1 . We can’t remember clearly since when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or WeChat, waiting to be “liked”. Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get “liked” or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal.
Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?
A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not so good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. As a result, it showed that the more photos they took, the less delicious the food seemed to them. So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?
Besides the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will not be able to control himself and check his mobile many times. “Does everyone like my photos? I hope a lot of people like them!”
It seems that your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.
So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.
1. From the passage, what happens a lot at the dinner table nowadays?| A．People talk about their Weibo or WeChat. |
| B．People learn from each other how to cook dishes. |
| C．People like taking photos with friends or families. |
| D．People take photos of food and post them before eating. |
| A．The reasons for checking your mobiles. |
| B．The ways of posting the photos onto the Internet. |
| C．The tips (提示) of making others like your photos on the Weibo. |
| D．Some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. |
| A．We take out our mobiles and click when a dish comes. |
| B．We check our mobiles from time to time during the meal. |
| C．Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. |
| D．Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. |
| A．Take photos of food in order to have a wonderful life. |
| B．Take photos of delicious food and share them with others. |
| C．Remember to have dinner with our family and friends at home. |
| D．Enjoy the life with people around us instead of taking photos of food. |
2 . Water plays an important role in keeping you healthy. This should come as no surprise. Much of your body is made up of water, after all. It keeps your body working properly. But did you know that too much water can make you die?
Water poisoning (中毒) happens when people drink too much water. This lowers the level of sodium (钠) in their blood to dangerous levels. When you have too little sodium in your body, a lot of things will go seriously wrong in your body.
Your brain may begin to swell (膨胀). You may get a headache, feel very tired and sick. You may even lose consciousness. In these cases, water poisoning can be deadly. You will need to go to a hospital immediately.
Protecting yourself from water poisoning may seem easy, however, this is easier said than done. For example, when you do exercise, you may have to drink a lot of water. It is important to balance the amount (量) of water. This can help you stay healthy whenever you are exercising.
So, how much water should a person drink each day? For years, we have been told to drink two liters (公升) of water a day. But in fact, the actual amount needed is different for each person. Today, most doctors are telling people that they should drink water whenever they feel thirsty.
We can’t live without water. Neither can we live with too much water in our bodies. Make sure you take the right amount of it each day — staying healthy is all about staying balanced.
1. What will a person feel when water poisoning happens?| A．The brain works well. | B．Tired and sick. |
| C．Hot and thirsty. | D．The body is larger. |
| A．feeling | B．confidence | C．life | D．body |
| A．We should take the right amount of water each day. |
| B．We should only drink two liters of water a day. |
| C．We should protect ourselves by drinking more water. |
| D．High levels of sodium are good for our health. |
| A．There would be no life without water. | B．Every coin has its two sides. |
| C．Don’t forget the well digger. | D．Rome wasn’t built in a day. |
| A．We can’t Live without Water. | B．We must Drink less Water. |
| C．The Importance of Sodium. | D．Can Water Poison You? |
3 . Snacks are many people’s favorites, especially children and young women. Nowadays, more and more young people like to have snacks during the middle of the night. But a recent study shows that midnight snacks could bring some health problems. Namni Goel, lead scientist of the study, said “Midnight snacks will break your normal life habits. They will make you put on weight easily and make you get heart disease easily. Also they will greatly influence your feelings.”
This isn’t the first time a study has shown that midnight snacks could be bad for your health. The following four main problems were shown according to the common studies. It may surprise you a lot, but you should really make a right decision now. It will make a difference to your future life.
First, midnight snacks can influence your memory. The study found that midnight snacks are even bad for your cognitive functions (认知功能). Second, they can make you have weird dreams. The sugar in midnight snacks will excite your brain at night and make you feel nervous. Then you will probably have dreams which are not usual in your life. Third, midnight snacks make you get heart disease easily. Scientists have found that midnight snacks could make you have high blood pressure. As a result, you will have heart problems. Finally, midnight snacks can make you feel hungrier than usual when you wake up the next morning. So it’s high time that the young thought about their eating habit more. After all, having good health is what everyone wants most.
1. Who enjoy snacks most in everyday life according to the writer?| A．The young and old. | B．Children and young women. |
| C．Boys and fathers. | D．Students and mothers. |
| A．Interesting. | B．Fair. |
| C．Strange. | D．Long. |
| A．Midnight snacks are bad for our health. |
| B．Heart disease is the result of midnight snacks. |
| C．Eating healthily is important to us. |
| D．Midnight snacks are good for losing weight. |
| A．Culture. | B．Sports. |
| C．Health. | D．Language. |
4 . 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. |
●Teenagers shouldn’t eat too much junk food.
●Teenagers shouldn’t eat food with too much salt. Salt can cause high blood pressure (高血压) in the future.
●Teenagers should eat food with less fat, oil and sugar.
●Teenagers need to eat some fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins and have little fat.
●Teenagers need to drink more milk. Milk will help their bones (骨头) grow.
●Teenagers need to eat breakfast every day. This is good for their bodies and minds.
1. According to the doctors’ advice, what does junk food include (包含)?
| A．Milk and vitamins. | B．Fruits and sugar. |
| C．Vegetables and salt. | D．Fat, oil, salt and sugar. |
| A．food with no vitamins | B．fat and sugar |
| C．vegetables and fruits | D．salt and oil |
| A．饮食 | B．健康 | C．锻炼 | D．睡眠 |
| A．patients | B．doctors | C．younger people | D．older people |
| A．Bad habits | B．Junk food |
| C．Unhealthy food | D．Advice on healthy eating |
6 . In school, we are told to drink water between classes. Our parents ask us to bring our water bottles to school and we’re reminded by experts that water is good for our skin and helps control our weight. But how much should we actually be drinking?
For many years, people have followed the advice of drinking eight glasses of water, eight times a day, known as the“8×8 rule”. According to Jessica Brown, this seems to have partly come from a misunderstanding of old advice that was published almost 80 years ago. In 1945, a study advised drinking one millilitre (毫升) of liquid for each calorie (卡路里) of food. This is about two litres of water a day, or eight glasses per person. But, Jessica says, the reality is that different people have different needs. Weight, age and activity level all play a role in how much water someone should drink.
Then do we need to control how much water we drink? It’s not that important, according to Dr. Stanley Goldfarb from the University of Pennsylvania. He says our bodies are good at telling us when we need water. When we are thirsty, it means our bodies need more water. Our kidneys (肾脏) help us keep the water we have, even before we feel thirsty.
There are, of course, benefits to drinking water. It helps our bodies stay at the right temperature. It helps us keep away bad things in our bodies. It helps us digest (消化) food. It protects our joints (关节).
So, next time you feel thirsty, reach for a glass of water. But don’t worry if you don’t drink exactly eight glasses a day. Your body knows what it needs.
1. What is the“8×8 rule” advice based on?| A．A study published in 1945. | B．A common sense among the public. |
| C．A recent discovery by Jessica Brown. | D．Advice given by Dr. Stanley Goldfarb. |
①age ②height ③weight ④activity level ⑤color of skin
| A．①②③ | B．①③④ |
| C．②③④ | D．②③⑤ |
| A．methods | B．degrees |
| C．advantages | D．discoveries |
| A．Reach for a glass of water. | B．Wait until they are not thirsty. |
| C．Keep doing what they are doing. | D．Drink as much water as possible. |
| A．The Truth About Drinking Water | B．The Science Behind the“8×8 Rule” |
| C．The Importance of Drinking Water | D．Simple Tips for Drinking Water |
7 . You are what you eat
Keeping better eating habits can help you reduce (减少) disease. A healthy eating plan means choosing the right foods to eat and preparing foods in a healthy way.
Do you often change your toothbrush? Maybe you think it is not necessary. A study shows old toothbrushes bring disease. You should often change your toothbrush.
Exercise
Swimming, running, skating, skiing, dancing, walking and some other activities can help you stay healthy. You should exercise at least three times a week and for twenty minutes or more each time. Do it.
Plan out your life
You should have breakfast before you go to school. Have a proper (合适的) meal for lunch. Follow a healthy diet.
1. What’s the passage mainly about ?| A．Healthy food. | B．Healthy lifestyle (生活方式). | C．Junk food. | D．Healthy sports. |
| A．Twenty minutes. | B．Fifteen minutes. | C．Five minutes. | D．Ten minutes. |
| A．Choosing the right foods. | B．Cooking the foods in a healthy way. |
| C．Never eat meat or fresh vegetables. | D．Both A and B. |
| Activity | Every day | Three or four times a week | Twice a week | Once a week |
| Exercise | 55% | 30% | 10% | 5% |
| Play basketball | 20% | 40% | 20% | 20% |
| Watch TV | 5% | 60% | 30% | 5% |
| Do homework | 90% | 10% | 0% | 0% |
| Eat vegetables | 50% | 30% | 10% | 10% |
| Eat junk food | 15% | 50% | 30% | 5% |
| Eat fruit | 60% | 25% | 10% | 5% |
1. In the class, fifty-five percent of the students exercise ________.
| A．every day | B．three or four times a week |
| C．twice a week | D．once a week |
| A．100% | B．60% | C．30% | D．40% |
| A．90% students do homework every day. |
| B．30% students eat vegetables every day. |
| C．50% students eat junk food three or four times a week. |
| D．10% students eat fruit twice a week. |
9 . Water plays an important role in keeping you healthy. This should come as no surprise. Much of your body is made up of water, after all. It keeps your body working properly. But did you know that too much water can poison (使……中毒) you?
Water poisoning happens when people drink too much water. This makes sodium (钠) in their blood too little.
You probably already know that too much sodium can be unhealthy. That’s true, but too little is also harmful. When you have too little sodium in your body, a lot of things will go seriously wrong in your body. Then you will feel really terrible.
Your brain may begin to go wrong. You may get a headache, feel very tired and want to throw up. In these cases, water poisoning can be deadly. You will need to be sent to a hospital right away.
Protecting yourself from water poisoning may seem easy—just don’t drink too much water, right? In some situations, however, this is easier said than done. For example, when you do some heavy exercise, such as running a marathon, you may have to drink a lot of water. It is then important to balance the number of water you drink with the number of water your body is losing. This can help you stay healthy whenever you are exercising.
So, how much water should a person drink each day? For years, we have been told to drink two liters (升) of water a day. But in fact, the actual number needed is different for each person. Today, most doctors are telling people that they should drink water whenever they feel thirsty. We can’t live without water. Neither can we live with too much water in our bodies. Make sure you take the right number of it each day—staying healthy is all about staying balanced!
1. What is much of people’s body made up of according to the passage?| A．Water. | B．Blood. | C．Hair. | D．Brain. |
a. People feel really terrible.
b. People drink too much water.
c. A lot of things go seriously wrong.
d. There is too little sodium in their blood.
| A．c-b-a-d | B．b-c-a-e | C．b-d-c-a | D．b-a-d-c |
| A．Water poisoning won’t make people die. |
| B．Different people need different number of water. |
| C．Too little sodium will not be harmful to people’s health. |
| D．It’s easy for people to protect from water poisoning. |
| A．To tell us stay in good health. |
| B．To tell us stay in a balance of water. |
| C．To tell us drink as less water as possible. |
| D．To tell us drink two liters of water a day. |
1. How many students have milk and eggs for lunch?
| A．15. | B．20. | C．35. | D．40. |
| A．sweet food and fat | B．rice and bread |
| C．meat and fish | D．fruit |
| A．News Today | B．Family Life | C．Food & Health | D．Sports & Health |
