Will it matter if you don’t take your breakfast? A short time ago, a test was given in the United States. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten different kinds of breakfasts.

The results show that if a person eats a right breakfast, he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, egg, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen more carefully.

The result is opposite to what some people think. Having no breakfast will not help you lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. They will gain weight(增加体重) instead of losing it. You will lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.

1.During the test, the people were given ________.

A. no breakfast at all

B. different foods or nothing

C. very rich breakfast

D. little food for breakfast

2.The results show that ___________.

A. breakfast has great effect (影响) on work and studies    

B. breakfast has little to do with a person’s work

C. a person will work better if he only has fruit and milk

D. girl students should have little for breakfast

3.According to the passage, some people think that if you don’t have breakfast you will _____________.

A. be healthier           B. work better        C. lose weight        D. lose your way

4.The word “reduce” in the last sentence means _______.

A. 增加             B. 减少            C. 放弃             D. 享用

5. Which of the following is not right?

A. It is bad for your health to have no breakfast.

B. Too little for breakfast and too much for lunch may make you fatter.

C. If you don’t eat much for lunch and supper, you may lose weight.

D. The more breakfast you have, the more quickly you’ll learn in class

 

In the past, when people had problems, they went to their families or friends to get advice. Today, it is possible to get advice from radio show, TV programmer and telephone hot lines, too. Most telephone hot lines are completely anonymous-callers, they do not have to say their names or telephone numbers. Most hot lines are usual free（免费的）too, even if the calls are long distance（距离）.Other hot lines pay their advisers for their work. Usually the advisers are professional with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot lines. All the advisers listen to people and help them solve their problems.
【小题1】Today when people have problems, ____________________.

A．they can only ask their families for help

B．they can only get help from their friends

C．they can get help from telephone hot lines

D．they go to the advisers to get help

【小题2】The word “anonymous” probably means _____________________.

A．telling a name	B．without telling a name
C．free of charge	D．interesting

【小题3】Callers _____________ the hot line for the advice or the phone calls.

A．pay much	B．have to pay
C．don’t have to pay	D．get money from

【小题4】The advisers working at the hot line _______________.

A．are usually professionals

B．have all taken a short class

C．can solve any problem

D．are not all paid

【小题5】How do the hot line advisers work?

A．They do what the callers tell them to do

B．They go to the callers to help them

C．They give advice to the callers by phone.

D．They ask people to come to see him

Will it matter if you don’t take your breakfast? A short time ago, a test was given in the US. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten different kinds of breakfasts.
The results show that if a person eats a right breakfast, he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, egg, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class.
The result is opposite to what some people think. Having no breakfast will not help you lose weight(减轻体重).This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. They will gain weight (增加体重 )instead of losing it. You will lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.
【小题1】During the test, the people were given __________.

A．no breakfast at all	B．different foods or sometimes none
C．very rich breakfast	D．little food for breakfast

【小题2】The results show that _________.

A．breakfast has great effect (影响) on work and studies.

B．breakfast has little to do with a person’s work

C．a person will work better if he only has fruit and milk.

D．girl students should have little for breakfast.

【小题3】According to the passage, some people think that if you don’t have breakfast you will _______.

A．be healthier

B．work better

C．lose weight

D．lose your way

【小题4】 The word “reduce” in the last sentence means_________

A．增加

B．减少

C．放弃

D．享用

From：Li-Hong @ net. cn	To：jenny@compail.ca
Subject：School term	Date：01/09 6:00 p.m.
Dear Jenny, Today is my first day of new high school．Many students in our school come from big cities．They bring the high-tech things to school，for example，mobile phones，MP3 players，CD players and electronic dictionaries．They show off these things to others．What about your classmates in the US? Do they have these things? Li Hong
From：jenny@compail.ca	To：Li-Hong @ net. cn
Subject：Repeat!	Date：01/09 8:00 p.m.
Dear Li Hong． We also bring these high-tech things when we are back to school．However，we often work during the holidays，and make money to buy these things．I think we need these things．We need mobile phones to contact with our friends．We also need CD players to listen to music．Electronic dictionaries can be useful for our study too． Jenny

 
【小题1】The word “high-tech” means ____________ in Chinese．

A．高质量的

B．高品质的

C．高科技的

D．高价格的

【小题2】Where do you probably read these two letters?

A．In a magazine.

B．In a book.

C．In a guide-book.

D．On a website.

【小题3】 Li Hong thinks many students like to bring the high-tech things to school because ____________．

A．they like to listen to music

B．mobile phones are useful for their studies

C．they want to show off these things

D．they want to contact with their classmates

【小题4】Jenny thinks students bring CD players to school because they want to _________．

A．make money

B．contact with friends

C．listen to music

D．study well

【小题5】From the passage we know that ____________．

A．Li Hong has many high-tech things like her classmates

B．American students often use their own money to buy the high-tech things

C．Chinese students work during the holidays to buy the high-tech things

D．all the high-tech things are useful for the students

Father’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their father from their shops.

By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have a Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before too long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do — buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present — not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.

The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.

1.Father’s Day was started just because _______________.

A．there was a Mother’s Day

B．there was a Children’s Day

C．businesses wanted to get a lot of money

D．people liked their fathers very much

2.The word “special” in the second paragraph means ________________________.

A．great

B．nice

C．useful

D．not usual

3.In America, people have a Father’s Day to ________________________.

A．buy some presents for their fathers

B．show their love for their fathers

C．let their fathers have a good rest

D．help their fathers do something

4.On Father’s Day, businesses always want ________________________.

A．people to buy many more presents

B．children to buy presents only for their fathers

C．women to buy presents only for their husbands

D．people to buy presents only for their parents

5.It can be learned from the passage that ________________________.

A．the writer is against Father’s Day

B．many countries have a Father’s Day

C．Businesses can get more money on Father’s Day

D．Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day