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A healthy diet （飲食） along with exercise will help you look better， feel better and live longer.

But I am 1 to say that many children don’t have a healthy lifestyle. They eat much junk food 2 French fries and fried chicken. Eating too much junk food and dessert is 3 . If you want to 4 a long and healthy life， you have to 5 your living habits.

It is important to get a yearly physical examination （體檢）， too. You don’t hope

to 6 any bad news， but the doctor will tell you 7 healthy you are. It’s also a good idea for you to 8 a book on healthy eating. Drinking milk or juice from fruits and vegetables can help to 9 your health， too.

I am 10 good health now. People tell me that I do not look my age. Healthy eating has helped me and it will also help you！

（ ）1. A. happy B. sad C. excited D. angry

（ ）2. A. with B. as

C. like D. about

（ ）3. A. cheap B. different C. delicious D. unhealthy

（ ）4. A. live B. try C. show D. play

（ ）5. A. look for B. look after

C. think of D. agree with

（ ）6. A. hear B. look at

C. see D. feel

（ ）7. A. what B. how

C. when D. where

（ ）8. A. write B. sell

C. read D. take

（ ）9. A. mind B. visit

C. describe D. improve

（ ）10. A. in B. with

C. off D. out of

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Miss Read was very heavy. She weighed 100 kg， and she got 1 every month， so she went to see 2 . The doctor said， “You 3 to be on diet （節(jié)食）， Miss Read. Here’s a good way.” He gave her a small book and said，

“ 4 it carefully and eat the things on Page 11 every day. Then come back and 5 me in two weeks.”

Miss Read came back again two weeks

6 . But she wasn’t thinner. She was 7 heavier. The doctor was surprised and said， “Didn’t you eat the things on Page 11 of the small book？” “Yes， doctor，” she answered.

The next day 8 visited Miss Read in the afternoon. She was very surprised to see him.

“Miss Read，” he said， “Why are you eating potatoes and bread？ You are on 9 .”

“But doctor，” Miss Read answered， “I will eat my diet 10 lunch time. This is my snack （零食）.”

（ ）1. A. heavier B. thinner

C. happier D. stronger

（ ）2. A. her husband B. the doctor

C. the dentist D. a film

（ ）3. A. want B. like

C. wish D. have

（ ）4. A. See B. Read

C. Watch D. Find

（ ）5. A. gave B. watch

C. see D. visited

（ ）6. A. ago B. before

C. after D. later

（ ）7. A. even B. ever

C. never D. bit

（ ）8. A. her parents B. her friend

C. the doctor D. her husband

（ ）9. A. diet B. TV

C. fire D. duty

（ ）10. A. at B. in

C. on D. about

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The summer is usually very hot. So what’s the best thing to 1 on a hot summer day？ Many people would say ice cream. Yes， eating ice cream 2 some fruit on top is a great way to cool down. 3 think before you eat. If your body is hot from 4 ， it’s not the best time to eat ice cream.

When your body is hot， a lot of ice cream may give your 5 some problems， and you could get diarrhea （腹瀉）. You can eat some ice cream 6 you’ve cooled down a bit and had some tea. Just try not to eat 7 at once.

After dinner is 8 time people

shouldn’t eat or drink anything cold. Drink

9 after you eat， and your stomach will digest （消化） your food better. If you love fruit， summer is a great time for you. Go to the market and pick out the best 10 of the season. If you want to stay cool， oranges， bananas， pears and watermelons can help. Also， try to eat more ginger and gram. They will help you stay cool and healthy.

（ ）1. A. do B. drink

C. eat D. buy

（ ）2. A. has B. have

C. and D. with

（ ）3. A. But B. And

C. So D. Then

（ ）4. A. do sports B. play sports

C. playing sports D. summer

（ ）5. A. back B. stomach

C. hand D. mouth

（ ）6. A. after B. before

C. because D. so

（ ）7. A. too many B. many

C. too much D. much too

（ ）8. A. other B. the other

C. another D. others

（ ）9. A. hot thing B. hot something

C. something hotD. something is hot

（ ）10. A. food B. fruit

C. drinks D. ice cream

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Although it was only autumn， everything outside was covered in white. Unexpectedly， we were hit with a big 1 storm and no one was prepared.

We have two apple trees in our backyard. Prana， our dog， loves 2 . When she goes outside，she usually grabs a dirty apple from the ground to eat later on. Prana knows that when she brings her treasure into the house， I am not always 3 ， so she tries to hide it from me. It is our little game.

On the day that it snowed too 4 in the season， Prana went outside and I 5 her from the window. I noticed that she was 6 lots of holes and bringing out the apples buried beneath the snow. She seemed to be 7 to dig up as many apples as she could.

But when she came back inside， she brought back only one. About five minutes later， I looked outside. The yard was completely 8 with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat. She knew that they hadn’t prepared 9 food for the early winter.

This beautiful act of unconditional love from a （an） 10 taught me what real kindness was.

（ ）1. A. sand B. snow

C. thunder D. rain

（ ）2. A. apples B. winter

C. games D. bones

（ ）3. A. clear B. correct

C. happy D. surprised

（ ）4. A. late B. beautifully

C. lightly D. early

（ ）5. A. met B. watched

C. called D. heard

（ ）6. A. hiding B. finding

C. cutting D. digging

（ ）7. A. determinedB. suitable

C. nervous D. encouraged

（ ）8. A. hit B. marked

C. covered D. taken

（ ）9. A. delicious B. enough

C. less D. extra

（ ）10. A. teacher B. friend

C. animal D. bird

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Ever since I was little， my favourite season was winter. I loved to play in the snow and enjoy the hot chocolate.

1 ， winter never gave me the special gift of snow on my birthday. I would ask my grandmother 2 it didn’t snow on my birthday. She would laugh and tell me I asked too many questions. 3 one day， she promised （許諾） that she would make it snow on my next birthday.

That year， 4 my birthday， my grandmother died. I was sad but angry because she had promised to make it snow. The day of my sixth birthday， I woke up and ran to the window， 5 to see just one snowflake. But there was no snow. I felt mad at my grandmother. She had broken a promise.

By my sixteenth birthday， I 6 all hope of getting my snow， even though I still wished for 7 . During my party， I stayed with my friends and family and was truly happy. I 8 the best time ever！ Then I saw the white snow

9 down all around. I was so excited that I ran around screaming （尖叫） and laughing. My friends all laughed 10 me， but I didn’t care.

When I 11 home， my grandpa said he had a gift for me. I was 12 because he had given me a gift. It was a small white box， which looked old. I opened it. There was a crystal snowflake （水晶雪花） with a card that 13 ， “Happy Birthday.”

How could this be？ My grandpa said it was my grandmother’s final 14 on my “sweet sixteenth”. I cried.

I was 15 that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me.

（ ）1. A. Certainly B. Unfortunately

C. ImportantlyD. Luckily

（ ）2. A. when B. how

C. whether D. why

（ ）3. A. But B. Or

C. Then D. So

（ ）4. A. on B. after

C. before D. in

（ ）5. A. hoped B. hoping

C. to hope D. hope

（ ）6. A. was losing B. lost

C. would lose D. had lost

（ ）7. A. it B. her

C. him D. me

（ ）8. A. had B. was

C. played D. feared

（ ）9. A. fell B. to fall

C. fallen D. falling

（ ）10. A. with B. at

C. from D. off

（ ）11. A. arrived atB. remained

C. got D. entered

（ ）12. A. excited B. confused

C. pleased D. frustrated

（ ）13. A. wrote B. said

C. explained D. appeared

（ ）14. A. order B. mistake

C. wish D. decision

（ ）15. A. certain B. angry

C. sad D. anxious

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Last night I was driving from Harris-burg to Lewisburg， a distance of about 80 miles. It was late， and I was driving 1 .

At one point along an open highway， I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was 2 on the road by now， but as I came near the light， it turned 3 ， and I braked to a stop. I looked left， right， and behind me. Nothing. Not a car， no sugge-stion of headlights， 4 there I sat， waiting for the light to 5 ， the only human being， for at least a mile in any 6 .

I started wondering why I 7 to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught， because there was 8 no policeman any-where around and there certainly would have been no 9 in going through it.

Much later that 10 ， after I’d met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight， the question of why I’d stopped for that light 13 me. I think I stopped 13 it’s part of a contract （契約） we all have with each other. It’s not only the law， but it’s an agreement we have， and we trust each other to follow

13 ： we don’t go through red lights.

We do 14 we say we’ll do. We show up when we say we’ll show up.

I was so 15 of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg， I had to tell s someone.

（ ）1. A. fast B. slowly

C. carefully D. hard

（ ）2. A. late B. alone

C. worried D. afraid

（ ）3. A. green B. yellow

C. red D. dark

（ ）4. A. and B. or

C. so D. but

（ ）5. A. return B. change C. start D. continue

（ ）6. A. attention B. background C. direction D. information

（ ）7. A. refused B. decided C. prepared D. forgot

（ ）8. A. hardly B. luckily C. usually D. clearly

（ ）9. A. danger B. excuse C. space D. energy

（ ）10. A. moment B. night C. afternoonD. morning

（ ）11. A. depended on

B. looked forward to

C. stayed away from

D. came back to

（ ）12. A. though B. unless C. because D. until

（ ）13. A. me B. it C. him D. us

（ ）14. A. what B. how

C. why D. that

（ ）15. A. tired B. ready C. proud D. sorry