Fruit and vegetables should be a part of what we eat every day.Educating your children about the importance of eating fruit and vegetables is important for their health.Here are some fun activities to help you teach your children about fruit and vegetables.
★Reading is one excellent way.Choose a colorful book with many different types of fruit and vegetables.
★Provide your children with fruit and vegetable puzzles.Your children will be able to see what fruit and vegetables look like as they’re putting the puzzles together.You can also teach them the different names of fruit and vegetables.
★Each day give your children different fruit and vegetables to eat.This will give them the chance to taste many kinds of fruit and vegetables.Talk to your children about what they look like and how they taste and smell.
★Play fruit and vegetable games.Prepare little cups with fruit and vegetables cut up into small pieces.Cover your children’s eyes and give them one of the cups to try.After tasting, they have to guess what kind of vegetable or fruit it is.
★Grow vegetables.You can teach your children how vegetables grow by planting them.Your children will also learn how to take care of vegetables.
Judge the following sentences true(T)or false(F)according to the passage.
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Reading is a good way to help your children know about fruit and vegetables.
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(2)
The puzzles can help children know how fruit and vegetables taste and smell.
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(3)
By playing fruit and vegetable games, children can know what fruit and vegetables look like.
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(4)
Growing vegetables can teach your children how to look after vegetables.
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(5)
The passage is mainly about the advantages of eating fruit and vegetables.
My name is Frank.I am from(来自) America.Here is a picture of my class(班).We are in Class One,Grade Seven.
You can see my friends in the picture.Jimmy likes to play basketball.He likes to eat apples and French fries.Helen likes math. Her favourite food is hamburgers.Sandra doesn’t like math.But she can speak French(法语).She likes ping-pong.Sally is a black(黑人的) girl.She likes to swim(游泳).She likes to eat ice cream.I like math too.Can you find(寻找) me?I like to eat bananas.Maria likes computer very much.She plays computer games very well.Nick is fun.He can play football.He likes strawberries best.
A man made a nice talking machine. It could weigh people. The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of these kinds of machines.
He put the machine into the waiting room of a station . There were always lots of people in and out there.
The first one began to use the machine. It was an Indian woman. When she stand on the machine, the machine thought for a few minutes to decide which language it should speak. “Good morning, madam,” it said in Indian. “Your weight is 72 kilos. That’s three kilos more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Wish you a nice day.”
The second one who used the machine was a nice Chinese girl. She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning , Miss ,”the machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilos. It’s all right for your age and height. Go on to eat what you eat every day. Wish you a nice day.”
The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman. She thought for a long time before standing on the machine. But as soon as she stood on the machine, the machine spoke quickly in English , “Good morning . Will one of you get off?”
(1)
The nice talking machine could _____
A. tell people what they should eat
B. weigh and talk to people
C. tell people how old they are
D. tell a story
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(2)
First the man put his machine _____.
A. in the doctor’s waiting room
B. in a museum
C. in a station
D. in a train
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(3)
What did the machine tell the Indian woman?
A. She was a little lighter.
B. She was just all right.
C. She needed to eat more and exercise more.
D. She was a little bit heavy.
[ ]
(4)
Which of the following is RIGHT?
A. The machine tested only two people.
B. The Chinese girl was too thin.
C. The Indian woman was in fact heavier than the American woman..
D. Of the three the Chinese girl was the lightest.
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(5)
The machine said quickly “Will one of you get off?” because _____.
A. two people were on it
B. the third woman was too fat
C. something was wrong with it
D. the machine didn’t know where the third woman was from
Jack is a twenty-year-old young man.Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop.Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening.He is very tired when he gets home.After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep.His grandma who lives downstairs is pleased with him.
One day, on his way home, he met his friend Mary.They were both happy.He asked the girl to his house, and she agreed happily.He bought some fruit and drinks for her.And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future.They talked for a long time.
“Have a look at your watch, please,”said the girl.“What time is it now?”
“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,”said Jack.“Where’s yours?”
“I left it at home.”
Jack thought for a moment and found a way.He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The sound woke his grandma up.The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Jack.Why are you still jumping upstairs?”
(1)
Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.
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A.
sixteen
B.
eighteen
C.
twenty
D.
fifteen
(2)
The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.
[ ]
A.
he’s her grandson
B.
he’s clever
C.
he can keep quiet
D.
he gets home on time
(3)
From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack’s ________.
[ ]
A.
classmate
B.
colleague (同事)
C.
aunt
D.
wife
(4)
The word “stamp” in the story means ________ in Chinese.
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A.
盖印
B.
跺
C.
贴邮票
D.
承认
(5)
Jack stamped his foot on the floor inorderto (为了)________.