When you haven"t got it, you think about it all the time. Our biggest enemies are not terrible diseases. We
are our own biggest enemies because we sometimes destroy our own good health. Some of us eat too
much, drink too much and smoke too much. And though our reason tells us we should control ourselves,
we find it difficult. The fact is that most human beings need stimulation.(刺激) Who doesn"t enjoy a drink
after a busy day? Only a smoker knows the pleasure of a cigarette with a cup of coffee.
The danger is when these innocent pleasures run our lives and so destroy our health. When you find
yourself eating between meals or eating too much rich food, when you can only keep yourself going by
taking frequent drinks or by smoking one cigarette after another, then it"s time to stop and think what you
might be doing to yourself. The funny thing is that when we don"t control ourselves, simple pleasures are
no longer simple pleasures.
All right, I know what you"re thinking. You"re probably saying: "It"s all very well for him to talk, but I
can"t help myself. I need that extra bit of food, that extra drink, that extra cigarette. Life has so many
pressures that I can"t manage without them." But I"m saying you can help yourself. Not only that you must
help yourself. Because if you don"t help yourself, no one else can. So be your own best friend.
B. work
C. friendship
D. good health
B. pleasures after a busy day
C. the danger of too much drinking, smoking and eating
D. the difficulty of controlling ourselves
B. I must ask someone for help
C. I can"t control myself
D. Do help me, please
B. Have a cigarette with a cup of coffee.
C. Eat as much rich food as you can.
D. Be your own best friend and control yourself
of chocolate you know that these are things you can eat. You can also use other senses when you choose
your food. You may like it because it smells good or because it tastes good. You may dislike some types of
food because they do not look, smell or taste very nice. Different animals use different senses to find and
choose their food. A few animals depend on only one of their senses, while most animals use more than one
sense.
Although there are many different types of food, some animals spend their lives eating only one type. The
giant panda (大熊猫) eats only one particular type of bamboo (竹子). Other animals eat only one type of food
even when given the choice. A kind of white butterfly (蝴蝶) will stay on the leaves of a cabbage, even though
there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden. However, most animals have a more varied diet (多样化饮
食). The bear eats fruits and fish. The fox eats small animals, birds and fruits. The diet of these animals will
be different depending on the season.
Humans have a very varied diet. We often eat food because we like it and not because it is good for us. In
countries such as France and Britain, people eat foods with too much sugar. This makes them overweight,
which is bad for their health. Eating too much red meat and animal products, such as butter, can also be bad
for the health. Choosing the right food, therefore, has become an area of study in modern life.
B. are not satisfied with their food
C. choose food in similar ways
D. eat entirely different food
B. the food color changes
C. they move to different places
D. they are attracted by different smells
B. French and British food is good
C. some people have few choices of food
D. some people care little about healthy diet
Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes (香烟) every
day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says," I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was
impossible. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke.
Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. It will be easier to change my habit here."
Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their
health. They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine (尼古丁). People who smoke a lot need nicotine.
When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible. The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days,
the smoker"s body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad.
It is very hard to quit smoking, and many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke "just one" cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.
B. Seven years.
C. Five years.
D. Three years.
B. Happy.
C. Worried.
D. Bad.
B. can"t smoke at work
C. may suffer from cancer
D. need nicotine and drugs
B. never start smoking
C. eat less and smoke more
D. not live in the United States
asthm a(哮喘)attacks. A recent attack happened on October 2, after he pushed himself too hard in physica
l exercise. Running, power walking, jogging and push-ups took their toll. When Jeremy got home an hour
or two later, he was out of breath. He needed to use a nebulizer (喷雾器), a machine that helps send
medicine quickly to the lungs, to get his breathing back to normal.
Asthma attacks like Jeremy increase in September and October. More than six times as many asthma
sufferers who are primary-school age need hospital treatment in the fall as in the summer.
Experts believe many factors can cause back-to-school asthma. Kids get together in close spaces, they
start passing viruses around. A viral infection (感染) can cause an asthma attack. There are also certain fall
allergies (过敏症) that can cause attacks. Exercise is another common cause of an attack. Besides, the stress
of school can make asthma worse.
Parents can play a big role in helping kids with asthma start the school year right. Dawne Gee"s
10-year-old son, Alexander, has had asthma since he was a baby. Before the school year starts, she tells
school workers in writing about her son"s asthma.
The Gees live in Kentucky, which has passed laws allowing students to carry their asthma medication
(药物治疗)with them at school. Alexander"s mom makes sure he has his inhaler (人工呼吸器) with him
when he goes to school and that he keeps it on hand at all times. In Delaware, where Jeremy lives, kids are
allowed to carry their inhalers at school.
The American Lung Association says that about 6.2 million American children suffer from asthma.
Asthma is the chronic (慢性) illness that causes students to miss the most days of school. There are many
things that schools can do to help students control their asthma
B. what Asthma is and its medication
C. the side-effects Asthma has on kids
D. the causes of Asthma and how to control it at school
B. physical exercise gave them a deep thought
C. asthma attacks made them like physical exercise
D. asthma attacks could be cured through physical exercise
B. Stress can add to the risk of asthma attacks
C. Medication can cure asthma quickly
D. Asthma attacks will need necessary medical treatment
B. unhealthy habits
C. certain fall allergies
D. physical exercise
B. a survey on students with asthma
C. the effects asthma has on students
D. further understanding of Asthma
few friends when I suddenly 3 that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn"t long 4 the
whole room was 5 with smoke. I asked with an apology for permission (允许) to 6 a window to stop
myself 7 !
Nowadays air pollution is something that hardly question any more. However, I still can"t walk down the
street in any of the big cities without 8 that people are 9 from the air pollution. It is time for the
government departments of the world to introduce emission (废气排放) controls on all cars and 10 the
public transport system to encourage people to 11 their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lesson
each morning and it really makes him 12 when he climbs above the smog layer (烟雾层) and looks down
13 it and thinks:"I"m breathing that!" This kind of 14 results from the bad management of resources.
Waste things can 15 should, be treated properly. Road construction, House 16 , and industrial development
are all earthmoving(earth-reducing) operations and can change the balances of 17 created over millions of
years. I would like to 18 serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there
should be 19 national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of countries in their natural 20 .
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In today"s world, almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful to people" health. However, not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and this is harmful to people" health, too. People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf today. However, scientist believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work. Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave cloth become deaf. Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old persons, for these young people like to listen to pop music and pop music is a kind of noise, Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people ill or even drive them mad. It is said a continuous noise of over 85 decibels can cause deafness. Now the government in many countries have made laws to control noise and make it less than 85 decibels. In China, the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise problems. | |||
1. Today scientists believe that _______. | |||
A. 90 percent of all the workers in Britain are not suffering from (受折磨) noise B. 10 percent of all the workers in Britain are working in noisy places C. the hearing of 10 percent of all the workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work D. 90 percent of all the workers are free from any noise | |||
2. Those who usually ________ have poorer hearing. | |||
A. weave cloth B. print newspapers C. live near airports D. all the above | |||
3. Recently many teenagers could hear even worse than 65-year-old people in America, because _______. | |||
A. they are too young to hear anything clearly B. their ears are still too small C. they haven"t trained their hearing D. they listen to "pop" music too much | |||
4. According to the passage, a continuous noise of _______ decibels can make you deaf. | |||
A. 85 B. less than 85 C. more than 85 D. only 85 |