Blood pressure is the measure of the pressure of the blood within the circulatory system (血液循环系统). If you have high blood pressure, it could lead to heart disease, stroke (中风) or other life threatening problems. All that bad news aside, there is some good news that comes in the form of healthy foods that can prevent, lower and even reverse the heart damage caused by high blood pressure. Here are five of those foods.
1.Oatmeal (燕麦粉)
Oatmeal has long been known for its heart healthy benefits. These heart healthy benefits come about due to oatmeal’s ability to deliver on high-fibres, low-fat, and low-sodium.
2.Bananas
Bananas have several healthy vitamins like vitamins C and B-6. They also deliver on other nutrients. But the thing bananas are most known for, is one of the best things for your heart: potassium.
3.Potatoes
If bananas aren’t your thing, that’s just fine. You have several more options to get that all-important potassium. One that ranks high on the list is potatoes. In one potato, it contains about 897 mg of potassium. That’s 25 percent of the suggested amount.
4.Dark chocolate
There are so many heart healthy benefits of dark chocolate—almost too many to list. In a 100 gram bar with 70-85% cocoa contains fibre, iron, magnesium, copper, manganese, as well as plenty of potassium, phosphorus, zinc and selenium. Research has found that dark chocolate may improve blood flow and lower blood pressure. The study suggests that up to 100 grams per day of dark chocolate may be associated with a lower risk of CVD.
5.Berries (莓)
Berries like blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries ...really anything with the word berry in it, are a good source of polyphenols (多酚类), especially anthocyanins (花青素), micro-nutrients (微营养素), and fibre.
1. What does the underlined word “reverse” mean in Chinese?| A．破坏 | B．降低 | C．加速 | D．逆转 |
| A．Oatmeal. | B．Potatoes. | C．Dark chocolate. | D．Berries. |
| A．A kind of disease. | B．A kind of nutrient. |
| C．A kind of food. | D．A kind of treatment. |
| A．Oatmeal can help cure heart disease. |
| B．Strawberries contain lots of potassium. |
| C．Cocoa is the main material of dark chocolate. |
| D．High blood pressure can’t be lowered down by food intake. |
| A．How to bring down high blood pressure. | B．Nutrients contained in oatmeal and potatoes. |
| C．What makes high blood pressure go down. | D．Healthy food for high blood pressure people. |
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Bananas are the perfect snack. Not only are they sweet and delicious, but they are easy to carry around, so you can take them anywhere. Best of all, bananas provide different things that the human body needs!
Bananas grow best in warm places that get lots of rain. They grow on plants that look like trees. The banana plant, however, is considered a herb rather than a tree because it doesn’t have a strong, woody stem. The plants can grow as high as 30 feet. When they reach their full height, flowers grow out from the stem. These flowers produce bananas.
Two or three times each year, the plants produce fruit. The bananas grow together, which seem like “hands”. A “hand” is made up of 10 to 20 bananas. Growers sometimes call bananas “fingers”. Each bunch(丛) of bananas has about 15 “hands”, and so a whole bunch may have as many as 200 bananas and can weigh more than 100 pounds.
After about three months, the bananas are ready to be picked. At this point, they still aren’t the sunny yellow colour of bananas. Farmers pick them when they’re green. That’s how they’re shipped to stores. They turn yellow along the way and are ready to be sold.
If you love bananas, you’ve got a lot of company. Americans have been enjoying bananas since the first shipment arrived in the United States in 1876. Today, Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit. More bananas are sold than apples and grapes together. Every American eats over 26 pounds of bananas each year!
1. The first paragraph mainly talks about ________.| A．why people like bananas | B．how bananas taste |
| C．what bananas are rich in | D．where bananas are taken |
| A．In warm places that get lots of rain. |
| B．In dry places that get no rain. |
| C．In cold places that have no sunlight. |
| D．In hot places that have a lot of sunlight. |
a. The bananas begin to turn yellow.
b. A banana plant grows to full height.
c. The flowers produce bananas.
d. The bananas are ready to be picked.
| A．c-b-a-d | B．b-c-d-a | C．b-c-a-d | D．c-b-d-a |
| A．The banana plant is a kind of tree. |
| B．Bananas like growing in hot and dry areas. |
| C．One bunch of bananas may weigh over 100 pounds. |
| D．The banana plant usually produces fruit once a year. |
| A．Apples. | B．Grapes. | C．Bananas. | D．Oranges. |
Where do farm animals live? Some farms have lots of different animals. Hens, pigs, sheep, and goats live on this farm. Who else lives here? Cows live here, too. Look at the map of the farm. The red hens have nests in the barn (谷仓). Some pigs have pens in the barnyard. Sheep and goats stay out where grass grows. Cows and horses stay out in the field, too. They have room to run.
How do farm animals help? The farmers get food from some of the animals. Hens lay eggs. We eat eggs. The farmers get milk from some of the cows and goats. We drink milk. Farmers ride the horses, too. Lots of animals live on a farm. They help the farmer, and the farmer helps them.
1. Which of the following sentences (句子) can be in the blank (空格)?| A．Why do farm animals eat? | B．When do farm animals eat? |
| C．What do farm animals eat? | D．Where do farm animals eat? |
| A．seeds and bugs | B．corn and grains | C．grass and plants | D．milk and eggs |
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
| A．Some pigs have nests in the barnyard. |
| B．The hens teach their babies how to find the food. |
| C．The animals in the field only eat grass. |
| D．The farmers don’t need the animals’ help. |
| A．Animals on a Farm | B．An Interesting Farm |
| C．Different Animals | D．Animals and farmers |
【推荐3】I arrived in the UK last weekend to learn English. So far I have already had a few friends and had some traditional English food here. But after having three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes, I thought none could be more delicious than Chinese food, especially my favorite—huo guo. You can’t imagine how excited I was when I got to know that there was going to be a free meal of hotpot to welcome the new students. On the way to the canteen, I seemed to smell huo guo in the air.
To my surprise, when I went into the room, I didn’t see any sign of huo guo. Where was it?
With many questions in my mind, I sat down to have the free meal. After talking with an English girl, I got to know that Chinese huo guo is completely different from hotpot. Chinese huo guo is written in two words—hot pot; and hotpot, one word, is a traditional English dish.
Hotpot is made from mutton and onion. On the top are pieces of potatoes. People put it in the oven all day in a heavy pot at a low heat. It takes very little effort to prepare. You can often see it at parties in the UK because it’s easy to prepare for a large number of people and is not expensive.
Hotpot doesn’t taste bad. However, I still miss huo guo, hot pot, two words!
1. The writer felt excited when she thought she would ________.| A．try traditional English food | B．learn English in the UK |
| C．meet some new friends | D．have her favorite huo guo |
| A．宿舍 | B．餐厅 | C．实验室 | D．体育馆 |
| A．Because it’s easy to prepare. | B．Because it’s very popular. |
| C．Because it’s quite expensive. | D．Because it’s good for health. |
| A．“hotpot”wasn’t“hot pot” |
| B．hotpot took little time to cook |
| C．hotpot wasn’t traditional in the UK |
| D．the English girl knew nothing about hotpot |
【推荐1】We start a day with a breakfast and end it with a dinner. Meals are important for us, but bad eating habits are bad for our health. Do you eat healthily? Here are some useful tips for you.
●Put vegetables and fruits on your plate each meal. There are lots of nutrients (营养) in fruits and vegetables. They can help you stay full (饱的) longer. If you are in a hurry, just take a fresh fruit with you to eat on the way, like an apple or a banana.
●Eat your meals on time during the day to keep you healthy. Have breakfast soon after you get up. Don’t skip any meals. Some students may not have breakfast because of getting up late. This is really bad for health. Also, it is good to have dinner early to give your bodies a rest. If you go to bed at 9:30 pm, you can have dinner at 6 pm. Then, don’t eat again until you have breakfast the next morning.
●Drink more water. Drink when you feel thirsty (口渴的).
1. When you are in a hurry, you can ________.| A．take a lot of vegetables with you | B．buy all kinds of fruits to eat |
| C．have milk and bread quickly | D．bring a fresh fruit with you |
| A．Advice. | B．Money. | C．Books. | D．Pictures. |
| A．have breakfast late | B．have dinner early |
| C．eat a lot after dinner | D．don’t have breakfast |
| A．have many meals every day | B．drink more juice than water |
| C．drink water when thirsty | D．have vegetables more than fruits |
| A．How to Eat Healthily. | B．Meals are Important. |
| C．How to Live Healthily. | D．More Water and Vegetables. |
【推荐2】My name is Tom. I’m thirteen. I’m a boy from England. I have food every day.
I often have bread and milk for breakfast at home. I love hamburgers, but I seldom (很少) eat them. They are not good for us. I eat my lunch at school. I eat rice with meat and vegetables. After that, I eat an apple. I like apples very much. For dinner, my mother cooks soup, fish and vegetables for us. I like vegetables because they can make me stay fit. Before I go to bed, I drink a cup of milk. It’s good for sleep (睡眠). I also drink lots of water in the day. It’s very important for me. There are few calories (卡路里) in water. So I’m not fat now.
1. Tom eats ________ for lunch.| A．bread and milk | B．rice with fish and vegetables |
| C．soup, fish, and vegetables | D．rice with meat and vegetables |
| A．at home | B．at a restaurant | C．at school | D．in a park |
| A．milk | B．hamburgers | C．vegetables | D．water |
| A．teacher | B．doctor | C．student | D．actor |
Have you ever told yourself that you’re going to go on a healthy diet (饮食)? It started well, but after a few days when you saw a huge piece of your favorite chocolate cake, you may go back to your old not-so-healthy eating habits. Actually, it’s like a cycle (循环) and it does happen to most of us-a healthy diet for a few weeks, a not-so-healthy one for the next, and then back to eating the healthy one. It just goes round and round. So, what do we need to do to keep a healthy diet? For this, we’re going to look into some ways that will allow us to eat a healthy diet while enjoying every meal.
Actually, eating a healthy diet is not as hard as it looks. It starts with learning what you should eat, and how you should do so. Knowing the results of every food you eat is also imperative. For example, you eat a lot of salty foods today. What will happen to you in ten years’ time? The answer will actually let you think more clearly today before going on with your eating habit.
The first step that you should do is to believe this healthy diet is going to be successful. This is going to be a process, and it should be done step by step, little by little. You really don’t need to keep on counting the calories (卡路里) you’ve got, or you’ll just end up upset. First, think of the foods you love. For now, only think of the healthy foods. Make sure there’s a vegetable or a fruit that you love to eat. Next, look for a simple diet, it must include these foods. Gradually start from there and you will come to enjoy the other nutritious (营养) foods as well.
These simple steps will help you make you start healthy diet again. If you do it right, it will last longer than what you have expected.
1. At the beginning of the passage, the writer leads in the topic by ________.| A．telling a story | B．giving an example |
| C．doing a survey | D．showing a picture |
| A．funny | B．difficult | C．dangerous | D．important |
| A．be in good condition | B．gradually achieve your goal |
| C．feel sad or worried in the end | D．enjoy other nutritious foods |
| A．Healthy Diet-Getting Started | B．Eating Habits-Becoming Lost |
| C．Good Meals-Prepared Easily | D．Nice Food-Coming Quickly |
【推荐1】From Asia to America and everywhere in between, Swing—an energetic form of dance that includes six-step and eight-step rhythms（节奏）—has taken the world by storm. Making a recent comeback, swing dance floors have popped up all over the world. Many clubs make fans of Swing happy by holding nights when swing music is played, and sometimes even offering classes to attract customers.
Though Swing is now popular worldwide, it first appeared alongside the jazz movements of the 1920s and 1930s in New York City. While listening to jazz, the young black people of that time developed the movements of the Lindy Hop —a style of dance that is best known for a break away or ‘swing out’ move and sudden improvisation（即兴表演）.
It was reportedly given this name when a reporter was interviewing a person at the dance hall who was watching other couples dance. When asked what that dance was called, the watcher looked at a newspaper next to him that had an article about Lindbergh—the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic（大西洋）—which was titled, ‘Lindy Hops the Atlantic’. Then the watcher announced that the ‘Lindy Hop’ was the name of the dance, and it has stuck since then.
In 1926, the Savoy Ballroom was the first large business to offer a place for people to listen to swing music and dance. With its huge dance floor, the Savoy became a big success overnight, attracting some of the best dancers and musicians in the New York area.
Within ten years, the Lindy Hops was sweeping through the United States and became a symbol of unity, as young people of all racial（种族的）backgrounds crowded into dance halls to swing the night away. Traditional dance teachers did not welcome it because they thought it was not even a real dance and were quite sure about its demise but Swing has proved them wrong; it continues to be one of the world’s most fun dances.
1. What’s the writing purpose of this passage?| A．to introduce a popular form of dance. | B．to discover the fun secrets of a dance. |
| C．to tell stories about an energetic dance. | D．to describe the special moves of a dance. |
| A．Challenge. | B．Change. | C．Development. | D．Death. |
| A．It’s a lively dance with strict rules. | B．It has a close connection to a pilot. |
| C．It has a history of around 90 years. | D．It attracts mostly young black people. |
| A．The dance style will soon be accepted by traditional dance teachers. |
| B．The name was changed from ‘Lindy Hop’ to ‘Swing’ in the 1940s. |
| C．The movements of different Swing dancers always look the same. |
| D．The dance might have become unpopular sometime in its history. |
【推荐2】Since 2011, the Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company has held two seasons of “Youth Runway”, a long-term opera development project, hoping to find young opera talents. ① 128 young performers（表演者） in this project have successfully put on 207 plays and classical pieces.
The Shanghai Yueju Opera House is also offering young artists chances to perform. ② The Butterfly Lovers, one of its plays, is adapted（改编）from a sad love story between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Another play, Twelve Roles, largely gets its idea from an American film 12 Angry Men.
Yueju Opera, which developed around 1906 in Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province, is one of China’s most famous operas. In the old days, many people loved it because of its styles of singing and melodies（旋律）. Now, it is getting a new life. ③ The performing season for young performers is held in its fifth year and has become a characteristic of its own.
④ They try many ways to make traditional art forms attractive（有吸引力的） to today’s youth, including the creation of short opera films and the use of popular melodies. “We believe that Xiqu（traditional opera） can attract today’s young people because it can be mixed with different art forms,” says Chen Daming, a theatre critic.
1. What is the purpose of the project “Youth Runway”?| A．To discover young opera talents. | B．To teach young people Yueju Opera. |
| C．To attract people to work in Shanghai. | D．To provide plays and shows for free. |
| A．They are based upon foreign films. | B．They are adapted from other stories. |
| C．They are presented at the same time. | D．They are sad love stories from China. |
| A．① | B．② | C．③ | D．④ |
| A．hopeful | B．unsure | C．challenging | D．doubtful |
【推荐3】Everyone has his or her own worries. Different people have different ways to do with their worries. How do you do with them? Whether your worries are big or small, you can take the following steps to deal with them.
●Try to find out what you’re worried about.
To deal with a problem, you should clearly know what the problem is. So try to find it out first.
●Think of ways to make it better.
There is always something you can do to help you feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it won’t help solve your problem. So just take actions.
For example, grades are often a top worry for kids at school. If you’re worried about grades, ask yourself the following questions.
☆Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?
☆How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn’t a test?
☆Do I have a quiet place to do my homework?
☆Have I tried different ways of studying?
If your worry is about a fight you had with a friend, these tips may help. Write a note to him or her, invite him or her to a basketball game, say sorry to him or her, and so on.
●Ask for help.
If you can’t solve the problem by yourself, it is a good idea to find someone else to ask for help. They can be your parents, friends or teachers. Remember that your parents and teachers usually have richer experience than you.
1. The passage advises you to take ______ steps to deal with your problems.| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．seven |
| A．find out the problem | B．sit there worrying |
| C．tell your parents | D．write down your worries |
| A．Do I go over my notes often? | B．Have I tried many ways to learn? |
| C．Why should I go to school? | D．Do I do my homework in a quiet place? |
