1 . Living a healthy life is all about choosing to make healthy choices each day. We’ve put together some good tips for starting a healthy life.

Create specific health goals

When you have specific goals you want to achieve, you’ll be more encouraged to make changes in your life.     1    . And then you can set smart goals that are specific and measurable to better achieve your success.

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It’s no secret that eating health y food is one of the keys to achieving a healthy life. When you follow a healthy diet, you reduce the risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, and other diseases. More than that, healthy eating can relax you and make you happy.

Drink plenty of water

Just like tasty food, water is necessary to keep your body healthy. Water helps you digest(消化)food, keeps you hydrated(补水), and protects your body.     3    . This amount can change depending on your age, weight, and physical activity level.

Exercise regularly

Find a type of physical activity that’s enjoyable for you.     4    . Being active helps you lose weight, improves your cognitive function(认知能力), and lifts your spirits. Experts suggest that adults get at least 150 minutes of exercise each week.

Get enough sleep

A good night’s sleep can help you avoid getting sick, keep a healthy weight, and start a good day. Most adults need at least 7 hours of quality sleep each night.     5    .

A．Keep a healthy diet

B．Get into shape before school starts

C．Be positive about yourself and your body

D．The good points of physical activity are endless

E．You should know what parts of your life you want to improve

F．Children need from 8 to 13 hours depending on how old they are

G．You should drink about 3.1 L of water a day to stay properly hydrated

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What advice was the woman given?

A．Getting tested as soon as possible.

B．Going to the doctors.

C．Staying at home.

2. What’s wrong with the woman?

A．She has a fever.

B．She has a cough.

C．She has a headache.

3. How will the man get to the woman’s?

A．On foot.

B．By bike.

C．By car.

4. What does the woman need the man to bring?

A．A box.

B．Some food.

C．Some medicine.

3 . Andrew Wilson was always a big kid. During his 20s and 30s he managed his weight at bay by playing sport, but when his family faced a crisis and he was under pressure in his financial services job, he started gaining the weight.

“Mate, what are you doing to yourself?” his doctor asked him one day. Andrew was so ashamed that he avoided seeking medical help for ten years. Despite his efforrts to lose weight through various diets, his weight continued to increase, reaching 200 kilograms and he developed a range of health complications(并发症).

“Most people have a feeling of having finished a meal, but I never had that satisfactory feeling. And it wasn’t just physical. Mentally, I wanted more,” Andrew shared. Andrew is certainly not alone. Overweight affects people from all walks of life, in every classroom, in every shopping centre and street. People everywhere are living with extra weight. People with overweight can experience serious health problems.

Despite the fact it’s so commonplace, those living with overweight are often blamed for their condition. “I still remember when the parents at my son’s kindergarten didn’t want to talk to me outside the classroom. Some wouldn’t even look at me because of my size. That impacted my son, and he was teased,” Andrew recalled.

But there’s increasing recognition that overweight is caused by a complex set of factors beyond an individual’s control, such as illness, genetics, childhood trauma(心理创伤), the environment and society. In Andrew’s case, he turned to food at a very young age as a coping mechanism(机制)for physical and mental abuse.

“Overweight is a biological disease, not a behaviour. It’s not something individuals have control over. It’s a problem that the whole system needs to address,” Andrew finally emphasized. He finally gathered the courage to go to an overweight treatment clinic. Since then, with the help of a medical team, he has lost more than 50 kilograms and continues to make progress.

1. What does the underlined phrase “managed...at bay” in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Contained.

B．Increased.

C．Attained.

D．Preserved.

2. What is the common people’s attitude towards those with overweight?

A．Approving.

B．Sympathetic.

C．Accusing.

D．Indifferent.

3. What’s the main reason for the widespread overweight?

A．Environmental factors.

B．An increasing social discrimination.

C．The weak will in patients’ heart.

D．Some complicated factors out of people’s control.

4. What can we learn about Andrew from the text?

A．Andrew made no attempt to control his weight.

B．Andrew’s son may be laughed at by his classmates.

C．Andrew has a mentally satisfying childhood.

D．Andrew has successfully achieved his goal in losing weight.

4 . Why Cooking Meals at Home Benefits More Than Just Your Wallet

When hunger strikes, the convenience of entering a fast-food restaurant or ordering takeout can be terribly attractive.     1     However, when it becomes a routine, your waistline, your wallet and your health can be badly affected. Here are four reasons to make cooking at home your option.

· It’s cheaper.

You could spend $100 at a fancy restaurant for one dinner, while the same amount of money could buy you groceries for a week. When you shop smart and get creative, you needn’t spend more than $1 on breakfast, $2 on lunch and $4 on dinner to purchase wholesome, healthy foods. Here’s how:     2    

· It may reduce your exposure to certain chemicals.

The most surprising benefit of cooking at home can decrease the amount of harmful chemicals you’re exposed to.     3     Common in takeout and fast-food packaging, those chemicals have been associated with many diseases. Food packaging can also contain other damaging compounds (化合物).

·You can better estimate calories.

    4     That is why people tend to consume extra calories when dining away from home. On the contrary, you have complete control over the food materials when you cook in your own kitchen. Choosing fiber-packed vegetables and meat containing less fat will help keep your calories under control. So will the way you cook your food. Rather than frying, choose roasting.

·    5    

Many chefs use a lot of salt while cooking. While salt can make food tastier, too much of it is linked to serious health issues like heart disease and high blood pressure. At home, you can control the quantity of salt on your plate by seasoning food in other ways, like using lemon juice. The same goes for sugar. You can use smaller quantities of natural sweeteners like honey to add sweetness to your food. Too much added sugar is linked to some diseases as well.

A．You can reduce added salt and sugar.

B．Eating out can make calorie counting tricky.

C．Buy in large quantities and stick to store-brand items.

D．Salt and sugar are both essentials in cooking delicious foods.

E．Relying on food away from home occasionally is totally acceptable.

F．People are always too engaged in their work to cook at home personally.

G．People cooking at home have lower levels of dangerous chemicals in their bodies.

5 . 假定你是Li Hua，以前喜欢吃垃圾食品，不锻炼，导致体重超重，进而造成了一系列身体不适。但是经过一年的节食减肥和经常锻炼，你现在已经减肥成功，精力充沛。请写一封邮件，把你的前后身体变化分享给为肥胖而苦恼的美国笔友Andy。
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6 . Roman McCormick is just a 15-year-old teenager, but he’s already been through more _______ than some people ever experience. He was born with a rare _______, which causes kidney (肾) failure over time.

Faced with dialysis (透析), Roman and his parents anxiously _______ their community to get tested to see if they were a match for Roman on TV. But they were not positive about anyone_______ to help. They had no idea that someone who _______ knows Roman happened to be watching the _______ that night.

Eddie McCarthy taught Roman maths last school year. He _______ the teen right away, and as a parent himself, Eddie couldn’t help but take pity on him. So he took the _______ and got his blood tested. When the result came out five months later, he _______ he was a perfect match. All that was left to do was tell the McCormick family that their nightmare (噩梦) was about to ________. “When he called me, I was just too ________,” Roman’s mother, Jamie said.

Both Eddie and Roman’s parents were ________ that a new kidney would give Roman a fresh chance at life. Roman’s been ________ so much from his illness over the years. Jamie hoped the surgery would give her son “his teenage years back”.

On July 19, Roman and Eddie ________ the surgery. It was a success, and both are ________ now. Let’s wish them the best of health.

1.

A．lectures

B．adventures

C．challenges

D．experiments

2.

A．injury

B．illness

C．view

D．behaviour

3.

A．requested

B．arranged

C．ordered

D．recommended

4.

A．regretting

B．struggling

C．pretending

D．volunteering

5.

A．obviously

B．actually

C．finally

D．secretly

6.

A．accident

B．movement

C．news

D．interview

7.

A．discovered

B．recognized

C．refused

D．tested

8.

A．responsibility

B．effort

C．force

D．position

9.

A．gave out

B．pointed out

C．found out

D．carried out

10.

A．improve

B．quit

C．appear

D．end

11.

A．overjoyed

B．impressive

C．confused

D．anxious

12.

A．concerned

B．hopeful

C．curious

D．frightened

13.

A．expecting

B．competing

C．suffering

D．gaining

14.

A．gave up

B．applied for

C．got over

D．went through

15.

A．recovering

B．practicing

C．advancing

D．relaxing

7 . A country is “smoke-free” if less than five percent of the population smokes daily.

Only 6. 4 percent of Swedes over the age of 15 were daily smokers in 2019. That was the lowest percentage in the EU. The Eurostat statistics agency says that across the 27 countries of the EU, the average was 18. 5 percent. Data from the Public Health Agency of Sweden show that the smoking rate has continued to fall, reaching 5. 6 percent in 2022.

“We like a healthy way to live, I think that’s the reason,” said Carina Astorsson, who lives in Stockholm. Smoking never interested her, she added, because “I don’t like the smell; I want to take care of my body.” Sweden says its anti-smoking actions improve health in several ways, including a lower rate of lung cancer. Sweden was early to limit smoking in public places such as school playgrounds. Later, the country added smoking bans(禁令) for outdoor restaurants and bus stations. The country also increased taxes on cigarettes and changed rules on how they can be sold.

However, other forms of tobacco remain popular in Sweden. Snus (鼻烟) is a wet tobacco powder placed in the mouth next to the teeth. Snus makers say their products help reduce cigarette smoking. But health officials say snus is another product that makes people addicted to nicotine, the main drug in tobacco. Snus is such a popular part of Swedish culture that the country demanded exemption from the EU’s ban on smokeless tobacco when it joined the EU in 1995.

If snus and similar products are included, the World Health Organization (WHO) notes that more than 20 percent of adults in Sweden use tobacco. This brings Sweden close to the world average. “Switching from one harmful product to another is not a solution,” the WHO said in an email.

A researcher at Stockholm University’s Department of Public Health Sciences said Sweden’s anti-smoking rules have pushed smokers away from public spaces. “We are sending signals to the smokers that this is not accepted by society,” she said.

The WHO has designated May 31st as “World No Tobacco Day” every year.
1. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．Swedes’ healthy lifestyle.

B．The good effect Sweden’s smoking ban has.

C．Specific smoking ban measures in Sweden.

D．People’s attitudes towards anti-smoking measures.

2. What does the underlined “exemption” probably mean?

A．Recognition.	B．Explanation.
C．Announcement.	D．Freedom.

3. What can be inferred from Paragraph 5?

A．Sweden plays an important role in the WHO.

B．Sweden is close to becoming a smoke-free country.

C．Sweden’s smoking ban experience is worth promoting.

D．Sweden’s smoking ban actually has a long way to go.

4. Which section of a magazine is the text probably taken from?

A．Travel.

B．Health.

C．Culture.

D．Education.

8 . You are what you eat — and what you eat may be encoded in your DNA. Studies have indicated that your genetics play a role in determining the foods you find delicious or disgusting. “Everything has a genetic component, even if it’s small,” says Joanne Cole, a geneticist and a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. “We know there is some genetic contribution to why we eat the foods we eat. Can we take the next step and actually show the exact position of the regions in the genome (染色体)?”

A new research led by Cole has gotten a step closer. Through a large-scale genomics analysis, her team has identified 481 genome regions that were directly linked to dietary patterns and food preferences. The findings were presented at the American Society for Nutrition’s annual flagship conference.

They were based on a 2020 Nature Communications study by Cole and her colleagues that used data from the U. K. Biobank, a public database of the genetic and health information of 500,000 participants. By scanning genomes, the new analysis was able to home in on 194 regions associated with dietary patterns and 287 linked to specific foods such as fruit, cheese, fish, tea and alcohol.

“This study had a huge number of subjects, so that’s really powerful,” says Monica Dus, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, who wasn’t a part of the new research but studies the relationship between genes and nutrition. “The other thing that I thought was really great is that they have so many different characteristics that they’re measuring in respect to diet. They had cholesterol, the body, socioeconomic backgrounds.”

As the research advances, Dus says such genome analyses could possibly help health care providers — and even policymakers — address larger issues that affect food access and health. “Instead of trying to obsess over telling people to eat this or that, a more powerful intervention is to link it to making sure there aren’t ‘food deserts’ or to make sure that there’s a higher minimum wage — things that have a broader impact,” she says.

1. What is the purpose of Cole’s new research?

A．To encode the role of DNA in determining food choices.

B．To select genetic components tightly related to food consumption.

C．To figure out the relationship between genetics and food preferences.

D．To identify specific regions in the genome related to food preferences.

2. What’s paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The process of the study.	B．The findings of the study.
C．The data-source of the study.	D．The significance of the study.

3. What does Monica Dus mean in the text?

A．The subjects of the study are powerful.

B．The research team studied many aspects linking to diet.

C．The genome analyses have no prospect in the future.

D．People’s wage should be raised because of “food deserts”.

4. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?

A．What You Eat Impacts Your Health

B．What You Eat Forms Your Dietary Pattern

C．Your Genes May Determine Your Nutritional Need

D．Your Genes May Influence What You Like to Eat

9 . Obesity (肥胖) has become a serious problem now. According to a recent survey, teenage obesity has increased at an alarming rate across America. Teenage obesity is mainly due to the increased consumption (消耗) of junk food which contains large amounts of fat. This has exposed the teens to a 14% greater risk of having a heart attack as well as seriously high blood pressure.

Various causes of teen obesity have been claimed, the most important of which is being insufficient (不足) physical exercise on the teen’s part. It is argued that teens nowadays who lack (缺少) sufficient physical exercise topped with their unhealthy eating habits are more likely to be obese. Nowadays, a main part of the teenagers spend their spare time on the computer, television or perhaps simply playing games. This greatly limits any kind of physical activity of the teenager. According to a recent survey, around 43% of teenagers spend more than 2 hours watching television every single day.

Long time inactivity in addition to the ill eating habits has increased the incidence (发生率) of obesity in teenagers even more, However, this does not mean that teens do not do enough exercise, but the amount which they do, is certainly not sufficient as compared to their intake of fatty foods. Besides this, parents need to change the whole lifestyle of the family in order to develop a healthier lifestyle of their children.

The teenagers must also be encouraged to take part in other physical activities which require more effort; such as playing basketball, tennis, badminton, volleyball and swimming. Meanwhile, the teenagers also need to be educated on the ill effects of junk food and must be asked to avoid them as much as possible. Their diet must also be made healthier and more balanced, which will help them in losing more weight quickly. For better guidance on reducing the teen’s weight quickly, parents can always turn to a doctor.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．Junk food is the main food for the American.

B．American teenagers suffer from high blood pressure.

C．The number of fatty American teenagers is increasing.

D．Most American teenagers probably have heart disease.

2. What’s the most important reason for obesity among teenagers?

A．Bad eating habits.	B．Playing computer games.
C．Lack of physical exercise.	D．Watching TV programmes.

3. Why do teens taking part in exercise still get obese?

A．The exercise they choose is too simple.

B．The method they do exercise is improper.

C．The energy they consume is less than that they take in.

D．The time they spend doing sports is more than that spent on food.

4. What’s the last paragraph mainly about?

A．Rules made for teens.	B．Reasons for teen obesity.
C．Suggestions offered to parents.	D．Ways to deal with teen obesity.

10 . Five Ways to Feel More Energized

       Here are five tried and true ways to feel more energized naturally.

           1    . While it seems obvious that you are tired, you need to sleep more. However, staying up late is extremely common in the US. In fact, more than a third of Americans do not get enough sleep. It’s recommended that adults aged 18—60 get at least seven hours of sleep a night.

Stay hydrated (补水). Being dehydrated can make you feel sleepy.     2    . Drinking water is so important that you may want to invest in a smart water bottle to remind you to keep drinking.

Limit sugar and stick to healthy food. When you feel tired, your first reaction is to reach for a sweet snack or drink. Sugary foods lead to an increase in blood sugar that causes your body to release a large amount of insulin (胰岛素).     3    . It’s much better to turn to healthy food like whole grain biscuits to keep your energy up.

Get moving every day. You may think that exercising is the last thing you want to do when you are tired.     4    . That’s because exercise releases hormones that can help you fight tiredness. Instead of sitting during your lunch，take a walk outdoors.

Take a power nap (打盹). If you need it, take a quick power nap. Naps can be big productivity boosters and do not have to take a long time. Taking a 20-minute nap can help you get the energy you need for the rest of the day.     5    .

A．Adjust your bedtime

B．Get up early every morning

C．That way, your mood gradually lightens

D．The result is that you feel even more tired

E．However,it can actually be the best thing you can do

F．So turn off the computer and rest your body and mind

G．It is critical to drink more water, especially in summer