Life is to be enjoyed. There’s no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that’s even better. When people eat more healthfully, exercise, quit smoking, and manage stress better, they find that they feel so much better that it reconstructs the reason for making these changes from fear of dying to joy of living. The latest studies show that when you exercise and eat right:
YOUR BRAIN receives more blood flow and oxygen, so you become smarter, think more clearly, have more energy, and need less sleep. Two studies showed that just walking for three hours per week for only three months caused so many new neurons (神经细胞) to grow that it actually increased the size of people’s brains!
YOUR FACE receives more blood flow, so your skin glows more and wrinkles less. You look younger and more attractive. In contrast, an unhealthy diet, chronic emotional stress and smoking reduce blood flow to your face so you age more quickly. Smoking accelerates aging because nicotine causes your arteries (动脉) to narrow down, which decreases blood flow to your face and makes it wrinkle earlier. This is why smokers look years older than they really are.
YOUR GENES change. In May, a study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that changing your lifestyle changes your genes.
YOUR TELOMERES (染色体端粒) get longer. Telomeres are the ends of our chromosomes (染色体) that control how long we live. As telomeres become shorter, then cells age more quickly, thus shortening your life.
Besides, one of the most interesting findings in the study was that the mothers’ awareness of stress was more important than what was really occurring in their lives. The researchers gave the women a questionnaire and asked them to rate on a three-point scale how stressed they felt each day, and how out of control their lives felt to them. The women who were aware that they were under heavy stress had significantly shortened and damaged telomeres compared with those who felt more relaxed. On the contrary, some of the women who felt relaxed despite raising a disabled child had more normal-appearing telomeres.
In other words, if you feel stressed, you are stressed; if you feel fine, you are fine

1. 1.

   Which of the following are good for lengthening one’s life, according to the passage?
   ① eat healthy food ② drink plenty of water ③ take exercise ④ get up early
   ⑤ go to sleep early ⑥ release one’s stress

   1. A.
      ①③⑥
   2. B.
      ①②③
   3. C.
      ①⑤⑥
   4. D.
      ③④⑥
2. 2.

   The underlined words “your skin glows” in Paragraph 3 are closest in meaning to ______．

   1. A.
      your skin becomes white as there is plenty of sunshine
   2. B.
      your skin becomes smooth as there is much blood in it
   3. C.
      your skin looks pink as you are healthy
   4. D.
      your skin becomes soft as you exercise enough
3. 3.

   In the author’s opinion, when you exercise and eat right, you will experience some changes EXCEPT ______．

   1. A.
      brains becoming cleverer
   2. B.
      faces having fewer wrinkles
   3. C.
      arteries turning narrower
   4. D.
      genes being changed
4. 4.

   From the last but one paragraph we learn that ______．

   1. A.
      mothers will have more damaged telomeres if they raise a disabled child
   2. B.
      mothers don’t know how to handle stress effectively
   3. C.
      some women were asked to fill out a questionnaire about educating children
   4. D.
      mothers’ positive attitudes are the key to managing their stress
5. 5.

   The best title for the passage would be ______．

   1. A.
      Eat better, live better
   2. B.
      Feel better, live longer
   3. C.
      Less stress, fewer diseases
   4. D.
      Smoke more, age sooner

Haddy’s parents are different than the average（普通人）. While she was  36  up they required her to  37  . First of all she had to work around their home. Later on Haddy worked for other people.

When Haddy was 14 years old her mother and father told her that they were no  38  going to buy her clothes. Sure, they would continue to buy shoes for her and also the special clothes  39  suits, but  40  else was her responsibility. Some people thought that they were  41  . But they wanted to teach Haddy some  42 lessons. One thing she learned was that nothing is cheap or  43  . She learned how to deal with her money  44  . Another thing she learned was how to keep from  45  out her clothes too fast.

Also, even  46 Haddy went to school she was  47  to work. All through her high school and  48  years she worked as well as studied. Haddy’s parents had plenty of  49  but they felt she would  50  her education more if she had to  51  it. And strange  52  it may seem, they had heard that students who worked part-time generally got  53  grades than students who did no work.

Now Haddy is a mother herself. She requires her  54  to do the same  55  she did, especially working part-time as they go to school.

1.A．going            B．bringing       C．growing        D．getting

2.A．study            B．play           C．learn          D．work

3.A．longer           B．sooner         C．less           D．fewer

4.A．and              B．or             C．as             D．like

5.A．what             B．anything       C．nothing        D．everything

6.A．responsible      B．lazy           C．poor           D．careless

7.A．difficult        B．daily          C．valuable       D．useless

8.A．free             B．expensive      C．useful         D．proper

9.A．quickly          B．slowly         C．carefully      D．suddenly

10.A．working         B．wearing        C．giving         D．taking

11.A．when            B．as             C．until          D．since

12.A．permitted       B．required       C．ordered        D．forced

13.A．school          B．work           C．primary        D．college

14.A．time            B．children       C．money          D．work

15.A．value           B．have           C．use            D．receive

16.A．enjoy           B．pay            C．pay for        D．work for

17.A．if              B．as             C．although       D．though

18.A．worse           B．better         C．more           D．less

19.A．husband         B．mother         C．parents        D．children

20.A．as    B．what C．which    D．that