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. You just follow some habits that thin people have. Keep them, and you'll become thin.

 ( 1 ) 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 in your back. It will burn about 10 calories (热量单位，卡路里).

 (2) 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.

 (3) An apple (or more) a day

Apples are full of fiber（纤维) and water, so your stomach will want less. The study shows that people who eat at least three, apples a day lose weight.

 (4) 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 burn 50 or more calories.

Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.

1.What should we have first if we want to eat less main food?

A. Soup.                B. Ice cream.

C. Salad.               D. Cheese.

2.Why does eating apples make one's stomach want less food?

A. Because apples are delicious.

B. Because apples are full of fiber and water.

C. Because apples are sour.

D. Because only apples are filled with calories.

3.Which of the following may the author disagree?

A. Sitting up slowly without using your hands helps burn 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.

4.What's the purpose of the passage?

A. To give some advice on how to lose weight.

B. To advise people to eat apples every day.

C. To tell people how to enjoy a better life.

D. To advise people to give up bad habits.

5.In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read the passage?

A. Shopping.            B. Teaching.

C. Family.              D. Health.

Once there was a baby eagle living in a nest (巢) on a cliff (山崖). The baby eagle loved his nest. It was warm, soft and comfortable. And even better, he had all the food and love that his mother could give. Whenever the baby eagle was hungry, his mother would always come just in time with the delicious food he liked.
He was growing happily day after day. But suddenly his world   
changed. His mother stopped coming to the nest, he was full of sadness and fear. He thought he would die soon. He cried, but nobody heard him.
Two days later mother appeared with some nice food. The baby eagle was wild with joy. But his mother put the food at the top of the mountain and then looked down at her baby. The baby eagle cried out, “Mum, why did you do this to me? I’m hungry. Don’t you know I will die if 1 have nothing to eat?”
“Here is the last meal I give you. Come and get it by yourself.” his mother said. Then she flew down and pushed the baby eagle out of the nest.
The baby eagle fell down, faster and faster. He looked up at his mum, “ Why do you abandon me?” He looked down at the earth. The ground was much closer. Then something strange happened. The air caught behind his arms and he began to fly! He wasn’t moving to the ground any more. Instead, his eyes were pointed up at the sun.
“You are flying! You can make it!” His mother smiled.
(    )6. Which of the following is TRUE about the baby eagle’s life before his mother stopped coming to the nest?
A. He lived in a nest in the tree.     B. His mother offered him nice food.
C. He was always cold and hungry.      D. He lived very happily with friends.
(    )7. How did the baby eagle feel as soon as he saw his mother coming again?
A. Sad.              B. Happy.           C. Afraid.           D. Angry.
(    )8. What did the baby eagle’s mother do when she came the last time?
A. She put some food in the nest.       B. She just came to see him again.
C. She shouted at he baby eagle and flew away.
D. She pushed her baby eagle out of the nest.
(    )9. What does the word “abandon” mean?
A. 抛弃              B.保护             C.歧视            D. 拯救
(    )10. We can infer (推断) from the story that _____________.
A. The baby eagle lost his mother     
B. The baby eagle fell down and died
C. The baby eagle could get food himself
D. The baby eagle was still angry with his mother

Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student at High School Attached to Harbin Institute of Technology, was quite busy over the past winter vacation—and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (光盘行动).

The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food.“Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Could you please not waste food?”They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.

China in recent years has experienced serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. It’s a tradition that Chinese people offer lots of food when they invite others to dinner. Many even feel that they will lose face if their guests have eaten all their food.

Luckily the campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives the guests who have eaten up all that they ordered a sticker. People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers(剩饭剩菜) home.

Wasting food is a serious problem around the world, not only in China. It’s said that 2 billion tons(吨) of food ends up as waste every year in our country. This is as much as half of all the food in the world. The UN Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization held a“Think, Eat, Save” program on January 24 to help reduce food waste.

To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?

1.The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to __________.

A．do volunteer work                      B．work part time in restaurants

C．stop wasting food                       D．wash their plates after dinner

2.What did the restaurant in Xinjiang do to support the campaign?

A．The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food.

B．It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times.

C．It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes.

D．It encouraged customers to take leftovers home.

3.From the passage , we can know that __________.

A．wasting food is a serious problem in China

B．Chinese people waste the most food in January

C．200 million Chinese people invite others to dinner every day

D．Chinese people usually don’t offer enough food to their guests

4.You can probably read this passage _________.

A．in a science book                       B．in a newspaper

C．in a tourist guide                        D．in an advertisement

One day Mr Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room, but people in the room didn’t look at him. They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said nothing.Mr Smith went home quickly and put on his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat.Mr Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat!”

     The other people were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”Mr Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”

1.One day Mr Smith went to      .

A. a birthday party                              B. a dinner party     

C. an English party                            D. a movie

2.When he came into the room, the people didn’t look at him. Why?

A. Because the people didn’t ask him to come.          

B. Because Mr Smith wore old clothes.

C. Because Mr Smith didn’t say hello to them first.       

D. Because it was night and they didn’t see him.

3.Why did he go home quickly?

A. Because he didn’t want to stay at a restaurant.          

B. Because he went home for his best clothes..

C. Because the people there asked him to leave       

D. Because he didn’t like the food there.

4.What’s the meaning of “surprised” in Chinese?

A.高兴的                     B.不满的          C.感到奇怪的                D.生气的

5.Which statement is right?

A. A person in good clothes should eat good food    

B. A good coat should eat good food.

C. We can’t judge (判断) a man by his clothes.       

D. Mr Smith is stupid (愚蠢的).

Indian boy Piscine Patel is troubled by his first name. It sounds like a rude word, and his classmates laughed at him. He decides to change his name to “Pi”.
But Pi’s name problems are nothing compared to what is waiting for him.
Pi’s father owns a zoo. He decides to move to Canada. The family, together with all the zoo animals, set sail across the Pacific. One day, a huge storm hits the ship. The next morning, Pi finds his family has sunk with the ship. He is the only person still alive.
He finds himself on a lifeboat with several animals, one of which is a tiger called Richard Parker. Soon, all the animals are killed and Pi is left alone with the tiger.
As the tiger becomes hungrier, Pi starts to fish to feed him. Otherwise, he himself will become the food.
The boy and the tiger develop an amazing relationship on the sea. Although he feels hopeless, Pi never gives up. After 227 days, the lifeboat finally lands on a beach in Mexico, but Richard Parker runs away into the forest.
The ship company finds Pi and asks what happened. Pi tells them about Richard Parker but the company doesn’t believe him. Pi then tells another story in which there is no tiger, but some other shocking details(细节).
Is there really another story? If so, which one is the truth? Maybe you will have your own answer after watching The Life of Pi(《少年派的奇幻漂流》), the latest 3D movie from American Chinese director Ang Lee.
【小题1】What’s the first trouble of the Indian boy Piscine Patel?