This is not a diet. It's a simple way to lose weight. And you don't even have to give up the food you love or join a gym (健身房). You just follow some habits that thin people have. Keep them, and you'll become thin.
A. Wake-up
When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, bend(弯曲) forward until you feel sore（酸痛） in your back. It will bum about 10 calories.
B. Start with soup
When you have a meal, order a clear soup, and have it before having the main food. In this way, you'll feel fuller, so you'll eat less when the main food comes.
C. An apple (or more) a day
Apples are full of fiber and water, so your stomach will want less. The study shows that people who eat at least three apples a day lose weight.
D. Stand up and walk around
Every time you use the mobile phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average (平均）two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will bum 50 0r more calories.
Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.
【小题1】We should have soup first so that _______.

A．it can help burn some calories	B．our stomach will want less
C．it will provide us with enough water	D．we won't need any main food

【小题2】Which of the following may the writer NOT agree?

A．Sitting up slowly without using your hands helps bum calories.

B．Eating apples every day is good for people's health.

C．You have to join a gym if you want to lose weight.

D．It's good to walk around while talking on the mobile phone.

【小题3】This passage is written to _______.

A．give advice on how to lose weight	B．tell people to eat apples every day
C．tell people how to enjoy a better life	D．tell people to give up bad habits

【小题4】 In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read the passage?

A．Shopping.

B．Teaching.

C．Family.

D．Health.

A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, “Can you see that young man at the other side of the square?”

“Yes,” said the taxi-driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds.

“Take me over there.” said the young lady.

There were a lot of cars and buses and trucks in the square, so the taxi- driver asked, “Are you afraid to cross the street.”

‘Oh, no !” said the young lady. “But I said that I would meet that young man for dinner at one o’c1ock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I have tried not to be too late.”

1.How did the young woman get to the square?

A. She arrived in a taxi             

B. She got there by bus.

C. She got there on foot.           

D. The story didn’t tell us about it.

2.The young lady was ___________.

A. 45 minutes late                                    B. not late at all    

C. l5 minutes late                                       D. one hour 1ate

3.She wanted to take a taxi because she .

A. didn’t want to be late for the date.               

B. thought the square was too crowded.

C. wanted to be seen in a hurry.                    

D. was too tired to walk.

4.Has she tried not to be too late ?

A. Yes, she took a taxi there.   

B. Yes, she had tried her best though she couldn’t succeed.

C. No, she thought being late was better than being earlier.

D. No, she was just going to pretend(假装) that she had tried.

 

 

We can’t live without love and we know what love is, but we don’t say only humans know what love is. Yes, it’s impossible for animals to do some things because of their physical body. However, sometimes some of them might be able to show us the love that we have forgotten on our “busy road”, just like the following story.

A dog, was knocked down by a car and died in the middle of the road. Later, another dog ran beside the body of the dead dog and he tried to wake his friend up using his legs. When his effort to wake up his friend failed, he tried to push his friend to the roadside. But his friend was too heavy for him to push.

Though traffic was busy and dangerous, he wouldn’t want to go away from his friend, just standing beside his friend shouting and crying.

A lot of people saw this story and were very touched (感动的). Even a dog can show his loyalty (忠诚) and love to his friend, what can our humans do?

1.The dog died because _______________.

A. it was badly ill                     B. it was knocked down by a car 

C. it was too old                      D. it fought against other dogs

2.The other dog saw it lying in the middle of the road and it wanted to ________first.

A. wake his friend up                 B. push his friend to the roadside    

C. catch up with the car               D. stop the traffic

3. We learn __________ from the passage.

A. the car driver is too cruel            B. animals can also show love

  C. the two dogs are brothers           D. friends are the best in the world

 

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple（夫妇）who were also paying for gas.
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car, I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays wonderful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery（电池） was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership - a shop selling cars - was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and told them my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck (小货车) to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.
"Thank you" - two powerful words. They're easy to say and mean so much.
【小题1】 The writer planned to stop at Oklahoma City ______.

A．to visit a friend	B．to see his parents
C．to pay at the cash register	D．to have more gas for his car

【小题2】The words "took off" underlined in Paragraph 2 mean“______”．

A．turned off

B．moved off

C．put up

D．set up

【小题3】What happened when the writer found smoke coming out of his car?

A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B．The couple sent him a business card.

C．The couple offered to help him.

D．He called his friend for help.

【小题4】The battery of the writer's car was dead because ______.

A．something went wrong with the lights

B．the meeting lasted a whole day

C．he forgot to turn off the lights

D．he drove too long a distance

【小题5】By telling his own stories, the writer tries to show ______.

A．how to write a thank-you letter

B．how to deal with（处理）car problems

C．the kind-heartedness of older people

D．the importance of expressing thanks

      One day a woman got into her car and started driving home after work. Just at that time, she saw a __26__ car behind her. The driver was a __27__. When she turned left, the yellow car turned left. When she turned __28__, the yellow car turned right, too. When she stopped at the traffic lights, the yellow car stopped __29__ her..

      The woman was __30__, so she drove quickly to __31__. When she arrived, she was very __32__ to see that the yellow car stooped behind her again. But she felt __33__ because she saw a policeman standing outside the police station. She jumped out of her car at once and __34__ to the policeman. She asked the policeman to arrest（逮捕）the man in the yellow car, then the police man walked to the man.

      The man didn’t run away. He just __35__ and said to the woman, “I want to give this purse back to you. I think you dropped it on the street.”

(  )26. A. red                  B. yellow               C. black

(  )27. A. man              B. woman            C. policeman

(  )28. A. left                 B. back             C. right

(  )29. A. opposite             B. before               C. behind

(  )30. A. anxious              B. scared               C. pleased

(  )31. A. the police station       B. her office           C. her home

(  )32. A. interested           B. excited          C. surprised

(  )33. A. sad                  B. safe             C. dangerous

(  )34. A. ran                  B. run              C. runs

(  )35. A. cried                B. laughed          C. smiled