Many of you may think healthy eating means you have to replace the foods you love with those you don’t.

       The truth. Though ,is that keeping a healthy diet can be fun. Just ask Julie Upton ,an expert on nutrition and health in the US. Upton wants to advise teens everywhere to eat healthier .She gives some suggestions on how to do just that.

       Q: What motivations（动机）should you keep in mind to eat healthy?

       A:  I suggest setting goals for yourself .For example, it may be a goal to have one piece of fruit with lunch every day for a month ,or to avoid eating fast food completely for the next month. Also keep telling yourself, “What I eat now will affect how I look and feel a few weeks from now ,or how well I perform at school or in sports.

       Q: What nutrients should teens have every day?

       A: It depends on if you are a boy or a girl and how a girl and how active you are . The best place to find your best nutrient requirements（需要量）is www. mypyramid. gov. Enter your gender ,age and activity level. It will tell you how many calories you need a day. It will also break that into how many servings of each of the food groups those calories should come from.

       In general ,most teens need about 2,500 to 3,500 calories every day.

       Q: What can teens do to make healthy snacking a fun habit?

       A: Teens are influential（易受影响的）. Your good habits can influence lots of people, including your friends ,younger sisters and brothers .You could do challenges with friends about eating better. I think any way you can involve your friends, will help you succeed.

       Also ,get your family in on the health pleasure .If your parents do the food shopping ,they have to know what to buy ,so you need to tell them that you want healthier foods at home.

1．In which page of a newspaper can you probably read this article?

       A．Science Life        B．School Fashion    C．Culture Corner     D．Business World

2．What is the person who asks the three questions?

       A．An expert on nutrition and health.

       B．A patient requiring many calories.

       C．A reporter working for a newspaper.

       D．An official affected by health problems.

3．To keep healthy ,teens        .

       A．have to replace the foods they love with those they don’t

       B．need about 2500 to 3500 calories every week

       C．can pay little attention to their relatives’ and friends’ influences

       D．are suggested keeping certain motivations in mind

4．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

       A．You can eat healthily ,but not pleasantly at the same time.

       B．You don’t have to give up your favorite foods in order to eat healthy.

       C．Your gender has no effect on what nutrients you should have every day.

       D．Www. mypyramid. gov. is a website planned for teens only.

    Many of you may think healthy eating means you have to replace the foods you love with

those you don’t.

    The truth，though，is that keeping a healthy diet can be fun. Just ask Julie Upton，an ex-pert on nutrition and health in the US. Upton wants to advise teens everywhere to eat

healthier. She gives some suggestions on how to do just that.

    Q：What motivations should you keep in mind to eat healthy?

    A：I suggest setting goals for yourself. For example, it may be a goal to have one piece of fruit with lunch every day for a month, or to avoid eating fast food completely for the next month. Also focus on telling yourself，“What I eat now will affect how I look and feel a few

weeks from now，or how well I perform at school or in sports.”

    Q：What nutrients should teens consume every day？

    A：It depends on if you are a boy or a girl and how active you are. The best place to find

your ideal nutrient requirements is www. my pyramid. gov. Enter your gender（sex)，age and

activity level. It will tell you how many calories you need a day. It will also break that into

how many servings of each of the food groups those calories should come from.

    In general，most teens need about 2，500 to 3，500 calories every day.

    Q：What can teens do to make healthy snacking a fun habit？

    A：Teens are influential. Your good habits can influence lots of people, including your friend, younger sisters and brothers． You could  do challenges with friends about eating better. I think any way you can involve your friends，will help you succeed.

    Also get your family in on the health pleasure. If your parents do the food shopping， they have to know what to buy，so you need to tell them that you want healthier foods at home.

1．In which column of a newspaper can you probably read this article?

    A．Science Life                                   B．Campus Trends

    C．Culture Leisure                             D．Commercial World

2．What is the person who asks the three questions?

    A．An expert on nutrition and health.     B．A patient requiring many calories.

    C．A journalist working for a newspaper.  D．An official affected by health problems.

3．To keep healthy，teens        ．

    A．have to replace the foods they love with those they don’t

    B．need about 2500 to 3500 calories every week

    C．can pay little attention to their relatives’ and friends’ influence

    D．are suggested keeping certain motivations in mind

4．Which of the following statements would the author of this essay agree with？

    A．You can eat healthily，but not pleasantly at the same time.

    B．You don’t have to give up your favourite foods in order to eat healthy.

    C．Your gender has no effect on what nutrients you should consume every day.

    D．Www. my pyramid. gov is a website meant for teens only.