If you want to keep fit, please refer to the following:
Move More
Make it a daily to find ways to move your body. 1. Climb stairs instead of taking the elevator. Walk your dog; play with your kids. It doesn’t have to be an hour in the gym or a 45-minute dance class. But that’s great when you’re up to it. At the same time, move more.
Quit Smoking
Ever since 1960 when it was announced that smoking was harmful to health, Americans have been reducing their use of tobacco products. Just recently, we’ve seen more and more teens smoking. Could it be the Hollywood influence? 2. Take care! Warn your children against smoking.
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While recent studies show a glass of wine or one drink a day can help protect against heart disease, more than that can cause other health problems such as liver and kidney(肝肾) disease and cancer.
Reduce Stress
Easier said than done, stress comes in many ways. 4. Spend 30 minutes a day doing something you like such as walk on the beach or in a park, read a good book, visit a friend, listen to relaxing music, and watch a funny movie.
Protect Yourself from Pollution
If you can’t live in a smog-free environment, at least avoid smoke-filled rooms. 5. Exercise indoors in air conditioning when air quality is good.
A. Avoid Excessive Drinking
B. There are many things you can do to move your arms and legs.
C. Think carefully about what you will do.
D. Exercise outside when the smog rating is low.
E. It seems that the stars in every movie smoke cigarettes.
F. Keep a Positive Mental Outlook
G. Some techniques given by experts are to think positive thoughts.
Birds don’t need lessons in building nests. Fish don’t need coaching to learn how to swim. All animals have instincts. They’re born with natural abilities to do certain things. Wild animals also learn by copying their parents and practicing. And pets learn through training.
But instincts and training aren’t the only keys to animals’ behavior. Scientists say animals’ thoughts and feelings also influence their actions. Animals often make choices, plans, and sensible changes. They can help others and solve problems. Some even make and use tools!
If animals could talk, what would they say about their thoughts and feelings? A gorilla (大猩猩) born in captivity (关在笼子里) has helped answer that question. Koko, a gorilla, was taught to use sign language. She has learned hundreds of words!
Koko once had a pet cat she named All Ball. “Koko love Ball,” she signed. “Soft good cat.” One time, she blamed the cat for biting her by signing “You bad dirty toilet!” When her pet died, Koko cried. “Sad for sleeping cat,” she signed.
Koko calls herself “fine animal gorilla”. She uses sign language to argue, joke, and ask and answer questions.
“Most animals can’t use words to tell us their thoughts,” says Dr. Jonathan Balcombe. “But Koko shows us that animals have their own ideas and feelings.” Dr. Balcombe is a scientist at the Humane Society of the United States. He says there’s even more to discover about animals through field studies. In field studies, people watch animals in their natural environment.
“Scientists who study animals’ natural behaviors learn how animals live and think,” Balcombe says. “That knowledge can help others respect every animal who shares the planet with us.”
1.The underlined word “instincts” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to the ability that ________.
A. animals copy their parents B. animals learn by practicing
C. animals are born with D. animals learn through training
2.The example of Koko shows that ________.
A. an animal likes to have its own pet B. an animal can learn to speak through training
C. an animal has the natural ability to speak D. an animal can speak its mind
3.According to Balcombe, learning how animals live and think can ________.
A. help people care for animals B. teach animals to use words
C. train animals to use tools D. train animals to be cleverer
4.What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Raising animals as pets B. Understanding animals
C. Training animals to speak D. Protecting animals from danger
–I’ll ask the teacher about the noun clause. I’m very puzzled about it.
--That’s just ______ most of us have doubt.
A. what B. why C. where D. how
I should have bought the beautiful vase, but I ____________enough money.
A. didn’t have B. don’t have C. haven’t had D. hadn’t had
–Do you think they have as many books as they’ve described?
--Well, in my opinion, they have few books, if ______.
A. some B. none C. any D. many
It is Jack as well as his wife that is ______ for their son’s bad performance at school.
A. blaming B. to be blamed C. blamed D. to blame
