1 . Healthy living is important for everyone. We only need 21 days to form(形成)good healthy habits. Here is some advice for you.
Healthy Lifestyle Tips | |
Healthy Breakfast | Eating healthy breakfast is the most important thing of the day. So, begin your day with a good healthy breakfast. Bread, milk, eggs, fruits and vegetables are all good choices(选择). There are some facts to suggest that eating breakfast can help people to solve their health problems. |
Fruits & Vegetables | We should eat at least 5 kinds of fruits and vegetables in daily diet. This healthy diet will help the body to be healthy and strong. So make it a habit of eating fruits in your daily diet because it not only improves your health but also reduces(减少) health problems. |
Exercise for 30 minutes | Always have some exercise routines when you’re at home. It’s important to get some forms of physical activities every day to have a healthy lifestyle. At least 30 minutes of exercise is needed to keep your health in good form. You can use the stairs instead of 1ift walk in the park or walk to school. |
Get 8 hours of sleep | One of the most important good healthy habits is to get eight hours’ sleep every day. It is important to the body and it can help you keep away stress(压力)and tiredness. If you don’t have enough sleep your body and mind can’t work well, so never think winning more by sleeping less. |
| A．Eating healthy breakfast. | B．Eating fruits and vegetables. |
| C．Doing exercise for 30 minutes. | D．Having a good supper. |
| A．5 | B．10 | C．8 | D．30 |
| A．have exercise routines | B．do exercise for 30 minutes |
| C．have enough time to eat breakfast | D．keep away stress and tiredness |
2 . Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but many people don’t have it. Common reasons for not eating breakfast include shortage of time, not feeling hungry, traditional dislike for breakfast, and dieting (节食).
Breakfast simply means “break the fast”. You eat nothing for at least 6 to 12 hours each night. Even though you have been sleeping, you have still been burning energy. And in the morning your body needs energy for the day’s work ahead.
A good breakfast should provide up to 1/3 of your total calories (卡路里) that your body needs for the day. Generally speaking, we eat 400 less calories for breakfast than for dinner. If breakfast doesn’t interest you in the morning, try eating a lighter dinner earlier in the evening or save half your dinner for breakfast in the morning.
If you still aren’t hungry in the morning, start with something small like juice or bread or have nutritious (有营养的) mid-morning snack later when you are hungry.
So, you say you’re on a diet. Some people are afraid that eating breakfast will make them hungrier during the day and they will eat more. It is true that eating breakfast is likely to make you feel hungry throughout the day. That’s because your body is working correctly. Although you may feel as if you are eating more all day long, in fact you’re probably not.
Not eating breakfast may cause you to overeat, because a fall in blood sugar often makes you feel hungry later. To make things worse, since your body is in a slowed state, it will not be able to burn those extra calories well. If you feed your body healthy snacks and meals throughout the day, you may not become hungry so easily and eat too much when you have meals.
Since breakfast is the first and most important meal of the day, your choice is important. The best breakfast foods are fruits, juice, lean meat, and grain products such as bread, rice, noodles and cereals.
1. The underlined word “fast” means “a period during which someone __________”.| A．moves quickly |
| B．works hard |
| C．goes without food |
| D．sleeps in bed |
| A．breakfast provides us most of the energy |
| B．breakfast may help to save the dinner |
| C．breakfast might make people overeat |
| D．breakfast helps our body work well |
| A．Breakfast and Energy |
| B．Why Not Eat Breakfast |
| C．Breakfast and Dieting |
| D．What to Eat for Breakfast |
School Gardens Could Help Children Try More Vegetables
It’s not always enjoyable for children to eat vegetables. But what if a garden is built in the school? New research suggests that a gardening program in schools can increase children’s vegetable intake(摄入量) .
How the Study Was Carried Out
The study was carried out in eight schools. Each school was in the gardening program for one school year. Every child in grades 3-5 received a total of eighteen 60-minute lessons across the school year. In the program, each school built a garden, where children learned to grow their own fresh produce, like fruit and vegetables.
The Benefits Children Could Get
The study found that vegetable intake if the children who grew their own produce increased greatly across the year. Related studies show that increased vegetable intake can improve health and cut the risk of chronic diseases(慢性疾病). Not only are there benefits to health, increasing the variety of vegetables children are exposed(接触)to may also make mealtimes much easier.” Children who are often exposed to a variety of vegetables are more likely to try new foods,” explains Dr. Kerry Jones. For children, growing their own food is a powerful tool to increase their intake of the food.
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Any opportunity to expose children to more vegetables is meaningful. “If children are learning about vegetables at school, it’s important to encourage this interest,” says Jones. Parents can listen to their children about what they have learned and read the handouts they bring home from school. Parents and children can also read books together. Younger children can enjoy reading stories about vegetables with parents who offer useful messages. Older children may enjoy searching through cookbooks with parents to find new dinner ideas to cook vegetables in a tasty way. Besides, a small planter box in a sunny part at home can encourage children to understand more about where their food comes from.
Teaching children to grow their own produce is a great way to increase their preference for the produce. If children are taught to enjoy vegetables early in life, they will probably continue eating vegetables in the long term.
1. What did children do in the gardening program?| A．They did research on new plants. | B．They grew fresh produce at school. |
| C．They took home green vegetables | D．They built gardens for their classes. |
| A．Ideas to Encourage Children to Cook at Home |
| B．Ways to Expose Children to Vegetables at Home |
| C．Reasons Why Parents Should Understand Children |
| D．Suggestions Which Children Could Get from Parents |
| A．Parents’ support might improve children’s reading. |
| B．School programs could develop students’ creativity. |
| C．Doing studies can prepare students for future learning. |
| D．Hands-on experience may influence children’s preference. |
4 . Food for thought
It’s hard to turn down hamburgers, French fries, potato chips. And all of the other junk food that seemed to call out to us. However, eating too much junk food can harm your body, particularly if you are between the ages of 10 and 19.
“Junk food shapes adolescent（青春期的） brains in ways that impair their ability to think,learn and remember.It can also make it harder to control impulsive （冲动的）behaviors,” said Amy Reichelt. A brain and nutrition specialist at Western University, Canada. “It may even up a teen’s risk of depression（抑郁） and anxiety.”
Reichelt and two other researchers reviewed more than 100 studies, including their own, about how poor food choices can impact adolescent brains. They found adolescents are more sensitive than any other age group to processed（经过加工的） foods with a lot of fat and sugar and their brains are not yet fully formed.
Adolescent brains are still developing the ability to assess risks and control actions.The prefrontal cortex（前额皮质） is a part of brain that tells us we should not eat chips all the time and helps us resist the urge. However, this region is the last to mature—it doesn’t fully develop until we are in our early 20s.
Meanwhile, teen brains get more buzz（兴奋） from rewards. The parts of the brain that make us feel good when we do something pleasurable—like eating tasty foods—are fully developed by the teens year.
In fact, these regions are even more sensitive when we are young. That is because dopamine（多巴胺）, a natural chemical that lifts our mood when we experience something good, is especially active in adolescent brains.
Therefore, the teen brain has two strikes against it when it comes to resisting junk food. “It has a heightened（增强的） drive for rewards and reduced self-regulation（自我调节）,” said Reichelt.
So what’s the best way to say no to junk foods? Researchers propose to exercise.When we exercise, the brain’s reward system becomes less sensitive to food cues（线索）. Exercise also triggers（触发） the body to make a protein that helps brain cells grow and boosts connections between the prefrontal cortex and other brain regions. The prefrontal cortex thus can work better to help us make wise decisions and control our impulses.
1. The word “impair” in paragraph 2 probably means ________.| A．improve | B．weaken | C．change | D．influence |
| A．we can’t resist junk food because of our eating habits |
| B．junk food can make us harder to control ourselves to eat less |
| C．eating too much junk food can cause more diseases |
| D．it’s harder to resist junk food as teens’ brains are still developing |
| A．To discuss why teams prefer the junk food. |
| B．To stress how difficultly teens resist the junk food. |
| C．To suggest that teens do more exercise to resist the junk food. |
| D．To question whether our mood could suffer from eating junk food. |
| A．Dopamine can lift our mood when we exercise. |
| B．Fat and sugar in the junk food is bad for our health. |
| C．The prefrontal cortex is fully developed by the teen years. |
| D．Having more junk food may cause depression in adolescence. |
| You are what you eat | Keeping better eating habits can help you reduce（减少）illnesses. 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 diseases. 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 right meal for lunch. Follow a healthy diet. |
1. What’s the passage mainly about?
| A．Healthy food. | B．Healthy lifestyle. | C．Junk food. | D．Healthy sports. |
| A．Man’s illnesses | B．Illnesses | C．Change your toothbrush | D．Your bathroom |
| A．For twenty minutes. | B．For fifteen minutes. |
| C．For ten minutes. | D．For five minutes. |
| A．a right diet and much food | B．exercise and much food |
| C．sleeping and exercise | D．a right diet and exercise |
6 . Diet drinks may taste good, but they might not bring happiness. A new study finds that people who drink diet sodas or fruit drinks are more likely to be diagnosed (诊断) with depression.
The study doesn’t show that diet drinks cause depression and the researchers stress their findings don’t provide an explanation. They looked at more than 263,900 U.S. adults ages 50 to 71 who answered questions about their beverage （饮料） consumption（摄入量） between the years 1995 and 1996. About 10 years later (from 2004 to 2006), the same people were asked if a doctor had diagnosed them with depression since the year 2000.
People who regularly drank four or more cans of any type of soda a day were 30 percent more likely to have received a diagnosis of depression than people who did not drink soda, said Dr. Honglei Chen of the National Institutes of Health, who led the study. The risk of depression was especially high for people who drank diet soda — a 31 percent increased risk compared to a 22 percent increased risk for those who drank regular soda, the researchers said.
Those who drank four or more cans of diet fruit drinks were 51 percent more likely to be diagnosed with depression compared to those who did not drink diet fruit drinks.
By contrast, people who drank four or more cups of coffee a day were 10 percent less likely to have been diagnosed with depression compared to non-coffee drinkers.
The study only found an association, and did not determine （确定） whether diet soda or fruit drinks caused depression. Although the researchers took into account factors that could affect the results, such as age, sex, education, smoking status, physical activity, body mass index (BMI) and energy intake, it’s possible other circumstances, such as a family history of depression or stressful life events, could explain the association.
A family history of depression and stressful life events are some of the biggest predictors of depression, said Emma Robertson-Blackmore, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, who was not involved in the study. In addition, older people are more likely to experience stressful life events, including the death of a loved one, job changes or illnesses, Robertson-Blackmore said.
However, the findings agree with those of a few previous studies that found a link between frequent consumption of sweetened beverages and a higher prevalence (流行程度) of depression, the researchers said. (Diet sodas and fruit drinks are sweetened, but their sweeteners contain no calories.)
“More research is needed to confirm these findings, and people with depression should continue to take depression medications prescribed by their doctors,” said Chen.
1. People who drink four or more _______ every day are the most likely to feel depressed.| A．cups of coffee | B．cans of fruit drinks |
| C．cans of diet soda | D．cans of regular soda |
| A．checked out | B．went through |
| C．drew a conclusion | D．paid attention to |
| A．Diet drinks taste good but they don’t always bring happiness. |
| B．Drinking a lot of diet drinks regularly will lead to depression. |
| C．There is a close connection between diet drinks and depression. |
| D．Stressful life events can explain why people may feel depressed. |
| A．To find out why diet drinking leads to depression. |
| B．To present findings on diet drinking and depression. |
| C．To warn us against drinking diet soda or fruit drinks. |
| D．To suggest a healthy way of drinking for a better life. |
7 . Linda has been a vegetarian for years. She stopped eating meat because of how she felt as she told her doctor, she always felt tired. Her doctor looked her over and told her to eat less meat. She bought a vegetarian cook book and decided to “go all the way”. She still eats eggs and cheese sometimes; now, however, most of her food is vegetables, fruits, and grains. Linda became a vegetarian to improve her health.
Nancy is an animal lover. Nancy grew up on a farm where there were cows and chickens. As she grew older, she started to eat less meat. One day she realized that she had stopped eating meat. It had never seemed right to her that animals were fed to be killed for food.
When Mark was a student, he had a careful plan of how to spend money. The little money that he had for food, he spent on rice, cheap vegetables. He learned to be a very good cook. Now Mark is a successful engineer, but he still eats simple foods, and no meat.
Roy is an environmentalist. He knows that the population is increasing faster and faster, but the land for growing food is not increasing at all. He knows that it takes sixteen kilos of grain to make one kilo of meat; he thinks about the fifteen kilos of grain that are wasted if he eats meat “Somewhere,” he says, “someone hasn’t got enough to eat and is dying. How can I enjoy a thick steak?” Mark’s ideas about what is right and wrong make him a vegetarian.
1. Linda became a vegetarian because .| A．she was badly ill |
| B．she wanted to be healthier |
| C．she enjoyed eating vegetables |
| D．her doctor asked her to do so |
| A．Linda only eats fruits and vegetables. |
| B．Nancy became a vegetarian when she was old. |
| C．Roy doesn’t like steak at all. |
| D．We aren’t sure when Roy became a vegetarian. |
| A．meat is not good for one’s health |
| B．we had better become vegetarians |
| C．people choose to be vegetarians for different reasons |
| D．people become vegetarians because they don’t like meat |
8 .
Do you have healthy habits? | |
| Yeah! I think my habits are very healthy. Every day I get up early and go to bed early .Every morning I eat breakfast and eat well. I eat fruit and vegetables every day. And every day I play soccer for two hours with my friends. |
| No, I don't. I get up late so I have no time to eat breakfast. For lunch, I usually eat lots of hamburgers. I know they are not good for me but I like them. I never play sports. In the evening, after I finish my homework, I usually play computer games. I go to bed late, at about eleven o'clock. |
| Yes. My habits are very good. I never eat unhealthy food. Ice-cream tastes good but I never eat it. It's unhealthy. Every day I get up at six o'clock and go to bed at eight thirty. I eat well and play sports every day. I run with my father for half an hour in the morning. So I'm very healthy. |
1. Mary with her friends________ every day.
| A．goes to school | B．does her homework | C．plays soccer | D．has lunch |
| A．Hamburgers. | B．Vegetables. | C．Chicken. | D．Fruit. |
| A．9:00 | B．10:00 | C．11:00 | D．12:00 |
| A．Because she doesn't like it. | B．Because it's not healthy. | C．Because it doesn't taste good. | D．Because her parents don't let her eat it. |
| A．mother | B．friend | C．brother | D．father |
9 . Do you have a headache? Eat some bird brains for dinner, and your headache will go away. Is your hair turning gray? Eat black rice every day. And you won't have gray hair.
Eat bird brains and black rice? "Some people ask. "How strange!" But for many Chinese people, bird brains and black rice are not strange things to eat, they are good things to eat. They are good medicines, too.
Many Chinese believe that food can be medicine. Food that is medicine is called medicinal food. The Chinese have eaten medicinal food and spices(调味料)for hundreds of years. Ginger(姜), for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking now. Ginger gives food a nice favor(味道). The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago. At that time, they used ginger not because it tasted good. They used it because it was medicinal Ginger, they thought, was good for the digestion (消化). It also helped people who had colds.
Not everyone approves of the medicinal food. Some people think that food and spices are not medicines. They want to buy their medicine in drug stores, not in supermarkets. Other people want to try medicinal food. They say, "Maybe medicinal food can't help me, but it can't hurt me, either.”
People can try medicinal food at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California .The restaurant serves only medicinal food. Queen's Secret", for example, is one dish at the restaurant. Meat from a chicken with black skin is in the dish. It is for women who want to look young.
Alan Lau is the owner of the restaurant,, He says, "Some people try medicinal food only once and then say, 'It didn't work. But think about this: When your doctor prescribes (开药方) medicine. you take the medicine for five days, or for ten days, or maybe for weeks. It's the same with medicinal food. You have to eat the food many times before it begins to help. "Mr. Lau believes that medicinal food works, he eats medicinally every day.
1. Why did the Chinese use ginger many years ago?| A．Because it had a good taste |
| B．Because it was good for health |
| C．Because it made people feel cold |
| D．Because it gave food a different flavor. |
| A．agrees to | B．cares about | C．hears of | D．gives up |
| A．Can Food Be Our Medicine? |
| B．Can Spices Change Our Cooking? |
| C．What Is the Best Medicine for a Headache? |
| D．What Can People Eat in a Chinese Restaurant? |
10 . Today, people care about their health much more than before and want to get a well-toned body shape, this is because when we are in good shape, it makes us feel fit and healthy.We feel good about ourselves and feel much more confident than before.When you want to tone up your body, just workouts will not do.You have to take care of your overall health by eating proper food, doing the right kind of exercises and keeping yourself happy.
The first thing that needs to be done is to reduce the intake(摄入) of calories(卡路里).The calories content (含量) of each meal should not be higher than 400 calories.Ideally, one is well advised to have six meals in a day.There should be a gap(间隔) of three hours between each meal.Fresh vegetables, fruits, egg white, fish, chicken breast are some of the food that can provide you with the right nutrients(养分), at the same time will help you to get in shape.
Many people make the mistake of avoiding strength training when they are trying for weight loss.They think that strength training will increase their body weight.However, this is not true.Be careful not to over exercise in order to lose weight fast.Too much of exercise can cause injury to you.
Drinking 8-10 glasses of water can help in reducing fat.If you drink ice cold water, then it will burn out some extra calories from your body.This is because when you are drinking cold water, your body needs to raise the temperature of the water up to your body temperature.In this process, almost one calorie of fat gets burned from the body.Drinking a glass of water before a meal will be helpful in this regard.
You can get a healthy body only if your mind is free from stress.Stress can also lead to other health problems like high blood pressure, upset stomach, headaches, etc.For all these reasons, special efforts need to be taken to relax your mind.
1. Many people don't do strength training because_______.| A．they think it can cause injury | B．they think it loses weight too fast |
| C．they think it can help to reduce fat | D．they think it makes them put on weight |
| A．cold water can help lose weight better than hot water |
| B．cold water burns out fewer calories than hot water |
| C．cold water can raise the temperature of your body |
| D．cold water brings your body some extra calories |
| A．How to work out at home. | B．How to get free from stress. |
| C．How to get a right shape. | D．How to train strength. |
