Good posture certainly shows good health．It also adds to a body’s energy and beauty．The body is not handsome when the back is bent and neck thrusts forward．Bad posture suggests the impression that a person is tired, lacking in energy, bored, or weak．Tiredness may sometimes be the cause of bad posture．Most often, however, it is due to careless and poor health habits．Whatever it causes, bad posture affects one physically．The muscles are stretched and pulled into unnatural positions, which can lead to poor base of the body’s various systems．
Nutrition is the study of how the body takes food and uses it．This science provides information about the kinds of food a person must eat to improve and maintain good health．Such knowledge helps him develop and form people habits to his problems of healthful living．People habits of nutrition can be developed by paying attention to：(1)the variety of food included in the diet;(2)the quality of each kind of food eaten．A diet, or the food regularly eaten, must contain all the necessary factors．
Many physicians believe that overweight is one of the greatest dangers to good health．This condition often leads to a shorter life．An overweight person is also easier to suffer disease, and various disorders of the digestive system．A person’s weight directly has something to do with the amounts of food he eats．
All foods can make a person fat if too much is eaten．In reducing, the safe weight loss is about two pounds a week．The sensible way to lose weight is to decrease the gaining starchy(
含淀粉的)foods, fats and sweets in the diet．
(1)
According to this passage, which of the following is suggested about the good health habits?
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A．
Good way of holding your body．
B．
Balanced food．
C．
Right body weight．
D．
All of the above
(2)
According to this passage, bad posture is most probably caused by ________．
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A．
tiredness, boredom and weakness
B．
lack of energy
C．
carelessness and poor health habits
D．
overworking and illness
(3)
Which of the following eating habits is NOT proper in terms of maintaining good health?
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A．
Vegetables, meat and water only
B．
A suitable quantity of each kind of food
C．
Fats being part of diet．
D．
Various foods included in the diet
(4)
We can infer from the statement “all foods can make a person fat if too much is eaten” that ________．
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A．
to lose weight you had better eat properly for daily meals
B．
the most effective way to lose weight is to have no fat and sweet
C．
even vegetables can make you put on weight, so there is no need to have fat and sweet．
One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one’s mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like “I was wrong about that, ”and it is even harder to say, “I was wrong, and you were right about that. ”
I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighborhood where I grew up, and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons (箱子). Then he related an incident and I began to remember clearly the incident he was describing.
I was about eight years old at the time, and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. On that particular day, I must have found my way to the dairy food department where the incident took place.
There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs in dozen and half－dozen cartons. The cartons were stacked three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of a display to admire the stacks. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to work.
The Manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on my knees inspecting (examining)some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the criminal. He severely scolded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I protested my innocence and tried to explain, but it did no goo Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, obviously the manager did not.
(1)
The author was ________ when he wrote this article.
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A．
about 8
B．
about 18
C．
about 23
D．
about 15
(2)
Who should have been blamed for knocking off the stacks of cartons?
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A．
The author.
B．
The manager.
C．
The woman.
D．
The author’s mother.
(3)
When the manager scolded him the author ________.
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A．
was frightened and cried
B．
tried to explain
C．
did not say anything
D．
felt the manager was right
(4)
It can be inferred that the author ________.
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A．
regrets arguing with the manager for what he didn’t do
B．
would like to tell people never to be fooled by an egg sale
C．
has forgiven the manager for what he did to him fifteen years ago
D．
expects the woman to say sorry to him for the mistake she made
阅读理解
Computer programmer David Jones earns￡35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card．Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18．The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job．David's firm neleases(推出)two new games for the fast growing computer market each month．
But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money．Even though he earns a lot, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage(抵押贷款)，or get credit cards．David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop．“I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,”he said．David spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 50 pounds a week．But most of his spare time is spent working．
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Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school．”he said．“But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time．I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school．Most people in his business are fairly young．Anyway．”David added：“I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility．You never know when the market might disappear．”
(1)
In which way is David different from people of his age?
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A．
He often goes out with friends．
B．
He lives with his mother．
C．
He has a handsome income．
D．
He graduated with six O-levels．
(2)
What is one of the problems that David is facing now?
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A．
He is too young to get a credit card．
B．
He has no time to learn driving．
C．
He has very little spare time．
D．
He will soon lose his job．
(3)
Why was David able to get the job in the company?
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A．
He had done well in all his exams．
B．
He had written some computer programs．
C．
He was goo dat playing computer games．
D．
He had learnt to use computers at school．
(4)
Why did David decide to leave school and start working?
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A．
He received lots of job offers．
B．
He was eager to help his mother．
C．
He lost interest in school studies．
D．
He wanted to earn his own living．
阅读理解
When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get．
For kids, happiness has a magical quality．Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved(毫不掩饰的)．
In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes．Suddenly it's conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity．I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party．
In adulthood the things that bring deep joy-love, marriage, birth-also bring responsibility and the risk of loss．For adults, happiness is complicated(复杂的)
My definition fo happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”．The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are．It's easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even goo health．
I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday．First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself．Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love．When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day．
Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work．I don't think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either．She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her．
We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we’ve got to have．We’ve so self-conscious about our “right” to it that it's making us miserable．So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren't necessarily happier
Happiness isn't about what happens to us-it's about how we see what happens to us．It's the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative．It's not wishing for what we don't have, but enjoying what we do possess．
(1)
As people grow older, they
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A．
feel it harder to experience happiness
B．
associate their happiness less with others
C．
will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness
D．
tend to believe responsibility means happiness
(2)
What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 5 and 6?
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A．
She cares little about her own health
B．
She enjoys the freedom of traveling
C．
She is easily pleased by things in daily life
D．
She prefers getting pleasure from housework
(3)
What can b informed from Paragraph 7?
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A．
Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness
B．
Psychologists’opinion is well proved by Grandma’case
C．
Grandma often found time for social gatherings
D．
Grandma's happiness came from modest expectations of life
(4)
People who equal happiness with wealth and success
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A．
consider pressure something blocking their way
B．
stress then right to happiness too much
C．
are at a loss to make correct choices
D．
are more likely to be happy
(5)
What can be concluded from the passage?
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A．
Happiness lies between the positive and the negative
