This is not a diet. It's a simple way to lose weight. And you don't even have to give up the food you love or join a gym (参加体育锻炼). You just follow some habits that thin people have. Keep them, and you'll become thin.
(1) Wake - up
When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, bend（弯曲） forward until you feel sore（酸痛） in your back. It will burn about 10 calories.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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 0r more calories.
Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.
1.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.
D. Because only apples are filled with calories.
2.Which of the following may the author DISAGREE?
A. Sitting up slowly without using your hands helps burn calories.
B. Eating apples every day is good for people's health.
C. You have to join a gym if you want to lose weight.
D. It's good to walk around while talking on the mobile phone.
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.
Having Fun "Growing" and "Stealing" ?
Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can "farm" on a piece of "land" and "grow", "sell" or even "steal" "vegetables", "flowers" and "fruits" on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more "seeds", "pets" and even "houses",
Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.
Harold: I don't quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.
Allan: I enjoy putting some "bugs" in my friends' gardens and we've become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.
Laura: You know, people in the city are longing for（渴望） the life in the countryside. It reduces my work pressure (压力); besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a "thief".
Ivy: Well. It's just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they can not focus on（专注于） their study.
1.According to the passage, people can't __________ things in this game.
A. grow B. borrow . C. steal D. sell
2. Among the people Joyce interviewed, _________ likes the game while _________ dislikes the game.
A. Laura; Allan B. Allan; Harold C. Harold; Ivy D. Ivy; Allan
3.Which is NOT the reason why people like the game?
A. They are longing for country life.
B. They can have fun with friends.
C. The game can relax people and give them a new experience.
D. They are confident enough to face the real world.
4.Where can you find this passage?
A. In a car magazine. B. In an advertisement.
C. In a newspaper. D. In a science book
Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. Now the big name from China is playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two basketball players and he learned how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to show the world that Chinese basketball players can do well in this game, too!
Pele was a famous football player. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't retire（退役） until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the streets. He played for Santos and quickly became an international star.
Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final（半决赛） at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova. People were 'surprised at the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and won most of the main matches.
1.Who is the youngest player in the passage?
A. Pele. B. Yao Ming. C. Steffi Graft. D. No one.
2. __________ comes from South America.
A. Pele B. Yao Ming C. Steffi Graft D. No one
3.Yao Ming began to learn to play basketball __________.
A. when he was 15 B. when he was young
C. when he was tall enough D. when he was strong enough
4.From the passage, we learn __________.
A. Steffi Graf was born in 1985 in Wimbledon
B. Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player
C. Steffi Graf won few of the main matches
D. Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was 16
White bridge was a small village and old people came and lived there. Some of them had lots of old furniture, some of which they didn't want to 41 .This was 42 there was no enough place to put it. Every Saturday morning they 43 what they didn't need and other people came and took it away if they wanted to have it.
Mr. and Mrs. Morton's children had grown up. The old couple moved to this small village 44 the other old people did. The 45 were busy forever. All the old in this small village were 46 to meet their children.
Every Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Morton put out a very ugly old bear's head at the side of their gate, but 47 wanted it. Last Saturday they wrote "I'm very 48 here." on a piece of paper and put it near the bear's head.
After a while, they found there was another bear's head put beside 49 ,with another piece of paper. It 50 , “I am lonely, too."
1.A. sell B. buy C. lend D. keep
2.A. if B. because C. though D. that
3.A. put out B. put away C. put up D. put off
4.A. like B. and C. as D. or
5. A. men B. women C. young D. old
6.A. hard B. easy C. glad D. excited
7.A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody
8.A. happy B. sad C. lonely D. disappointed
9.A. the door B. the window C. theirs D. others
10.A. wrote B. said C. told D. spoke
Granny is sleeping. You'd better __________.
A. not wake up her B. not to wake up her
C. not wake her up D. not to wake her up
Mrs. Wong hardly has spare time to look after her daughter, __________?
A. has she B. does she C. hasn't she D. doesn't she
