Do you often eat candies and desserts? Are you crazy about cola and milk tea? Do you know these snacks and drinks have a lot of sugar? Eating too much sugar causes many health problems, even leads to high blood sugar level, which could bring us diabetes (糖尿病), heart disease, liver disease or even depression.
Besides sweet food and drinks, there is hidden sugar in everyday food. For example, there is much sugar in bread and yogurt. It is hard for us to avoid sugar, but do we have to stay away from it completely? That’s impossible and unnecessary. After all, sugar is one of the energy sources that we need. What we must do is to control the sugar intake.
Here are some possible ways to help you. First, get to know how much sugar we need a day. World Health Organization (WHO) suggests adults and children should limit sugar intake to 25 grams or less every day. Then, check the ingredients list and buy food with the lowest sugar. What’s more, pay attention to our blood sugar level. Jessie Inchauspe, a French bestselling writer, shares some of her ideas to balance our blood sugar level.
· Eat foods in the right order.
Eat your vegetables first, followed by eggs and meat, then rice or bread.
· Eat vegetables before each meal.
It is better to have hot or cold green salad.
· Reach for vinegar (醋) before you eat.
This is having a teaspoon of vinegar in a glass of water before meals.
· Move after you eat, within 70 minutes.
It could be going for a 10-minute walk, doing a short workout, or doing some chores.
By now, you’ve already known how to improve sugar intake patterns. However, what we do is more important than what we say. Small steps can add up. Let’s begin to make changes on our own.
1. Eating too much sugar causes many health problems EXCEPT ________.A.worries | B.diabetes | C.depression | D.heart disease |
A.Sugar is only in sweets and desserts. |
B.Bread and yogurt has no sugar at all. |
C.Adults should not have more than 25 grams of sugar a day. |
D.Sugar is so harmful that people should completely avoid eating it. |
A.move | B.control | C.permit | D.replace |
A.Drinking milk tea before eating noodles can be acceptable. |
B.Eat cabbages or green salad to start a meal, and rice or bread to end it. |
C.He should drink a spoon of vinegar first, then a glass of water to follow. |
D.If he finishes dinner at 7, he shouldn’t exercise or do housework before 8:10. |
A.stop young people from eating sugar |
B.introduce ways to balance blood sugar level |
C.discuss the diseases caused by taking too much sugar |
D.advise people to change their sugar intake patterns |
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● Wet your hands with clean, running water. Make sure the water isn’t too hot or too cold.
● Rub soap and lather up for about 20 seconds.
● Make sure you get in between your fingers, on the backs of hands, and under the fingernails where germs like to hang out. And don’t forget the wrists (手腕)!
● Wash your hands under running water to remove the soap, dirt and germs.
Drying your hands is also a step that should not be ignored(忽视) in the cleaning process. Don’t put your hands on your clothes to dry them. Both drying your hands with a paper towel and using a hand dryer without rubbing your hands together are effective at keeping germs away. Rubbing your hands together while drying them under a dryer cancels out the benefits of hand washing by bringing germs within the skin to the surface.
1. Why should we wash hands properly?A.Because it’s a good way to prevent illnesses. | B.Because it’s good for our hands. |
C.Because it can spread the disease. | D.Because it gives germs access to the inside of the body. |
A.好处 | B.力量 | C.步骤 | D.机会 |
a. Rub soap b. Wet your hands c. Dry your hands d. Rub your hands. e. Wash your hands
A.cdabe | B.badec | C.adbec | D.eabcd |
A.Germs can go into your body through your mouth, nose and eyes. |
B.We can use as hot water as possible to keep germs away. |
C.You can rub your hands on your clothes if you want to dry them. |
D.It’s better to wash hands in 5 seconds because we should save water. |
A.Keep germs away | B.Keep your body healthy |
C.Wash hands properly | D.The benefits of washing hands |
How to write a secret message Do you want to write a message that can only be read by a person? It is a secret message for that person only. The other people can’t see the message on the paper. Only that person knows how to make the message appear. Here’s an experiment (实验) on how to write such a message. You’ll need halfa lemon a cup four spoons of water a cotton swab (棉签) white paper a light bulb (电灯泡) What to do 1.Squeeze (挤) some lemon juice into water. Mix the water and juice. 2. Put the cotton swab into the mixture (混合物) and make it wet. Use the wet cotton swab to write some words on the paper. 3. Let the paper dry. Show it to someone and ask if he or she can see the words on the paper. 4. Hold the paper close to a light bulb to heat it. Ask him or her again. Let me explain it! Lemon juice has chemicals that have carbon (碳). The chemicals break down easily when they are heated. And the carbon makes them turn a dark color. |
1. If you want to do this experiment, you need the following things EXCEPT ________.
A.lemon | B.water | C.paper | D.milk |
a. Use a light bulb to heat the paper.
b. Put a cotton swab into the mixture of lemon juice and water.
c. Mix lemon juice and water.
d. Write some words on a piece of white paper with the wet cotton swab.
e. Dry the paper.
A.adcbe | B.cbaed | C.cbdea | D.aebcd |
A.when you hold the paper up | B.after you heat the paper |
C.after you dry the paper | D.when you shake the paper |
A.To tell us how we can make good use of fruit juice. |
B.To explain why water is very important in our daily life. |
C.To tell us why we need to use water and electricity wisely. |
D.To show how we can use lemon juice and water to write a secret message. |
A.A science magazine. | B.A storybook. |
C.A travel guidebook. | D.A cookbook. |
【推荐3】The “Up” and “Down” are necessary part of life as day and night. We have a firm belief (信仰) in our mind that if everything is good, we would be happy.
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Dumbledore says a wonderful line about happiness: “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
There is not good or bad time for happiness. You can always find it. No matter how much darkness is there, one candle is just enough to spread light.
A.Always remember to light your happiness candle in life. |
B.This is not true. |
C.We can find a way to be happy in any condition if we remember that we own our happiness. |
D.Do not forget to press your happiness button. |
E.Go for a movie or play your favourite sport. |
【推荐1】Knowing Your Healthy Drinks
Singapore(新加坡) started to put NUTRI - GRADE labels(营养等级标签) on every drink. They are from A to D, and A is the most healthy. Here are the NUTRI - GRADES for different drinks.
sugarsaturated fat 饱和脂肪
Water Tea with no sugar Milk with no fat | Low-fat milk Diet drinks like Diet Cola |
Full-fat milk Sweet tea drinks | Most soft drinks Energy drinks Juice |
1. Which NUTRI - GRADE is juice in?
A. | B. | C. | D. |
A.≤ 0.7% | B.0.7% < ≤ 1.2% | C.1.2% < ≤ 2.8% | D.>2.8% |
A.To make the bottles beautiful. | B.To tell people to buy more drinks. |
C.To make people care about their health. | D.To tell people about the cold drinks. |
I can’t cook difficult meals with lots of ingredients. But I can cook potatoes! Potatoes are a fantastic vegetable. They’re easy to cook and there are lots of ways to cook them. You can boil them and put butter on them. You can cut them up and fry them to make French fries. You can bake them and eat them with cheese. Very easy! English people eat a lot of potatoes but my favourite potato recipe is from Switzerland. It’s called rosti. It’s easy and quick – ten minutes! The ingredients are two potatoes and half an onion. Grate the potatoes and onion and mix in a bowl. Add salt and pepper. Squeeze out some water. Then put some oil in a frying pan. Add the potatoes and onion to the hot oil. After a few minutes, turn over the rosti and continue to cook. You can eat rosti with meat, eggs or salad. You can put cheese in it too! Delicious! Thank you, Switzerland! |
A.Two. | B.Three. | C.Four. |
A.Britain | B.Switzerland | C.France |
A.Potatoes and onion. | B.Potatoes, onion and meat. | C.Potatoes and eggs. |
a. b. c.
A.a-b-c | B.c-a-b | C.b-c-a |
A. | B. | C. |
【推荐3】There are not many nations that can say their national dish has become international.
It was in America that pizza found its second home.
For a lot of people in western countries, when they cannot decide what to eat, they order pizzas.
A.Nobody knows where pizza came from. |
B.The secret is, almost everyone likes pizzas. |
C.Italy has two such dishes, spaghetti and pizza. |
D.A number of people refused to eat pizzas in Italy. |
E.They needed food that was cheap and easy to eat. |
F.In 1905, the first pizzeria, Lombardi’s, was opened in New York City. |
G.The word “pizza” came from the Latin word “pinsa” meaning flatbread. |
In 1990, scientists discovered the fossil (化石) of a T. rex (霸王龙) in the US. They named it Sue.
Gout is a bone disease. When uric acid (尿酸) builds up in someone’s body, it can be bad for bones.
T. rexes were once the scariest meat eaters on Earth. A T. rex could weigh (重) as much as two African elephants. What did T. rexes eat? Well, the answer might be “Anything they wanted”. T. rexes ran fast and they had sharp teeth. So they always won the battle against other animals.
Crazy meat eaters!
A.So you see, keeping a healthy diet is important! |
B.Sometimes, their menu even included each other! |
C.This big dinosaur lived about 67 million years ago. |
D.Doctors believe meat and wine help uric acid build up. |
E.However, those dinosaurs paid a price (付出代价) for their love for meat. |
【推荐2】Healthy eating doesn’t just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here is some advice about it:
Eat with others. It can help you to see others’ healthy eating habits. If you usually eat with your parents, you will find that the food you eat is more delicious.
Listen to your body. Ask yourself if you are really hungry. 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.
Eat breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. After you don’t eat for the past ten hours, your body needs food to get going. You will be smarter after eating breakfast.
Eat healthy snacks like fruits or cheese. We need snacks sometimes. In fact, it’s a good idea to eat healthy snacks between your three meals. This doesn’t mean that you can eat a bag of chips instead of a meal.
Don’t eat dinner late. With our busy life, we always put off eating dinner until the last moment. Try to eat dinner at least 3 hours before you go to bed. This will give your body a chance to digest most of the food before you rest for the next 8-10 hours.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。
1. How many pieces of advice does the writer give us on healthy eating?
A.4 | B.5 | C.6 |
A.Not eating snacks at all. |
B.Eating enough every day. |
C.Eating some when necessary. |
A.消化 | B.储存 | C.享用 |
A.Where to eat | B.What to eat | C.How to eat |
【推荐3】Healthy eating doesn’t just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here is some advice on healthy eating.
Eat with others. It can help you to see others’ healthy eating habits. If you usually eat with your parents, you will find the food you eat is more delicious.
Listen to your body. Ask yourself if you are really hungry. Have a glass of water to see if you are thirsty—sometimes you are just thirsty, and you need no food. Stop eating before you feel full.
Eat breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Since you don’t eat for the past ten hours, your body needs food to get you going, so you must eat something for breakfast. You will be smarter after eating breakfast.
Eat healthy snacks (点心) like fruit, yogurt (酸奶) or cheese. We all need snacks sometimes. In fact, it is a good idea to eat two healthy snacks between your three meals. This doesn’t mean you can eat a bag of chips.
Don’t eat dinner late. With our busy life, we always put off eating dinner until the last minute. You’d better eat dinner at least 3 hours before you go to bed. This will give your body a chance to digest most of the food before you rest for the next 8—10 hours.
根据语篇内容,选择最佳答案。1. How many pieces of advice are there in the passage?
A.Four | B.Five | C.Six. |
A.We can know their healthy eating habits. |
B.We can know how much they eat. |
C.We can know who they eat with |
A.Snacks are bad for our health. |
B.We should keep eating until we are full. |
C.You’d better finish your dinner before 7 o’clock if you go to bed at 10 o’clock. |
A.处理 | B.消化 | C.咀嚼 |
A.How to eat healthily. | B.What to eat healthily. | C.Why do we want to eat healthily. |
【推荐1】Want to stay away from colds? Put on a happy face.
Compared to unhappy people, those who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds, according to a new study. It's possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses, say the researchers from New York University.
"It seems that positive feelings may reduce the danger of illness," said the study's chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.
In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs and colds less often. People who showed feelings were also less likely to tell their doctors that they felt ill.
In this study, Cohen's interviewed 193 adults every day for two weeks. During the interviews, the people told researchers about were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for six days.
The results showed that everyone in the study was equally likely to get ill. But for people who said they felt happy during the research period, their illness are less serious and lasted for a shorter time.
Cohen believes that when people experience positive feelings, their body may produce a chemical that helps fight illness and disease. So if you are worried about your health, look on the bright side more often.
1. Which of the following was NOT a part of the study?A.People talked about their feelings every day. |
B.People were kept alone for six days. |
C.People were given colds by doctors. |
D.People were made to feel unhappy. |
A.People who felt happy never got ill. |
B.People's feelings didn't influence their health. |
C.People with good feelings became ill more easily. |
D.People with positive feelings had less serious illnesses. |
A.Eating. | B.Crying. | C.Laughing. | D.Sleeping. |
A.advertisement | B.newspaper report |
C.story | D.scientist's diary |
A.Smiles can fight colds | B.Cause of colds found |
C.The danger of colds | D.How people get sick |
【推荐2】In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants. Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment(公寓房间) in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series(系列) of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses’ because ‘Jones’ is a very common name in the United States.” Keeping up with the Joneses’ came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Jonses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
1. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.A.want to be as rich as their neighbours | B.want others to know or to think that they are rich |
C.don’t want others to know they are rich | D.want to be happy |
A.live outside New York City | B.live in New York City |
C.live in apartments | D.have many neighbours |
A.a person who lives near another | B.people living in an area |
C.an area near the place referred to | D.an area in another town or city |
A.an important name | B.a popular name in the United States |
C.his neighbour’s name | D.not a good name |
A.correct | B.interesting | C.impossible | D.good |
【推荐3】Read the instruction of the medicine before you take it.
(tablespoonful 汤匙 teaspoonful 茶匙 dose 剂量)
Description: For the relief (缓解) of common cold, cough, headache, fever and sore throat. Attention: You must obey the following dose each time. •Adults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 tablespoonfuls •Children: according to age 10—14 years old. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 teaspoonfuls . 6—10 years old. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 teaspoonfuls 3—6 years old. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 teaspoonfuls. Repeat above dose every 1/2 to I hour if needed. If you do not get better, see a doctor please. |
Repeat above dose every 1/2 to 1 hour if needed. If you do not get better, see a doctor please.
Warning:
1. Put in a cool, dry and clean place. Keep away from sunlight and the reach of children.
2. Don’t overdose. If overdose, get medical help as soon as possible.
3.Don’t take if you are going to give a birth.
1. If an 8-year-old boy gets ill, how many doses should he take each time?A.1 teaspoonful. | B.2 tablespoonfuls. | C.2 teaspoonfuls. | D.4 teaspoonfuls. |
A.A dirty place in the bathroom. | B.A clean place near the window. |
C.A clean box in the child room. | D.A medical box in the bedroom. |
A.On the bottles of medicine. | B.In the story book. |
C.In the newspaper. | D.In the hospital. |