Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It is also the most neglect (忽视). Common reasons for not eating breakfast include having no time, not feeling hungry, traditional dislike and dieting.

Breakfast simply means “break the fast’’. Your body spends at least 6 to 12 hours each night in a fasting state. In the morning your body needs energy for the day’s work ahead. 

A good breakfast should provide 1/3 of your total calorie(卡路里)needs for the day. On average, we eat 400 less calories for breakfast than for dinner. If breakfast doesn’t appeal (吸引) to you in the morning, try eating a lighter dinner earlier in the evening or save half of your dinner for breakfast in the morning.

If you still aren’t hungry in the morning, start with something small like juice or toast or have a nutritious (有营养的) mid-morning snack (小吃) later when you are hungry.

So, you say you are on a diet. Some people fear that eating breakfast will make them hungrier during the day and they will eat more. It is true that eating breakfast is likely to make you feel hungry throughout the day. That is because your body is working correctly. Although you may feel as if you are eating more all day long, in reality you are probably not.

Not eating breakfast can also cause you t overeat, since a fall in blood sugar often makes you feel very hungry later. To make matters worse, since your body is in a slow state, it will not be able to burn those extra calories very efficiently (有效). If you feed your body healthy snacks and meals throughout the day, you are less likely to become hungry and stuff (填饱) yourself as soon as you begin to eat.

Since breakfast is the first and most important meal of the day, choosing the right food is important. The best breakfast foods are fruits ,juice, lean meat and grain products such as bread, rice, noodles and cereals.

1.. What is the meaning of the word “fast” in the phrase“break the fast”? 

A. movement   B. going without food     C. quickness    D. certain kind of food

2..  If you don’t want to have breakfast in the morning, according to the writer’s suggestion, you should________.

A. see a doctor to have an examination      B. have a little supper

C. go to a restaurant to enjoy a good meal    D. have a good supper

3.. Eating breakfast, in fact, makes your body_________.

A. work out of order   B. produce too much energy   

C. work well          D. feel hungry quicker

4. Not eating breakfast will_________.

A. save a lot of money              B. do harm to your health

C. do good to your health            D. help you keep in shape

5. In the last paragraph the writer mainly_________.

A. persuades us to have a good breakfast    

B. tell us what food isn’t suitable for breakfast

C describes when and how we should have our breakfast

   D .tell us what food we should have for breakfast

Visiting London can be an expensive trip, so establishing a budget and finding bargains when you arrive will help you get around London on the cheap. The following steps can help you find cheaper alternatives for transport for your London trip.

l Familiarize yourself with the city’s boroughs and specifically the area where you will be staying. You can use a street map, or an online map search engine, to establish where in the city you will be staying and the distance you are from the major tourist attractions you want to visit.

l Find a local provider of Transport for London tickets or travel cards, since your first bargain purchase will be an Oyster Card. Traveling around London with an Oyster Card will give you access to the cheapest option of transportation methods and the Oyster Card is accepted citywide on buses, boats and the London Underground, known by the locals as “the tube”.

l Seek out your nearest Tube Station. The Tube is the cheapest and most reliable form of transportation and runs from around 6 a.m. until around 1 a.m. ..., depending on the line or the station.

There are 287 tube stations in London that accept the Oyster Card, with a high concentration in central London. If you are staying anywhere in central London, there will be a tube station less than 10 minutes away.

The Transport for London website offers a tube station search facility to find the nearest subway station to any location in the city. When you find a tube station, you can easily locate the closest bus stop by using the comparison bus-tube maps at the station’s entrance.

l Follow the Transport for London Tube Guide to your destinations and always plan ahead. Making a plan for transport will save you unnecessary expenses, wasted trips on the tube and doubling back on your journey .

1.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A．To introduce the public transport system in London.

B．To show readers how to use the Oyster Card.

C．To prove the subway in London is easy to use.

D．To offer tips for saving transport costs in London.

2.Which of the following can help a traveler spend the least money on transport?

A．Trying different transportation methods.

B．Taking buses as much as possible.

C．Traveling with an Oyster Card.

D．Making a plan before your journey.

3.By visiting the Transport for London website, people can ________.

A．identify their own location                B．locate the nearest bus station

C．find the nearest subway station             D．use an online map to avoid getting lost

4.We can conclude from the passage that ________.

A．the subway is the cheapest means of transport in London.

B．only Tube stations in Central London accept Oyster Card.

C．subway lines in London run no less than 19 hours a day.

D．the transfer from subway to bus is very convenient.

Bardithch High School decided to have an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hand to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for over fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.

    Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans (嘟囔声) when Ms. Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.

    Then Ms. Yates started to speak:

“I can’t tell you how pleased I’m to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the births of your children, in my imagination. ”

Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:

“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in your chosen path.”

“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart.”

There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar (呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.

1.What activity was organized for the school reunion?

A. Sightseeing in the park

B. A picnic on the school playground             

C. Telling stories about past events    

D. Graduates’ reports in the old building

2.What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

A. Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms. Yates’ speech

B. Many graduates disliked Ms. Yates’ ways of teaching

  C. Some people got tired from the reunion activities        

D. Most people had little interest in the reunion

3.We can learn from Ms. Yates’ speech that she _________.

A. kept track of her students’ progress

B. gave her students advice on their careers

C. attended her students’ college graduations

D. went to her students’ wedding ceremonies

4.Which of the following can best describe Ms. Yates?

  A. Reliable and devoted

B. Tough and generous

C. Proud but patient

D. Strict but caring

LIPITOR

ABOUT LIPITOR

         Lipitor is a prescription medicine．Along with diet and exercise, it lowers（降低）"bad" cholesterol（胆固醇）in your blood．It can also raise "good" cholesterol．

         Lipitor can lower the risk of heart attack in patients with several common risk factors, including family history of early heart disease, high blood pressure, age and smoking．

WHO IS LIPITOR FOR?

Who can take LIPITOR:

         ●People who cannot lower their cholesterol enough with diet and exercise

         ●Adults and children over 10

Who should NOT take DIPITOR:

         ●Women who are pregnant, may be pregnant, or may become pregnant．Lipitor may harm your unborn baby．

         ●Women who are breast-feeding．Lipitor can pass into your breast milk and may harm your baby．

         ●People with liver（肝脏） problems

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF LIPITOR              

         Serious side effects in a small number of people:

         ●Muscle（肌肉）problems that can lead to kidney （肾脏） problems, including kidney failure

         ●Liver problems．Your doctor may do blood tests to check your liver before you start Lipitor and while you are taking it．

Call your doctor right away if you have：

         ●Unexplained muscle pain or weakness, especially if you have a fever or feel very tired

         ●Swelling of the face, lips, tongue, and/or throat that may cause difficulty in breathing or swallowing

         ●Stomach pain

Some common side effects of LIPITOR are:

         ●Muscle pain

         ●Upset stomach

         ●Changes in some blood tests

HOW TO TAKE LIPITOR

DO：

         ●Take Lipitor as prescribed by your doctor．

         ●Try to eat heart-healthy foods while you take Lipitor．

         ●Take Lipitor at any time of day, with or without food．

         ●If you miss a dose（一剂）, take it as soon as you remember．But if it has been more than 12 hours since your missed dose, wait．Take the next dose at your regular time．

Don't:

         ●Do not change or stop your dose before talking to your doctor．

         ●Do not start new medicines before talking to your doctor．

1.Taking Lipitor is helpful for _______________.

A. women who are pregnant             B. teenagers with liver problems

C. breast-feeding women               D. adults having heart disease

2. If it has been 7 hours since you missed a dose, you should ____________.

         A. eat more when taking your next dose

         B. have a dose as soon as you remember

         C. take the next dose at your regular time

         D. change the amount of your next dose

3.Which of the following is a common side effect of taking Lipitor?

         A．Throat swelling．                      B．Upset stomach.

         C．Kidney failure.                          D．Muscle weakness．

4.What is the main purpose of the passage?

       A．To teach patients ways for quick recovery．

         B．To show the importance of a good lifestyle．

         C．To give information about a kind of medicine．

         D．To present a report on a scientific research．