Where and how you eat are just as important as what you eat．Take this test to find your eating style to make sure you're getting the nutrition(营养)you need．
Which statements sound like you?
Group 1：
□I like to make my plate look pretty before I dig in for the first bite．
□I often help my parents make recipes．
□I could win the first prize in the “World's Slowest Eater” contest．
Group 2：
□The crumbs(面包屑)in the sofa are mine－I eat while watching TV．
□I can finish a whole box of snacks quickly while I'm doing something else．
□Sometimes I'm surprised to find my plate empty．Where did all the food go?
Group 3：
□Sometimes I eat my dinner standing up．
□I spend more time in the drive-through than at the dinner table．
□Breakfast? Who has time for breakfast?
If you answered mostly Group 1：You enjoy everything about food, from cooking it to enjoying it at the table．Eating slowly is a good thing － it gives your brain time to know when you are full．
If you answered mostly Group 2：You can do lots of things at once．But if you eat while you're distracted(精神不集中), you won't really enjoy your food and might eat more than you need．Instead of snacking while you watch TV or do homework, look for other things to do with your hands．
If you answered mostly Group 3：You're really busy．Try to make time for at least one sit-down meal a day．When you're on the go, don't eat salty, high-fat foods just because they're convenient．Pack healthy snacks in small bags that you can eat on your way out the door．
(1)
The passage is mainly about ________．
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A．
how to keep healthy
B．
whether you eat a balanced diet
C．
what your eating style is
D．
how to form a good eating habit
(2)
Which of the following matches Group 1?
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A．
I like washing plates．
B．
I love buying cookers．
C．
I enjoy doing cooking by myself．
D．
I do everything slowly and carefully．
(3)
If Tom answered mostly Group 2, which advice will you give him?
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A．
Place healthy snacks at hand while doing homework．
B．
Hold a ball in his hand while watching TV．
C．
Eat high-fat foods slowly and carefully．
D．
Help his parents make recipes now and then．
(4)
The underlined word “drive-through”(in Group 3)refers to ________．
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A．
a place where you can buy food without leaving your car
She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday．
Whe n it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder．She lived to the ripe old age of 122．So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(寿命)?If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond?
Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers．“Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas．
Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees．“People can live much longer than we think,”he says．“Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110．When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120．So why can’t we go higher?”
The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing．“Anyone can make up a number,”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan．“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine．”
Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries?Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120．Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most．So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,“adding another 50 percent would get you to 120．”
So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers?That life span is flexible(有弹性的)，but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington．“We can get flies to live 50 percent longer,”he says．“But a fly’s never going to live 150 years．”
“Of course, if you became a new species(物种)，one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story,”he adds．
Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve(进化)their way to longer life?“It’s pretty cool to think about it,”he says with a smile．
(1)
What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?
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A．
People can live to 122．
B．
Old people are creative．
C．
Women are sporty at 85．
D．
Women live longer than men．
(2)
According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ________．
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A．
the average human life span could be 110
B．
scientists cannot find ways to slow aging
C．
few people can expect to live to over 150
D．
researchers are not sure how long people can live
(3)
Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?
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A．
Jerry Shay．
B．
Steve Austad
C．
Rich Miller
D．
George Martin
(4)
What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?
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A．
Most of us could be good at sports even at 120．
B．
The average human life span cannot be doubled．
C．
Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before．
D．
New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species．
