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The ratio of overweight people 1. participated in a survey increased from 29% in 2012 to 31.5% in 2016, and 2. number of highly overweight people 3. (rise) to 550,000, creating a serious headache for 4. (medicine) services. The increase of highly overweight people was 5. (particular) sharp among those in their 20s. The numbers came from a study of physical examinations 6. (publish) by the Health Insurance Service.

According to the survey, the highly obesity (肥胖) rate among young people can be a result of their 7. (addict) to salt intake and soft drinks from childhood. Eating too much salty food is considered 8. a main factor leading to health problems. Besides, drinking soft drinks is also to blame because it makes people more likely 9. (gain) weight.

The result may affect the new lifestyle of those people. Cutting down on salt can be hard, 10. repeated training to prefer less salty food is necessary. Start by adding half as much salt to your dinner as you normally do.

Hello, everyone. It’s my honor to recommend (推荐) Educator of the year. I’m sure everyone has a(an) ______ teacher that they will be able to ______ for years to come. There is one famous teacher that everyone wants to have in our middle school—Ms. Sullivan, whose _______you must often hear at school. Ms. Sullivan does a lot of things to make herself ______.

First of all, she has great enthusiasm for her ______. She teaches many different classes—Language Arts Enrichment, Writing for Publication and Reader’s Theater, though most teachers in middle school only teach one ______, such as Math, Social Studies, Science, etc. Ms. Sullivan is also responsible for ______ the school play. Every year she devotes her time into ______ an amazing school play. Luckily I have been a part of it and ______ it so much!

In addition, Ms. Sullivan always shows her students that she ______ us, whether in our study or in life. Some teachers teach us the lessons in a strict way, ______ Ms. Sullivan shows us that she is always ______ like a friend. In writing classes, she makes us have a group discussion first, which I think is a good way to ______ our creative ideas. Then she lets us ______ write our stories at our own speed. She ______ everything we write and gives us a(an) ______ opinion about it. We are getting more ______ writing a composition, and no longer consider it hard work. Most importantly, she also makes each of her classes ______.

____, I think Ms. Sullivan should be Educator of the Year. Even if she doesn’t get the ______, she still deserves our respect and love!

1.A. energetic    B. favorite    C. enthusiastic    D. responsible

2.A. follow    B. visit    C. remember    D. understand

3.A. name    B. lecture    C. essay    D. behavior

4.A. humorous    B. amusing    C. intelligent    D. amazing

5.A. work    B. life    C. hobbies    D. performance

6.A. student    B. term    C. object    D. subject

7.A. delivering    B. deciding    C. directing    D. describing

8.A. calling on    B. putting on    C. depending on    D. turning on

9.A. enjoyed    B. expected    C. achieved    D. appeared

10.A. cares    B. controls    C. considers    D. requires

11.A. unless    B. while    C. because    D. if

12.A. acceptable    B. affordable    C. accessible    D. absent

13.A. change    B. believe    C. affect    D. develop

14.A. quietly    B. quickly    C. freely    D. easily

15.A. studies    B. checks    C. designs    D. tests

16.A. honest    B. embarrassing    C. common    D. regular

17.A. proud of    B. addictive to    C. connected with    D. confident in

18.A. living    B. lively    C. lovely    D. live

19.A. In particular    B. In time    C. In conclusion    D. In return

20.A. aim    B. progress    C. permission    D. honor

Do you want to create more successful writings? Perhaps you can benefit from the following suggestions on excellent writing.

You need time. A lot of smart people lie to themselves like, “I finish my task best at the last minute.” In fact, it’s not true. 1. Sure, you are smart, but you still need to have some pressure. For example, if you are working on an important topic, why do you think that you can write well at midnight just before the conference? Writing can be a miracle if you are given enough time.

Writing requires practice. 2. Would you do nothing before running a marathon? No, you would practice running gradually to make your body stronger. In order to become a writer, you need to write.

Write at the best time. I happen to be a morning person, so I write early in the day. Then I spend the rest of my day teaching or having meetings. 3.

4. Or, at least, they are not correct to some extent. Nearly all of the best scholars are changed by their experiences in doing research and writing about it. They learn by doing, and sometimes what they learn is that they were wrong.

Revise your writing again and again. Have other people look at it. You need to overcome a fear of refusal. 5. The difference between a successful scholar and a failed one is about who is better at writing and revising.

A. Not all of your thoughts are influential.

B. No one works better with time running out.

C. You get better and faster through exercise.

D. Exchange papers with peers or an instructor.

E. Your first thoughts are often wrong.

F. Make sure you save your most productive time for writing.

G. Nobody’s first drafts (草稿) are good.

The government says spending £4.2 million on planting trees in towns and cities will improve the quality of people’s lives. But do trees really make people happy?

Some British and US surveys suggest a thick green lawn, or well-landscaped yard can increase the government property prices by as much as 15%. But the government’s Big Tree Plant campaign, which aims to plant one million trees in English urban areas over the next four years, says trees are not only good for our bank balance, but they do wonders for our happiness. And it says getting people to plant makes communities even happier. So do people really care about trees and do they improve lives? Margaret Lipscombe, director of urban programs at the Tree Council, says, “Not only are trees beautiful but they are practical. Trees also encourage healthier lifestyles and studies have shown people are calmer when trees are in their community,” A US study suggests that patients who have a view of nature through hospital windows recover better after operations.

Ms. Lipscombe says that the trees have also been known to slow down the traffic because drivers will go more slowly when there is something in their sights. She admits some people have negative feelings about trees because they worry about slipping on berries, bird droppings on cars or blocked light.

Ms. Lipscombe also says when she first moved into the area, there were no trees on her street. “I t was an area where there were lots of factories with high walls. It looked like an abandoned place that you didn’t want, especially as a woman on your own. Now everything is different. With lots of trees around, the street looks more attractive. People are not as frightened and no longer run down the road to get home. The trees also bring people out onto the street and make a stronger community feel.”

1.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. The use of trees in medical treatment

B. The benefits of trees to people’s lives

C. The role of trees in cutting down government expense

D. How to make the best of trees

2.What can be inferred from Ms. Lipscombe’s words in the last paragraph?

A. Trees may offer people a sense of safety.

B. Trees may help people forget sad memories.

C. Factories should be built where people live.

D. Women shouldn’t go out alone at night.

3.Where does this passage most probably come from?

A. A news report

B. A scientific report

C. A health magazine

D. A textbook

Music is not just a set of sounds and rhythms. Its influence on the brain is much deeper than any other human experience. Keep on reading to know all those amazing powers of music.

A recent study suggests that preterm (早产的) babies appear to experience less pain and feed more when listening to music. Experts led by Dr. Manoj Kumar of the University of Alberta, Canada, found that music had a beneficial effect on reducing pain for preterm babies experiencing painful medical tests. It also appeared to benefit full-term babies during operations.

Many people experiencing brain damage have speech and movement-related problems. Music can help recover from brain injuries. As a different and effective treatment, doctors often advise such patients to listen to good music to improve the parts of the brain responsible for these two functions. When people with neurological (神经的) disorders hear a musical beat, it helps them to regain a balanced walk.

Though music cannot make deafness disappear, it really can stave off the loss of hearing. There was an experiment involving 163 people where 74 were musicians. Participants were asked to pass some listening tests. Musicians heard the sounds better than non-musicians, and this difference gets clearer with age. This means that a 70-year-old musician hears better than a 50-year-old non-musician, even in a noisy environment.

Besides, music mends a broken heart. It is not about a thrown-away love, but about a heart attack. The matter is that music can help people recover from a heart attack or heart operation by reducing blood pressure, slowing down the heartbeat rate, and reducing anxiety. Listening to the quality music produces positive emotions, improves the movement of blood, and expands blood vessels, thus, promoting quick recovery of the whole cardiovascular (心血管的) system.

1.How does music affect preterm babies?

A. It helps reduce their pain.

B. It helps develop their potential in music.

C. It helps improve their hearing systems.

D. It helps repair their neurological systems.

2.What does the underlined phrase “stave off” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Lead to

B. Increase

C. Prevent

D. Break into

3.Why can music mend a broken heart?

A. It has a positive effect on human body systems’ work.

B. It can help people prevent diseases caused by anxiety.

C. It helps make a person feel optimistic about life.

D. It can help patients recover in a slow way.

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A. Who can benefit from music

B. The best time to listen to music

C. The way to choose quality music

D. How music affects our mind and body