【推荐2】The rising costs of health care have become a problem for many countries in the world. To deal with this problem, it is recommended that a big part of the government's health budget (预算) be used for health education and disease prevention instead of treatment. In fact, many kinds of diseases are preventable in many ways and preventing a disease is usually much cheaper than treating it. For example, people could avoid catching a cold if they dressed warmly when the weather starts getting cold. But many people get sick because they fail to do so, and have to spend money seeing a doctor.

Daily habits like eating more healthy food would have kept millions of families from becoming bankrupt if the patients had taken action for early prevention. For example, keeping a balanced diet seems to be quite important.
One very effective (有效的) and costless way of prevention is regular (规律的) exercise, which is necessary for a healthy mind and body. Regular exercise, such as running, walking, and playing sports is a good way to make people feel better or reduce stress.
Health education plays a key role in improving people's health. By giving people more information about health, countries could help people understand the importance of disease prevention and ways to achieve it. For example, knowing one's family medical history is an effective way to help keep healthy. Information about health problems among close relatives will make them aware of what they should do to prevent certain diseases through lifestyle changes, which will work before it is too late.
However, paying more attention to disease prevention does not mean medical treatment is unimportant. After all, prevention and treatment are just two different ways toward the same effect. In conclusion, we could save money on health care and treat patients more successfully if our country spends more money on health prevention and education.
1. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Prevention or Education	B．Prevention or Treatment
C．Health or Illness	D．Exercise or Illness

2. Which of the following can replace (替代) the underlined word bankrupt?

A．unable to be cured	B．unable to pay one’s debts (债务)
C．stronger than ever before	D．more successful than ever before

3. We learn from the passage that ________.

A．dressing warmly can prevent diseases

B．a balanced diet is cheaper than regular exercise

C．the more health education, the better

D．the government’s health budget should be increased

4. Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the passage?
CP (Central Point)               P (Point)
Sp (Sub-point次要点)          C (Conclusion)

A．

B．

C．

D．

【推荐3】The weather is getting hotter. You are thirsty after playing basketball or riding home from school. A cold drink may be just the thing. But be careful of what you are drinking. Something that looks cool may not be good for our health. There are plenty of "energy drinks" on the market. Most of them have beautiful colors and cool names. The lists on them tell you they are helpful to your health. Sounds great!

But after a careful check you may find that most energy drinks have lots of caffeine (咖啡因) in them. These drinks are especially aimed at young people, students, busy people and sports players. Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can keep you awake. But be careful not to drink too much.

Caffeine makes your heart beat fast. Because of this, the International Olympic Committee has limited(限制) its use. Caffeine in most energy drinks is at least as strong as that in a cup of coffee or tea. Possible health dangers have something to do with energy drinks. Just one box of energy drink can make you nervous, have difficulty sleeping and can even cause heart problems. Scientists say that teenagers should be discouraged from taking drinks with a lot of caffeine in them.

1. Many people like drinking energy drinks because of the following EXCEPT that ______.

A．they have beautiful colors and cool names

B．they have lots of caffeine

C．they can keep them awake and better at sports

D．they are said to be helpful to health

2. The main reason for people not to drink too much energy drinks is that they may cause ______.

A．heart problems

B．nervousness

C．sleeping difficulty

D．possible health dangers

3. Which of the following can take the place of the underlined word “discouraged”

A．encouraged

B．stopped

C．helped

D．disliked

4. From the passage we can know that ______.

A．advertisements are important in getting people to buy energy drinks

B．energy drinks are helpful to teenagers' study

C．sports players need to drink a lot of energy drinks

D．energy drinks are especially aimed at teenagers

5. The best title of the passage is ______.

A．Energy Drinks Are Useful	B．Energy Drinks Help Teenagers
C．Energy Drinks Be careful	D．Energy Drinks Good for Health

【推荐2】When you visit a foreign country, it is important to know how to ask for help politely. For example, you may ask “Where are the rest rooms?” or “Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?”     1     Both are correct, but the first one sounds less polite. That is because it is a very direct question. It is not enough to just ask a question correctly.     2    

Good speakers change the way they speak in different situations. The expressions they use might depend on whom they are speaking to or how well they know each other.     3     However, if you say to your teacher in the same way, this might sound impolite. It is much more polite to say, “Excuse me, Mr.West. Do you know when the school trip is?”

    4     They include expressions such as “Could you please…?” or “May I ask…? ” It sounds more polite to say “Peter, could you please tell me your e-mail address?” than “Peter, tell me your e-mail address.” So we need to think about the way we speak before asking for help.

It might seem more difficult to speak politely than directly. However, it is important to learn how to use the right language in different situations.     5    

A．Usually, polite questions are longer sentences.

B．They are similar requests (请求) for directions.

C．Pardon me, could you please tell me where Mr. West is?

D．This will help you communicate better with other people.

E．We also need to learn how to be polite when we ask for help.

F．It is all right to ask your classmates “When is the school trip?”

【推荐3】Dear Dr. Know,

I have a problem with my homework. We have to finish it in a group this Friday, but Gary, the boy in our group, doesn’t do anything helpful. He just keeps sopping things going well. Every time we talk about the work with him, he always says, “Don’t worry. I’ll do it later.” But he does his job very little. And when he does, he doesn’t do it right way. Someone has to do it for him again. What’s worse（更糟糕的）, when Ms Lin asks about our group, Gary always tells her that we others don’t work hard. I’m really mad （生气） at Gary about this. We’re in the same group. We need to help each other to do the job well!

Kate

Dear Kate,

It is important for students to learn how to work with a group. Maybe you need to talk to Gary about the problem and tell him you all need his help. If he still doesn’t change（改变）, go and talk to your teacher. I think she can make Gary do his job.

Dr. Know

1. Kate has to finish her homework with ________.

A．her group

B．her friends

C．Her aunt

D．her family

2. Ms Lin may be ________.

A．a doctor

B．a teacher

C．a student

D．a writer

3. The underlined（下划线）word “this” maybe means（意思）________.

A．speaking not at the right time

B．talking too much about himself（他自己）

C．saying something bad about the group

D．doing his job very little

4. From this passage, We can know ________.

A．Kate is the best student in her class	B．Kate needs to let Gary know how she feels
C．Gary will change himself	D．Gary will leave Kate’s group