Family meals

Good nutrition and a balanced diet will help your child grow up healthy. Whether your kid is a toddler (学步的孩子) or a teenager，you can take 5     to improve nutrition and encourage smart 6      habits. There are five best strategies，one of which is to have 7      family meals.

Family meals are a comforting occasion for both

8      and kids. Kids who take part in regular family meals are also 9      to eat fruit，vegetables and grains,and less likely to snack on 10      foods,smoke or drink alcohol.

11     ，family meals offer the chance to introduce

your child to new foods and 12      which foods your child likes and which ones he or she doesn’t.

Teenagers may 13      their noses at a family meal—not 14      because they’re trying to become independent. Yet studies find that teenagers still 15      their parents’advice and counsel,so use mealtime as a 16      to reconnect. Also,consider trying these strategies：

?  17      your teenager to invite a friend to dinner.

? Involve your teenager in meal 18      and preparation.

? Keep mealtime calm and congenial—no lectures or 19      .

What’s important as a family meal? Any time you and your family 20      together—whether it’s takeout food or a home-cooked meal，try to 21      nutritious food and a time when everyone can be there. This may mean eating dinner a little 22      to accommodate a child who’s at sports practice. It can also mean setting aside time on the 23     ，such as Sunday brunch(早午餐) ，when it may be more convenient to 24      as a group.

5. A.  steps   B. rules

   C.  meals   D. advantages

6.  A. learning   B. eating

   C.  sleeping   D. behaving

7. A.  common   B. usual

   C.  regular   D. normal

8.  A. friends   B. adults

   C.  relatives   D. parents

9. A.  easier   B. harder

   C.  more likely   D. more safely

10. A.  cheap   B. expensive

   C.  various   D. unhealthy

11. A.  As a result   B. In addition

   C.  In reality   D. Generally speaking

12. A.  find out   B. bring in

   C.  pick out   D. make up

13. A.  turn up   B. put down

   C.  clear up   D. do up

14. A.  joking   B. interesting

   C.  surprising   D. challenging

15. A.  give   B. imagine

   C.  refuse   D. want

16. A.  meeting   B. game

   C.  chance   D. task

17. A.  Order   B. Allow '

   C.  Ask   D. Forbid

18. A.  planning   B. cooking

   C.  serving   D. eating

19. A.  drinking   B. arguing

   C.  smoking   D. delaying

20. A.  eat   B. chat

   C.  sit   D. walk

21. A.  order   B. buy

   C.  prepare   D. share

22. A.  earlier   B. later

   C.  slower   D. faster

23. A.  holidays   B. occasions

   C.  weekends   D. weekdays

24. A. study   B. live

   C.  discuss   D. gather

 Sitting too much is now listed with smoking and junk food as a bad habit that increases your risk of heart disease.

 New Australian research shows that half an hour in the gym will not make up for the waist-expanding damage caused by spending the rest of the day sitting.

But the good news is that doing chores(家务)  in the house or gently walking around the office while on the phone might be enough to keep you fit.

The study joins the growing body of evidence suggesting too much sitting might undo the benefits of exercise.

 The study measured the intensity(强度)  of physical activities in 168 subjects over seven days. It found that,regardless of how much exercise they did or their total sitting time,those who took more breaks from sitting had lower risk of thick waists and lower level of blood lipids(类脂)  .

“Higher levels of blood lipids have been linked to a heightened risk of heart disease，” principal researcher Genevieve Healy of the University of Queenland said. “What the study shows is that there are benefits in just getting up regularly and interrupting your sitting time. ”

 Researchers behind the Stand Up Australia project have written to the Rudd Government requesting $ 3. 5 million for a two-year study into the impact of long sitting time on health and productivity of workers. The study would also develop and test strategies for reducing sitting time on the job.

The latest study builds on work that is shifting the health promotion focus from purposeful exercise,such as running,to lower intensity activities throughout the day.

The Australian research has been backed up by American studies. “To hold a body that weighs 77 kilograms upright takes a fair amount of energy from muscles，” said Professor Marc Hamilton from the University of Missouri. “There is a large amount of energy associated with standing every day that cannot easily be replaced by 30 to 60 minutes in the gym. ”

1. The study shows that       .

   A. exercising for half an hour in the gym is important after sitting too long

   B.  sitting too long causes the waist to expand

   C.  walking is the best physical activity

   D.  having breaks from sitting is good for health

2. The purpose of the last paragraph is to       .

   A. provide a scientific basis for the benefits of standing up

   B.  compare the effect of standing with exercising in the gym

   C.  report the new research findings of Professor Marc Hamilton

   D.  figure out the amount of energy associated with standing

3. The health development focus used to be on       .

   A. purposeful exercise

   B.  running

   C.  lower intensity activities

   D.  long sitting

4. What’s the best title for the text?

   A. Exercise in the gym is out

   B.  Your office chair is killing you

   C.  A cause of heart disease

   D.  Good news for workers

 Researchers have just offered evidence in a study that says obesity (肥胖)

appears to spread through social ties,much like a virus. When one person gains  

weight,their close friends often follow. But the findings might also offer   

hope.   

 If friends help make obesity acceptable，then they might also be influential in losing the fat. The researchers note that support groups are already an effective tool in dealing with other socially influenced problems,like alcoholism.

The findings appeared in the New England J ournaI of Medicine. The  researchers used information collected from 12,000 people. It was collected between 1971 and 2003  as part of the Framingham Heart Study.  

 The information was highly detailed. There was even contact information for close friends of the people in the study.

The researchers examined more than 40,000 social ties. They found that a person’s chances of becoming severely overweight increased by 57 % if a friend had become obese.

 A sister or brother of a person who became obese had a 40 % increased chance of becoming obese. The risk for a wife or husband was a little less than that.

Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School was a lead investigator in the study. He says there is a direct causal relationship between a person getting fat and being followed in weight gain by a friend.

The study found that the sex of the friends was also an influence. In same-sex friendships,a person had a 71% increased risk of becoming obese. Men had a 44 % increased risk of becoming obese after weight gain in a brother. In sisters,it was 67%.

The researchers also considered the effect of where people lived in relation to each other. James Fowler of the University of California,San Diego,was the other lead investigator. He says a friend who lives a few hundred kilometres away has as much influence as one in the same neighbourhood. He says the study demonstrates the need to consider that a major part of people’s health is tied to their social connections.

Both investigators say their research shows that obesity is not just a pri

vate medical issue,but a public health problem.

1. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

   A. Obesity has a negative influence on a close friend.

   B.  Friends might also play a part in losing weight.

   C.  One might have a positive influence on one’s friend.

   D.  Friends usually don’t follow each other to lose weight.

2. Who is most likely to gain weight?

   A. A man who has a fat brother.

   B.  A husband who has a fat wife.

   C.  A wife who has a fat husband.

   D.  A woman who has a fat female friend.

3. Which of the following statements does the passage disagree with?

   A. You are sure to lose weight if you have a skinny friend.

   B.  If one gains weight,one’s friends are likely to get fat.

   C.  A person’s health is closely linked with his/her social relationship.

   D.  Even if a friend lives far away,the influence still remains.

4. The reason why the study involves both family members and friends is that

   A. researchers fail to find a more different sample

   B.  researchers have different ideas for family members and friends

   C.  researchers can meet these people regularly

   D.  researchers can compare the results

 Who can guess what would life be like without television? Would you spend more time 1       , reading,or studying?    Well,now it’s your chance to

turn off your TV and 2       TV-Turnoff Week is here.

The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets 3        and participate in activities 4        drawing to biking. The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network,a non-profit organization which started the event in

1995. In the 5         , only a few thousand people took part. Last year more

than 7. 6 million people participated, 6        people in every state inAmericaand in more than 12 other countries!This is the 11th year in which 7        are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on 8        According to the TV-Turnoff Network,the average 9        in theUSspend 10        time in front of the TV(about 1,023 hours per year) than they do in schooKabout 900  hours per year) . Too much TV 11        has made many kids grow fat. 12       ，in 2001，s TV-Turnoff Week,Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most 13        generation of youngsters in American history.  This week is about saving lives. ”  Over the years,studies have shown that watching a lot of TV  14        

poor eating habits，too little exercise,and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV-  I

Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or 15        ，part of a healthy 

lifestyle”.  I “One of the great lessons of  16         TV-Turnoff Week is the realization  that 17         I turn on the TV,I’m deciding not to do something else，”  Vespe said.

TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a 18        Recent US census(人口普查)  data 19        that about 72 per cent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That’s  20         about 63  per cent ten years ago. 

1. A. drinking   B. sleeping 

   C. washing   D. playing outside  

2. A. find out   B. go out   C. look out D,  keep out

3. A. off   B. alone   C. on   D. beside

4. A. like   B. as   C. from   D. such as

5. A. end   B. event   C. beginning   D. total

6. A. besides   B. except for   C. including   D. except I

7. A. governments   B. parents   C. organizers   D. businessTmen I

8. A. the light   B. the radio   C. life   D. the Internet I

9. A. grown-ups   B. kids   C. clerks   D. parents I

10. A. less   B. enough   C. little   D. more

11. A. programme   B. screen   C. hour   D. watching

12. A. However   B. On the contrary   C. In fact   D. As a result

13. A. overweight   B. overeaten   C. overgrown   D. overseeing

14. A. leads to   B. results from   C. develops   D. keeps away l

15. A. will be   B. should be   C. may be   D. could be I

16. A. organizing   B. taking part in   C. participating   D. asking for I

17. A. wherever   B. every day   C. every time   D. this time I

18. A. living   B. choice   C. difference   D. sense

19. A. shows   B. says   C. reads   D. writes

20. A. rising   B. down from   C. up to   D. up from

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breathe out  such as   pick up   out of breath   think about

1. After school，the mile run left Bill        .

2. At 7:30，I’ll drive over to          you          .  Please get ready at

that time.

3. We study several subjects，        Chinese,maths,English and so on.

4. —What do you        the weather for the next 24 hours?

It may be rainy,but with a high temperature.

5. The traffic police asked the driver to        ,  but he breathed in.  So the

traffic police asked him to do it again in order to find out whether he had drunk alcohol.

10. Yesterday afternoon,I passed by the playground and saw Zhou Kai          (play) football with his friends in the rain.

9. I would rather         (not take) the chance than         (hurt) her.

8. Can you imagine the fun the students have         (read) the 21st/ Century Teens in their free periods?

7. Did you enjoy yourself at the party?

—Yes,I’ve never been to        (excite) one before.

6.          (avoid; recognize) when he broke into the school， the thief wore a school uniform.