Walking is a popular form of exercise. It is an easy activity and offers a good way to improve physical fitness. Walking also gives many of the same benefits as other kinds of exercise.
Regular, brisk walks help a person's body work better. Walking builds a stronger heart and lungs. Walking also seems to help protect the heart from heart disease. The lungs work better because they take in and use oxygen more effectively. Walking can help in weight control, too. A quick fifteen-minute walk burns as many calories as jogging the same distance in half the time. Walking causes very injuries, so there is also a lower "dropout" rate among walkers than among runners.
People are more likely to continue a walking program. This gives a better chance for success. Walking offers some mental benefits, too. It seems to make people feel better. Many walkers say they sleep better at night when they take regular walks. Others say they have a better attitude towards life. Walking offers many of the same physical and mental benefits as other forms of exercise, but walking offers some special advantages, too. Almost everyone can walk. There are no special lessons or training. To become a real walker, a person only needs to walk faster, farther, and more often.
People can walk almost anywhere. There are no special playing fields or courts for walking. Sidewalks, streets, parks, fields, and malls are excellent places for walking. People can walk almost anytime. A person doesn't need a team or a partner for walking. There is no "season" for walking. Most walkers walk in all kinds of weather.
Walking doesn't cost anything. There are no special fees for walking. Good walking shoes and comfortable clothes are the only equipment that a walker needs.
Walking offers a form of exercise within the reach of nearly everyone. With a little time and effort, people can rediscover a valuable form of exercise and improve their fitness.
1.Walking benefits people's_______.
A. legs and arms B. feet and hands
C. heart and lungs D. head and stomach
2.Most people like walking because_______.
A. it is easy to continue
B. it is funny
C. they are ill
D. they want to see who walks faster
3.When you start walking, you should prepare _______.
A. a good bag
B. a hat and gloves
C. some food and drinks
D. walking shoes and comfortable clothes
John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed (咳嗽) day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some cough medicine.
Cough Medicine Shake it well before use. Take it three times each day before meals. | |
Age | Dose (药量)/ each time |
over 14 | 2 teaspoonfuls (勺) |
8～13 | 1 teaspoonful |
4～7 | 1/2 teaspoonful |
Not right for children below the age of three. Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1st 2014. | |
1.John should take_____a day.
A.2 teaspoonfuls B.3 teaspoonfuls
C.4 teaspoonfuls D.1 teaspoonful
2.The medicine should be kept in______.
A.a fridge B.hot water
C.any place D.the sun
3.John should _____before he takes it.
A.drink a cup of tea
B.eat nothing
C.do some exercise
D.shake the medicine well
4.When people are ______years old,they can’t take this medicine.
A.eight B.thirty
C.two D.twelve
5.John will ______when it is left after Dec.1st,2014.
A.take the medicine
B.throw away the medicine
C.still keep the medicine
D.give the medicine back to the doctor
Now computers are very among young people. Last week, we asked thirty young people fourteen and eighteen. We asked how much they usually spent on their computers in a week, but we most interested in they used their computers for.
The usual time spent on a computer in a week was about twelve hours, with user about thirty-two hours, and the lowest user only five hours.
All the children said they usually used computers . Fourteen children told us they did some word processing (文字处理) . Only two of them said computers their lessons, and eight children told us they kept addresses and phone numbers in their computers or used to write diaries. Only three children said they were learning to make computer programs and nobody looked up databases (数据库). None of them used computers for any use.
The show that computer use is quite high among young people of 14-18 years old. They also show quite clearly that computers by most young people as little more than game machines. , though computers are common in the homes of young people, they have not yet become in everyday life.
1.A.common B.cheap C.easy D.difficult
2.A.among B.between C.from D.about
3.A.hours B.money C.time D./
4.A.is B.was C.are D.were
5.A.what B.why C.how D.whether
6.A.high B.higher C.highest D.the highest
7.A.to read B.reading C.to play games D.playing games
8.A.at times B.as usual C.in the end D.all the time
9.A.found out B.worked at C.helped with D.looked over
10.A.theirs B.them C.its D.it
11.A.another B.other C.the other D.others
12.A.ways B.questions C.reports D.results
13.A.are seen B.have seen C.will be seen D.see
14.A.More or less B.From now on C.By the way D.It seems to us that
15.A.wonderful B.popular C.useful D.Expensive
—How many English songs have you learned this term?
— 10.
A. At all B. At once
C. At times D. At least
He is in basketball, but I am in football.
A. interested; interesting B. interested; interested
C. interesting; interested D. interesting; interesting
This road is about .
A. twenty metres tall B. twenty metres thick
C. twenty metres long D. twenty metres wide
