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Dear Mr. Smith, I just turned 12, but I am very thin and not as tall as my classmates. My brother is 20 and is very tall. My father is also very tall. I eat lots of vegetables every day. I like eating fruit, but I don’t like eating meat. I sleep for eight hours a day. I want to be tall. I am taking medicine. I think that medicine can make me grow tall. My head teacher tells me that you are a great Chinese doctor. Can I grow tall? Do I need to take the medicine? Yours, Tom

Dear Tom, I think that you can grow tall, because your father and brother are both very tall. You are still growing. As for the medicine, you should stop taking it. It is not good for your health. You should eat more meat. I am happy that you like eating vegetables and fruit. A balanced diet is very important for your health and it can make you grow tall. Yours, Mr. Smith

根据表格内容，选择正确答案。
1. How old is Tom’s brother?

A．Eleven years old.

B．Twelve years old.

C．Twenty years old.

D．Thirty years old.

2. What does Tom want?

A．He wants to be tall.	B．He wants to be thin.
C．He wants to be healthy.	D．He wants to be good-looking.

3. Mr. Smith is a ________.

A．teacher

B．doctor

C．student

D．reporter

4. From the passage we can learn that ________.

A．Tom’s father is short	B．Tom doesn’t like eating fruit
C．Tom’s brother is a student	D．Tom is taking medicine

5. What is Mr. Smith’s advice to Tom?

A．Eating more meat and taking the medicine.

B．Eating more meat and not taking the medicine.

C．Eating less meat and taking the medicine.

D．Eating less meat and not taking the medicine.

3 .

There are many reasons to enjoy drinking tea. However, you should let the hot tea cool down a little before you drink it. Why? A new study reported in the International Journal of Cancer gives the answer.

“Many people enjoy drinking tea, coffee or other hot drinks. However, according to our report, drinking very hot tea can increase the risk of esophageal cancer (食道癌), so you’d better wait until hot drinks cool down before drinking,” the lead writer of the study, Dr. Farhad Islami of the American Cancer Society, said.

For the study, Islami and his team followed more than 50, 000 people aged between 40 and 75 years old. They found 317 of those people had esophageal cancer. The National Cancer Institute reported that about 17, 290 Americans had esophageal cancer in a year, and that only about 19 percent of sick people survived. However, five years later, they died.

The scientists found that drinking 700 ml drinks (about three cups) every day or more at a higher temperature (60°C or hotter) would have a 90 percent higher risk of esophageal cancer, compared with people drinking the same cups at temperature below 60℃.

This is not the first report showing a person drinking very hot drinks has the risk of cancer. In 2022, the World Health Organization showed a report. It found that drinking very hot drinks of any kind could increase the risk of cancer.

1. Why does the writer advise people not to drink very hot drinks?

A．Because they may cause serious disease.	B．Because drinking hot drinks takes longer time.
C．Because people’s mouths may get hurt.	D．Because they don’t taste good at all.

2. How does the writer show us the reason for not drinking very hot drinks?

A．By telling us about his experience.	B．By asking some questions.
C．By sharing some information online.	D．By giving some information from reports.

3. What does the underlined word “survived” mean in Chinese?

A．幸存

B．失败

C．遇难

D．受伤

4. Who may have a 90 percent higher risk of esophageal cancer?

A．Jane—she usually drinks cold drinks after lunch.

B．Alan—he has a cup of hot coffee every morning.

C．Steve—he drinks 4 cups of very hot tea every day.

D．Mary—she usually drinks warm milk before sleeping.

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．There are some ways to stay away from cancer.	B．Very hot drinks have to do with cancer.
C．Drinks are bad for people’s health.	D．People will study more about cancer.

5 . Do you know how to make an apple milk shake?     1     Before starting, we need an apple, 1 cup of milk, some yogurt and two spoons of honey.     2    

Here are four steps (步骤).     3     Next, put the apple, milk, some yogurt and two spoons of honey into the blender. Then, turn on the blender.     4     Finally, pour the apple milk shake into a glass and drink it.     5    

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章内容完整、意思通顺。

A．In fact, it is easy to make it.

B．First, peel an apple and cut it up.

C．Of course, you need a blender.

D．Keep it going for only one minute.

E．It’s delicious and healthy!

6 . Once you begin to eat potato chips, you may keep eating until the bag is empty. Have you ever experienced this? Why can’t you stop eating these salty chips? Scientists said it is due to a kind of neuron (神经元).

Scientists at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston have found that some neurons can make us want to eat salt.

The neurons take note of whether our bodies are lacking sodium (钠), a main part of salt. Then, they send signals (信号) to our brain to encourage us to eat more salt, according to the Daily Mail.

How do these neurons work?

Scientists did experiments on mice. They found that when mice lack sodium, their body gives off a kind of hormone (荷尔蒙) called aldosterone (醛固酮). This hormone then makes these neurons become active.

More research showed that adding salt to meals makes people enjoy their food more, Time magazine reported. This may cause people to continue eating even if they are full.

Scientists from Deakin University in Australia asked healthy people to eat the same food for lunch for four weeks. The amount of salt in the food was changed each week. At the same time, the scientists measured how much these people ate. They also asked the people how they felt about the meals; for example, if they felt happy or were still hungry after eating.

The results showed that salt made people eat 11 percent more food and calories. When eating low-salt meals, they could control (控制) over how much they ate. “But when we add salt to that food, all of a sudden those controls are gone,” researcher Russell Keast said to Time.

1. We may find it hard to stop eating potato chips mainly because ________.

A．potato chips don’t have much sodium

B．potato chips send hungry signals to our brain

C．some neurons lead to a love for salty foods

D．people’s brains will be more active with more salt

2. Scientists from Deakin University found that ________.

A．mice also need salt	B．more salt makes people eat more
C．not all people like salty food	D．people are not happy when they eat less

3. What advice might the writer give?

A．People should eat more chips.	B．More salt should be taken in to stay healthy.
C．Salt can make food more delicious.	D．Low-salt meals can help us stay healthy.

4. You might see this story in ________.

A．a road map

B．a math report

C．a science magazine

D．a storybook

7 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。（选项中有一项为多余选项）

Healthy eating doesn’t just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here’s some advice on healthy eating.

    1     It can help you to see others’ healthy eating habits and learn from them.

    2     Ask yourself if you’re really hungry. Drink a glass of water to see if you’re thirsty (口渴的).   Sometimes you’re just thirsty and you don’t need food. Stop eating before you feel full.

    3     Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. After you don’t eat for the past ( 过去的) ten hours, your body needs food to help you work or study. You’ll be energetic (精力充沛的) after a good breakfast.

    4     You need snacks sometimes. In fact, it’s a good idea to eat some healthy snacks between two meals.

    5     With busy work or study, you may put off eating dinner. Try to eat dinner at least 3 hours before you go to bed. This will give your body a chance to digest (消化) most of the food before you rest for the next 8 to 10 hours.

A．Eat breakfast.

B．Don’t eat dinner late.

C．Eat with others.

D．Eat more fruit and less meat for a meal.

E．Listen to your body.

F．Eat healthy snacks like fruit, yogurt or cheese.

8 . 请阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容从下面的七个选项中，选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

Ways to improve your health

Sometimes it may seem difficult to improve our health. If so, the following health habits may help you.

    1    

Research shows that eating a meal in the morning results in less body fat and less chance of overeating. Eating breakfast can help people feel better physically and mentally through the day.

Get enough sleep.

Poor sleep can influence our memory and learning.     2     Studies show that people who don’t get enough sleep seem to get into more accidents. So stay safe and get enough sleep!

Take a walk every day.

    3     Instead of meeting friends for a meal, meet them for a walk. As you walk, you will see the beautiful world around you. Once you try, you will find that adding a walk into your daily life is very easy.

Make social connections.

Social groups can provide support. They might include sport teams, art or music groups. The people in the group can offer advice and can help each other in difficult times. Also, being in a group keeps your mind busy.     4    

Have a hobby.

A hobby could be running, reading or making something with your hands. Hobbies help people to relax and rest. Hobbies bring us joy.     5    

A．It can also cause accidents!

B．Eat breakfast every morning.

C．Get exercise as much as you can.

D．An active mind is a healthy mind!

E．Spending time with others makes you tired.

F．Walking is an easy way to add exercise to our lives.

G．Everyone could get a little more joy in their lives!

9 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Many facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors.     1    

Some people blame (责备) the fact that we are surrounded (包围) by shops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, at low prices.     2    

There is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight.     3     Because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. If children are given fried chicken and chocolate rather than healthy food or they are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will go for sweet and salty foods every time, and this will carry on throughout their lives.

There is a third reason for this situation.     4     They do not walk to school. When they get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers and play computer games. Not only is this an unhealthy pastime, it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy food. What they need is to go outside and play active games or sports.

The above are the main reasons for this problem.     5     Besides, adults should keep them away from fast food shops and bad eating habits.

A．Children these days take very little exercise.

B．So we have to encourage young people to be more active.

C．If there were fewer of these restaurants, then probably children would buy less take-away food.

D．I agree with this.

E．It’s a good idea to allow children to eat what they choose.

F．I feel there are a number of reasons for this.