2 . At the end of year 2022, the Singaporean government announced that all drinks sold locally must use nutritional grade labels (营养等级标签) A, B, C, or D on their packaging, marking the percentage of sugar and saturated fat (饱和脂肪) in the drinks. So recently several Singaporean drink companies have already started to put these labels on every drink. In March, 2024 Shanghai, China did the same. The labels are from A to D. The more sugar and saturated fat a drink has, the less healthy the drink is.

1. What made some Singaporean drink companies start using these labels?

A．Government rules.	B．Selling methods.
C．Educational advantages.	D．Customer needs.

2. What is the sugar level in the NUTRI-GRADE B drink?

A．＜1%

B．1-5%.

C．5-10%.

D．>10%.

3. Which of the following is the healthiest drink?

A．Unsweetenwed teas.	B．Diet Coke.
C．Flavor-added milk.	D．Energy drinks.

4. In which section of a newspaper can you probably read the text?

A．Lost and Found.	B．Do It Yourself.
C．Music and Movie.	D．Food and Health.

3 . Chips, cookies and ice-cream...Many kinds of food that we like are ultra-processed (超加工). And you may be addicted to (上瘾) them, said a new study in the British Medical Journal.

What are ultra-processed foods (UPFs)? In short, you can’t re-create them in your kitchen. They are usually made in factories. They have long list of additives (添加剂)—some you may never have heard of.

The study looked into 281 other studies from 36 different countries and areas. It found that UPF lovers may strongly crave such food. If they stop eating it, they can feel very sad.

Why are UPFs addictive? Usually, natural foods are either high in carbohydrates (碳水化合物) or high in fat.

UPFs, however, are usually high in both. So, such foods can have more calories than natural foods.

Such foods also bring carbohydrates and fat to the gut (肠道) faster. Our body breaks down the fat from natural foods slowly. However, the body breaks down the fat in UPFs as soon as it reaches the stomach. This makes the brain create more dopamine (多巴胺). It makes you feel happier and want to eat more.

About 14 percent of adults and 12 percent of children are addicted to UPFs, said the study. They cause problems to people’s health around the world. Scientists are now calling for more attention to the UPFs.

1. What do we know about ultra-processed foods?

A．They are actually not eatable.

B．We can find them in natural foods.

C．It takes a long time to cook them in kitchens.

D．They have many different kinds of additives.

2. What does the underlined word “crave” mean in the passage?

A．Look for.

B．Run for.

C．Wish for.

D．Leave for.

3. Which is the reason for UPFs being addictive?

A．The gut loves the carbohydrates in UPFs more.

B．UPFs arrive at the stomach faster than natural foods.

C．People feel happy when the body makes more dopamine after eating UPFs.

D．UPFs have dopamine which can make people feel happy.

4. Which of the following do the scientists may agree?

A．Eating UPFs is a good way to become happy.

B．It is hard to give up UPFs on one’s own.

C．There will be more people addicted to UPFs.

D．People should eat less UPFs for health.

4 . 根据短文内容，从6个选项中选出能分别填入5个小题空白处的最佳选项。

Many people weigh more than they want to. They eat too much or do not exercise enough. They choose unhealthy food, or snacks too often. Weight gain (增加) happens when people eat more food than their bodies use.     1     Dieting (节食) means taking in less food.

It has been shown that writing down everything you eat and drink—as soon as possible—helps you to lose weight. Writing down what you eat is called keeping a “food diary”.

If you write down everything you eat and drink in a day, you might be surprised! It is easy to forget the food you eat while you are reading, working or watching TV.     2     Each snack might seem small, but they add up.

    3    

Food diary: 16 June ★Breakfast: 1 egg, 2 pieces of bread with butter, green tea ★Mid-morning: 2 biscuits, coffee with milk and sugar ★Lunch: 1 pieces of pizza, 1 soft drink, 1 apple ★Mid-afternoon: 1 banana ★Dinner: noodles with vegetables

    4     Without the diary, you might forget about the biscuits with your coffee, the soft drink at lunch, or the mid-afternoon banana. You might forget having extra pieces of pizza!

Keeping a food diary will also make you aware (意识到) if you are not eating enough different kinds of foods. It will show if you are not eating enough vegetables or fruit, or if you are drinking too many sweet drinks.     5     They can help you write down what you eat and you will lose weight faster.

A．That is why people try to diet.

B．A food diary will help us lose weight fast.

C．Here is an example of a simple food diary.

D．A food diary will remind you of how much you eat.

E．It is easy to forget if your drinks have sugar in them.

F．So next time you go on a diet, use a pen and a notebook.

6 . 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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Being successful is not easy. However, a study shows that successful people have similar habits. For example, starting a day right is very important to them.     1     .

●Get up an hour early.

Getting up an hour early is a good way to start the day.     2     . Benjamin Franklin would probably agree. He once said, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy and wealthy.”

●    3    .

After brushing your teeth, drink a glass of water with lemon juice. Why? Health experts say that this drink can jump-start (推动) your body’s cells (细胞), and keep them moving throughout the day.

●Don’t jump into social media (社交媒体) as soon as you wake up.

You wake up in the morning. You decide to open up your Weibo. Well, don’t. Why?     4    . You will find a lot of interesting things in Weibo and can’t help looking for more. Before you know it, an hour has passed, and you’re angry with people you don’t even know.

●Exercise!

The middle of the day is a busy time for most people. By the end of the day,     5    . Exercising in the morning stops that from happening. Isabel Smith, one of the experts, said, “To feel better during the day, I tried the healthy morning exercise for a month. The result was amazing.” She also said that she would try her best to keep doing so.

A．All of us want to keep healthy

B．Drink a glass of water with lemon juice

C．Here are some good habits to start a day right

D．you may not have the time or energy to exercise

E．Because it may bring unhealthy feelings

F．it’s a good choice to do some exercise

G．Studies show that the morning is the best part of a day

7 . Do you know mukbang (吃播)? It is about the eating shows in front of the camera on the Internet. In the shows, mukbangers eat food and sometimes talk to people who watch their videos.

The eating shows started in South Korea in around 2010 and then became popular all over the world. Why did mukbang start in this country? The reason is that eating alone is quite common in the country. Watching mukbang can be a way to have someone to eat with, even though they are at home alone. This is one of the reasons why many people around the world like watching mukbang.

However, the way mukbangers eat food in some shows is not healthy. These bad eating habits can bring serious health problems. To have more fans and make more money, some mukbangers prepare a lot of food in front of them. But they throw away much food secretly during the show or throw up food after the show to make viewers believe they have eaten up everything. These mukbangers waste a lot of food.

We all know that food waste is a serious problem around the world, and stopping food waste has special meaning to our country. So our country is doing a lot of things to solve the problem. What do you think our country can do for mukbang?

1. What is mukbang?

A．A talk show.

B．An eating show.

C．A cooking program.

D．A game show.

2. Why do people in South Korea like watching mukbang?

A．Because they want to show their delicious food.

B．Because they want to have someone to eat with.

C．Because they want to teach, people how to cook.

D．Because they want to sell food to their viewers.

3. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A．All the mukbangers eat healthily.	B．Mukbangers eat up all the food.
C．Mukbangers do not waste food.	D．Mukbang is not always good.

4. The eating shows started in ________.

A．South Korea

B．China

C．the UK

D．the US

5. What may our country do for mukbang?

A．Make strict rules to stop food waste.	B．Develop such shows.
C．Give mukbangers prizes.	D．Choose healthy food for mukbangers.

9 .

Many scientists believe our love of sugar may actually be an addiction. When we eat or drink sugary foods, the sugar enters our blood and affects the parts of our brain that make us feel good. Then the good feeling goes away, leaving us wanting more. All tasty foods do this, but sugar has a particularly strong effect. In this way, it is in fact an addictive (使人上瘾的) drug, one that doctors suggest we all cut down on.

       “It seems like every time I study an illness and trace a path to the first cause, I find my way back to sugar,” says scientist Richard Johnson. One-third of adults worldwide have high blood pressure, and up to 347 million have diabetes (糖尿病). Why? “Sugar, we believe, is one of the causes, if not the major cause,” says Johnson.
       Our bodies are designed to survive on very little sugar. Early humans often had very little food, so our bodies learned to be very efficient in storing sugar as fat. In this way, we had energy stored for when there was no food. But today, most people have more than enough. So the very thing that once saved us may now be killing us.
         ★ It’s obvious that we need to eat less sugar. The trouble is, in today’s world, it’s extremely difficult to avoid. From breakfast cereals to after-dinner desserts, our foods are increasingly filled with it. Some producers even use sugar to replace taste in foods that are advertised as low in fat. So while the foods appear to be healthier, large amounts of sugar are often added.
       But some people are fighting back against sugar and trying to create a healthier environment. Many schools are replacing sugary desserts with healthier choice, like fruit. Other schools are trying to encourage exercise by building facilities like walking tracks so students and others in the community can exercise. The battle has not yet been lost.
1. What do scientists think of sugar?

A．It makes us feel good and want more of it.	B．Tasty foods are full of sugar.
C．It has a strong effect on our blood.	D．It should be taken under a doctor’s guidance.

2. In paragraph 3, the phrase “the very thing” refers to ________.

A．the amount of sugar in our food	B．having enough food to survive
C．our ability to store sugar as fat	D．the importance of sugar for early humans

3. According to the passage, why is it so hard to avoid sugar?

A．It gives us needed energy.	B．It’s in so many foods and drinks.
C．We get used to eating it at school.	D．We cannot survive without it.

4. Which of the following can be put in ★ ?

A．Should we eat no sugar?	B．How harmful is sugar in our diets?
C．Is sugar really that bad for us?	D．So what is the solution?

5. What is the genre (体裁) of this passage?

A．A profile about ways to avoid sugar.	B．A story about illnesses caused by sugar.
C．An essay about our addiction to sugar.	D．A drama about reasons for loving sugar.

10 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

Young people enjoy different kinds of drinks, though they know how bad drinks are for their health. What about you?     1     Chris Bailey, a popular blogger (博客作者), tried this out. Here is what he finds.

First, you lose weight faster. Yeah, you do! You don’t have to exercise but just keep away from drinks for 9 days.     2     So write down your resolution (决心) on a piece of paper and put it on the wall. And you will see the result soon.

Sometimes when you have to stay up for a test, a cup of tea or coffee is usually put at the side of your desk. But do you know 75 to 85 percent of your brain is water? Nothing else! Just by drinking water, your brain can work efficiently (有效率地).     3    

    4     So drinking enough water can stop you from getting old quickly. If you want to look young and beautiful as long as possible, drink a glass of water right now! Keep on doing it for longer, and you will be surprised to touch your soft and clean skin.

Lastly, you save money!     5     The price of water is much lower than that of other drinks. Drink 5 glasses of water every day, or spend money visiting doctors. Think about it!

So, what are you waiting for?

A．It is the same as running for 8 kilometers a day!

B．You may remember things quickly and well.

C．What will happen to you if water takes the place of all drinks?

D．What’s more, water washes out something bad in your body.

E．Drinking water is cheap and easy.