When you sit and watch TV hour after hour, do you ever think of what it may be doing on your health?
More and more children are becoming overweight and near-sighted   1   they spend too much time in front of the TV. Also, they are growing less and less creative since watching TV. It doesn’t   2   any active thought.
Last week, the TV-Turnoff Organization began its ninth TV-Turnoff   3    in the US. The organization encourages people to play games, read books, lie under a tree, talk to family members and friends   4   watching TV.
American school children   5   , on average, 1,000 hours a year watching TV-more time than they spend in school. That’s too much, said the doctors   6   organized this year’s TV-Turnoff Week.
Doctors say that the   7   children watch television, the more overweight they may become. The fat children eat while they watch the television makes this weight  8   more serious.
To keep mentally and physically healthy, children need to take exercise, talk with friend and family, read, and  9   the world around them. Could you go a week without television? It might be    10   for many TV lovers, but why not give it a try?

【小题1】

A．because B．until C．whether D．though

【小题2】

A．find B．need C．lose D．know

【小题3】

A．Day B．Week C．Month D．Year

【小题4】

A．together with B．because of C．lots of D．instead of

【小题5】

A．cost B．spend C．use D．do

【小题6】

A．whom B．whose C．which D．who

【小题7】

A．later B．earlier C．longer D．less

【小题8】

A．problem B．question C．thing D．lesson

【小题9】

A．explore(探究) B．invent C．find D．make

【小题10】

A．easy B．happy C．dangerous D．difficult

A man made a nice talking machine .It could weigh people’s weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines.

He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were always lots of people in and out.

The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak. “Good morning, Madam.” It said in Indian. “Your weight is 72 kilograms. That’s three kilograms more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Please have a nice day.”

The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning, Miss.” The machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilograms. It’s all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.”

The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman .She thought for a long time to stand on the machine .The machine spoke quickly in English, “Good morning. Will one of you get off?”

1.The machine in this passage could           .

A．tell the weight of people

B．tell people what they should drink

C．sell many kinds of drinks

D．make people laugh

2.The man put his first machine           .

A．in the waiting room of a station

B．in a train

C．in the doctor’s waiting room

D．in the women’s room

3.The machine told the Indian woman           .

A．she was a little lighter

B．she was a little heavier

C．it couldn’t speak Indian

D．to eat what she wanted to eat

4.The machine said to a Chinese girl that she            .

A．should eat more

B．should eat less

C．had to eat more fruit

D．kept herself healthy

5. How was the American woman?

A．She was healthy.

B．She liked thinking.

C．She was too heavy.

D．The machine didn’t like her.

 

Animals grow up in different ways. They have lots of lessons to learn.

Some animals are born helpless but their mothers protect them. A newborn kangaroo is the size of a bee. She stays in her mother’s safe pouch. She doesn’t open her eyes for at least five months. A newborn monkey cannot walk. His mother carries him.

Other baby animals can walk soon after they’re born. They learn to run with their mother when danger is near. A baby zebra can run an hour after she is born.

Some baby animals are born in a place that is safe. Other baby animals are born in the open. Baby wolves are born in large holes. A baby elephant is born on open, grassy land. Other elephants make a circle (圈) to protect her.

Animals that drink their mothers’ milk are called mammals. A mother bear’s milk is fatty and rich. Baby bears need lots of fat to keep warm in winter. They have milk for six months. Baby zebras drink milk for six months or more! As baby animals grow, they need solid (固体的) food. Baby lions eat what their mother can catch.

1.The underlined word “mammals” probably means _______ in Chinese.

A．两栖动物         B．哺乳动物          C．爬行动物         D．脊椎动物

2. Which of the following is true?

A．Both baby bears and baby zebras drink their mothers’ milk.

B．Wolves make a circle to protect the baby wolf.

C．Newborn monkeys can run one hour after they are born.

D．Baby wolves are born in the open.

3. The best title (标题) of this passage should be “_______”.

A．Animals in danger

B．Mothers protect their babies

C．Animals grow up in different ways

D．How to protect animals

 

I know what you’re thinking: pizza? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the a. m. if you want to.
I know lots of women who skip (跳过) breakfast, and they have a lot of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’t have time. Others think they’re “saving” calories, still others just don’t like breakfast food.
But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking, R, D, who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded（装填） with vegetables, and you just eat one small piece.
Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating (吃得过多) later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of getting weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.
So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers — it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow.” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it…you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body get the fat-burning effects.
【小题1】The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means_______.

A．food left after a meal	B．things left undone
C．meals made of vegetables	D．pizza topped with fruit

【小题2】What can we infer from the text?

A．Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.

B．Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.

C．There are some easy ways of losing weight.

D．Eating vegetables helps save energy.

【小题3】According to the last paragraph, it is important to_______.

A．be careful about what you eat	B．eat calorie-controlled food
C．heat up food before eating it	D．eat something for breakfast

【小题4】The text is written mainly for those_______.

A．who want to lose weight	B．who go to work early
C．who stay up late	D．who eat before sleep