Crossing your legs is an extremely common habit. While you may find it comfortable to sit with one knee crossed over the other, it might be causing health problems that you are not aware of.
A study published in Blood Pressure Monitoring stated that sitting with your legs crossed can increase your blood pressure. The reason is that crossing one leg over the other increases resistance, making it even harder for the blood to circulate and increase your blood pressure. Thus, you shouldn’t have your legs crossed for more than 15 minutes, and it’s important that you get up and walk around at least once every hour.
Crossing your legs can also lead to neck and back pain. Ideally, it’s best for our bodies to sit with our feet planted flat on the floor. When you sit with your legs crossed your hips are in a twisted position, which can cause pressure on your lower and middle back and neck.
You also might notice that when you sit with your legs crossed for long periods of time your feet and legs get painful. This is because when one leg sits on top of the other, it causes pressure on the veins and nerves in your legs and feet. While the feeling of discomfort may only last a minute or two, repeatedly crossing your legs until they feel numb can cause permanent nerve damage.
So next time you sit down, try to get yourself in the habit of sitting with both of your feet on the floor. Not only will it help your posture and stability, but it will also save your health in the long run.
1.A study published in Blood Pressure Monitoring showed that .
A. crossing your legs can raise your blood pressure
B. crossing one leg over the other can increase the blood circulation
C. you should have your legs crossed once every hour
D. you should get up and walk around for more than 15 minutes
2.Crossing your legs can cause some health problems except .
A. pressure on veins and nerves in legs and feet
B. permanent nerve damage
C. unstable posture
D. neck and back pain
3.What seems to be the writer’s attitude toward crossing legs?
A. Supportive. B. Negative.
C. Casual. D. Confused.
假定你是高二学生李华。你的英国笔友Mike 来信说他准备戒烟。请你根据以下内容提示给他回信：
1. 给予肯定和鼓励；
2. 推荐可行的戒烟方法；
3. 表达你的祝愿。
注意：1. 词数100-120；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mike,
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
One afternoon l was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant ,waited for the food I had ordered. Suddenly I noticed a man sitting at table near the window kept glancing at my direction. Finally he got away and went into the kitchen. When he came out, he paid his bill and left .I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man wanted. He told me that the man was a detective. She thought l was the man he was looking for. Because he came into the kitchen to check for it Since everybody knew me, the staff told him that he had made a mistake .It's really luck I came to a restaurant that I am known.
单词拼写 (每空一词)
注意：请使用Book6 Unit 1-- Unit 3中学习的单词
1.His confidence had been _________ (永久地)affected by this accident..
2.I like cats but unfortunately I’m a_________ to them.
3.You dealt with the situation very____________(有效地).
4.All this information can be _______(传达) in a simple diagram.
5.The bank has b______ all over the country.
6.Would you like my old TV in e_______for this camera?
7.Young_______（青少年）are happiest with small groups of close friends.
8.I got w_______symptoms after giving up smoking.
9.As _______ （引起矛盾的）as this sounds, I have firsthand experience of its truth.
10.Dozens of companies, including Hewlett-Packard, are ________（倡议）the event.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。并将答案填写在答题卡上标号的相应位置。
Dear brother,
I'm now writing to you for your advice. How I wish you1.(be) here with me!
Yesterday afternoon, I went to a bookstore with one of my friends. After we went out, he showed me 2.book he had stolen ,3.(consider)he was wrong, I suggested he4.(go)back to return it or pay for it.5. he didn’t listen to me, otherwise I wouldn’t have reported it to his mother.
Now I’m really6.(regret). I would rather I 7.(let)his mother know it. After all, he is my friend, without8.help, I wouldn’t have made so rapid progress in study.
But9.is now obvious that he has begun to hate me. It seems as if we hadn’t been friends before. Can you advise what I should do now?
10.(be) you in my position, what would you do?I hope you can give me some advice as soon as possible.
“What an excellent thing is knowledge,” said a sharp-looking, talkative man to one who was __________ older than himself. “Knowledge is an __________ thing, as everyone can see,”__________ he. “My boys know more at six and seven years old than I did at twelve. They can read all sorts of books, and __________ on all sorts of subjects. The world is a great deal wiser than it used to be. Everybody knows __________ of everything now . Do you not think, sir , that knowledge is an excellent thing ?” “ __________ , sir,” replied the old man in surprise, looking __________ in manner, “that depends __________ upon the use it is applied. It may be a blessing or a curse(诅咒）. Knowledge is only an __________ of power, and power may be bad, __________ a good thing” “That is what I can’t understand, ” said the __________ little man. “How can power be a bad thing?”
“I will tell you” calmly replied the old man and thus he went on: “When the power of a horse is under control, the animal is __________in bearing burden, drawing loads, and carrying his master, but __________ that power is out of control, the horse __________ his bridle (缰绳），dashes to pieces the carriage that he draws, or throws his __________. ” “I see! ” said the little man.
“When the ship is operated alright, the sail that she __________ enables her sooner to get into port, but if operated __________ ,the more sails she carries, the further she will go out of her course”“I see!” said the little man, “ I clearly see! ”
“Well then，”__________ the old man, “if you see these things clearly, I hope you can see, too, that knowledge, to be good thing, must be rightly applied. God’s grace in the heart will make the knowledge of the head a blessing but __________ this, it may __________ to us no better than a curse.” “I see! I see! ” said the little man, “I see! ”
1.A. much B. still C. even D. rather
2.A. intelligent B. impressive C. excellent D. gorgeous
3.A. claimed B. stated C. repeated D. described
4.A. doubt B. talk C. question D. explain
5.A. everything B. nothing C. anything D. something
6.A. Sorry B. Why C. My god D. Excuse me
7.A. formal B. mysterious C. serious D. cautious
8.A. partially B. comparatively C. frequently D. entirely
9.A. increase B. amount C. independence D. interest
10.A. other than B. as well as C. rather than D. no more than
11.A. confident B. ridiculous C. optimistic D. talkative
12.A. useful B. volunteer C. interested D. kind
13.A. even though B. although C. now that D. when
14.A. refuses B. breaks C. ruins D. destroys
15.A. owner B. driver C. rider D. leader
16.A. lifts B. contains C. generates D. governs
17.A. poorly B. unpredictably C. carelessly D. improperly
18.A. reviewed B. expressed C. continued D. decided
19.A. with B. without C. besides D. except
20.A. prove B. lead C. happen D. explain
