Public Health England (PHE) is targeting pizzas, ready meals, ready meat and takeaways. The government has also required the food industry to start using healthier food and encourage the public to opt for lower calorie foods.
It is all part of an effort to cut calorie (卡路里) intake by 20% by 2024. The target will point to 13 different food groups, which are equal to about a fifth of the calorie taken by children. If action is not taken, PHE said, it would be prepared to ask the government to pass laws.
PHE would be strictly monitoring progress by looking at which products people were buying and would be prepared to punish companies which do not take their duties. The government is also organizing a program encouraging adults to consume (消耗) 400 calories at breakfast and 600 each at lunch and dinner.
At present, adults consume between 200 and 300 calories more than they should each day. PHE chief nutritionist Dr. Alison Tedstone said the 400-600-600 tip would make it easier for “people to make healthier choices” by being able to judge what they should be eating in each sitting.
How many calories should we eat? It is suggested that women eat no more than 2,000 calories a day, while men should limit their intake to 2,500. For children, it depends on age. A four-year-old should consume no more than 1,300, while for teens aged 17 and 18, it is about 3,000, but overweight children are eating up to 500 calories more than that.
Prof Russell Viner, of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said it was a necessary move. He said, “Over the past 40 years, there had been a slow growth in food sizes, with pizzas and hamburgers simply much bigger than they were in our parents’ time,” The convenience of fast food at pocket money prices and the advertisement of unhealthy food and drinks to children add to the problem.
1.What does the underlined word “opt” in paragraph 1 mean?
A. Sell. B. Choose.
C. Produce. D. Bite.
2.What will happen to a company if it encourages high calorie food?
A. It will be punished by law.
B. It will be forced to stop producing foods.
C. It will be punished by Public Health England.
D. It will be asked to produce low calorie food.
3.Which of the following people should take in the most calories?
A. Teens aged 18. B. Babies.
C. Adult women. D. Adult men.
4.What can be inferred from the text?
A. The government has passed laws about using healthier food.
B. PHE is concerned about the British health problems.
C. Hamburgers are no bigger than before.
D. Men should eat no more than 2,000 colonies.
We all know that nothing lasts forever. It’s changes that have guided the development of our society.
Without change, there is no progress, creativity, or encouragement for improvement. Improvement means moving forward. It means making life better. It doesn’t just happen on a large level, across time and culture. It happens to all of us in our daily life, too. And how we react to change determines our results.
Fearing the unknown can be a main reason in refusing change. When change is invited, even in the best of condition, it can often be worried. You have every reason to think that way about the future, because you might not know where you’ll end up.
But if your mindset (心态) is right, you can trust that your direction is right.
When we learn to manage mindset, paying attention to the positive outcomes, we more often make the most of each change. When we come across common changes and realize if we can reduce some of the fear, we are better equipped to deal with the new situation.
Some changes just prove that your life is moving forward to a new stage—a stage full of new challenges and experiences. Why does change make you frightened? It could be that you haven’t a proper mindset. Here are two tips for managing a proper mindset.
Ask for help.
Examine your family and your friends, and determine who would be the most equipped to help you with your present life changes.
Look for positives.
Don’t fight against changes, but do find healthy ways to deal with these situations. The better you deal with changes, the farther you will leave those around you behind.
1.What can we learn about changes according to the text?
A. It can make our mindset better.
B. It may bring us improvement.
C. It can make us relax.
D. It may make us hopeless.
2.What is the main reason for people to refuse changes?
A. Always forgetting the past.
B. Being satisfied with the present situation.
C. Worrying about the unknown.
D. Having a good mindset.
3.Which of the following is a proper way to face a new situation?
A. Taking some adventures.
B. Moving your life forward.
C. Turning to somebody for help.
D. Focusing on surrounding changes.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. The unknown in the life
B. People’s attitude to the future
C. The importance of being positive
D. Welcome the change
Many young people would like to make a booth (货摊) in the name of entrepreneurship (创业精神) and sell lemon. It might seem like an easy sell—kids offering cool drinks. Some entrepreneurs offer their tips on how to make money from this.
Joe Mansueto, founder of the investment company Morningstar, sold lemonade as a kid. “You should always pay attention to customers,” he said. “When somebody’s walking down the street, get out from behind the booth, greet them, talk to them and just make friends with them to attract more customers.”
However, his two sons decided to sell a different drink. When they were 8 and 10, his boys sold cocoa outside their home. “The great thing about business is that there are really no rules. You can be creative and try something different,” Mansueto said.
But it wasn’t enough for US representative Mike Quigley and his older brother to sell drinks. They sold old books at the booth and would rent them out for customers to read while they enjoyed their drinks.
Adam Ochstein, founder of StratEx Partners, a human resources service company, gave frequent visitors cards which were printed with a lemon. Every five drinks, customers got one card which allowed them to pay less than half of the next drink. However, they didn’t price the drinks. “If you want to give nothing, give nothing. If you want to give $2, give $2. I think we had let the adults give more money than they probably would like to, “Today, he suggests kids use social media for marketing.” He said, “It can tell people where the booth is going to be and what unique specials you’re running.”
1.What is paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. How to set up a big company.
B. How to tell apart rich customers.
C. How to make friends with others.
D. How to attract more customers.
2.How did Mike Quigley make his booth different from the others?
A. By selling cocoa outside their home.
B. By renting used books to the customers.
C. By making friends with his customers.
D. By lending new books to his customers.
3.What advice about the booth does Ochstein give to kids?
A. Giving visitors free drinks.
B. Taking advantage of social media.
C. Giving visitors cards printed with a lemon.
D. Allowing customers to pay less money.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. Street business. B. Marketing fashion.
C. Service culture. D. Social activities.
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Description:
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Half Day Hollywood and Beverly Hills Tour
Description:
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1.What can you do in the Experience of the Hollywood Stars Vacation package?
A. Enjoy all kinds of rides and shows.
B. Visit the most wonderful sights.
C. Have great fun in shopping.
D. Meet your favourite stars in their homes.
2.Which activity can you enjoy in the Vacation Packages in Los Angeles?
A. Watching Disneyland cartoons.
B. Having dinner with stars.
C. Riding bikes around Los Angeles.
D. Seeing the houses of stars.
3.In which part of newspaper can you read the text?
A. Travelling. B. Art.
C. Fashion. D. Sport.
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You return from work on a hot August evening. Your unwashed son is on the sofa playing Honor of Kings, as he has been doing for the past eight hours. Not for the first time, you ask yourself: why are school summer holidays so insufferably long?
This is a more serious question than it sounds. Many children will return from the long break having forgotten much of what they were taught the previous year. One study from the American South found that this “summer learning loss” could be as high as a quarter of the year’s education.
Students will hate the idea of a longer school year. But plenty of children could usefully spend a bit longer at their books. More time in school need not mean repeating the same old lessons. Some extra drilling would be beneficial, particularly for those falling behind. But the summer could also be a time for different kinds of learning. Schools should be free to experiment.
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The 17th-century French tragedian Pierre Corneille wrote: The manner of giving is worth more than the gift”. He had a point, according to Charles Spence, head of Crossmodal Research Laboratory at the University of Oxford.
The professor’s work focuses on how our brains sense the world around us. His research has shown that high-frequency sounds and curved shapes seem to increase the sweetness wine tastes better if it is accompanied by the popping sound of a cork and drunk from all these created multisensory experiences.
So, what’s his advice if you want to impress this holiday season?
Bulk it up hide
“We’ve just published research on eating a box of chocolates，” Mr Spence said. “If you are 30-gram weight in a box of chocolates, that weight translates to a significant increase perceived(感知)quality of the chocolate.”
There are exceptions, but the association between weight and the perception of luxury(奢侈)applies to many items including tableware，perfume(香水)and wine，Mr. Spence said. “That's why in a restaurant，a waiter might artfully give you the bottle to weigh in your hand,” he added.
Black is basic
Black is the color most associated with luxury because, Mr. Spence said，“it seems to be the color that we perceive to be the heaviest.”
Such luxury indications are learned, rather than inborn, so they can change over time. I’m doing a lot of work on transparency(透明) at the moment; high-quality packaged goods should have a transparent window because it suggests freshness or quality,” he said.
But the trend is recent， the professor added, because “traditionally luxury goods used to have nontransparent packaging. I think it has to do with the current desire for originality.”
Layer it on
Unnecessary wrapping(包裹)can be an ecological concern but, when it comes to luxury goods like wine in a presentation case, it does make an impression.
“Tissue layers are really good,” Mr. Spence said，“because the crinkle adds an extra sense to the experience.”
Consider a little perfume in the box or wrapping, and, if you want to involve other senses, work out some way for classical music to be playing when the gift is opened because we associate it with quality.
Engaging several senses at once is beneficial.“The brain combines the inputs from each sense, both to determine what something is, but also to determine a reward value,”Mr. Spence said. Also,the more stimuli(刺激)to the senses，the more activity is produced in the orbitofrontal cortex, a small part of brain situated just beside the eyes. And the more activity there, the more rewarding something is perceived to be.
You can go too far
“Engaging an extra sense is more effective, but you can potentially have a disagreement if that extra sense doesn’t match the others.” the professor said.
passage outline | Supporting details |
Introduction | 1.a gift is given is more important than the gift itself. |
Research support | Involvement of different 2.may give you hotter experiences. |
3. | ·Increase the 4.of a gift: it improves perception of quality and luxury. |
·5.your gifts in black: it's considered to be the heaviest. ·Leave a transparent window in the packaging: people 6.to associate it with originality. | |
·Wrap your gifts with tissue: it gives an extra sense which may 7.to the receiver. ·Add perfume or music to the gift: they stimulate the senses of smell and 8.. | |
·Don't go to 9.: there is a risk that different senses don’t match. | |
Conclusion | The thought behind a gift 10. |
