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Do you know insurance(保险)?Buying insurance is a 1 by which people can 2 themselves from large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 3 sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only 4 will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay these homes 5 the sums of money it has collected.
The first modern fire insurance company was 6 in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just 7 most of the city, and people wanted protection against 8 losses. The first company grew rapidly. 9 other companies were founded in other areas.
Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance 10 in America in 1752. He also 11 a new kind of insurance for 12 . The new insurance would offer protection against the lose of crops 13 storms. In 1759, Benjamin Franklin helped start 14 new insurance company in America. This company, which 15 life insurance, collected some money 16 from many different men. If a man 17 , his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is 18 in business.
Over the years, people have benefited from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 19 accidents as car or plane crashes. Today almost everyone has 20 kind of insurance.
1. A. means B. idea C. thought D. company
2. A. protect B. stop C. sell D. introduce
3. A. small B. large C. little D. a lot
4. A. few B. quite a few C. a few D. many
5. A. to B. out of C. by D. of
6. A. came into being B. formed C. found D. set out
7. A. injured B. hurt C. harmed D. destroyed
8. A. longer B. farther C. deeper D. further
9. A. Quickly B. Slowly C. Soon D. Immediately
10. A. school B. factory C. company D. store
11. A. suggested B. insisted C. advised D. wanted
12. A. farmers B. workers C. people D. salesmen
13. A. of B. for C. with D. by
14. A. other B. the other C. others D. another
15. A. worked B. studied C. borrowed D. offered
16. A. often B. regularly C. usually D. always
17. A. went out B. died C. gave in D. married
18. A. still B. yet C. already D. seldom
19. A. many B. same C. such D. few
20. A. certain B. some C. any D. no
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If you want to keep healthy, you should have good habits. What is a habit? It is something we do very often. We don’t even think when we do it. It has become a part of our lives.
“Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” This is an old English saying. Do you know what it means? It means that we must go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. If we do, we shall be healthy, rich and clever.
Is this true? Perhaps it is. We know the body must have enough sleep. Boys and girls need eight or nine hours’ sleep every day.
Some people go to bed late at night and get up late in the morning. This is a very bad habit. Then you will not think or do your work well. Of course, you can’t be healthy, wealthy or wise.
When we get up early in the morning, we can go out and do morning exercises. Exercise means doing things with the body. Walking, running jumping, swimming, and playing ball games are all exercise. If we don’t exercise, our body will become weak.
Exercise helps the blood (血液) to move around inside our body. Blood takes food to all parts of our body.
Our body also needs air to breathe. Without air, we will die. We must have lots of clean fresh air if we want to be healthy. That is why many people like to go out to do morning exercise.
1.From the passage we know that it is good for our health to ____ .
A.eat a lot |
B.go to bed early |
C.get up late |
D.go to bed late |
2.How long should young boys and girls need to sleep a day?
A.More than ten hours |
B.Over eleven hours. |
C.Less than seven hours. |
D.Eight hours or so. |
3.If we want to keep healthy, we must ____ .
A.eat more food |
B.sleep more |
C.get up late |
D.take enough exercise |
4.Which of the following habits is NOT GOOD?
A.Don’t go to bed until twelve o’clock.. |
B.Take a walk after supper. |
C.Run in the open air early in the morning. |
D.Climb hills for half an hour early in the morning. |
Do you know soon eleven biggest food and drink companies of the nations will adopt new rules to limit advertising to children under the age of 12, a move that restricts ads for products such as McDonald’s Happy Meals and the use of popular cartoon characters.
The companies announced their new rules ahead of a Federal Trade Commission hearing on Wednesday that steps up pressure on the companies to help solve the growing child obesity problem through more responsible marketing. The self-given rules include promises by seven companies who will no longer use licensed characters, such as those made popular through movies or TV shows, to advertise online or in print media unless they’re promoting their healthier products. Four other companies said they do not advertise at all to children under 12.
“I think this is a very good step forward. It’s not the end of the journey but it’s a good way down the road,” said Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy Director at the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Since the FTC first publicly raised the issue in 2005, many of the companies have started selling products with better nutrition in mind. The companies hope their self-regulation efforts — organized through the Council of Better Business Bureaus — will fend off any new and more strict federal regulation.
Parents are happy to see new rules that restrict the use of cartoon characters such as Shrek, Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants. “It catches their eyes when you’re shopping,” said Josephine Thomas, a mother of three boys who lives in Manhattan. “As soon as they see a Shrek or Mickey Mouse, they automatically look at that and they don’t see what they really need. That’s one of the biggest problems when you go shopping.” That’s one reason the food companies have said they will now only use licensed characters to advertise their “better for you” products.
1.The reason why the food and drink companies will take action is that they want to___________
A.promote sales across the country |
B.limit advertising to children under the age of 12 |
C.meet increasing demands from kids |
D.adapt to the new federal regulations |
2.What can we learn from the text that the seven companies ____.
A.may still use cartoon characters in advertising |
B.are going to stop advertising to children under 12 |
C.Would like to continue the cooperation with entertainment media |
D.will make food and drink specially for fat kids |
3.What of the following can best describe the underlined words “fend off”?
A.prevent ... from happening |
B.draw up or work out |
C.pay attention to |
D.give a warm welcome to |
4.What does Josephine Thomas advise in the last paragraph?
A.kids spend too much on unhealthy food |
B.parents are strict about their kids’ food choice |
C.“better for you” products are popular with kids |
D.ads with cartoon characters mislead kids |
Do you know where my address book is? — It________ be in the hall cupboard. I think I saw it this morning.
A.could |
B.can |
C.will |
D.must |