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阅读理解
Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.
Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption（摄入） of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale（秤）instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels(标签).
On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without knowing that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance（抵制and struggle.
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.
Now that we know the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.
1.From Paragraph 1, we learn that ________.
A. diet products fail to bring out people’s potential
B. people are tired of diet products
C. people have difficulty in choosing diet products
D. diet products are misleading people
2.One psychological effect of diet products is that people are likely to _____.
A. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods
B. pay attention to their own eating habits
C. watch their weight rather than their diet
D. try out all kinds of diet foods
3.The purpose of writing this passage is _________.
A. to warn people of the side effect of diet products
B. to tell people how to lose weight
C. to advise people to eat diet products
D. to introduce some diet products
4.Which of the following shows the structure（结构）of the passage?
CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point(次要点) C: Conclusion
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Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically (心理) and physically.
Diet products greatly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the amount of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale(秤) instead. All we have to do is to recognize the word “diet” in food labels.
On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without struggle.
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because eating them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemicals that go into diet products are possibly dangerous in the future.
Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.
1.From Paragraph 1, we learn that __________.
A. diet products fail to bring out people’s potential
B. people have difficulty in choosing diet products
C. diet products are misleading people
D. people are tired of diet products
2.One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _________.
A. try out a variety of diet foods
B. think twice before they enjoy diet foods
C. pay attention to their own eating habits
D. watch their weight rather than their diet
3.Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products ______.
A. are over-taken B. are short of basic nutrients
C. have no chemicals D. provide too much energy
4.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion(结论)
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The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place
Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically(心理上) and physically（身体上）.
Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale（秤）instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.
On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.
Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.
1.One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _____.
A. try out a variety of diet foods B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods
C. pay attention to their own eating habits D. watch their weight rather than their diet
2.In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means ______.
A. losing weight is effortless B. it costs a lot to lose weight
C. diet products bring no pain D. diet products are free from calories
3.Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products ______.
A. are over-consumed B. lack basic nutrients
C. are short of chemicals D. provide too much energy
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Diet and way of life are often a problem for teenagers. 1.， the good news is that you can feel better, look better and have more energy if you eat the right food and exercise regularly.
Healthy eating along with regular exercise 2.(be) probably the only way to become fit. Diets are 3.(use) in the long term, yet approximately 20% of teenagers say they have tried going on a diet and been fooled into 4.(skip) meals to control their weight.
As a teenager, it is important to give your body the energy it needs. Exercise is something 5. can help to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. Many teenagers are surprised to learn that when you exercise, your body produces some chemicals that make you feel 6.(peace) and relaxed and increase your ability 7.(concentrate) when you study.
A good amount of sleep every night is also important for your health. When you sleep, your body prepares you 8. the day to come. As a matter of fact, 9.(lose) of sleep can make you look tired.
If you follow the suggestions above, you 10.(look) and feel much better in no time at all!
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短文填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或填入括号中单词的适当形式。
Diet and way of life are often a problem for teenagers. However, if you eat the right food and exercise1.(regular), you can feel better, look better and have more energy. So healthy eating along2. regular exercise is properly the only way to become fit.
As a teenager, it is important to give your body the energy 3. needs. For a healthy diet, you should eat mostly rice, bread, vegetables and fruit. You also need to drink a lot of water --- six to eight glasses a day.4.(drink) enough water will improve your skin and give you 5.(health) hair.
Exercise is something6. can help to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. Teenagers should spend at least 30 minutes exercising, five times a week. Walking and riding your bike count, and so do school sports. When you exercise, your body produces some 7.(chemical) that make you feel peaceful and 8.(relax) and increase your ability to concentrate when you study. These chemicals can even help you sleep better at night. A good amount of sleep every night 9.(be) also important for your health. Teenagers need eight to ten hours of sleep each night.
If you follow the suggestions above, you will look and feel much 10.(good) in no time at all.
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完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-35各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Every person needs water and a diet of healthy foods. These foods should contain some fat, some fiber, a little salt and so on.
People need energy 21 . They eat different kinds of food which change into energy. The energy is 22 in calories(卡). Even when you 23, you are using energy – about 65 calories an hour. 24 you are at school, or walking home, your body is burning up 100 calories an hour. When playing football or basketball, you 25 be using 400 calories an hour. On Sports Day, during the relay race, you will use most of all, 26 as much as 650 calories an hour.
The Chinese diet is considered to be the healthiest in the world. It contains a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is 27 in fiber and low in sugar and fat. The Chinese eat less sugar than many other countries in the world. That is 28 lots of people in China have healthy white teeth.
People in the Western world do not eat such healthy foods. They eat 29 fat and sugar and don’t take enough 30 . Because of this, they 31 weight very easily. Their diet contains a lot of 32 in the form of potato crisps, potato chips, butter, cream and chocolate. They eat a lot of sugar which exist in cakes, soft drinks, 33 and so on. The result is that many of them become fat. 34 some have bad teeth. In some parts of Britain, one person in ten, 35 the age of thirty, has no teeth left.
21. A. to sleep B. to live C. to eat D .to walk
22. A. measuring B. taken C. measured D. measure
23. A. are asleep B. have a dream C. have a rest D. go to bed
24. A. While B. During C. As D. If
25. A. must B. should C. need D. might
26. A. surely B. ever C. perhaps D. seldom
27. A. rich B. poor C. good D. bad
28. A. how B. why C. what D. that
29. A. much too B. many too C. too many D. too much
30. A. activities B. food C. work D. exercise
31. A. put on B. gain on C. get on D. put up
32. A. sugar B.fat C. salt D. fiber
33. A. sweets B. vegetables C. meat D. potato
34. A. But B. Or C. And D. As
35. A. during B. for C. with D. by
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Would you like some chocolate?
--I’d like some, but I’m _____
A．on diet B．in a diet C．on a diet D．in diet
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A fad diet is a diet that suddenly becomes popular, usually because it promises people that they will lose a lot of weight overnight. Although dieters may really show weight loss from a fad diet, they will almost certainly get back the weight if their usual eating habits remain unchanged. Moreover, fad diets continuously call for special products of questionable value or for “health foods” that may cost twice as much as supermarket foods. Worse yet, certain fad diets don't include nutrients(营养)good for health. People have been known to become very ill as a result of following medically unhealthy diets.
The worse fact of fad diets, though, is that they keep people who are over-weight or sick from receiving the medical care that they truly need.
1.The word “fad” in the first sentence means ______.
A. new B. wonderful
C. popular quickly D. loved by people
2.From the text we know that ______.
A. people refuse to accept fad diets
B. fad diets can help people to lose weight
C. a man can lose weight after eating a fad diet
D. fad diets are now welcomed by people
3.In the writer's opinion, fad diets______.
A. are very helpful B. are not healthy diet
C. won't cost much D. include lots of nutrients
4. A fad dieter has to ______.
A. spend more money B. lose much weight
C. keep his usual eating habits D. go to doctors very often
5.The last paragraph tells us ______.
A. that fad dieters are often overweight
B. fad dieters need medical care if they are overweight or sick
C. how fad dieters get sick
D. overweight or sick fad dieter can’t get medical care in time
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Now let’s compare the Chinese diet with the Western diet. Some say that the Western food is better than the Chinese food. Do you think so?
First, let’s make a standard(标准) of the better diet. We don’t have to care much about the shape, the colour and the taste of the food. We say the one that has more nutrition, is easier to be digested and absorbed(吸收) by the body and then makes us more energetic should be the better. In this way, I believe, our Chinese food should be better than the Western food. Why?
I think the Western food contains too much fat and sugar. I know both fat and sugar are a kind of nutrition we need in our body, but too much of them will make your body harmed. That’s why so many westerners get ill when young. Besides, westerners have to use knives, forks and spoons to help them have their meals. It seems that they couldn’t have their meals without force.
But in Chinese food we have those mainly from plants including their seeds, leaves and roots together with a little meat such as chicken, fish, pork, mutton and so on. With so much plant food we can get enough calories as it is rich in fiber, protein, calcium and fat. With a little meat we can make our body even stronger. Besides, we use chopsticks, bowls and plates to help us have our meals. All of these make us harmonious to nature and everybody around us. So I say our Chinese food makes us wise, happy, healthy and wealthy.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The taste of the Chinese food.
B. The taste of the Western food.
C. The comparison between the two kinds of food.
D. The tastes of both of the two kinds of foods.
2. Which is the standard of measuring a diet?
A. Quantity of nutrition in the food.
B. Whether it is easy to be digested and absorbed.
C. Whether it can offer us enough energy.
D. All of the above.
3. Which is the writer’s attitude towards diet according to the passage?
A. Western food should be better because it contains much fat and sugar.
B. Western food should be better because contains much calories.
C. Chinese food should be better because it doesn’t contain too much fat or sugar
D. Chinese food should be better because it doesn’t have much nutrition.
4. According to the passage, which statement is true?
A. The standard (标准) of a better diet depends on the shape, color and the taste of the food.
B. Fat and sugar in the food do harm to our body.
C. Westerners use knives, chopsticks and spoons to help them have meals while Chinese use bowls, forks and plates.
D. Chinese food and the way Chinese have meals show Chinese are more harmonious with nature.
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Salt plays an important role in our daily diet. Even a small reduction(减少) in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict -how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States.
The result: Thirteen percent fewer heart attacks. Eight percent fewer strokes（中风）. Four percent fewer deaths. Eleven percent fewer new cases of heart disease. And two hundred forty billion dollars in health care savings. Researchers found it could prevent one hundred thousand heart attacks and ninety-two thousand deaths every year．
The study is in the New England Journal of Medicine. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo at the University of California San Francisco was the lead author. She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams, or one-half teaspoon, less salt per day. The team also included researchers at Stanford and Columbia University.
Each gram of salt contains four hundred milligrams of sodiu(钠), which is how foods may list their salt content．
The government says the average American man eats ten grams of salt a day. The American Heart Association advises no more than three grams for healthy people. It says salt in the American diet has increased fifty percent since the nineteen seventies, while blood pressures have also risen. Less salt can mean a lower blood pressure.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading an effort called the National Salt Reduction Initiative. The idea is to put pressure on food companies and restaurants. Critics call it government interference(干预).
Mayor Bloomberg has already succeeded in other areas, like requiring fast food places in the city to list calorie information. Now a study by the Seattle Children's Research Institute shows that the calorie information on the menu can influence what parents order for their children. Ninety-nine parents of three to six year olds took part. Half had calories between the two groups for foods that the parents would have chosen for themselves. McDonald's menus clearly showing how many calories were in each food. Parents given the counts chose an average of one hundred two fewer calories when asked what they would order for their children. Yet there was no difference in calories between the two groups for foods that the parents would have chosen for themselves.
Study leader Pooja Tandon says even small calorie reductions on a regular basis can prevent weight gain over time. The study was published in the journal Pediatrics.
1.Which of the following benefits does less salt diet in the passage NOT cover?
A. The decrease of strokes.
B. Fewer heart attacks.
C. The prevention of weight gain.
D. The drop in medical care prices.
2.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. all the heart diseases result from eating too much salt
B. the American Heart Association suggests less than 3 grams of salt a day for everyone
C. the less salt one eats, the healthier he will be
D. Americans ate no more than 5 grams of salt per day in the 1970s
3.The National Salt Reduction Initiative aims to_______.
A. put pressure on food companies and restaurants
B. attract the public attention to the problem
C. require fast food places to list salt information
D. inform people of the harm that salt does to health
4.Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?
A. Relationship between Salt and Health
B. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and His Health Project
C. A Survey on People's Regular Diet
D. Less Salt Can Mean Being More Healthy