These days, people are concerned about the growing number of kids who are overweight.
Do you know why? Kids know it"s a problem, too. We recently asked 1, 168 boys and girls about
the problem. More than half of them (52%) said that too many kids were overweight.
"This is important because knowing there is a problem is the first step to solve the problem," said
Dr Sandra Hassink, a doctor in Delaware who helps kids with weight problems.
What does "overweight" mean? Most people who are overweight have too much body fat. The
person who is overweight weighs more than a healthy person, considering age, height, and whether
the person is a boy or a girl.
When asked why some kids were overweight, many of the kids (54%) said it was because
overweight kids didn"t exercise enough or eat right. Others said that kids were overweight because
fast food restaurants served the wrong foods.
The research also asked the kids some questions about themselves. Most of the group (78%) said
they were either the right weight or underweight. The rest of the group thought they were overweight,
with 4% of the kids saying that they were very overweight.
The research results don"t prove that 4% of the kids were very overweight, but it shows that 4%
of the kids believed they were overweight and answered in that way. On top of that ,54% of the kids
said they worried or stressed out about their weight, with more girls feeling in this way. Of those who
said they never worry about their weight, 59% were boys and 33% were girls.
2.Overweight means a person has too much body fat and weighs more than a healthy person.
3.Because it is the first step to solve the problem of overweight.
4.There are two reasons: 1) Kids didn"t exercise enough or eat right. 2) Some kids ate fast food.
5.Girls more worried about this problem.
答案不唯一。
older stay connected using sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, according to new research.
"The latest data tells us that more and more social networking is becoming a part of everyday life
for Americans 50 plus," said Kevin Donnellan, the chief communications officer at AARP, which
released the report.
Nearly a quarter of older Americans are on Facebook and 73 percent said they use it to stay in
touch with relatives, but not just their children and grandchildren. "They are using the Internet to keep
up with the world and the people who are important to them," said Jean Koppen, the author of the
report. She added that older adults are also on Facebook to stay connected, not only with their family,
but with their friends and those in the same age group. Almost 50 percent of older adults were
introduced to the social networking sites by a family member, mainly a child or grandchild. "Just under
one-fifth of adults aged 50 and older say they do not use the Internet," according to the report.
The findings are based on a telephone survey of 1,863 adults. In addition to keeping up on Facebook
and Twitter older adults are aware of the latest technology. Eighty-three percent had heard about the
Apple iPad and 11 percent intended to buy one.
Despite the popularity of the Internet among the over 50s, they still mostly go to print newspapers
and magazines for news. Only one percent said they followed blogs.
B.American old people"s way of life is quite fashionable.
C.Social networking is becoming popular among older Americans.
D.Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are the most popular websites in the US.
B.About 460 people in the telephone survey often use Facebook.
C.About 20% of adults aged 50 plus have access to the Internet.
D.Three quarters of the people surveyed got to know the Internet through their family.
B.Kevin Donnellan approves of this change among older Americans
C.Young people should introduce their elders to new technology
D.In a high tech age it is difficult to avoid social networking
B. A newspaper.
C. A technology guide.
D. A student"s research paper
professors can remember, large numbers of freshmen were arriving with enough knowledge of
the Chinese language to start in second- or third-year Chinese language class, rather than basic
Chinese.
The American interest in China is not just at the university level. In the 2006 school year, high-school
students will be offered an Advanced Placement test, which is one of the national exams American
students take for university admission, in Chinese. This is the first time Chinese is offered in the
Advanced Placement test, which is usually limited to the most important subjects that high school
students take.
What is surprising is that earlier last year, an organization that tracks university students surveyed
high schools throughout America, asking if they planned to offer the language courses that prepare
students for the language Advanced Placement test. They expected that only a hundred high schools,
mostly in California, New York, and a few other places with large immigrant populations, would show
interest in each of the new language programs. Although that was true for the courses in Italian, Russian
and Japanese, it was not true for the Chinese language course. There were thousands of American
high schools that indicated that they planned to build their Chinese programs to levels where students
could take the Advanced Placement exam for Chinese language. The demand for courses in Chinese is
rising so rapidly that it is rapidly overtaking all other foreign languages except Spanish.
B. needn"t learn Chinese any more
C. take courses in the Chinese language
D. go to university to study Chinese
B. learn more than one foreign language
C. take the Advanced Placement Test
D. used to have a test in Chinese
B. Americans will know more about China
C. the U.S. government pays much attention to language studies
D. Chinese may take the place of English in American universities
In the past decade the popularity of rock climbing has greatly increased, and so has the number of
injuries. It has been estimated that rock climbing is now enjoyed by more than 9 million people in the US
each year. Study findings revealed a 65 percent increase in the number of patients that were treated in US emergency departments for rock climbingrelated injuries between 1991 and 2008.
The study, published in the online issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that
about 40, 000 patients were treated in US emergency departments for rock climbingrelated injuries
between 1991 and 2008. The most common types of rock climbingrelated injuries were fractures (骨折)
and sprains (扭伤). The ankle was the most common body part to be injured (40 percent). Climbers in the study ranged in age from 2 to 74, with an average age of 26. The study also found that women took up a
quarter of the injuries.
Falls were the primary reason for injury with over threequarters of the injuries occurring as the result of a fall. The severity of fallrelated injuries had a lot to do with the height of the fall. Patients who were injured after falling from a height over 20 feet were 10 times more likely to be treated than patients who were
injured falling from 20 feet or lower.
"We found that the climbers who fell from heights higher than 20 feet took up 70 percent of the patients treated for a rock climbingrelated injury," explained the study author Lara McKenzie, PhD, director at
the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Hospital." This trend, combined with the fact that rock climbers have a higher hospitalization rate than other sports and recreational injuries, demonstrates the need to increase injury prevention efforts for climbers."
B. The ankle.
C. The knee.
D. The hand.
B. About 30,000.
C. About 20,000.
D. About 10,000.
B. the climber"s age
C. the climber"s health conditions
D. the climber"s climbing experience
B. prevents
C. proves
D. describes
B. tell readers rock climbing is an adventurous sport
C. warn readers of the danger of rock climbing
D. call on doctors to increase injury prevention efforts
skill - the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing.
It is common that parents hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous
feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be
forced to use a toilet too early, and a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he
knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much,
or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm(热情) for life and his desire to
find out new things for himself.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict
in money matters; others are severe over time of coming home at night or punctuality(准时) for meals.
In general, the controls imposed(强加的) represent the needs of the parents and the values of the
community(社区) as much as the child"s own happiness.
As regards the development of moral standards (道德标准))in the growing child, consistency(连贯
性) is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that "example is better than precept". If they are not sincere
and do not practise what they preach(说教), their children may grow confused, and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.
A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents" principles and their morals can
be a dangerous disappointment.
B. is universal among parents
C. sets up dangerous states of worry in the child
D. will make him lose interest in learning new things
B. not expect too much of them
C. achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their own
D. create as many learning opportunities as possible
B. parental controls satisfy only the needs of the parents and the values of the community
C. parental restrictions vary, and are not always enforced for the benefit of the children alone
D. parents vary in their strictness towards their children according to the situation
B. punishment
C. behavior
D. instruction
B. be aware of the marked difference between adults and children
C. forbid things which have no foundation in morality
D. satisfy their children"s needs
living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave
oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You
almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat
out at least once a week.
Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for.
Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that
the long hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or
energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them.
Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year.
One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day
from their large house in the suburbs, leaving their two children with a nanny. Most evenings Daniel wouldn"t get home until eight or nine o"clock and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for
meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.
Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. "I always wanted to have a farm then," says
Daniel, "and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. It"s taken some getting used to,
but it"s been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think it"s made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier.
Liz, however, is not quite sure. "I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. I"m not really a country girl, but I suppose I"m gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the
same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all."
B.people hardly buy more things than necessary
C.people are sure everything they own is in the right place
D.people realize there is more to life than just making money
B.disliked his job
C.missed his children
D.was well paid
B.has improved family life
C.was extremely expensive
D.has been a total success
B.To make more money through hard work is the aim of people"s life.
C.Long hours of hard work occupy too much of people"s life.
D.People spent too much time and money eating meals.
B.spending money carefully
C.moving out to the countryside to live a simpler and better life
D.living in a big house in the suburbs and dining out once a week
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