This is not a diet. It’s a simple way to lose weight. And you don’t even have to stay away from the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits that 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, bend forward until you feel sore in your back. It will burn about 10 calories（卡路里）.
Start with soup. When you have a meal, order a clear soup, and have it before having 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 .The study shows that people who eat at least three apples a day lose weight.
Stand up and walk around. Every time you use the mobile phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average（平均）two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn 50 or more calories.
Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.
1.What should we have first if we want to eat less main food?
A.Soup. B.Ice cream. C.Salad. D.Cheese.
2.Why does eating apples make one’s stomach want less food?
A.Because apples are delicious. B.Because apples are full of fiber and water.
C.Because apples are sour (酸的). D.Because only apples are full of calories.
3.What’s the purpose of the passage ?
A.To give some advice on how to lose weight. B.To advise people to eat apples every day.
C.To tell people how to enjoy a better life. D.To advise people to give up bad habits.
4.In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read the passage?
A.Shopping. B.Teaching. C.Family. D.Health.
Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.
1.People read newspapers in order to .
A.learn the latest news B.meet their own different needs
C.read the short stories D.find the morning news
2.Newspapers have so many pages because .
A.more and more people like to read them B.people enjoy reading something different
C.newspapers become cheaper D.more pages mean more money
3.Newspapers are the most popular in the world.
A.in English B.in Chinese C.in other language D.with many pages
4.According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from .
A.magazines B.advertisements C.e-mails D.Internet
These days many students like to make friends online. Most of them think it's interesting to know an unknown person through the Internet. So, many students like to use computers to talk with those friends. And they spend too much time on it. Some of them can not do well in their school work. Their parents often don’t think the children are as good as before. So many teachers and parents are worried about their children.
In fact, only very few of them can get real good friends in this way. Most of them were cheated by those unseen friends. And some of the students did wrong things online. It’s terrible for students to use too much time to make friends and talk online.
So we should be careful of making friends online and should not spend too much time on it.
We’d better pay more attention to study. We will be really happy when we do well in school and at home.
1.Many students like to make friends online because .
A.they are interested in it B.they can learn better in this way
C.they always get real friends in this way D.their parents worry about them
2. of the students can get real friends online.
A.All B.Many C.Some D.Few
3.Most of them were cheated by those unseen friends. Here “cheated” means .
A.聊天 B.欺骗 C.恩惠 D.鞭打
4.Which of the following is right?
A.We should never make friends online.
B.It’s necessary for us to talk with our online friends every day.
C.It’s really happy that we students do well in school and at home.
D.Making online friends is more important than study.
Bike Rentals (租赁)
Places | Zoo Station We are directly at the Zoo train station, facing the parking area. You’ll find us just past the main entrances opposite the Zoo entrance. Cycle Home We’re right under the TV tower. If you’re facing the entrance of the Tower, walk to your right around the corner. | |
Open Hours | 9:30—18:00 | |
Rental Prices | 1/2 Day | $7 |
One Day | $12 | |
2nd Day/Extra Day | $10 | |
Please call 650— 968— 3575 for bike rentals. |
1.Where is Cycle Home?
A.Near the Zoo entrance. B.Under the TV tower.
C.Facing the entrance of the Zoo. D.In the parking area.
2.When can we rent a bike?
A.At 6:30 a.m. B.At 8:00 a.m. C.At 2:00 p.m. D.At 9:00 p.m.
3.How much is it if you keep the bike for three days?
A.$21. B.$36. C.$34. D.$32.
When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the_______________ . I seem to remember that I played on the sands all day with strange ______________ children. We made houses and gardens, and watched the tide(潮)______________ them. When the tide went out, we climbed _____________ the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock pools.
In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly _____________the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,______________ for ruined(毁坏了的) houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were sweets in one’s pockets or good places where one could ______________ice creams. Each day seemed a life— time.
____________I am now thirty— five years old, my idea of a good holiday is much the same as it was. I___________ like the sun and warm sand and the sound of ____________ beating the rocks. I no longer wish to______________ any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.______________, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I wonder what my ideal holiday will be like when I am ______________ . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about_____________who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves ____________on too many ice creams.
1.A.sea B.lake C.mountain D.river
2.A.moved B.excited C.surprised D.nervous
3.A.take B.bring C.clean D.destroy(破坏)
4.A.through B.over C.off D.across
5.A.and B.yet C.but D.or
6.A.exploring B.looking C.watching D.seeing
7.A.make B.sell C.buy D.offer
8.A.Although B.Since C.Because D.Afterwards
9.A.hardly B.almost C.still D.perhaps
10.A.waves B.wind C.hands D.feet
11.A.destroy B.fix C.use D.make
12.A.But B.However C.Otherwise D.Besides
13.A.strong B.weak C.young D.old
14.A.children B.boys C.girls D.grown— ups
15.A.happy B.tired C.sad D.sick
— What about a drink of tea? — ________. There is little time for a drink.
A.No hurry. B.Why not? C.Hurry up! D.Why is in a hurry?
