Mr. Yang is a doctor. He cares a lot about not only others’ health but also his own. He controls( 控制)his weight carefully. To him, it is the most important thing to do if one wants to enjoy good health.

Mr. Yang controls his weight in two ways: exercising and not eating much. As a doctor. Mr. Yang is too busy to go to the gym. He exercises by getting off the bus one or two stops early and walking the rest of the way to his office.

Besides, he doesn’t eat much. Mr. Yang has a special habit. When he buys a belt, he asks the salesperson to punch a hole(打洞)in the belt at 90cm from the buckle(扣)end of the belt, so that he ca always remind(提醒) himself. He will stop eating if he feels the belt a little too tight(紧的). Mr. Yang thinks exercising doesn’t work as well as eating less.

1.Mr. Yang cares much about________ besides others’ health.

A. money B. his work

C. his health D. his friends

2.Mr.Yang controls his weight in _____ way(s).

A. one B. two C. ninety D. many

3. What does the underlined word “it” mean in Paragraph 1?

A. To do exercise.

B. To be a doctor

C. To walk to his office

D. To control his weight

4.Mr. Yang punches a hole in his new belt, because __________.

A. he is too heavy

B. the belt is too long

C. he doesn’t like his new belt

D. it can remind him not to eat too much

5.Which of the following is true?

A.Mr. Yang takes exercise at the gym.

B. Mr. Yang walks all the way to work.

C. Mr. Yang uses a belt to control how much he eats.

D. Mr. Yang thinks exercising is better than eating less in controlling wight.

 

Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can. “She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”

Not very easy, was it? What you’ve just read is called a tongue twister (绕口令). It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly. Try the next example.

“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”

Tongue twisters usually do not have much meaning. They are just designed to improve people’s ability to pronounce words. Although they may be very difficult, these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English correctly. This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.

So if you wish to pronounce words more smoothly(顺利地,流利地), you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and practising them.

1. Tongue twisters are helpful in improving ______ skills.

A. listeningB. writing

C. pronunciationD. communication

2.The first tongue twister is hard because ______.

A. it is very boringto read

B. it teaches us a lot of knowledge

C. we don’t know who “she” is

D. the sounds of “s” and “sh” are similar

3. The passage is probably taken from ______ in a school newspaper.

A. Story TimeB. Study Garden

C. Latest NewsD. Lost and Found

 

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