Do you eat breakfast every day? A new study shows if you don’t have breakfast, you will be in great danger of getting heart disease (心脏病).
Scientists studied the information of 6, 550 people over 40 years old for 18 years. Those people had no history of heart disease. 59% of them ate breakfast every day. 25% missed breakfast a few days. 10.9% hardly ate breakfast and 5.1% never did. The scientists found a clear relation between breakfast habits and the danger of getting heart disease. Those who didn’t eat in the morning were up to 87% more likely to have heart disease.
Breakfast is an essential meal of the day, but a lot of people didn’t have it over the past 50 years in the US. 23.8% of young people don’t have breakfast every day.
About the relation, the scientists gave a few reasons. First, when people don’t eat breakfast, they may eat much junk food. Second, breakfast helps to balance blood sugar levels (平衡血糖).
A similar study shows people who don’t eat breakfast and eat dinner late are more likely to get heart disease. Also, they are more likely to spend little time exercising and have other bad living habits.
For your health, remember to eat breakfast every day.
1. Of the 6, 550 people in the study, how often did 59% of them eat breakfast?| A．Always. | B．Sometimes. | C．Hardly ever. | D．Never. |
| A．Up to 10.9%. | B．Up to 25%. | C．Up to 59%. | D．Up to 87%. |
| A．Interesting. | B．Excellent. | C．Important. | D．Enjoyable. |
| A．Eat much unhealthy food. | B．Stay away from heart disease. |
| C．Balance blood sugar levels. | D．Eat dinner late in the evening. |
| A．To tell people how to make breakfast. |
| B．To ask people to eat breakfast every day. |
| C．To tell people about a study on heart disease. |
| D．To ask people to spend more time exercising. |
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【推荐1】It’s healthy to eat at home. But sometimes you just want to eat out. How can you have a delicious and healthy meal at the restaurant near home? The following ways can help you.
Before you order, you’d better have a good look at the menu. Have no idea what the dish（菜肴）is? Ask the waiter. Then you don’t need to eat any food you don’t like. It’s good for you to order some fish and vegetables.
When you are enjoying your food, use a small plate and eat slowly. A small plate can help you eat less, but make you feel full quickly.
You may want a piece of cake for dessert after the meal. Stop! There is too much sugar in it. All you really need is some oranges. If there isn’t any fresh fruit at the restaurant, don’t order any more.
It’s time to go home. Don’t take the bus or taxi. Take a walk please.
1. If you eat out, you’d better ________before you order.| A．have a good look at the menu | B．enjoy your food |
| C．order some fruit | D．take a walk |
| A．A big plate | B．A small plate | C．Eating fast | D．Ordering what you like |
| A．A piece of cake | B．some tea | C．some chips | D．some oranges |
| A．People should eat some food they don’t like. | B．It’s nice to have some cakes after the meal. |
| C．People can go home on foot after the meal. | D．It’s good to take a bus after the meal. |
| A．how to eat out healthily. | B．how to order at the restaurant |
| C．why it is healthy to eat at home | D．what are healthy meals at the restaurant. |
【推荐2】Do you always eat well? It’s essential for your health! You need apples, oranges and other fruit. You need vegetables too. Fruit and vegetables are good for you. Just eat them more every day. Meat isn’t very healthy food. You can eat some, but don’t eat too much. What about ice cream? It isn’t good for you! So don’t eat it.
Do you play sports? It’s good for you, too. Basketball, volleyball and soccer are all great sports. You can play one of them after school. Play sports with your friends every day!
Do you like watching TV? It’s fun to do it and it’s good for your mental (精神的) health, but don’t watch TV too late in the evening.
1. What does the underlined word “essential” mean (意思) in Chinese?| A．便宜的 | B．无用的 | C．重要的 | D．昂贵的 |
| A．Vegetables. | B．Bread. | C．Meat. | D．Ice cream. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．Playing sports every day. | B．Having good eating habits. |
| C．Never (从不) eating ice cream. | D．Watching TV too late in the evening. |
| A．Food. | B．Sports. | C．TV. | D．Health. |
【推荐3】My little brother Jimmy is only five years old. He likes eating meat very much. He often has meat at lunch and dinner time. He doesn’t like vegetables at all. He is a little fat. So Mom doesn’t want him to eat so much meat.
It’s Sunday morning, we go to the zoo together to see the Tiger Show. Bill likes it very much. At 12:00 a man comes and gives some meat to the tigers. “Mom, do tigers have meat everyday?” he asks.
“Yes, they have meat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.” Mom answers. “Let’s eat out now. What would you like for lunch?”
“Fish and chicken.”
“Oh, Jimmy, you are fat. Eating too much meat is not good for you.”
“No, Mom. Tigers eat meat every day, but they are not very fat, and they are very strong. I want to be strong too.”
1. Jimmy often has ________ for lunch.| A．bread | B．meat | C．vegetables | D．apples |
| A．do much things | B．go to the zoo | C．eat too much meat | D．eat too many vegetables |
| A．are at home on Sunday | B．see the Tiger Show in the street on Sunday afternoon | C．eat out for lunch on Sunday | D．are at the zoo on Sunday afternoon |
| A．fat | B．strong | C．nice | D．fine |
| A．Mom thinks Jimmy shouldn’t eat too much meat. |
| B．Jimmy gives some meat to the tigers in the zoo. |
| C．Jimmy wants to have fish and vegetables for lunch on Sunday. |
| D．Jimmy usually only has meat for lunch. |
【推荐1】On May 22, 2021, Chinese scientist Yuan Longping passed away at 91. Yuan was an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering（中国工程院院士）. He spent over 50 years working on hybrid rice（杂交水稻）. People call him the “father of hybrid rice”.
For Chinese families, rice is an important part of almost every meal. But in the past, not having enough rice was a big problem. In the 1960s, people in China didn’t have enough food to eat. Many people even died because of this. As a young student, Yuan was sad to see this. He decided to study agriculture（农业）. His mother worried this work would be hard. But Yuan said, “Having enough food was the most important thing for us.”
He spent four years looking for wild rice that could be crossed（杂交）with other plants. In 1964, he found it! In 1973, he grew the world’s first hybrid rice strain（品种）. It could reach a yield（出产量）of over 500 kg per mu, it could feed about 70,000, 000 more people every year! In later years, Yuan and his team kept on studying. In 1996, Yuan started growing super hybrid rice. Its output was even higher.
Yuan’s hybrid rice is also grown around the world. People plant it in countries such as India, Vietnam（越南）and the US. It has pulled millions of people out of hunger.
Yuan once said he had two dreams. One was to someday stand under rice crops that were taller than men. The other was to grow hybrid rice all over the world and save people from hunger. His dreams might come true one day.
1. Why did Yuan Longping decide to study hybrid rice?| A．To make more money. | B．To win more prizes. |
| C．To feed more people. | D．To protect the environment. |
①America ②Canada ③India ④Vietnam
| A．①②③ | B．①③④ | C．①②④ | D．②③④ |
| A．In the 1960s, many Chinese people died because of illness. |
| B．Yuan Longping’s mother supported his decision at first. |
| C．Hybrid rice could feed about seven million more people every year. |
| D．It took Yuan Longping more than 50 years to work on hybrid rice. |
【推荐2】Visit Iceland
Iceland is in northwest of the United Kingdom and has an important location between Greenland and Europe. Now it has become of the most famous tourism destination（目的地）for people from all over the world.
Best Time to Visit Travel between June and August will be the best time for visitors. June offers 24 hours of Arctic（北极的）daylight, while July and August are the warmest months.
Transportation Car rentals（租赁）are the most convenient way to explore the island, although mountain roads should be left to experienced guides. Fifty dollars for each adult and the children are half price. There’s one road—Route 1—that travelers can follow for a complete loop（环线）around Iceland.
Weather Travelers should pack for all four seasons no matter the time of year. Summer time can reach levels of T-shirt comfort, while winter temperatures may be gentler than America’s northeast. But don’t underestimate（低估）the wind: it can turn a sunny day into a very cold one. Weather is always changing—a beautiful day on the western coast（海岸）of the island could mean storms in the east. That’s why Icelanders are famous for saying, “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.” The country’s winds can change the weather more than a dozen times in a single day.
1. You can see 24 hours’ daylight on ________ in Iceland.| A．June 1st | B．July 10th | C．August 20th | D．September 30th |
| A．By bike. | B．By car. | C．By bus. | D．By plane. |
| A．$30 | B．$75 | C．$95 | D．$130 |
| A．It is too hot in summer. | B．It is very cold in winter. |
| C．It is cloudy at night. | D．It changes quickly each day. |
| A．Cook. | B．Science. | C．Advertisement. | D．Travel. |
【推荐3】Americans and Chinese have quite different views about how to treat friends.
Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if they are asked to spend a lot of time staying with friends. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work with a visitor outside their daily plans. It is opposite in America, Americans can’t manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get to the hotels by themselves, and expect the visitors to phone them there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite friends to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (款待) at home and enjoy your visit in America!
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。
1. Chinese people’s friendships develop more slowly but keep much longer.
2. Americans enjoy staying with friends for a long time in their daily lives.
3. In China, it is polite to take days off to treat friends who come from other places.
4. Whenever you arrive in America and phone your American friend, he will be pleased to meet you at the airport.
5. Americans think inviting friends for dinner at home is more friendly than doing that in restaurants.
