LONDON—Manchester is Britain’s fattest city, a survey for “Men’s Health” has found, beating Glasgow for the first time since the magazine started examining the issue three years ago.

Editor Pete Muir said the survey had looked at a variety of factors from gym membership to heart disease rates to find the fattest city. “Manchester has more fast food restaurants than anywhere else in the UK,” he told Reuters. “People are taking the easy choice—eating and then just sitting in front of the TV.”

Manchester’s problem is part of a wider trend. On Thursday, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) blamed a lack of exercise and poor diet for a fifth of adult Britons being obese (过度肥胖的). “Obesity is a major risky factor connected with heart disease, diabetes and premature death (糖尿病和早亡).” said an ONS survey. “None of the 108 young men in the survey reported eating five portions of fruit or vegetables on average each day.”

In Manchester, the head of the city’s public health programs said he did not believe that they were necessarily the fattest city, but that they did have problems and were aiming to address them. Social deprivation (贫困) was a major factor. “One of the myths is that the stressed-out rich businessman is the one who is overweight,” David Regan told Reuters. “In fact, it is the poor areas that have the most problems. We aim not to be the fattest but the fittest city but we have a long way to go.”

Second in the survey is Stoke-on-Trent, followed by Liverpool, Swansea and Lecicester. Glasgow is sixth.

1.Manchester took the place of __________ and became Britain’s fattest city.

A.Liverpool B.London C.Stoke-on-Trent D.Glasgow

2.Obesity may lead to the following EXCEPT __________.

A.Heart disease B.diabetes C.premature death D.a lack of exercise

3.This article is most probably taken from __________.

A.a newspaper B.a science book C.a novel D.a biography

I had an old neighbour, a doctor named Gibbs. When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives,he was planting trees. He had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He hardly watered his new trees.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants made them grow weaker. He said he had to make things difficult for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.

So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees' attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Sometimes I walked by his house and looked at the trees I'd watched him plant 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.

I planted several trees myself a few years ago. Two years of caring for these trees meant they grew up weakly. Every time a cold wind blew, my trees shook. Adversity seemed to be good for Doctor Gibb's trees,they could never relax.

Every night before I go to bed,I check on my two sons. I often pray(祈祷)that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to experience difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots,so when the rains fall and the winds blow,we won't be separated.

1.What did Doctor Gibbs do to the trees he planted?

A.He let them grow quickly. B.He beat them to get their attention.

C.He helped them search for water. D.He read a newspaper near them.

2.What does the word "Adversity" in Paragraph 5 mean?

A.Difficult living conditions. B.Little water.

C.Enough care or attention. D.Bad weather.

3.What does the writer learn from Doctor Gibbs?

A.Elders are treasures.

B.No pain,no gain.

C.Two heads are better than one.

D.Only those who bear(容忍)the most become the highest.

Several years ago, a well-known writer and editor Norman Cousins became very ill. His body___ and he felt constantly tired. It was difficult for him to even ________around.

His doctor told him that he would lose the ability to move and eventually die from the disease. He was told he had only a 1 in 500 chance of __________

Despite the diagnosis (诊断),Cousins was _________to overcome the disease and survive. He had always been interested in medicine and had read a book, which _________the idea of how body chemistry and health can be damaged by emotional stress and negative _________. The book made Cousins think about the possible ________ of positive attitudes and emotions. He thought, “Is it possible that love, hope, faith, _________, confidence, and the will to live have positive treatment value?”

He decided to ________ on positive emotions as a way to treat some of the symptoms of his disease. In addition to his traditional medical treatment, he tried to put himself in situations that would ________ positive emotions. “Laugh therapy”(微笑疗法) became part of his _________. He arranged time each day for watching comedy films, reading __ books, and doing other activities that would draw out_________ emotions. Within eight days of starting his “laugh therapy” program, his pain began to_________ and he was able to sleep more easily. He was able to return to work in a few months’ time and ________ reached complete recovery after a few years.

1.A.cut B.ached C.relaxed D.changed

2.A.run B.pass C.move D.travel

3.A.death B.injuries C.disability D.survival

4.A.determined B.reluctant C.disappointed D.able

5.A.debated B.discussed C.picked D.imitated

6.A.attitudes B.beliefs C.goals D.positions

7.A.shortcoming B.harm C.benefit D.interest

8.A.laugh B.laughing C.laughed D.laughter

9.A.apply B.organize C.focus D.form

10.A.bring about B.set about C.put up D.make up

11.A.activity B.situation C.treatment D.emotion

12.A.scary B.fiction C.humorous D.terrifying

13.A.positive B.approving C.strong D.mixed

14.A.escape B.decrease C.explode D.react

15.A.generally B.especially C.actually D.extremely

"Please take my penny(便士)," said Maggie to old Man, the fisherman, who sat on a bench repairing his nets. Her mother drew her back, _______ , "Maggie, he is not a beggar(乞丐)!" But Maggie paid no _______ . "Please take it," she said again. Old Man smiled, and took it. "Thank you, little miss," he said, "It is kindly meant."

After that, Maggie went to the beach to ________ shells on her own. She never thought how fast the hours were passing until being ________ , she sat down on a rock beside a little pool. Soon she was scared by a noise near her. Dan's large dog Rover jumped down from a rock, barked _________and began to pull her coat. "Rover wishes me to ________ , I see," she said, and she rose from the rock and wanted to go home. However, that was not so easy as she had expected. She found the places she had gone down very difficult to ________ , and as the tide(潮水)had been coming in for some time. She found some of the stones wet and ________ .

Rover jumped upon a big stone and raised his loud bark. Luckily, the fisherman heard the loud barking. He got to the boat, and rowed fast to the bay(海湾)and took them safely to land!

Maggie hugged the old man and said, "Thank you so much." "It was the _________ that did it, little miss," the old man said. "I saw Rover looking at you when you put it so kind-like into my hand—just as if he would have said, 'Rover will be your friend now, little girl.' And I think he was ________ you all the day, for he never came near me after that."

Some years later, Rover came to Maggie's home with a little note, in which was written—"Will Maggie help Rover?—his master is dead."

1.A.screaming B.shouting C.whispering D.crying

2.A.price B.attention C.care D.money

3.A.gather B.sell C.buy D.watch

4.A.surprised B.awful C.worried D.tired

5.A.gently B.weakly C.loudly D.happily

6.A.stay B.leave C.swim D.run

7.A.fall down B.climb up C.jump down D.look up

8.A.soft B.hard C.smooth D.comfortable

9.A.penny B.rock C.wave D.shells

10.A.talking about B.looking after C.taking pity on D.complaining about

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