Teeth are important. Strong, healthy teeth help you chew foods that help you grow. They help you speak clearly. And, they help you look your best. Here are some advice for you to take care of your teeth.

  ● Brush your teeth the right way.

Brush your teeth at least twice a day after breakfast and before bedtime. If you can, brush after lunch or after sweet snacks（快餐）, too.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Brush all your teeth, not just the front ones. Spend time brushing teeth along the sides and back of your mouth. Brush away from your gums（齿龈）, too.

Spend at least three minutes each time you brush. Play a song you like to help pass the time.

Get a new toothbrush every three months. When you buy your tooth brush, be sure it has soft bristles（鬃毛）.

● Learn how to floss your teeth.

Flossing is a very important way to keep your teeth healthy. Food may hide in places where a toothbrush cannot get to, like the space between the teeth. Flossing can help get rid of it. Carefully move the floss between two teeth, up and down. You need to floss your teeth at least once a day.

● Have good eating habits.

You need to be careful about what you eat and drink. Eating sugar is a major cause of tooth decay（腐朽）. Eating sugar before you go to bed can make things even worse. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables and drink water instead of soda.

1.            is helpful to your teeth.

A. Eating fruit and vegetables       B. Eating sweet snacks      

C. Eating sugar                    D. Drinking soda

2. Which is the right way of brushing the teeth?

A. We should brush our teeth once a day.         

B. We should keep our toothbrush away from our gums.

C. When we brush our teeth, at least three minutes is needed.

D. Brush our teeth before breakfast.

3. From the passage, do you know how to floss the teeth?

A. Go to see a dentist.               B. Fix a floss on the teeth.

C. Move the floss between two teeth.   D. Chew the floss in the mouth.

4.Which of the following is NOT true ?

A. Flossing can help get ride of the food that hides between two teeth.

B. Healthy teeth can help you look more beautiful.

C. We don’t have to brush our teeth if we eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.

D. Your toothbrush should be changed every three months.

5. The best title for the passage is          .

A. How to floss your teeth.            

B. How to have good eating habits.

C. How to brush your teeth.            

D. How to take care of your teeth.

Do you want to be a person who has a good memory? People who enjoy their wonderful memory often do well in their studies and work. These people only have to spend a few m ____【小题1】on a page and will keep what they read in mind. Here are some things you can do to improve your memory. Try these: Be more observant(善于观察的). Some people who said to have a bad memory don't r______【小题2】have memory problems. They just don't take time to n______【小题3】 the details. If you pay more attention to the details. you're sure to have a much clearer memory of events. A little exercise that you could do is to p_____【小题4】 memorizing lists of things, such as the things you are going to buy in a supermarket, or even the ingredients(原料)printed on your biscuit box.
Do more activities such as puzzles, word g______【小题5】 and learn a new language. These activities will f_____【小题6】improve your brain functions(功能) and will help you improve your memory.
Try to have more free time. When you are t___【小题7】 probably you are to have a weaker focus(集中). Find ways to get rid of（去除）stress, so your brain will be clearer and ready to have new i_______【小题8】
Get enough sleeping hours. You need at l_____【小题9】 seven hours of sleep every night. Give your brain cells a chance to r________【小题10】the damage（损害） done by a day's tiring work. Eat lots of fruits, vegetables and grains. Do your best to be healthy, and these foods help you improve your memory.

One day at the end of the class, a wise teacher told each of her students to   1  a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school.
The next day she told her students: “From today on, for every person you don't like in your lives, you can choose a potato, write the person's name and the date   2  it and then put it in the plastic bag.” Day after day, some of the students' bags were very   3 . They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere they went for a week. They would put it inside their quilts 4  , on the seats when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at school. The days carrying the bag around with them   5  students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to it all the time   6  they wouldn't forget it. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and   7  nasty(恶心). They all tired to get rid of them.
Too often we think of tolerance（宽容）as a gift to   8  people, and it clearly is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred（仇恨）in our   9 , we will have to
carry them around all our lives.
Do you think you have got   10  from the wise teacher and what she asked her students
to do?

B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

It happens to most of us at times as we try to get through our workday. When sitting at work, we suddenly f  1   a bit headache. But don’t worry; there are some simple things that you can do to ease(减轻) a headache at work w  2   medicine.
Drink a bottle of warm water. Many people do not r  3   that the dry air in their working place can be a danger because of the lack(缺少) of water.
Eat a h  4   snack. During a busy day, it is easy to f  5   to eat, have a snack with much protein(蛋白质) which will improve your e  6   and quickly get rid of the hunger that is c  7   the headache. A cup of coffee or a piece of chocolate can be just the thing that you n  8   to ease your headache fast and get back on your way to a great day at work.
Step away from what you are working on for five to ten m  9  . Often, your headache is from your too much a  10   paid to one thing. This can be a computer screen or even one project. The best thing would be to go outside for your eyes to get some natural light.  

Almost all of us have unpleasant habits. We all want to get rid of(摆脱) them, but we don’t know proper ways. Here’s some advice.
●Write down all the reasons why you want to stop some behavior. Look at the reasons very often.
●It’s clever to do something else when you want to stop your bad habits. If you get angry easily, for example, you can go out for a walk.
●Decide what you’ll do to reward(奖励) yourself if you really get rid of your bad habits.
●If you get too heavy, keep junk food out of your house.
●Bad habits develop over years, so you can’t get rid of them very soon. So you should be patient.
●Don’t be afraid to ask others for support. You can talk to your friends, family or other people. When you talk to them, they might be able to provide some advice that you can’t get from yourself.