A grown-up(成年)person has ten or eleven pints(品脱)of blood(血液)inside his or her body.We can lose a pint of blood without feeling anything, but if we lose too much blood, we feel weak and cold.Our faces become pale(苍白).We may die.This is what often happens when somebody is hurt in an accident, or a soldier is hurt in a war.Many people used to die in this way.But today they can be taken to hospital and given more blood.Almost at once they feel better.Their faces are no longer pale.They do not die.
Where does this blood come from?People who are healthy may donate blood(献血)to a blood to a blood bank so that it can be used to save people’s lives.When they go to donate blood, a special kind of needle(针)is put into the arm.It does not hurt.The blood runs through the needle and through a rubber tube(橡胶管)into a bottle or a bag.A pint of blood is taken this way.The person who has given blood drinks a cup of tea or coffee and rests for a few minutes.Then he feels quite well.And he may give his blood this way three months later.
A person who gives blood feels happy, because he knows that his blood will be used to save someone’s life.Perhaps one day he himself will need blood.
When you are older, you may give blood, too.But you can not do this until you are eighteen.
(1)
There are ________ pints of blood in a grown-up body.
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A.
three
B.
a lot of
C.
more than eleven
D.
ten or eleven
(2)
A person who loses a lot of blood may die.But if he is given some blood, he ________.
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A.
may die
B.
may feel better slowly
C.
feels weak and ill
D.
feels better very quickly
(3)
A person who has given blood can give blood again after ________.
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A.
a few minutes
B.
three months
C.
drinking a cup of tea or coffee
D.
eighteen months
(4)
A person cannot give blood if he is ________.
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A.
healthy
B.
unhappy
C.
under eighteen
D.
too fat
(5)
Which of the following is true?
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A.
People who are not healthy enough can’t donate blood.
B.
The person who has given blood mustn’t drink tea.
C.
If a person loses a pint of blood, he’ll feel weak and cold.
Good health is very important.Everyone should do all he can to stay healthy.Being in good health means having both body and mind in good order, free from illness and pain.
Good food, plenty of water, cleanness and plenty of rest all help in keeping our machines running as they should.Food does many things for our bodies.It gives what we need for keeping good health.It gives us energy for work and play.No food gives everything we need.We should eat foods of different kinds.Having enough to eat is not the same as having the right food.
The water we drink helps wash away wastes formed inside our bodies.It also puts back the water we lose when we perspire(流汗).Our bodies are actually more than half water.We must drink enough to replace what we lose.
We feel better and look better when we are clean.A bath every one or two days is a good rule for most of us.Brushing our teeth is important part of keeping clean.
Sleep is the best kind of rest.Growing children need more sleep than grown-ups.Children's bodies not only have to be repaired; they also have to grow, No one's body can grow bigger properly while he is working and playing and wearing it out (疲劳).
It has been useful to work for good health.Millions of years ago, people live only 20 years.Now people can live about 70 years.It has gone up 20 years just since the beginning of the present century.
(1)
You should have foods of different kinds because ________.
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A.
some foods are not good
B.
no food can give everything you need
C.
different foods taste different
D.
different people like different foods
(2)
We must drink enough water to replace what we lose.Here replace means.
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A.
感觉
B.
放置
C.
减少
D.
代替
(3)
At the beginning of the present century people live about ________.
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A.
20 years.
B.
70 years
C.
40 years
D.
50 years
(4)
Which of the following is NOT true?
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A.
Grown-ups sleep less than children because they have a lot of work to do.
B.
If one's mind does not work well, he is not considered to be healthy.
C.
One cannot grow well when he works too hard.
D.
About half of man's body is water.
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A few years ago when my daughter was about two years old, I went through a difficult time.My husband left us and I didn't have 1 money.I think I was also 2 disappointed but I had to take care of my daughter.
One day I thought I would take my 3 to a park as she liked to play there and I thought it was a nice thing to do.I decided to 4 there because the bus was expensive, so it 5 us a long time to get there.When we finally 6 , my daughter immediately began to 7 .She was cold and thirsty and wanted to go home.I didn't even have any money to buy a drink 8 to take the bus back home.I was so 9 because my dream of a nice time had fallen apart.
I started walking back home, and my daughter would not stop crying.I felt so unhappy and angry with 10 and my life that I started crying, 11 .
At that point a car stopped beside us and a gentleman offered us a lift.He took us home, and seemed really 12 -he even offered me all his change! The kindness of this stranger really made me feel 13 better.I never saw him again and I don't know who he is but he really 14 that day.Now my life is better and my daughter has 15 .I always tell her that story.Maybe she doesn't remember that day now, but she has been moved by that stranger.