1 . This is not a diet. It's a simple way to lose weight. Your don’t have to give up the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits thin people have. Keep them, and you'll become thin.

◆Wake-up

When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, lean forward (前俯) until you feel sore (酸痛的) in your back. It will use up 10 calories.

◆Start with soup

Order a clear soup, and have it before the main food. In this way, you'll feel fuller, so you’ll eat less when the main food comes.

◆An apple or more a day

Apples are full of fiber (纤维) and water, so your stomach will want less. Studies show that people who eat at least three apples or pears a day may lose weight.

◆Talk it up

Every time you use the cellphone, stand up and walk around. Heavy peoples it on average two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn up 50 or more calories. Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.

1. The text is to encourage you to         .

A．go on a diet	B．give up your favorite foods
C．join a gym	D．follow some habits of thin people

2. Which of the following ways is a good choice to become thin?

A．Sit up quickly in the morning.	B．Have soup before the main food.
C．Eat rice instead of apples.	D．Sit down when using a cellphone.

3. While you are using the cellphone, what you should do to lose weight?

A．Stand up and walk around.	B．Sit quietly.
C．Lie on the bed.	D．Eat an apple.

2 . AFRICAN MANGO FAQs

Q: How do I use AFRICAN MANGO?
A: It’s simple… Just take one rapid-release capsule (胶囊), 3 times daily before meals (i.e., 30 minutes before breakfast, lunch, and dinner.)
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1. What does the word FAQs in the title of the article mean?

A．Fully Accepted Qualities.	B．Fantastic African Qualities.
C．Face-to-face Associated Quotations.	D．Frequently Asked Questions.

2. In what way will the medicine take effect to its fullest?

A．Take pills regularly and you are sure to achieve your absolute best shape.

B．Leading a fun lifestyle will guarantee the medicine to work efficiently.

C．A diet which is rich in diverse nutrients will contribute to the effect.

D．High-calorie food and enough water can help the medicine work best.

3. It can be learned from the passage that ________.

A．McAfee SECURE promises the security of your online order

B．auto-rebilling and auto-reshipping are reliable business practices

C．many web sites providing “free trials” service are considered to be secure

D．African Mango is a safe diet pill because only natural stimulants are contained in it

4 . Have you eaten too much over the holidays? You should try fidgeting(躁动) for a while. Those around you might not like it, but scratching (moving your nails(指甲) against a part of your body) and twitching (moving suddenly and quickly when you don’t want to) is an important way of burning up calories(卡路里).

American researchers have found that some people’s squirming (continuously turn your body when nervous) and wigging (move in small movements, especially from side to side) equals(等于) several miles of slow running each day.

The scientists, based at the National Institute of Health’s laboratory in Phenix, Arizona, are studying why some people get fat and other stay slim.

In one study 177 people each spent 24 hours in a room in the institute where the amount(量) of energy is measured by their oxygen and carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) levels. By the end of the day, some people had burned up 800 calories in toe-tapping, (moving the front part of your foot up and down) finger-drumming (hitting your fingers continuously and lightly against something hard) and other nervous habits. However, others had burned up only 100 calories.

The researchers found that slim(苗条的) women fidget more than fat women, but there was no significant difference in men. Heavy people burn up more energy when they fidget than thin people do.

1. We can know from the passage that scientists believe the reason why some people get fat and other people stay slim is that ________.

A．thin people burn up less calories than fat people

B．fat people burn up more calories than thin people

C．those who burn up more calories than others will be thinner

D．those who fidget more than others will be thinner

2. Scientists found in the experiment that ________.

A．the energy burned up by fat people when they fidget was more than that burned up by thin people when they fidget

B．some people’s fidgeting burned up more than 800 calories, but some people’s fidgeting burned up less than 100 calories

C．slim women fidget more than fat women but fat men fidget more than thin men

D．thin men fidget more than fat men

3. If someone is thin in a pleasant way, we say they are ________.

A．skinny

B．bony

C．slim

D．underweight

4. Scientists think a fidget habit to be ________.

A．a habit of thin people

B．a better exercise than slow running

C．a nervous habit annoying the people around

D．a way to lose fat

6 . Have you ever noticed that some people can eat what they want and stay in shape, while others carefully watch what they eat and still put on weight? How annoying! However, scientists are beginning to believe that some people get the ability to stay thin from their parents.

Scientists say that when some people eat, their bodies will naturally store the excess energy from food as fat. These people gain weight if they eat more than they need each day. Meanwhile, other people eat more than they need but their bodies are able to “burn off” the extra food without making fat, so they rarely have weight problems.

To show that this is true, scientists have experimented on laboratory mice. They gave the mice a special diet with a lot of fat. Some mice gained weight while the other mice stayed thin, even though both groups of mice ate the same amount of food and got the same amount of exercise. Scientists concluded that weight gain seemed to be influenced by genetic (基因的) factors. They also believe they have now identified the genes that may cause this tendency. These genes, according to the scientists, get passed down the generations. Armed with this knowledge, they believe it may be possible to develop medicines that can target the genes and stop people from gaining weight.

The study of weight gain is becoming more important as the numbers of people who are overweight continues to grow. In the United States, over seventy percent of the population have weight problems. This means they are at risk of illness such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

Current medicines for weight control do not work very well because they can have serious side effects, such as heart problems. However, it takes a long time to develop and thoroughly test new drugs. Therefore, despite this breakthrough in the study of weight-loss drugs, scientists and health professionals all agree that currently the best way to control weight gain is to have a healthy, balanced diet and an active lifestyle with daily exercise. This will not only help people avoid becoming overweight, but also help them stay healthy and energetic.

1. According to the scientists, some people ________.

A．are able to stay thin because of genetic factors

B．can eat what they want and stay healthy forever

C．usually keep doing exercise to lose their weight

D．don’t eat anything every day but still put on weight

2. Some people don’t need to worry about weight problems because ________.

A．they eat many vegetables

B．they eat less than others

C．they don’t store any energy from food as fat

D．they can burn off the extra food without making fat

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Fewer people will have weight problems in the future.

B．People with weight problems may suffer from heart trouble.

C．We now have good medicine for people with weight problems.

D．The result of the experiments on mice and humans are different.

4. What does the last paragraph imply?

A．Current medicine solve weight problems well.

B．We should exercise regularly and eat properly.

C．Taking exercise every day may cause heart problems.

D．Testing new drugs is hard because of the side effects.

7 . People who are slightly overweight or mildly obese(肥胖的) have a lower risk of early death than normal weight individuals(个人;个体), according to a new analysis of nearly 100 international studies.
The studies, most conducted within the past decade, included about three million adults from around the world. The result of these studies by researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics in Maryland, part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shows that slightly overweight or obese people were six percent less likely to die from all causes compared to people of normal weight. But the researchers found that seriously obese individuals were still at a 30 percent greater risk of death compared to healthy-weight individuals.
Study lead author Katherine Flegal says she was not surprised that overweight people would not have a higher death risk. “Because we'd actually already read a lot of this literature and realized that death rates for overweight would be at least not higher than normal[weight," she said. “I guess l was a little bit surprised that it was definitely lower. And l was also surprised that the lower rates of obesity didn't seem to differ from normal weight."
But Flegal stresses the difference in death rates appear to be small between normal-weight people and overweight and mildly obese individuals.
The finding by Flegal and colleagues have raised new questions about the reliability(可靠性)of the so-called "body mass index" or BMI, a measurement of body fat as a ratio(比例，比率)of height to weight, that has become popular in recent years among public health experts to measure potential health risks.
But Heymsfield warns that individuals should not conclude that it's okay to put on extra kilograms, since being at a healthy weight lowers the risk for heart disease and diabetes.
1. Katherine Flegal feels surprised at the fact that____.

A．obese people have higher death rates

B．slightly obese people have lower death rates

C．obese people tend to die early

D．death rates have nothing to do with body weight

2. What do we learn from the fifth paragraph?

A．BMI may not be so reliable.

B．The study provides further evidence for BMI.

C．BMI tells nothing about potential health risks.

D．BMI has been much questioned recently.

3. What can we conclude from the passage'?

A．It's OK to put on extra weight.

B．It doesn't matter if you are slightly obese.

C．Obese people are much healthier.

D．Body weight has nothing to do with death rates.

4. What topic does the passage mainly deal with?

A．Technology.

B．Dieting.

C．Health.

D．Death.

8 . This is not a diet. It’s a simple way to lose weight. You don’t have to give up the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits thin people have. Keep them, and you’ll become thin.
◆Wake-up   When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, lean forward(前俯) until you feel sore(酸痛的) in your back. It will use up 10 calories.
◆Start with soup   Order a clear soup, and have it before the main food. In this way, you’ll feel fuller, so you’ll eat less when the main food comes.
◆An apple or more a day   Apples are full of fiber(纤维) and water, so your stomach will want less. Studies show that people who eat at least three apples or pears a day may lose weight.
◆Talk it up   Every time you use the cell phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important and standing up and walking around will burn up 50 or more calories.
Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.
1. The text is to encourage you to__________.

A．go on a diet

B．give up your favorite foods

C．join a gym

D．follow some habits of thin people

2. Which of the following ways is a good choice become thin?

A．Sit up quickly in the morning

B．Have soup before the main food.

C．Eat rice instead of apples

D．Sit down when using a cell phone.

3. How many skills are there in the text for people to lose weight?

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four

D．Five

4. The text is most likely to be read________.

A．in a magazine	B．in a dictionary
C．in a story-book	D．on a map

5. While you are using the cell phone, what you should do to lose weight?

A．Stand up and walk around.

B．Sit quietly.

C．Lie on the bed.

D．Eat an apple.