【推荐2】We all love food. But when you can’t finish your meal, do you think it’s not a big deal?

It’s wrong to think that wasting a little food isn’t a big deal. Everybody should save food. When a whole school started to save food in their cafeteria（食堂）, there was a big change. At Hengyang No. 1 Middle School in Hunan province, students are told to take no more food than they need. There used to be 100 kg of food waste（浪费）every day. But now, it is down by 75 percent. In China, people waste 35 million（百万）tons of food each year. Food waste is also a big problem around the world. Today there are 820 million people living in hunger. But the world wastes 1.3 billion（十亿）tons of food every year.

There are ways to reduce food waste. Firstly, people and stores can give food to the food banks and they will give the food to those in need. Many countries have food banks. Shanghai Oasis opened China’s first food bank in 2015. It has saved 7 million tons of food and helped 760, 000 people in the past 5 years. Secondly, try to buy ugly food. Many fruits and vegetables go to waste just because of their looks. Thirdly, order dishes with the “N-1” formula（公式）. “N” means the number of people who eat. So if ten people eat together, they should order nine dishes.

1. How much food does Hengyang No. 1 Middle School waste every day now?

A．25 kg.

B．100 kg.

C．75 kg.

D．35 kg.

2. How many people in the world don’t have enough food to eat now?

A．35 million.

B．7 million.

C．760, 000.

D．820 million.

3. The underlined word “ugly” in paragraph 4 means ________ in Chinese.

A．漂亮的

B．平滑的

C．新鲜的

D．丑陋的

4. It’s better to order ________ dishes if six people go out to eat in a restaurant.

A．four

B．five

C．six

D．seven

5. The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A．tell people it is OK to waste a little food	B．tell people about the importance of food
C．tell people about how people waste food	D．ask people to cut down on food waste

【推荐3】What’s the best thing to eat on a hot summer day? Quite a few people will say it is ice-cream. Yes, eating ice-cream with some fruit is a good way to cool down. But think before you eat. If your body is hot after playing sports, it’s not the best time to eat ice-cream. If you eat ice-cream when your body is hot, it may give your stomach some problems, and you may get diarrhea (腹泻). You can eat some ice-cream after you cool down or have some tea. Just try not to eat too much at a time!

People shouldn’t eat or drink anything cold just after dinner. If you want to stay cool and healthy, oranges, bananas and pears can help. In summer, germs (细菌) grow very fast and food goes bad easily. You should eat clean and fresh food. When you want to eat a cold dish, put some vinegar ( 醋 ) to kill the germs. If you can’t finish your food and want to eat it again the next day, you should heat it enough to kill the germs in it.

1. What can help you cool down?

A．Vinegar.

B．Ice-cream.

C．Vegetables.

D．Tea.

2. Which is the best time to eat ice-cream?

A．Just after dinner.	B．In the afternoon.
C．After you cool down.	D．When your body is very hot.

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

A．Vinegar can be used to kill germs.

B．Ice-cream can make people cool down.

C．Germs can make the food go bad quickly.

D．When you want to eat the food you don’t finish, you needn’t heat it.

【推荐1】Hello, everyone! My name is David and I’m 12. Four people are in my family: my parents, my sister and I.     1     His favorite food is eggs. He thinks eggs are healthy food.     2     Mary is my mother and she is 40. She likes vegetables.     3     She also likes fruit, like pears and strawberries. I like ice-cream.     4     I like chicken, too. I like eating chicken for dinner.     5     My sister Jenny is only 3 years old. Do you know what she likes? Yes, she likes milk! She drinks milk every day.

从方框中选择合适的选项还原到短文中。

A．What about my sister?

B．He eats eggs every day.

C．My father Tom is 43.

D．But my mother thinks it’s not healthy.

E．She loves tomatoes and carrots.

【推荐2】Healthy eating doesn’t just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here is some advice on healthy eating.

Eat a big breakfast.     1     Eat much and eat well, and you will do better in your work or study.

    2     We all need snacks sometimes. In fact, it’s a good idea to eat healthy snacks between your meals. This doesn’t mean that you can eat a bag of chips (炸薯条) instead of a meal.

Eat with others. It can help you to see others’ healthy eating habits.     3     You will find that the food is more delicious.

Listen to your body.     4     Have a glass of water to see if you are thirsty—sometimes you are just thirsty, you need no food. Stop eating before you feel full. Never eat dinner late.     5     This will give your body a chance to digest (消化) most of the food before you rest for the next 8—10 hours.

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，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。

A．Ask yourself whether you are really hungry.

B．Try to eat dinner at least 3 hours before you go to bed.

C．While eating, you can talk about something interesting.

D．Without eating for the past ten hours, your body needs food.

E．Healthy snacks like fruit and nuts (坚果) are necessary.

【推荐3】It’s important for us to be healthy. But how can we keep healthy? First, you should eat fruit and vegetables three or four times a week. Then eat some tofu every day because it’s good for people, both the young and the old. Milk is also necessary (必要的),especially for women. So you should have milk twice a day. It can help you to be strong. Next, doing more exercise is better. You can do morning exercises or evening exercises. After supper you should take a walk.

1. You should eat ________ three or four times a week.

A．fruit and fish

B．vegetables and mutton

C．tofu

D．fruit and vegetables

2. Tofu is good for ________.

A．young people

B．old people

C．young and old people

D．students

3. Why do people have milk?

A．It’s delicious.	B．It’s a kind of drink.
C．It’s bad for you.	D．It can help you keep strong.

4. You should have milk ________.

A．four times a day

B．five times a week

C．twice a day

D．twice a week

5. The passage mainly tells us ________.

A．how to keep healthy	B．what health is
C．why health is important	D．how often you can eat tofu

【推荐1】If you are sitting, please stand up. Move your legs. Touch your toes if you can. Do anything but sit. New research shows that if you cut down on the time you spend sitting, you might live longer. Sitting less than three hours a day might extend(延长)your life by two years. Cutting television time to less than two hours a day can add one point four years to life.

The human body is designed to move. The fact is just the opposite. Modern lifestyles and office jobs don’t give us the chance to move around. We sit while we’re eating; we sit in the car; we sit while we are watching TV. And most of us sit for many hours at work. Sitting is something we do all the time. On average, Americans sit for four and a half to five hours a day. But that does not making sitting good for us.

You may exercise often. That does not mean you can sit for the rest of your waking hours. We can’t throw away physical activity. It is extremely important. Even if you exercise for 30 minutes a day, what goes on in the other 23 and a half hours a day is also very important.

Changes are coming to some offices, especially in the design of desks. A “standing desk” lets people stand while they work. Another new design is called the “treadmill desk”. It is an exercise machine that lets you walk slowly in one place. Even some U. S. schools begin to experiment with desks that are part bicycle to keep children moving.

Many companies may not buy a standing desk for everybody. However, they may get five standing desks or a treadmill desk for their employees and put them in a certain place where people can go for an hour a day to answer their emails or talk on the phone. Experts suggest some other activities: take a walk at lunchtime; walk to the offices and talk directly instead of emailing colleagues(同事). All these activities may help you live longer.

1. Why should people stand up according to the new research?

A．They should touch their toes.	B．Standing more can cure some diseases.
C．They spend too much time watching TV.	D．Sitting less does people good and may help people live longer.

2. What can learn about sitting?

A．Sitting is the best position for the body.

B．The more people sit, the better they will be.

C．People usually have to sit for a long time nowadays.

D．Americans sit longer every day than people in other countries.

3. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Exercising.

B．Sitting.

C．The walking hour.

D．Standing.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The “treadmill desk” is used by people to run.

B．The new design of desks can help people sit less.

C．It’s better for school students to use standing desks.

D．It’s necessary for companies to offer a sitting desk to every employee.

5. According to the passage, we should do the following EXCEPT ________ if we want to live longer.

A．take a walk at lunchtime.	B．go to the offices on foot
C．email the colleagues	D．talk to the colleagues face to face

【推荐3】Would you like to start your day with a cup of tea? If the answer is yes, you may have the same habit as many people.

You may not know how popular tea is. Among all kinds of drinks, tea is one of the top two choices. People like it because it is good for their health.

Tea is mostly produced in Asian countries like China and India. Chinese people started to drink tea as early as 5, 000 years ago. At that time, people made tea in a simple way. They just put fresh tea leaves into hot water.

Tea wasn’t introduced into Europe until the early 17th century. And now it has become popular in Europe and America. People there like to drink tea with sugar or milk in it. As the population of tea drinkers gets larger, tea business is getting more important than before.

The first International Tea Day was on May 21st, 2020. Since then, people have celebrated it every year. The day makes people realize the importance of tea workers and their work.

1. According to the text, why do people like tea?

A．Because it is produced in Asian countries.	B．Because people started to drink it years ago.
C．Because it is good for people’s health.	D．Because it is very simple to drink tea.

2. When was tea introduced into Europe?

A．5, 000 years ago.

B．In the early 17th century.

C．In 2020.

D．2, 000 years ago.

3. What’s the best title for the text?

A．How to make tea	B．The first International Tea Day
C．A popular drink—tea	D．Chinese tea