No matter how old your kids are, you can take steps to improve a healthy diet and to encourage good eating habits.
Tip One: Family Meals
Family meals are nice for both parents and kids. Children like to guess what they are going to have and parents get the chance to introduce new foods to children. Parents can also use the mealtime as a chance to talk with their kids about their life.
Tip Two: Healthy Snacks
Kids, especially younger ones, will eat mostly what they can get at home. That’s why it’s important to have enough healthy snacks, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, yogurt and whole-grain biscuits.
Tip Three: Being a Good Example
The best way for you to encourage healthy eating is to eat well yourself. Kids will follow the lead of the adults they see every day. By eating fruits and vegetables and avoiding fast food and sweet drinks, you are sending the right message.
Tip Four: No Shouts about Food
Parents might find themselves shouting at children to get them to have healthy foods in fount of them. This in fact can make children dislike what they are asked to eat. You need to work a bit on different cooking methods.
Tip Five: Get Kids Included
Most kids will enjoy making the decision about food. Talk to them about making choices and planning a healthy meal. It can help them to make good decisions on their own about the foods they want to eat.
1. What is the author’s attitude (态度) towards snacks?| A．Snacks shouldn’t be eaten. | B．Healthy snacks can be accepted. |
| C．Kids can only have snacks at home. | D．It’s not necessary to have snacks at home. |
| A．to have family meals | B．to eat healthy snacks |
| C．to be a good example | D．to get kids included |
| A．Explain how healthy it is. | B．Try cooking it in a different way. |
| C．Never cook the same food. | D．Ask kids to get used to its taste. |
| A．To let kids eat anything they like. |
| B．To help kids become a wonderful cook. |
| C．To help kids make good choices by themselves. |
| D．To set a good example of eating healthy food. |
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Do you know, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Everyone wants to be healthy, but not all of us have healthy eating habits. What’s your favorite food? I like eating hamburgers and ice-cream very much. But eating too much of it may make me sick (生病). I like cola, too. But cola is bad for our health.
Cola is sweet, because it has sugar (糖) in it. Too much sugar can let you get fat. Drinking one glass of cola each day can make you get fifteen pounds (磅) each year. And because the sugar in cola can make you feel full, you can’t eat much healthy food, such as fruit, vegetables and rice. And cola is bad for your teeth and bones (骨头).
Drink water, please. Water is very important to our body. It helps us to keep healthy. We can get water from drink and food, especially (特别是) from fruit and vegetables. But it’s better to drink water. If you don’t like plain (清淡的) water, you can put a little 100% fruit juice into it.
1. How many pounds can you get each year by drinking one glass of cola each day?| A．5 pounds. | B．10 pounds. | C．15 pounds. | D．25 pounds. |
①By drinking milk. ②By drinking soup (汤).
③By playing basketball. ④By eating fruit and vegetables.
| A．①②③ | B．①③④ | C．②③④ | D．①②④ |
| A．put some tea into the water | B．add some ice-cream to the water |
| C．add some sugar to the water | D．put a little 100% fruit juice into the water |
| A．My Favorite Drink. | B．Cola or Water. | C．Cola is Good for us. | D．Why is Water Important. |
You need to have healthy eating habits. Breakfast gives you enough energy (精力) for the morning.
Playing sports can also help you keep healthy. But sometimes it may cause accidents (引发事故).
Happiness is important for your health.
You must avoid (避免) smoking and drinking.
| A．Many students think it’s cool to smoke and drink. |
| B．It’s the best medicine. |
| C．Many old people like watching TV. |
| D．You must stay safe when you are playing sports. |
| E．So don’t go to school without breakfast. |
| F．On the other hand, you may feel ill if you are always unhappy. |
【推荐3】Are your food and drink healthy? Fruit and vegetables are good for our health: apples, pears, bananas, tomatoes. We can also eat some chicken.
Much ice cream, many hamburgers and cola are not healthy. Cola and sugar (糖) are very sweet, and lots of them are bad for you.
Eat the right food and be healthy. Tomatoes, eggs and fish are good for your eyes (眼睛). Milk, fish and bananas are good for your teeth (牙齿). Sugar is bad for your teeth. Are you tired (劳累的)? Have lots of nice chicken soup (汤)!
Eat well, be healthy, and don’t be fat! Here are some tips (建议) for you.
●Have a good breakfast every morning.
●Drink juice, water, tea and milk, but not cola.
●Eat lots of fruit and vegetables.
1. What is good for our health?| A．Ice cream. | B．Cola. | C．A hamburger. | D．Fruit. |
| A．Milk. | B．Fish. | C．A banana. | D．Sugar. |
| A．吃. | B．喝. | C．闻. | D．看. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
【推荐1】Inventions change how we live, work, play and think about what’s possible. Every year, TIME lists the 100 best inventions based on their creativity and impact （创造力和影响力）on our lives. What did the magazine choose this year? Here are three of them.
| Easier to read Reading can be a big challenge for tens of millions of people. They may have poor eyesight or reading difficulties. But OrCam Read can help them! It’s the first of its kind reading pen with a smart camera and an AI system. After scanning a page of text with the click of a button, it can read the text aloud to the user. You don’t need to connect it with the Internet. You can use it offline at home, work, school, or even in stores when you need to read a price tag（标签）. |
| Sweet idea Honey is produced by bees. But today’s beekeeping business（养蜂产业）is not good for these hard-working insects. Bee farmers may kill them after getting honey because it’s cheaper than feeding the bees through the winter. To save bees, US company MeliBio has found a way to make the world’s first bee-free honey. They used synthetic biology（合成生物学）to create honey directly from plants. This kind of honey tastes just like the real one, and it is healthy, too. |
| Keep you calm When you feel angry or unhappy, what do you do about it? Scientists say you can try to calm others. This can help you calm down. That’s why Purrble was invented. This furry, bear-like toy has 9 sensors（感应器）. It has a quick “heartbeat” and can reply to your touch. And it purrs （发出呼噜声）like a cat. It sounds like it really enjoys your touch! Through petting Purrble, you’ll become more aware of your own feelings and learn how to feel calm yourself. |
| A．3. | B．Over 3. | C．100. | D．Over 100. |
| A．People must use it online. | B．It only helps read a price tag. |
| C．Reading becomes easier with it. | D．It’s useless for the blind to use it. |
| A．Many bees die of hunger during the cold winter. |
| B．Honey produced by bees tastes good but unhealthy. |
| C．Bees will perhaps be killed after they produce honey. |
| D．Bee farmers don’t want to spend money feeding them. |
| A．The sense of touch. | B．The sense of hearing. |
| C．Awareness of safety. | D．Awareness of being calm. |
| A．In a guidebook. | B．In a magazine. | C．In a storybook. | D．On a noticeboard. |
【推荐2】Chinatown is the name given to an area in the middle of London. It is a large Chinese community (社区) with a lot of Chinese restaurants, supermarkets and shops.
In the 1950s, it was a poor area and everything was very cheap. At the same time, the world rice market changed and thousands of farm workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs. They began arriving in London to look for work. They found jobs in the restaurants in this area.
These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time to learn English. As more Chinese arrived, more shops and businesses grew up. Wives came and joined their husbands and children came and joined their fathers. The community grew, and Chinatown was born.
In the 1970s and 1980s, British-born Chinese started to have a better education (教育) and this brought economic (经济的) success to the area. Many families moved out of Chinatown, and there was more space for businesses. Chinatown soon became a popular place for tourists.
Now everyone knows about London’s Chinatown. During the Chinese New Year, the streets are seen with flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. For most of the year, though, Londoners and tourists go there mainly for the food in the Chinese restaurants. The best restaurants are the ones where the Chinese eat.
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1. Who went to London to look for work in the 1950s?
| A．Farm workers from Hong Kong. |
| B．Business men from London. |
| C．Factory workers from Hong Kong. |
| A．In hospitals. | B．In churches. | C．In restaurants. |
| A．At the beginning of the 1990s. |
| B．In the 1970s and 1980s. |
| C．Fifteen years later after their parents’ arrival. |
| A．Streets. | B．Hospitals. | C．Restaurants. |
| A．To introduce the history of Chinatown in London. |
| B．To introduce some popular Chinese restaurants in London. |
| C．To tell us the reason why people in Hong Kong moved to London. |
【推荐3】It’s 9:30 a.m. Thirty minutes before the party, volunteers arrive and get to work. They hang colorful balloons, set up toys, games and activities, and prepare different kinds of food and gifts on a table. Soon it’s time to play the music and welcome the guests. The kids rush in, ready to celebrate. Happy Birthday!
Every month, parties like this can be seen at some places for the homeless. The host, a nonprofit organization（非营利组织） called the Birthday Party Project, throws birthday parties for groups of kids who don’t have a home. For some children, it’s the first birthday party they’ve ever had.
Let’s celebrate!
Paige Chenault is the creator of the Birthday Party Project. “Everyone wants a chance to feel known and seen, and a birthday is a perfect place and a perfect time in our lives to stop and celebrate,” she says.
Chenault and her family threw the Birthday Party Project’s first event in January 2012, in Dallas Texas. “We realized serving children in our own community was a great place to start,” she says. Since then, the organization has grown. Now the Birthday Party Project hosts about 50 monthly parties in 15 cities. More than 10, 000 kids have celebrated their birthdays at these events.
Jamie Gates, who works at the housing community in Minneapolis, Minnesota, says that the Birthday Party Project holds parties there on the third Thursday of each month. According to Gates, if she doesn’t put up the notice for the next event at least five days ahead, kids will start asking her about it. “They love it,” she says. ““Parents will come to the too. It’s a really good time for them to sit and talk, and for the whole place to come together.”
1. Paige Chenault set up the Birthday Party Project because _______.| A．she decided to offer homes to homeless kids |
| B．she wanted to make everyone feel known and seen |
| C．it is a great chance to make money by hosting parties Ox |
| D．she thought it was interesting to play with children at the party |
| A．Kids look forward to attending the birthday parties |
| B．Parents are not allowed to come to the birthday parties |
| C．Jamie Gates is the creator of the birthday Party project |
| D．Jamie Gates doesn’t put up the notice for the next event on time |
| A．Kids and Family | B．Volunteers and Parents |
| C．Special Birthday Parties | D．A Good Way to Have Parties |
"I'm a clean, non-smoking, and warm-hearted American man looking for a homestay in the Wudaokou area to improve my Chinese language skills,” he wrote. "I'm willing to offer help with English tutoring(家教)and even can help you with applying for foreign universities.”
He still hasn't found a suitable home.
"Most of the families that contacted me seem to be interested in doing business instead of cultural exchange," he said. "I think I might have to rent an apartment in the end.”
Kohl isn't the only foreigner finding it difficult to find a homestay in Beijing. Michael Benson, who wants to come to Beijing in September, has also faced the same problem.
Why is finding a homestay family so difficult? Beijing Today consulted a Chinese teacher, Jessie Xi, who has been teaching foreign students at the University of International Business and Economics for more than six years.
Xi has accepted many homestays, and from her own experience and what she's been told, she said there were four major problems visitors may meet when applying for homestays.
Problem 1:Having too high expectation for language improvement.
Problem 2: Considering oneself as a guest instead of a family member.
Problem 3: Not making clear what a family's rules are beforehand.
Problem 4; Overly(过分)high demands for the living environment.
1. Kohl wanted to look for a homestay in China because he ..
| A．hoped to learn Chinese language and culture further |
| B．wanted to do a research on the Chinese daily life |
| C．would like to make friends with Chinese families |
| D．was interested in Chinese food |
| A．can't be an English tutor in homestays |
| B．can't help apply for foreign universities |
| C．might expect too much for language improvement |
| D．might refuse to do the housework in homestays |
| A．gave advice to | B．discussed ideas with |
| C．wanted information from | D．raised questions for |
| A．A few things to know about the local families |
| B．Suggestions for renting apartments in Beijing |
| C．How to search for a Chinese family to stay with |
| D．Why to find a homestay in Beijing so difficult |
Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If so, you will find Being A Happy Teenager useful. The book is written by Andrew Matthews.
There are many topics such as parents and friends, and the book says we should stop being angry.
Success comes from a good attitude (态度). If you learn from problems, you will succeed in the future.
| A．The book tells us a lot of useful skills. |
| B．Andrew Matthews is an Australian writer. |
| C．But they can still be happy when there are no such “good” things. |
| D．If you are short, your clothes and shoes take less room in your bedroom. |
| E．Some schoolboys have problems, such as being too tall or too short. |
Do you ever feel like your thoughts are going around in circles? One minute, you’re thinking about your homework. The next minute , you’re thinking about your plans for the weekend.
Is it possible for us to slow our thoughts down or even stop them completely? It depends on your definition（定义）of “thinking”, according to Michael Halassa, a researcher at MIT, US. We basically go through each day in one of the two states（状态）—we either realize that we are thinking or we don’t. Our brains won’t stop thinking completely until we die.
“The brain never actually stops ‘thinking’ in a broader sense. Most thoughts are actually in the background without us noticing them and there’s not really a way to turn these things off.” Halassa said. Human brains can unconsciously process（无意识地处理）about 11 million pieces of information per second, according to Forbes.
You can compare this to how a computer works. Even when you aren’t using your computer while it’s turned on, it is still running operations “in the background”. Your computer, much like your brain, is constantly “thinking”, even if you’re not actively using it.
Some researchers have referred to this phenomenon（现象）as “thought-chatter”. It describes all kinds of thoughts that pop（出现）in and out of our mind at different times during the day, according to Steve Taylor, a psychology lecturer.
Some thought-chatter can be enjoyable, such as daydreaming. Albert Einstein came up with his famous theory of relativity（相对论）while daydreaming at work. “But too much though-chatter can make us feel too anxious or worried,” Taylor said. “Meditation（冥想）can help us clean up some of this thought-chatter.
1. The writer introduces the topic to readers by ______.
| A．explaining the topic | B．reminding readers of a situation |
| C．making a conclusion | D．giving the answer to a question |
| A．humans can control their brain completely |
| B．humans can always realize their brain is working |
| C．human brains always process information consciously |
| D．humans sometimes don’t realize their brain is working |
| A．It can be reduced by meditation. |
| B．It is the background noises we hear. |
| C．It always helps us come up with new ideas. |
| D．It is considered as enjoyable as daydreaming. |
