Thanks to improvements in both health care and personal safety, most people are living healthier, longer lives. Someone who is born today can expect to live 25 years longer than someone who was bon in the 19th century. It’s even thought that in the future more and more people will celebrate their hundredth birthday. Here are five rules for a healthy life.
We all know that we shouldn’t run across the road in front of the oncoming traffic, or cycle too close to cars. But we’re not sure about how to stay safe in the countryside. When you’re out walking you should always go with someone and tell your parents where you’re planning to go. Remember! Climbing may also mean falling—what goes up must come down. Safety rules and advice are there to help you, not to make life less fun.
Sure, it’s comfortable to sit on the couch and watch. But experts say you should walk at least 10,000 steps every day to keep fit. In the past, people’s jobs required more physical effort. When farmers were working in the fields, they were keeping fit at the same time. Think about it: do you get the same amount of exercise today as they did in the past?
It’s important to eat plenty of the right things, above all, fruit, vegetables, and to see fast food or sweets as something very special—maybe just and then. The wrong diet means you’ll put on weight, one of the fastest ways to an unhealthy life.
When we were babies, we slept for much of the day—if our parents were lucky! Teenagers don’t need as much sleep but it’s important to get about eight hours’ sleep. At weekends, you’ve got more time, so use it not just for your friends, but for rest, too.
Yes, you knew I was going to say this! But it’s so important. More teenagers damage their health through smoking and taking drugs than any other dangers. Think about the effect on your family and friends, and think about its effect on you and your health.
| A．Don’t worry. Be happy! |
| B．Say no to smoking and drugs! |
| C．Be careful! It’s dangerous out there! |
| D．Rest up while you can! |
| E．Watch your diet! |
| F．Don’t be a couch potato! |
1. Which of the following matches Group 1?
| A．I always have meals at home. | B．I hardly have time for breakfast. |
| C．I like cooking meals for myself. | D．I often eat snacks while watching TV. |
| A．Sit in the sofa while eating snacks. |
| B．Eat snacks quickly after doing sports. |
| C．Don’t eat anything while watching TV. |
| D．Place healthy snacks at hand while watching TV. |
| A．How to eat in right ways. | B．How to have a healthy life. |
| C．How to have three meals. | D．How to keep yourself strong. |
3 . Picture the scene: It’s midnight. You’re very hungry after studying for a long time. Then you see a nice pie in the fridge. Should you eat it? It seems that you shouldn’t for many reasons, because it may be bad for your brains.
Scientists have long known that eating late at night can make us put on weight. But now a new study has shown that late-night eating may also be bad for our brains—it might hurt our ability to learn new things and store memories.
“We believe that late-night eating may affect our learning by affecting (影响) the parts of the brain that control learning and memory,” Dawn Loh. PhD, a project scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said. “We believe the timing of when we eat is the main cause of the bad memory.”
For the study, the researchers did an experiment (实验) on mice. The mice were either allowed to eat during the daytime or during the night. They had the same amount of sleep and food. Then the researchers tested the brains of the mice and noticed that the mice eating during the night were less able to remember things well.
So think twice before the midnight snack—it might be bad for more than your weight.
1. The writer asks readers to picture the scene in the first paragraph to ________.| A．interest them and lead into the topic |
| B．tell them a story about late-night eating |
| C．give them some information about the scientist |
| D．ask them to have a discussion and give opinions |
| A．studying for long | B．a nice pie in the fridge |
| C．a new study on eating | D．late-night eating |
| A．to find out whether eating late can affect memory | B．to check the brains of different mice |
| C．to find out how much food mice need daily | D．to show mice are not good at remembering things |
| A．Eating snacks affects memory | B．Late-night eating hurts brains |
| C．Staying up late is bad | D．Keep away from snacks |
1. Having breakfast can help you ________.
| A．think slower | B．become fatter | C．eat more for lunch | D．live longer |
| A．Ice cream. | B．Hamburger. | C．Fruit and milk. | D．Cake. |
| A．Food and health. | B．Cook and camping. |
| C．Science and technology. | D．Study and exercise. |
5 . Do you want to think more clearly and solve problems more easily? Here are some ways for you.
| Exercise | Get at least thirty minutes of exercise four days a week. Try something fun like swing dance, or just take a fast walk around the park when you are free. |
| Sleep | Sleep is very important for it helps you learn new things well. Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, and it’s necessary to sleep for eight hours every night. |
| Eat | Do you know your brain needs healthy food to work? What you eat plays a big part in how you think. Fish and vegetables keep your brain working at its best. |
| Learn | Use the hand you don’t often use more. For example, you can brush your teeth with the other hand. This will help strengthen (加强) the side of the brain that you don’t use often. Practicing a musical instrument is a great way to do this. |
1. According to the passage, how long should you exercise at least a week?
| A．20 minutes. | B．40 minutes. | C．2 hours. | D．3 hours. |
| A．Eat fish and vegetables. | B．Go to bed early and wake up early. |
| C．Learn something new. | D．Try to do things with the other hand. |
| A．Ways to make you keep healthy. | B．Ways to make you get smarter. |
| C．Ways to make you sleep well. | D．Ways to make you eat well. |
6 . ① What is your favorite drink? Do you like cola or other soft drinks? If so, be careful! Soft drinks are not healthy. Soft drinks have much sugar. Too much sugar is bad for your teeth and makes you fat.
② So what can you drink? Don’t worry. Here are some healthy drinks. Let’s have a look.
③ Water? That’s right. It is the best and healthiest drink. Water has no sugar (糖). It won’t give you bad teeth or make you fat. How much water should you drink every day? The US research group Mayo Clinic suggests at least eight glasses of water a day (240 ml water for every glass).
④ If you don’t like fresh fruits or vegetables, 100% fruit juice might be a good choice. But just don’t drink too much. Once you open a bottle of fresh juice, drink it in one sitting. Or it will go bad.
⑤ Milk helps you build a healthy body. Milk is rich in protein (蛋白质), vitamin D and calcium (钙). They are all good for children’s bones and teeth.
⑥ So try to choose the healthy drinks. They can be not only good for your health but also delicious. Drink less or never drink those like soft drinks.
1. How much water should we drink every day according to the passage?| A．1920 ml. | B．240 ml. | C．480 ml. | D．8 ml. |
| A．Sit down and drink juice. | B．Fresh juice is very good for us. |
| C．Fresh juice goes bad easily. | D．Drink a bottle of juice every day. |
| A．Soft drinks are unhealthy because they have no protein. |
| B．You can drink much fruit juice because they are healthy. |
| C．Many children don’t like water because they have no sugar. |
| D．Protein, vitamin D and calcium are good for children’s teeth. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
7 . John is a student in a middle school. He likes hamburgers best. He doesn’t want to eat fruit or vegetables. So he is very fat. His mother always says to him, “John, you can’t be so fat. It’s not healthy.” But John says, “I’m fine, Mom. I want to eat my favorite hamburgers every day. At school, John doesn’t like P.E. and he doesn’t want to do sports. Every time he has P.E., he says to his teacher, “I don’t feel (感觉) well and I can’t have P.E.” Then he goes to his classroom and eats food.
Today John goes shopping with his mother. He wants to buy new clothes, but he is not happy this time. He finds a nice T-shirt, but he can’t wear the T-shirt in a big size. John says to his parents, “I don’t want to be fat! And I want to be healthy.” His father says he can take him to do sports. His mother says it’s useful to eat healthy food. John thanks them for their help.
1. What’s John’s favorite food?| A．Hamburgers. | B．Fruit. | C．Vegetables. | D．Carrots. |
| A．his bed | B．the library | C．the classroom | D．his home |
| A．Because no one buys a T-shirt for him. | B．Because there is no good T-shirt in the store. |
| C．Because the T-shirt is too small for him. | D．Because he doesn’t like the T-shirt. |
| A．Buy a big T-shirt. | B．Eat healthy food and do sports. |
| C．Help his P.E. teacher. | D．Eat junk food. |
1. According to the study, what do 61% of the lunch boxes have?
| A．Some chips. | B．Some cakes. |
| C．A bag of candies. | D．A sugary drink. |
| A．Cook the food by themselves. | B．Put the lunch box in a warm place. |
| C．Talk with parents about what to eat. | D．Choose one of the five food groups. |
| A．www.livesport.com | B．www.health.com |
| C．www.allmovie.com | D．www.travel.com |
9 . ① What you eat is important (重要的) to you. When you eat well, you are looking after yourself well. Then what do you need to do? Keep reading.
② Eat food from all the food groups. In this way, you can get a lot of nutrition (营养). So you can’t just eat what you like. It’s not good for your health (健康).
③ Have breakfast, lunch and dinner at the right time. Eating three meals with snacks sometimes is the best way to get energy. At the same time, each of your meals needs to take about 20 minutes, because it takes 20 minutes for you to feel you can’t eat more. At that time, stop doing that.
④ Don’t get too much sugar (糖). There is a lot of sugar in cakes, cookies and candies. It’s OK to eat them, but they can’t replace (代替) your breakfast, lunch or dinner.
⑤Healthy eating can help you to keep healthy. It’s important for you to have a healthy body if you want to enjoy your life. So start from now on. Eat healthily!
1. Which of the following is RIGHT (正确的)?| A．Just eat what you like. | B．Eat cookies for breakfast. |
| C．Have dinner for 30 minutes. | D．Have three meals at the right time. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．History. | B．Health. | C．Art. | D．Science. |
A． | B． | C． | D． | E． |
