onto the bone that helps in prove its power and growth.
A physically active student will also have a healthy heart. Research shows that kids who perform aerobic(有氧的) exercises, two to three times a week for at least twenty minutes, have a healthier heart compared with those who don’t take part in physical education. Some of the healthy aerobic exercises are: playing basketball and soccer.
1. What are schools encouraging their students to do in Paragraph 1?| A．Keep body and mind healthy. |
| B．Do research on healthy exercise. |
| C．Perform physical activities actively. |
| D．Pay more attention to school education. |
| A．Parents. | B．Students. | C．Teachers. | D．Customers. |
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．③④ | D．④⑤ |
| A．Physical activities are good for students in many ways. |
| B．It’s not easy for students to receive physical education. |
| C．Students should have more time to receive knowledge and education. |
| D．Those who don’t join in physical activities can’t keep fit. |
| A．A study on physical education |
| B．Exercising more to keep healthy |
| C．Taking healthy aerobic exercise |
| D．Different kinds of physical activities |
You can start horse-riding at any age. Choose private or group lessons any weekday between 9 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. (3:30p.m. on Saturday). There are 10 kilometers of tracks and paths for rides across farmland and open country. You will need a riding hat.
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 9:00a.m.---8:30 p.m.
Phone: (412) 396---6754 Fax: (412)396---6752
Sailing Club:
Our Young Sailor’s Course leads to the Stage 1 Sailing qualification. You’ll learn how to sail safely and the course also covers sailing theory(理论) and first aid（急救）. Have fun with other course members, afterwards in the clubroom. There are 10 weekly two-hour 1essons (Tuesdays 6:00p.m. ～8 :00p.m.)
Opening Hours: Tuesdays: 6: 00 p.m. — 8: 00 p.m.
Phone: (412)396—6644 Fax: (412)396—6644
Diving Centre:
Our experienced instructors offer one-month courses in deep-sea diving for beginners. There are two evening lessons a week, in which you learn to breathe underwater and use the equipment safely. You only need your own swimming suit and towel. Reduced fees for couples.
Opening Hours: Monday and Friday: 6: 30 p.m. — 8: 30 p.m.
Phone: (412)396—6312 Fax: (412)396—6706
Medical Center:
The staff of the Medical Center aim to provide convenient and medical care to students and staff of the university. The center is well equipped and the staff here are trained to deal with a lot of medical problems. Both female and male doctors as well as nursing staff are available for consultation. Also, all kinds of medicines are sold here and are cheaper for students than other drugstores.
Opening Hours: 24 hours from Monday to Sunday
Phone: (412)396--6649 Fax: (412)396—6648
Watersports Club:
We have a two-kilometer length of river for speedboat racing, and water-skiing. A beginner’s course includes ten 20-minute lessons. You will learn to control boats safely and confidently, but must be able to swim. The club is in a convenient central position and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with lessons all through the day.
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 9:00 a.m. --- 4:00 p.m.
Phone: (412)396---6899 Fax: (412)396---6890
1. If you want to swim and enjoy activities which are fast and a bit dangerous, you should join .
| A．Watersports Club | B．Diving Centre | C．Sailing Club | D．Riding School |
| A．(412)396—6648 | B．(412)396—6706 | C．(412)396—6752 | D．(412)396—6876 |
| A．24 hours from Monday to Sunday | B．Monday through Friday: 9: 00 a.m. — 8:30p.m. |
| C．Tuesdays: 6: 00 p.m. — 8: 00 p.m. | D．Monday and Friday: 6: 30 p.m. — 8: 30 p.m. |
| A．Good equipment. | B．Well trained staff members. |
| C．Different less expensive medicines. | D．Nursery for newly-born babies. |
| A．You can have lessons at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday in Riding school |
| B．There are 10 weekly two-hour lessons on Tuesdays in Sailing Club |
| C．You can contact them by calling or faxing |
| D．Couples can pay less in Diving School |
My name is Jessica Meir. I am a flight engineer on the International Space Station (ISS) (国际空间站). Today, I will tell you something about what life is like on the ISS.
The ISS has over 425 cubic meters (立方) of living space. I work here with astronauts from the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and some other countries.
When we are on the ISS, we have to follow an everyday schedule. It tells us when to get up, eat, exercise, work, relax and go to sleep. We spend about two hours each day exercising. Without enough exercise, we would lose an amount of muscle (肌肉) because of the microgravity (微重力) environment in space.
When we are on the ISS, we eat food that is specially made. We eat some foods, such as cakes, in space in the same way as we do on the Earth. But some other foods are real challenges (挑战). For example, when we’re in space, we can’t shake salt onto food, because the salt would float away. As a result, we have to use special salt.
When we are not busy working on the ISS, we can relax and have fun in different ways. We also love to listen to music, read books, play cards, watch movies and talk with our family members.
As you can see, the microgravity environment in space brings many challenges that you don’t face on the Earth. Would you like to live for some time on the ISS?
1. What is the passage mainly about?| A．What the ISS is like in space. | B．What life is like on the ISS. |
| C．How astronauts eat on the ISS. | D．How astronauts exercise in space. |
| A．Example. | B．Plan. | C．Habit. | D．Activity. |
| A．Jessica works as a flight engineer on the Earth. |
| B．It takes Jessica two hours to exercise for fun on the ISS every day. |
| C．Jessica is busy working without any free-time activities on the ISS. |
| D．The way Jessica eats in space is not always the same as that on the earth. |
| A．Living in such a small living space. | B．Keeping away from family members. |
| C．Fighting with microgravity environment. | D．Working with astronauts from other countries. |
【推荐2】China is famous for its delicious food. Especially during festivals, there are different traditional foods. Among them is niangao.
Niangao, a kind of Chinese New Year’s Rice Cake, is made from glutinous rice (糯米). It is very popular during the Spring Festival.
The pronunciation of niangao sounds like year and high, which means higher income (收入), better jobs, higher marks, the growth of children, and generally the promise of a better year.
Niangao is usually made from glutinous rice flour (糯米粉), wheat starch (麦粉), salt, water and sugar. The tastes can be divided into two main kinds: sweet niangao in northern China, while sweet or salty niangao in the south. Salty and sweet tastes are both fantastic. In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, people can put different things inside niangao, such as flower sugar, oil, and sweet red beans.
▲ The ways to make niangao include braise (炖), stir-fry (炒), deep-fry, piece-fry, soup cooks and so on. Stir-fried niangao with sugar is quite popular.
Stir-fried niangao with Shepherd’s Purse (荠菜) is also very delicious. Chicken soup niangao should appear in every family on Chinese New Year’s Eve.
Niangao is not only delicious but also meaningful. Do you want to learn to cook it or just want to eat it?
1. People usually eat niangao during ________ according to the passage.| A．the Dragon Boat Festival | B．the Lantern Festival |
| C．the Mid-Autumn Festival | D．the Spring Festival |
| A．taste | B．meaning | C．preparation | D．shape |
| A．east | B．south | C．west | D．north |
| A．Niangao is the most delicious traditional food. |
| B．Niangao is popular with all the young people. |
| C．People cook niangao in many different ways. |
| D．People like giving niangao to friends on holidays. |
| A．chicken soup | B．Shepherd’s Purse | C．red beans | D．flower sugar |
【推荐3】“I’ll finish my homework before playing video games.”
“Your dress looks beautiful.”
“I won’t spend all the money on snacks.”
All lies! Most of us have told a lie at one time or another. However, scientists found that lying can harm your brain (大脑). It may stop you from doing other important tasks.
When you tell the truth, your brain doesn’t have to do any extra (额外的) work. But lying takes much more work.
Imagine you’re late to class. The teacher asks why and you decide to lie. So you say: “I picked up a book from the library,” Your teacher asks: “The book I assigned (布置) last time?” Then you must decide how to answer the question. If you say yes, the teacher might ask to see the book. So you might say: “No.” Now you have to think of a book title. You need to make sure it’s a book the library actually has. See? When you lie, your brain works a lot more to keep the lie from falling apart.
You just gave your brain a ton of extra work. An area called the prefrontal cortex (前额皮质) does the work. It’s the part in charge of short memory. That area also takes care of planning, problem-solving and self-control.
Using too much brainpower to lie means there’s less available for other things-like solving math problems. Lying is even harder for young people. The prefrontal cortex is not fully developed until age 25. So when young people are busy with lying, they’ll have a harder time doing other things, like making study plans or eating a healthy diet. So think twice before lying next time!
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1. What did the scientists find out about telling lies?
| A．It happens quite often. | B．Most students have done it. |
| C．It is bad for people’s brains. | D．It is an important way to protect oneself. |
| A．It works more slowly. | B．It has to do some extra work. |
| C．It often says yes to others. | D．It becomes better at answering questions. |
a. Build long-term memories. b. Make plans.
c. Work out problems. d. Relax our brains.
| A．ab | B．bc | C．ac | D．bd |
| A．Because they are not clever enough. |
| B．Because they have too much brainpower. |
| C．Because they are still learning how to talk to other people. |
| D．Because they don’t have fully grown brains. |
| A．More lies, more work. | B．Lies make us healthy. |
| C．Lies grow with age. | D．Lies are difficult. |
【推荐1】It is December 25th, 2050. The people in the city are all celebrating Christmas. I'm the mayor (市长) of our city. My citizens (市民) and I are holding a big party under the sea, though you wouldn’t believe it. But please do not feel excited, you should feel sad because we have to live under the sea. Because of the pollution, the Earth has been completely destroyed (毁灭), from top to bottom. The atmosphere (大气层) has no Oxygen and moisture. As a result, the plants are burned by the strong sunlight with a great number of harmful rays. Of course, none of them are still alive. Not only no green, but also the temperature reaches about 121℃ all day even in winter because there is too much CO2 circling the Earth.
On the land, there is no life. Luckily, the sea is not destroyed by human. So, we have to move into the sea. At the bottom of the water, people have built many new cities. There is a lot of advanced (高深的，先进的) equipment in each city. Computers are used to control all the machines, even the people’s life. We can also make the seawater into fresh water. There are two machines making oxygen. If they stop working for only one minute, more than 10 million people will die.
The population of our city is over 30 million and, of course, it is quite crowded. We have lots of high buildings and bridges. The roads are wide, too. Our cars are small UFOs. Don't be surprised. It is true. At the bottom of the sea you can't see anything, because there is no light all day. However, we have advanced lighting equipment so that we can see the “sun” under the sea. Of course, the advanced lighting equipment is very expensive. And if it doesn't work, we can see nothing under the sea. What should we do then?
1. Where are they holding a big Christmas party?| A．On the land. | B．Under the sea. | C．In high buildings. | D．On the road. |
| A．Machines. | B．Advanced lighting equipment. | C．Computers. | D．Human beings. |
| A．It is interesting to build cities and live under the sea. |
| B．We have advanced lighting equipment so that we can see the “sun” under the sea. |
| C．We can make oxygen under the sea with the high technology. |
| D．There is no oxygen and moisture around the Earth as it is destroyed. |
| A．We should protect our environment instead of destroying it. |
| B．There will be no lives in the world in 2050. |
| C．People prefer to live under the sea in 2050. |
| D．The plants are burned by the strong sunlight with a great number of useful rays. |
| A．A Christmas In The Future | B．A City Under The Sea |
| C．The Underwater Life | D．The Future Life Under The Sea |
【推荐2】Henry was a policeman working in a town. One day he was taking a thief（小偷）to the city. On the way to the railway station, there was a shop. The thief said to Henry, "Please let me buy some bread so that we can have something to eat on the train." Henry agreed and waited in front of the shop. The thief went into the shop and ran away from the back door. All the policemen of the town began to look for the thief. They soon caught him. Henry was told to take the thief to the city again. When they passed by the shop, the thief wanted to buy some bread once more. Henry said, "I know you want to run away again. This time, I'll go to buy bread myself. You must stay here and wait for me."
1. Henry was taking a thief to the city.2. The thief went to buy some water in the shop.
3. The thief ran away from the window.
4. The policemen caught the thief for the second time.
5. The thief had another chance to run away at last.
High school students study only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same class every day, and they have little homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. Many college students work after class to get some money for their studies.
1. Most American children go to school when they are years old.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
| A．do a lot of homework | B．do many interesting things |
| C．often sing songs | D．do lots of reading |
| A．begin to work | B．stay at home |
| C．go to college | D．visit their friends |
| A．they want to get some money for their studies |
| B．they don’t have anything to do |
| C．their parents ask them for money |
| D．their teachers ask them to do so |
| A．January | B．September | C．February | D．June |
