1 . Do you love holidays but hate the increase in weight that follows? You are not alone.

Holidays are happy days with pleasure and delicious foods.Many people，however，are worried about the weight that comes along with these delicious foods.

With proper planning，though，it is possible to control your weight.The idea is to enjoy the holidays but not to eat too much.You don’t have to turn away from the foods that you enjoy.The following suggestions may be of some help to you.

Don’t miss meals.Before you leave home for a feast (宴会)，have a small，low­fat snack.This may help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods.

Begin with clear soup and fruit or vegetables.

A large glass of water before you eat may help you feel full.

Use a small plate; a large plate will encourage you to have more than enough.

Better not have high­fat foods.Dishes that look oily or creamy have much fat in them.

Choose lean meat.Fill your plate with salad and green vegetables.

If you have a sweet tooth，try mints(薄荷) and fruit.They don’t have fat content as cream and chocolate.

Don’t let exercise take a break during the holidays.A 20­minute walk after a meal can help burn off excess calories(多余的热量).

1. Holidays are happy days with pleasure but they may        .

A．bring weight problems

B．bring you much trouble in your life

C．make you worried about your foods

D．make you hate delicious foods

2. In order to really enjoy your holidays without putting on weight，you’d better         .

A．drink much water and have vegetables only

B．not eat too much food in high fat

C．not accept invitations to feasts

D．turn away from delicious foods

3. According to the passage，         is/are a necessary part to stop you from putting on weight.

A．vegetables	B．water
C．calories of energy	D．physical exercise

2 . Do you think you would work out more if you were offered money to do so? Science has shown that money can give people motivation to work out, but perhaps not in the way that you think.

According to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine Journal, the best strategy isn’t offering money; it’s giving someone money, then threatening to take it away.

Researchers gave 281 people the goal of walking 7,000 steps every day over 13 weeks.

To motivate the people who took part to reach the goal, researchers divided them into three groups.

People in the first group received $1,40(9 yuan) each day as long as they finished 7,000 steps, the second group was only able to collect the $1.40 if they had reached 7,000 steps the day before, and the third group was given $42 at the beginning of each month and $1.40 was taken away every time someone failed to meet the goal.

The third group met their daily fitness goals 50 percent more often than the other two groups, showing that people were most motivated to walk by the fear of losing money.

“People are more motivated by losses than gains, and they like immediate gratification.” study author Dr Mitesh Patel, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the US, told CNN. “They want to be rewarded today, not next year or far into the future.”

Our brains tend to avoid wanting to lose things more than they try to get the benefits from gaining them, Patel explained. “It makes people think like the money is theirs to lose from day one.”

In addition, in most programs, many participants will drop out quickly and only the motivated will stay involved, Patel said.

“In ours, we were pleasantly surprised that 96 percent stayed.” he added.

The study provides evidence that what matters is not only the money incentive （激励）, but also how you think about them. This is important to how effective they are. The evidence could have a big effect on health promotion programs in the future, according to the study.

“Incentives themselves are not all you need,” Stephanie Pronk, a health and wellness consultant with the Aonplc corporation, told The Wall Street Journal. “It’s really important to change up the incentive design and keep people on their toes.”

1. According to Dr Mitesh Patel, the third group did better than the other two groups mostly because______.

A．they were satisfied with being paid immediately

B．they did not want the money they had gained to be taken away

C．they were able to get more money than the other two groups

D．they were given money at first while the others were not

2. By mentioning other similar programs, Dr Mitesh Patel intended to______.

A．prove that their program has been more successful

B．show that motivation mattered more in other programs

C．stress that they didn’t expert the result

D．make a further comparison between these programs

3. What can we infer from Stephanie Pronk’s words?

A．Incentives are of little importance in the process of getting fit.

B．Incentives and ways in which they are given are key to fitness programs.

C．People should keep fit actively instead of being motivated by incentives.

D．There are many ways to get people to feel motivated to work out more.

4. We can learn from the study that for incentives to work______.

A．more benefits than losses should be obvious for participants

B．direct profits should be given rather than long-term ones

C．designers need to consider how people think about incentives

D．designers need to work out the right from of motivation

4 . There’s more evidence that what’s good for your heart is good for your head. A new study shows that people who run, swim or do other moderate intensity(强度)exercise have brains that look, on average, 10 years younger than the brains of couch potatoes.

“Our study showed that for older people, getting moderate intensity exercise may be protective, helping them keep their brains work better, ”said Dr. Clinton Wright of the University of Miami, who led the study. But it’s not necessarily easy. Walking, golf, bowling and yoga didn’t count, and people need to start before they begin showing memory loss, Wright’s team reported in the journal Neurology.

The study of nearly 900 people who exercise regularly showed that 90 percent fell into the low-intensity group. These people are part of a larger group taking part in a bigger study called Northern Manhattan Study. They were asked how long and how often they exercised during the past two weeks. Five years later, they were tested for memory and thinking skills and got a brain MRI. Seven years after that, they took the memory and thinking tests again. The 10 percent who said they took part in moderate intensity exercise scored better on the tests. These included running, climbing, swimming, riding bicycles and so on．

“We found that those with moderate exercise had higher scores and slower decline than inactive patients when comparing the results,” the study team wrote.

Many studies have shown that exercise may not prevent Alzheimer’s but may delay it. The findings fit in with a study that found two years of exercising, eating healthier food and brain training can promote people’s memory function.

1. What do we know about the study？

A．It makes people’s heart better than their heads.

B．Running, Swimming and Yoga are regarded as moderate intensity.

C．More than 900 people participated in the Northern Manhattan Study.

D．Most people surveyed took low-intensity exercise.

2. How did the study team draw the conclusion?

A．By making a comparison.

B．By analyzing the existing data.

C．By recording people’s exercise.

D．By giving examples.

3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Exercise can prevent people suffering Alzheimer’s disease.

B．Brain training will certainly strengthen people’s memory.

C．Exercise can put off the start of memory decline.

D．The findings fit in with the study of healthy food.

4. What’s the best title for this passage?

A．How to keep mentally healthy

B．Moderate intensity exercise keeps your brain younger

C．Steps to promote your brain performance

D．How to prevent the Alzheimer’s disease

5 . 假如你是李华，你的英国笔友Lily在给你的邮件中写到她为了减肥吃减肥药，经常不吃饭，导致身体变得很虚弱，状况不佳，请你给她写封回信，内容包括：
1.对她的现状表示担心；2.指出吃减肥药以及经常不吃饭的坏处；3.就健康的减肥方式，提出合理的建议。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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6 . In recent years we’ve been told to aim to walk 10,000 steps a day to remain healthy, although other advice to do three brisk (轻快的) 10-minute walks a day is thought to be even more effective. But the latest piece of research might put a spring in your step if you’re someone who walks at a fast pace. That’s because, according to scientists, the speed at which people walk in their 40s is a sign of how much their brains, as well as their bodies, are ageing.

The BBC’s Philippa Roxby writes that tests on 1,000 people from New Zealand born in the 1970s found that slower walkers tended to show signs of “accelerated (加速) ageing”. Their lungs, teeth and immune systems were in worse shape than those who walked faster. And to add insult to injury (往伤口撒盐), the study found not only did slower walkers' bodies age more quickly, their faces looked older and they had smaller brains.

This might be seen as a wake-up call for people with a slower pace who might feel it’s time to work out and get fitter. But it might be too late; researchers writing in JAMA Network Open say they were able to predict the walking speed of 45-year-olds using the results of intelligence, language and motor skills tests from when they were aged three. They also suggest that even in early life, there are signs showing which people will go on to have a healthier life.

So, what’s the point of knowing that a slower walking pace might mean a smaller brain? Well, researchers say measuring walking speed at a younger age, and understanding what this might mean, could be a way of testing treatments to slow human ageing. This might help us make lifestyle changes while we’re still young and healthy. Any steps we can take to prolong (延长) a good mental and physical state is a no-brainer!

1. Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A guide book.	B．A book review.
C．A science report.	D．An advertisement.

2. According to the studies, which of the following is true?

A．Those walking fast tend to have worse teeth.

B．Slow walker may have smaller brains and older faces.

C．Intelligence can be used to predict a person’s life style.

D．It is never too late to start walking fast to become healthier.

3. Which can be the best title for the text?

A．Study on Slow Walkers	B．Healthy Life or Nothing
C．Walking Speed and Ageing	D．Benefits of Walking Slowly

8 . What does the man advise the woman to do?

A．Work out.

B．Sit at the desk.

C．Put on some weight.

9 . Humans are the only creature that gets around by standing up and putting one foot in front of the other. Our ability to walk upright has allowed humankind to travel great distances and survive changing climates, environments and landscapes.

Countless scientific studies have found that walking is really good for us and this simple act can provide a number of health implications, which help people live longer. In fact, a walking routine, if done properly, might be the only exercise people need.

How much walking should one aim for? You’ve likely heard we need 10,000 steps a day. That’s about 5 miles. But contrary to popular belief, this recommendation doesn’t come from science. Instead, it is from a 1960s advertising campaign to promote a pedometer (计步器) in Japan. Perhaps because it’s a round number and easy to remember, it stuck.

Since the 1960s, researchers have studied the 10,000-steps-a-day standard and have turned up mixed results. Although 10,000 steps is certainly a healthy and worthwhile goal, it’s not fit for all.

For instance, a recent Harvard University study involving more than 16,000 senior women found that those who got at least 4,400 steps a day greatly reduced their risk of dying early when compared with less active women. The study also noted that these benefits continued up to 7,500 steps. This 7,500 mark isn’t surprising: It’s similar to common public health recommendations, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation of 150 minutes of moderate (适度的) physical activity a week for adults.

1. What does the underlined word “implications” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Benefits

B．Problems.

C．Habits.

D．Manners.

2. Where does the 10,000-steps-a-day standard come from?

A．A Harvard University study.

B．Science research on health.

C．A pedometer advertisement.

D．Public health recommendation.

3. What can we know from the last paragraph?

A．7,500-steps-a-day standard is the best choice for all.

B．More than 16,000 old people were involved in the study.

C．Those who walk at least 4,400 steps a day won’t die early.

D．150-minute moderate exercise a week for adults is advised.

4. What does the author mainly want to tell readers?

A．The more you walk a day, the healthier you will be.

B．We can benefit from continuous and proper walking.

C．Walking upright helps humankind to explore the world.

D．Advertisements can always tell us some scientific suggestions .

10 . Every year, countless individuals are impacted by cancer. Our goal is to walk away from cancer as we give strength to those fighting this life-threatening disease. Walk Cancer Away invites everyone to participate in their annual family-friendly walking event and join together to share the strong willpower found inside each of us with those around us. With each step we take, with each story shared, and with each donation made we are one step closer to finding a cure. To date, we have raised over $700,000 for Dr. Nancy Kemeny’s Colorectal Research Fund at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), together with thousands of people supporting this cause over the last 12 years we are committed to.

Walk Cancer Away began as a walk in honour of James N Rentas. Deeply influenced by his loss due to colorectal cancer, the Rentas family came together 12 years ago to help others who are suffering the disease. Dr. Nancy Kemeny at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, who was the doctor treating James N Rentas, mirrors that same goal. Her efforts and that of her team at MSKCC are focused on researching to overcome the disease and find a cure.

Together they have made great advancements over the years and have provided years of life for those facing the disease. With the deepest gratitude we are thankful to all those who support and participate in the event each year, because without you this would not be possible.

Although Walk Cancer Away started just 12 years ago, we are forever honoured to be able to join in this event that so many of us find so close to our hearts. We ask you, your family, and your friends to join in this year’s Walk Cancer Away event.

1. What does Walk Cancer Away intend to do?

A．To contact those suffering from cancer.

B．To give strength to cancer patients’ family.

C．To help find a way to defeat cancer.

D．To share experiences of cancer victims.

2. According to Paragraph 2, James N Rentas ______.

A．lost his family	B．died of cancer
C．did research on cancer	D．founded Walk Cancer Away

3. Why does the author make this speech?

A．To call on people to join in the activity.	B．To raise money for cancer research.
C．To express thanks to all the participants.	D．To introduce the history of walking event.