Nowadays more and more people in the world are getting fatter, which troubles them a lot. In the past 25
years, the number of the people with obesity (肥胖癥) in Europe has doubled. Experts say that it has a lot to
do with our eating habits.
     Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. Most of us like eating sweets and
ice cream better than meat and rice. Sweets and ice cream are not bad for us if we eat them at the end of a
meal. If we eat them before a meal, they may take away our appetite (食欲).
     It's important for us to eat our meal at the same time each day. When we feel worried or excited, we may
not want to eat. A long time ago, in England, some judges often decided whether a man was tell-ing the truth
by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow (呑) the bread, it meant that he wasn't telling the
truth. A man who is worrying something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry, because he loses his appetite.

1. Are more and more people getting fatter in the world?
    ________________________________________________________________
2. Do most people like eating sweets or meat?
    ________________________________________________________________
3. What may happen to people when they feel worried or excited? 
    ________________________________________________________________
4. Why did the judges give some dry bread to the man in old England? 
    ________________________________________________________________
5. What are good eating habits? 
    ________________________________________________________________

     Get a physical once a year. Let your doctor do routine test (常規(guī)檢查) to make sure your body works
well. You can even take any other test to make sure your body is healthy.
     Visit your dentist twice a year for cleaning and any other dental (牙科的) work you need. Brush your
teeth twice a day to keep your teeth healthy. Taking care of your teeth can help you have a healthy body,
too. If you are a smoker, try to stop smoking. Smoking is not good for your lungs (肺). Drinking all the
time is not good for your body. Getting the correct amount (數(shù)量) of sleep at night will help to keep you
healthy, too. Everyone should get at least six hours of sleep at night. But if possible, try to get a full eight
hours of sleep. Being well rested will not only make you feel good, but also help you look good.
     By doing all of these things you will have a healthy body. Everything that you do to maintain (維持)
your healthy body is part of how you live your life. Exercising, eating right, routine check-ups with your
doctor and dentist are some of the main things you can do to live a healthy life. Once you start living your
life healthily, you will look and feel great.

1. The underlined word "physical" means ____ in Chinese.

A. 身體
B. 吃藥
C. 身體檢查
D. 物理

2. The writer suggests people go to ____ twice a year.

A. the doctors
B. bed
C. the dentists
D. walk

3. Everyone should get at least ____ hours of sleep a night.

A. seven
B. six
C. eight
D. nine

4. ____ is not a good way to live healthily.

A. Exercising?
B. Eating right
C. Drinking all the time?
D. Routine test

5. What's the best title for this passage?

A. What shall we do?
B. Is drinking good for health?
C. How can we feel good?
D. How can we live a healthy life?

     Many children love junk food. It's bad for their health. Their parents don't want them to eat too much junk
food. Although they know it's not a good habit, they still eat it. Some of them eat kind of food every day. Some
only once or twice a week.
     Paul is kind of unhealthy. He hardly ever exercises. He eats lots of junk food because he loves it. When he
has money, he'll buy junk food. His parents worry about him. But he says, "Maybe I'm not very healthy, but I
enjoy myself."

(     )1 Few children love junk food.
(     )2 Many parents want their children to eat junk food.
(     )3 Children know it's a bad habit to eat junk food.
(     )4. Paul is very healthy.
(     )5. Paul often borrows money to buy junk food.

     There is an old saying (諺語): Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise (富有
而有智慧). It means that we should go to bed early and get up early the next morning. By doing this, we will
be in good health. And we'll also be rich and clever.
     It's true that our bodies need to have enough sleep to be healthy. Children should have a ten-hour sleep
every night. Those who do not have enough sleep can't do their work very well. They will not be clever and
they may not get wealthy in the future.
     The body needs exercise too. Walking, running, jumping, riding bikes and playing games are all exercise.
Exercise helps to keep the body strong and fit. It also helps the blood (血液) to move around inside the body.
The head needs blood too. So exercise helps people think better.

1. What does the underlined word "rise" mean?

A. To do exercise.
B. To get up.
C. To stand up.
D. To put up.

2. If children don't sleep for 10 hours every night, they may _______.

A. not be late for school
B. become wise
C. do badly in their work
D. become rich

3. A person needs exercise because _______.

A. it makes him healthy
B. he has lots of work to do
C. he is strong
D. he does exercise

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Exercise is good for people.
B. It's good for you to get up early and go to bed early.
C. If you have enough blood, you will be wise.
D. A student should have 10 hours' sleep every night.

5. What's the meaning of "Early to bed, early to rise"?

A. The sun rises in the morning and sets (落下) in the evening.
B. You should get up early and go to bed late.
C. The sun rises early and sets late.
D. You should get up early and go to bed early.

     Different from popular thoughts, colds are not caused by b________(1) weather. Colds are caused by
viruses in the body, and you are b________(2) out on a snowy day than you are in a warm room, with your
friends, who just may be spreading the virus a________(3). If you feel a chill (寒戰(zhàn)) when you are coming
down with a cold, you are already s________(4). A chill is an e________(5) sign of the cold.
     The virus can spread t________(6) air when a cold-sufferer (感冒患者) coughs or sneezes. Surprisingly,
this is the most usual way of spreading. Many studies have now s________(7) that most colds are "caught"
by hands. A cold-sufferer rubs her n ________(8) and spread the virus to her hand. Then a friend comes to
visit her. They s________(9) their hands. The friend then gets something to eat by hand, and several days
later, she catches a cold. A________(10) some parents pick up their children's tissues (紙巾) and carefully
throw them away, they fail to wash their hands. They'll catch colds, too.
     Cold viruses can also be spread by objects, such as telephones, plates and keyboards. The cold-sufferer
as well as other m________(11) of the family, by washing their hands often, will p________(12) the viruses
from spreading in a way.

     When you go to the doctor's you may often have your eyesight checked. The doctor makes you read a
chart with big and small "E's"on it.
     Do you know where the chart came from?
     It's called the Snellen Chart. It was made by Herman Snellen, a Dutch doctor, in 1863.
     When reading the chart, you should stand five metres away from it. Your eyes should also be at the same
height as the 10th line of letters. You should then read the letters from the top line to the bottom line. The
letters get smaller as they get nearer the bottom.
     Doctors can find out if you are short-sighted, long-sighted, or if you have good eyesight, by the line which
you can read.
     If your doctor thinks you need glasses, they'll tell you to go to hospital to get them.

(     )1. The doctor often uses a Snellen chart to check your eyesight.
(     )2. The Snellen Chart was invented by an American doctor.
(     )3. When the doctor checks your eyesight, he will ask you to stand 5 metres away from the chart.
(     )4. If you can only read a few big letters from the top, you probably are long-sighted.
(     )5. The underlined word "them"in the last line refer to (指) "glasses".

     Babies sleep for up to eighteen hours a day. Sleep, no one can live without it. 1______ 
     Research (研究) by the National Sleep Foundation in Washington says that we all need eight hours' sleep
every night. Scientists have found that people who sleep for less than six and a half hours a night are more
often ill than people who sleep for eight hours. 1______  "Workaholics (工作狂)" who sleep for less than five
hours often die young, and do less well at work.
     It also says that the idea that we need less sleep as we get older is untrue." People have no idea how
important sleep is to their lives," Dr Thomas Roth, director of the Foundation says," 3______ "
     "But not too much of it," says Professor Jim Horne." Sleep is like food and drink," he believes:" 4______ 
" Professor Horne studied a group of people who could spend as hours as they wanted in bed; after ten hours
they didn't find it any easier to get up in the morning. And people who sleep for more than nine hours a night
die younger than people who usually sleep for seven or eight.
A. But how much do we really need?
B. You would always like to have a little bit more, but that doesn't mean you need it.
C. Good health needs good sleeps.
D. Going without sleep also increases the chance of illness.

5. What's the best title for this passage?

A. Children and Sleep
B. The Secrets of Sleep
C. Sleep and Work
D. Are You Having Enough Sleep?