It’s considered to be the most important meal of the day, but do you really take the time to put together a healthy meal first thing in the morning? If you’re watching your weight, skipping breakfast will damage your efforts to lose weight. 1. It can also speed up your metabolism (新陈代谢).
Making breakfast a habit may not be easy. Use these tips to make eating breakfast a habit:
Get up earlier.2. Get up ten to fifteen minutes before your regular wake-up time that you have enough time to prepare a tasty meal before your day begins. Try to make time to include breakfast in your daily schedule and stick to it so it becomes a habit.
Plan your meals ahead of time.3. Put together three or four different breakfast recipes that you know you will actually eat. A little planning can help you make eating breakfast a habit as soon as possible.
Be selective. Buy a handful of ingredients to put together a healthy breakfast yourself, instead of relying on prepared breakfast food and snacks.4. If you don’t like “traditional” breakfast foods, eat what you like so that you’re willing to stick with it to make eating breakfast a habit.
5. If you’re working out in the morning, plan to eat breakfast within an hour after your workout so your body can recover. Again, planning ahead will make eating this meal a part of your daily routine.
A. The fresher the food, the better.
B. Breakfast is the first meal of the day.
C. Eat breakfast around your workout schedule.
D. Developing the habit of eating breakfast is important.
E. Eating breakfast can reduce your hunger later in the day.
F. Being rushed for time is a common excuse to skip breakfast.
G. Make sure you include a variety of healthy food choices for breakfast.
What should you think about in trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to do well at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong or weak subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. Knowledge of history is not required for most just but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at metal work or cookery (烹饪术) and look for a job where you can improve these skills.
If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part-time job.
Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle (运用) tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weaknesses than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic about it but instead recognise that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.
1.According to the passage, the author encourage us to .
A. realise the importance of doing well at school.
B. take up part-time jobs as much as possible during the summer vacation
C. be good at all subjects.
D. use school performance to help to choose a career.
2.We can learn from the third paragraph that as a student, having a part-time job .
A. is a good way to earn extra money. B. is helpless to find out his weak points.
C. is useful for his future work. D. is a must to experience various jobs.
3.The word “it” in the last paragraph refers to .
A. your background B. your school record
C. your weak points D. your part-time job
4.If a student’s school record is not good, he .
A. may do well in his future work if he chooses a career according to what he is skilled in.
B. will be a complete failure in his future work sooner or later.
C. must regret not having worked harder at school.
D. will receive further education after graduation.
In modem times, many teenagers have idols of their own who are always some stars on TV on the Internet, etc. These stars always think that a slimmer figure may be perfect for themselves. However, does size really matter? Are teenage fans trying hard to become like their idols? Do famous stars really have the power to influence people especially teenagers?
For the longest time, many parents blame (责备) teen idols for influencing the way their kids act. Have you noticed how teens idolize the stars these days? Even, their personal affairs are being followed by kids these days. Take for example the case of Lindsay Lohan or Mary Kate Ashley, They are definitely famous teen stars. However, since they are trying to project an image to satisfy a lot of people in show business their health and body suffer. Many kids are aware of this problem. But they are easily influenced by these stars to exercise and eat less.
It is a fact that the media and especially famous teen stars can influence people powerfully. But teenagers are easily influenced because teenage years are the period when our personality and identity developments take place. Teens watching TV shows and reading magazines are easily pulled into the dieting and harmful eating habits because the media have some ways to pull these acts. They use thin models and stars to endorse (宣传) products or to star in an up-and-coming shows or movies. With fierce competition, stars are forced to eat less and do extreme exercise routines to get the roles or offers that come their way.
Living in today’s time and generation is a bit disturbing to a lot of parents. Media, especially as well as the stars, have a very powerful influence to drive teenagers to good or bad. It’s good that we can control ourselves to avoid bad things from happening. If not, parents should really be aware and guide their teens to determine what’s in and what’s out.
1.According to the passage, we can learn that Lindsay Lohan .
A. lives a rich and happy life B. lives an unhealthy lifestyle
C. doesn’t get any exercise D. sets a good example for teenagers
2.Many stars have to be on diet
A. to keep healthy to face competition B. to keep a slim size
C. to survive under pressure D. to satisfy their teenage fans
3.In the author’s view, why are teenagers easily influenced by some TV shows?
A. They are in their development period. B. They are tired of school.
C. Their idols often appear in many TV shows. D. They have nothing to do in their spare time.
4.What’s the title of the passage?
A. Parent’s Responsibilities B. Advice on Self-control
C. Media’s Bad Influences D. Bad Influences of idols
With the development of our society, cell phones have become a common part in our lives. Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Maybe they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on We Chat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name-phubbers (低头族).
Recently a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various social identities (身份) bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes a selfie (自拍) in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events finally leads to the destruction of the world.
Although the ending of the film sounds unrealistic, the damage phubbing can bring is real. Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it. “Always bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors’ words. “The neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also, staring at cell phones for a long time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to the report.
But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. When getting together with family or friends, many people prefer to play their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported.
It can also cost your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.
1.Why does the author give the example of a cartoon in Paragraph 2?
A. To suggest phubbers will destroy the world
B. To call for people to go walking without phones
C. To tell people of the bad effects of phubbing
D. To advise students to create more cartoons like this
2.According to the passage, what risks may a phubber have?
①Destructing the world
②Affecting his social skills
③Damaging his neck and eyesight
④Getting separated from his friends and family
A. ①②④ B. ②③④
C. ①③④ D. ①②③④
3.What’s the author’s attitude towards phubbing?
A. Supportive B. Confident
C. Disapproving D. Optimistic
4.What will be talked about in the following paragraph?
A. Ways to avoid the risks of phubbing B. Bad effects of pudding
C. Daily life of phubbers D. Methods of phubbing
假设你是李华，你远在美国的笔友Jack对中国的春节很感兴趣，他来信询问有关情况。请你给他回一封电子邮件，简单介绍春节及中国人是如何过春节的。内容应包括如下要点：
1春节在中国的地位；
2春节的时间、春节来临前及期间人们的活动；
3你对春节的感受。
注意：1可适当发挥使行文连贯，词数100左右；
2开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：春节联欢晚会the Spring Festival Gala
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背诵填空
1. Tracy: Guess what... I’ve found a summer job!
Mark: That’s great! Anything interesting?
Tracy: Yes, working at an ______ park.
Mark: Wow, that sounds _____ !
Tracy: So, have you found anything?
Mark; Nothing yet, but I have a ______ of leads. One is working as an intern for a record company-mostly answering phones. Or I can get a landscaping job again.
Tracy:______ an intern sounds more interesting than landscaping. You’d have better hours, and it’s probably not as much work.
Mark: Yeah, but a landscaper earns more than an intern. And you get a great tan!
2. Workforce cutbacks are ______ in today’s economy.
3. So how can you distinguish yourself and avoid ______ your job?
4. Volunteer for new ______, push your ideas and make sure everyone knows you.
5. He is now retiring from _____ life and has gone abroad.
6. Though a little ______ this time, the policeman gave him the same answer.
7. This time, the policeman lost his ______.
