1 . Why do we cook food? Well, we didn’t have to cook food before people discovered fire, just like wild animals do. The strange thing is, even after fire was discovered, that no one realized that they could use it to cook! They built fire mainly to scare away (吓跑) wild animals.
Some scientists think that one day, someone must have dropped a bit of meat or fish in the fire. After a while they noticed how good it smelled, tasted it and realised the heat had made it much more enjoyable to eat. Cooking was born, and finally everyone was doing it because it has three very important effects (效果) on our food.
First, it makes a lot of raw, hard food softer and easier to eat. Take a potato, for example. It starts off as a solid part but cooking can turn it into soft potato.
Second, it makes our food safer to eat. Sometimes food has microbes (微生物) that could make us ill. However, most of these microbes don’t like really hot temperature. Cooking kills them, so they can’t make us sick.
Third, and this is the most exciting effect for a cook like me cooking can change food into something that looks, smells and tastes wonderful.
1. Why did people build fire at first?| A．To keep warm. | B．To cook food. | C．To scare away animals. | D．To get light at night. |
| A．It can kill the microbes. | B．It can make food softer to eat. |
| C．It can make food delicious. | D．It can make good use of food. |
| A．teacher | B．cook | C．scientist | D．artist |
2 . If you’re too busy, maybe it’s time for you to slow down and enjoy a meal with a friend. Try to get away from fast food and choose slow food.
For years, the pace of life has increased for many people. They are too busy to cook. Luckily, business people provide a “fast” way to deal with the problem. You can go to the supermarket and buy cooked food. All you have to do is to heat it and you can enjoy your meal in 10 minutes.
Still too slow? OK, just go to a fast food restaurant, order your meal and within 5 minutes it will be made for you.
The problem is health. Fast food has much more fat, sugar, salt, oil and calories and far few vitamins than homemade food. And so, since people have always wanted to live longer, a small but growing population is choosing not only fresh food, but also organic (有机的) food.
Another reason for changes in eating habits is social. Over the centuries, mealtime has been used to visit, laugh and learn. However, today most of us are having a very different lifestyle! Some people have realized it and they are looking for ways to return to that. Goodbye, McDonald’s.
Finally, it makes you feel good to plan your meal, cook your meal and see your meal looking like the picture in your cookbook. So if you’re too busy, maybe it’s time for you to slow down and enjoy homemade meal.
1. For people who are too busy to cook, they have no time to ________.| A．order the meal | B．plan the meal | C．heat the food | D．enjoy the food |
| A．fat | B．salt | C．oil | D．vitamins |
| A．Fast and Slow Food | B．Serious Food Problem | C．Healthy Eating Habits | D．Popular Fast Food |
3 . Health means eating well and doing enough exercise. If you’re healthy, your body can work well and you can do what you like. Here are the rules to keep healthy.
♦Eat different kinds of foods. You may have your favorite food, but you must eat different kinds. If so, you can get the nutrients (营养素) your body needs. Have at least five fruits and vegetables a day — two fruits and three vegetables.
♦_____ When you are thirsty, cold water is the best. School usually offers (提供) kids boxes of milk, because it can help build strong bones (骨骼). If you’re 4 to 8, drink 2 cups of milk a day. If 9 or older drink 3 cups of milk every day.
♦Listen to body. When kids eat, they need to know how their body feels and when their stomach feels full. People will eat too much if they don’t know when to stop. Eating too much might make them uncomfortable.
♦Control screen time. Screen time is the time you spend on TV, video games, smart phones and computers. Spend no more than 2 hours a day on screen time.
♦Keep exercise. Find out your favorite sports and write them down. Then your parents can use them to help you stop TV or computer games to keep exercise for your health!
1. What may we be like if we are healthy?| A．We can do what we like. |
| B．We’ll work for a long time. |
| C．We will like reading a lot. |
| D．We can live a green life. |
| A．Have some fruit. | B．Keep drinking a lot. |
| C．Buy some milk. | D．Drink water or milk. |
| A．When we will be full. | B．Where we need to eat. |
| C．How we have dinner. | D．How our head will be like. |
| A．Playing computer games. | B．Watching TV. |
| C．Reading magazines. | D．Using smart phones. |
4 . Having a healthy eating habit is not only important to children but also to their parents. When parents have unhealthy eating habits, their children usually do, too. After all, children eat the same way as their parents. When parents eat healthy food, the children will learn to enjoy it, too. Then they’ll develop good eating habits.
However, some parents aren’t clear about what kind of food is healthy and what kind of food isn’t helpful for their health. So, for these parents, they should learn more about healthy food.
The main food groups are these: fish and chicken, milk and juice, bread and rice, fruit and vegetables. The last group is fat and sugar. Doctors advise that parents should give their children the following healthier kinds of foods. They’re fish and chicken, milk and juice, bread and rice, fruit and vegetables.
In fact, knowing what to eat is very useful for people in life. We know that the food we eat affects us in different ways. For example, fruit and vegetables can really keep people away from many different diseases. Besides, animal fat can cause lots of diseases. We can change our eating habits now and enjoy healthy living.
1. How many food groups are there in the passage?| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．Fat or sugar. | B．Juice or bread. | C．Chicken or fruit. | D．Fish or chicken. |
| A．建议 | B．影响 | C．有益 | D．抛弃 |
| A．Fewer people have good eating habits now. |
| B．Parents’ eating habits are important to their children. |
| C．Good eating habits develop only when we’re young. |
| D．We eat more fruit and vegetables and we’ll live longer. |
5 . For kids, it’s very important to stay healthy. Kids should pay more attention to their lifestyle and help themselves have healthy life habits. Here are some tips on staying healthy for kids.
Kids hardly care about basic hygiene (卫生), they share everything from drink to snacks. So it is important for kids to know the basic hygiene habits such as washing hands before eating, brushing teeth at least twice a day and so on. Similarly, kids should protect themselves from other kids with different kinds of infections (传染病).
Healthy eating helps to live a healthy life. Kids should pay attention to the eating habits. Encourage themselves to eat healthy food such as fresh fruit and vegetables. And eat different kinds of food at different ages. Kids should know junk food is bad for health and try to eat less junk food.
Different activities can be planned to teach kids the importance of staying healthy. Some simple reading materials can let the kids know about their bodies. Also, playing games about brushing teeth, having meals is very useful and funny for kids. Certain group games and activities or even funny street plays can also help the kids understand the importance of staying healthy.
1. Which of the following is a hygiene habit?| A．Sharing drink with others. | B．Sharing food with others. |
| C．Washing hands before eating. | D．Brushing teeth once a day. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．reading materials | B．playing games | C．having parties | D．performing street plays |
| A．Keep Away from Infections | B．Healthy Eating | C．Healthy Activity | D．Staying Healthy for Kids |
6 . If you go to a fast food restaurant, you will probably see a lot of teenagers. Today, many teenagers are overweight because of their bad eating habits. Most teenagers love food with a lot of fat, oil, salt (盐). People often call this kind of food “junk food.”
But bad eating habits go beyond (远不止) fast food. We find many teenager eat unhealthily. Some don’t have breakfast before they go to school. During the day, some don’t have a nice meal for lunch. In a survey (调查), scientists found that more than 75% of the students didn’t follow a healthy diet (饮食). They didn’t like vegetables, sugar, or fat.
Parents today also worry about their children’s die. Some doctors give the following advice (建议):
Teenagers shouldn’t eat too much junk food.
Teenagers shouldn’t eat food with too much salt.
Teenagers should eat food with less fat, oil and sugar.
Teenagers need to eat some fruit and vegetables every day. Fruit and vegetables are rich in vitamins (维生素) and have little fat.
Teenagers need to eat breakfast every day. This is good for the body and mind.
Teenagers need to drink more milk. Milk will help them grow.
1. “Junk food” contains (包含) a lot of ________
| A．milk and sugar | B．fruit and sugar | C．vegetables and salt | D．fat and oil |
| A．75 | B．150 | C．85 | D．95 |
| A．超重 | B．瘦弱 | C．强壮 | D．重量 |
| A．rice and vegetables | B．fat and sugar | C．vegetables and fruit | D．salt and oil |
| A．Bad habits | B．Junk food | C．Unhealthy food | D．Advice on healthy eating |
7 . Hello, my name is Holly. My favorite breakfast food is bread. We know that a healthy breakfast is really important. But I want it to be interesting, too. So I make a picture with vegetables and shrimps (虾) on the bread. It’s so fun.
Vegetables are healthy food, so I eat them every day. Here are some carrots on the bread. Carrots are good for our eyes, so I like eating them. Eating shrimps and chicken can’t make me get fat. So I eat shrimps for breakfast and then chicken for lunch. For dinner, I have bananas and strawberries. I like eating fruit salad. What do I drink? Well, drink milk in the morning and evening. I don’t like it, but I need it.
How about you? What do you like and dislike eating?
1. Holly thinks it’s _______ to make a picture on the bread.| A．boring | B．difficult | C．relaxing | D．interesting |
| A．is really fat | B．has many pictures |
| C．has fruit for dinner | D．doesn’t like vegetables |
| A．Milk isn’t very important. | B．She needs bread every day. |
| C．Carrots are good for her. | D．Chicken can make her get fat. |
8 . We must have good eating habits. They’re healthy for us. How do we eat well every day? Here are some good ideas. Eat breakfast. Breakfast is very important(重要的). After you go to bed, you don’t eat any food. So your body(身体) really need food to get you going the next morning.
Eat healthy food. Fruit and milk are good for you. You can have them after your three meals. Don’t eat ice-cream very often.
Eat with your friends or family. It can help you know their healthy eating habits. Eat with your friends and you’ll find the food you eat is more delicious(更美味).
Don’t eat dinner too late. It’s good to eat your dinner 3 hours before(在……之前三小时) you go to bed, because your body needs time to digest(消化) the food you eat.
1. How many ideas are there about healthy eating in the passage?| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．It’s delicious. | B．It helps you lose weight(重量). |
| C．It helps you get energy(能量) | D．It helps you have a good day. |
①apples ②ice-cream ③strawberries ④milk ⑤hamburgers
| A．①②③ | B．②③⑤ | C．③④⑤ | D．①③④ |
| A．How to eat well | B．How to be healthy |
| C．Why to have healthy habits | D．What to eat every day |
9 . It’s important for us to be healthy. Everybody wants to be healthy. But how can we keep healthy? Here is some useful advice.
First, you should eat fruit and vegetables three or four times a week. There are some kinds of vitamins our bodies need. We should not eat too much meat. Then eat some tofu every day because it’s good for people, both the young and the old. Milk is also necessary(必要的), especially for women. So you should have milk twice a day. It can help you to be strong. Next, doing more exercise is better. You can do morning exercises or evening exercises. After supper you should take a walk.
1. How often should we eat fruit and vegetables?| A．Once or twice a day. | B．Two or three times a day. |
| C．Three or four times a week. | D．Three or four times a month. |
| A．young people | B．old people | C．students | D．young and old people |
| A．fruit | B．milk | C．tofu | D．vegetables |
| A．do morning exercises | B．do evening exercises | C．take a walk after supper | D．eat too much meat |
| A．how to keep healthy | B．what health is |
| C．why health is important | D．Three or four times a month. |
10 . Michelle, a famous lady, has found that more than 25% students are too fat in her country. It is a very serious problem, so she starts a health program to deal with it. The health program is to reduce the amount of fat students today and in the future.
The program will get families, schools, newspapers, magazines and TVs to join together and deal with students’ obesity so that students will be at a healthier weight. The problem includes: Food stores should sell healthier foods. Schools should serve healthier meals with less fat and should also offer gym classes.
The lady is trying to fight the students’ obesity all over the country because it can cause illnesses and higher health cost. She wants the students to eat right, exercise more and control their weight. She also wants the students to understand it is important to have less sweet food, and drink water, milk and fresh Juices, but not to choose cokes. At the same time she has also set a good example by planting a vegetables garden. She hopes that the garden will encourage more people to plant one too.
The health program is really helpful to the students today and in the future. As she says, we cannot always build the future for youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
1. In Michelle’s country over ________ of the students are too fat.| A．75% | B．a quarter | C．a half | D．15% |
| A．厌食症 | B．抑郁症 | C．肥胖症 | D．强迫症 |
| A．To offer gym classes. | B．To plant a vegetable garden. |
| C．To serve meals with less fat. | D．To sell healthier foods. |
| A．more vegetables | B．sweet foods | C．many cokes | D．much fat |
| A．The lady introduces healthy drinks. |
| B．The lady cares about food cost. |
| C．The lady fights obesity in students. |
| D．The lady feels worried about the height. |
