1 . A car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for you. Eating the right kind of food is very important. It can help your body grow strong to take care of what you eat.

There are four main food groups altogether. The dairy group has food like milk, cheese and sour milk. The other three groups are the meat and fish group, the fruit and vegetable group, and the bread and rice group. Each meal should have at least one food from all four main groups. With all these food together, you will be given enough energy during the day.

It is easy to get into bad eating habits. You may eat your breakfast in a hurry to get to school on time. Or you may not have time for a good lunch. It may seem easy to finish your supper with fish and chips all the time. But you will find yourself tired in these days and you cannot think quickly.

Watching what you eat will help keep your body healthy and strong. It is also good to take some exercise. It will help you eat more if you take a walk or play games in the open air. Having a good eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health.

1. Which of the following diets do you think is the best one?

A．Milk, bread, cabbage and beef.

B．Eggs, tomatoes and chicken.

C．Corn, fish, cream and pork.

D．Rice, bean curd, apples, fish and chicken.

2. Which of the following is a good eating habit?

A．Going to school without any breakfast.

B．Eating fish and chips for supper all the time.

C．Finishing your lunch in a very short time.

D．Having at least one food from all four groups each meal.

3. In the passage the writer mainly tells us that _____.

A．every person needs food to grow well

B．right kind of food with exercise will keep you healthy

C．taking exercise can keep your body strong

D．enough energy helps people think more quickly

2 . New Reasons to Exercise

It’s a cruel reality that exercising is not a reliable way to lose weight and keep it off.     1     Here are the benefits of regular exercise.

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A new study had found that just a short period of exercise can help improve the ability to remember things in the hours that follow. The report says, “Exercising four hours after learning a task can help people remember that task in the long term”

It may keep off depression.

    3     Researchers found that women who exercised regularly reported about 50% fewer depressive signs than women who didn’t exercise as much. And the more the women reported exercising, the less likely they were to have signs of depression.

It can control appetite.(食欲)

Exercise may be the key to controlling your appetite. A study found that people who exercised for 15 minutes after doing mental work ate 100 fewer calories than people who did mental work and then remained seated. Exercise has the ability to increase available fuel sources in the body that may signal to the brain. “    4    I don’t need to fill myself with food,” says study author William H. Neumeirer.

It increases energy.

In a recent report, men who cycled for 20 minutes experienced a 166% increase in self-reported energy levels, compared with a 15% increase when they sat and did nothing for the same amount of time.    5    

A．It improves memory.

B．It has mind-body benefits.

C．Here is the energy source I need.

D．We do the work at the office each day.

E．Working out regularly might prevent depression.

F．But that doesn’t mean you should give up the effort.

G．If you need a reason to work out, energy increase is a worthwhile one.