Healthy habits for living longer
By keeping your daily habits healthy, you can add years to your life. Here are some tips for living longer.
Keep daily habits healthy. Many of us are set in our daily habits. We eat the same meal, wear the same clothes, take the same route to work and work the same old job. But what we sometimes fail to recognize is the huge influence that our daily habits can have on our health. It is very important for us to keep our daily habits healthy.
Take some exercise every day. Daily exercise does improve our health. In fact, studies show that daily exercise can add three years to our life. Opportunity for exercise is everywhere—just be creative. Whenever we can, walk to work. It’s really that simple.
Eat a healthy breakfast. Researchers have found that those who eat an early morning meal are less likely to be too fat and get diseases compared with those who don’t.
All in all, eating breakfast is a great and healthy way to start our day.
Have enough sleep. Failing to get at least seven hours of sleep appears to increase the risk of major illnesses including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and many more.
Get chances to communicate. Any social communication can positively affect our physical and mental well-being because we can have more time and chances to communicate with others. All of these can add years to our lives.
A.A lack of quality sleep can shorten our life. |
B.Exercise also helps us keep away from illnesses. |
C.If we live or work in a tall building, just take the stairs. |
D.Breakfast-eaters also report feeling better both mentally and physically. |
E. There’s an old saying that says a good friend is cheaper than treatment.
F. Finding time for structured exercise can be pretty much impossible for many people.
G. By making just a few small changes and sticking to them, we can add a few years to our life.
根据短文内容,从下框的A—F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A. Environment protection
B. Driving experience
C. Self – driving
D. Safety
E. Computing and communications
F. Wireless communications
Today, the Internet is in a few cars; tomorrow, broadband (宽带) will be in all of them. Any capability a personal computer has, a car will have, including two – way wireless communications for receiving e – mail, music, and movies. When you’re crossing the lonely place, the kids can watch TV if they’re bored. Every passenger will have a video feed.
Every car will have a self – driving system linked to GPS satellites. Radar sensors (传感器) will track nearby cars. On the freeway, they’ll slow your car when the car ahead of you slows; in town, they’ll help you park without hitting other cars. At rush hour, you’ll get the routes around traffic jams and accidents. The self – driving system in a car makes it possible for the car to drive itself, though some scientists say that’s 30 to 40 years off.
Motor vehicles today represent 20 to 30 percent of the world’s energy use. In the near future, a small gasoline engine and an electric motor will be brought together. Drivers will use electricity in a storage battery for short distances. Longer term, cars might burn hydrogen or use a fuel cell that converts a fuel like hydrogen and combines it with oxygen to create power. Then the waste will be pure water.
You’ll use the voice control: “Make it a bit cooler” or “find me country music”. Lighter, more reliable electronic controls replace mechanical controls. Fiber optics (光纤) replace electrical wires and light bulbs. Seats will be air – conditioned. The car will travel with one side higher than the other when turning, just as an airplane does now.
Cars will avoid some accidents by maintaining safe following distances, and by sensing sleepy or drunk drivers. Air bags will adapt for every passenger according to their size, weight, and position in case accidents happen.
根据对话情景和内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
-- What do you find hardest in learning English?
-- Sometimes it’s just impossible to understand.
-- The more you listen to English, the easier it becomes.
-- That’s easier said than done!
-- Then you can listen to Radio Beijing or VOA English programmes on the radio.
-- Do you think that would help?
-- And why not buy some English tapes and some books to go with them? I’m sure you’ll find them useful.
-- Yes, that’s a good idea. But I have another difficulty._
-- Oh! Well, for that, you’d better find an English pen friend.
A.Of course. |
B.Certainly not. |
C.I’m afraid I need your help. |
D.Why don’t you buy a radio? |
E. I find listening really hard.
F. Well, you just need lots of practice.
G. My written English isn’t very good either.
根据短文内容,从下框的A—F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A. How can you select your test location(地址)? B. How many times do you plan to take the test? C. When do you have to hand in your test scores? D. What is the most appropriate test date for you? E. Where do you stand in your high school coursework? F. What are the factors determining your choice of test time? |
The ACT is offered nationally several times a year, between September and June. However, it's not offered at every test center on each test date. If you need to take the ACT on a day other than Saturday because of religious reasons, you’ll want to be especially attentive in selecting a test date because the non-Saturday dates are less frequent and are held at fewer test centers.
One of the first things you should find out, then, is where the ACT is being offered in your area. A quick and easy way to get that information is by accessing ACT's website at www.actstudent.org. Or your high school guidance counselor should be able to give you that information. It's also printed in the booklet Registering for the ACT, which is available free from your school counselor. Often, your own or a neighboring school will serve as a test center.
One important decision you need to make is whether you should take the ACT during your junior or your senior year in high school. A number of factors will affect this decision. First, you should find out when colleges you're interested in need to have your test scores. Is there a special program or scholarship for which you want to apply? If so, is there a deadline by which you need to have test scores submitted to the college or agency? Score reports are normally mailed about 3-7 weeks after the test date. Just be sure you're doing everything, including taking the ACT, early enough to keep all your options open.
Another consideration in deciding when to take the ACT is where you stand in your high school coursework. If you're in a college-prep program and taking a lot of courses in English, mathematics, and science in your sophomore and junior years, it may be wise for you to take the ACT in your junior year, while those subjects are still fresh in your memory. If, on the other hand, you're studying material covered on the ACT during your senior year, it's reasonable to assume that your performance on the ACT might be better then.
Perhaps you'll decide to take the ACT more than once, in hopes of improving your score. In that case, it's probably better to take the exam in your junior year to allow time for a second try. There are several advantages to taking the ACT in your junior year: (i) You probably will have completed much of the coursework corresponding to the material covered on the ACT. (ii)You'll have your ACT scores and other information in time to help make decisions about your final year of high school coursework. (iii) You'll have your ACT scores and information from colleges in time to make decisions about visiting campuses or contacting schools.
根据对话情景和内容,从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
—Young people are given too much freedom nowadays, and as a result they have lost respect for their parents and elders in general.
— My parents gave me advice but never forced me to do anything I didn`t want to do .I respect and love them for this.
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—Oh, yes. After I left school and started to work as a nurse, I became economically independent.
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—I am. Many young people today say they have nothing in common with their parents. But I`m very lucky because I get along very well with them. What about you?
—I am also very fond of my family. But I don`t always get along very well with my parents. They seldom allow me to do what I want to.
—But they allowed you to come to study in England on your own.
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A.You seem very close to your parents. |
B.Yes, but that`s after many times of request. |
C.I don`t think so. |
D.Well, we value family life very much in my country. |
E. What about your parents?
F. Are you quite independent of them now?
G. They are strict with me.
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
____ Scientists and experts have proved the uniqueness of finger-prints and discovered that no exactly similar pattern is passed on from parents to children, though nobody knows why this is the cas
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The ridge(隆起) structure on a person’s fingers does not change with growth and is not affected by surface injuries. Burns, cuts and other damage to the outer part of the skin will be replaced in time by new one, which bears a reproduction of the original pattern. ___ Some criminals make use of this fact to remove their own finger-prints but this is a dangerous and rare step to take.
Finger-prints can be made very easily with printer’s ink. They can be recorded easily. ___ Because of the simplicity and economy of this system, finger-prints have often been used as a method of solving criminal case. A suspected man may deny a charge but this may be in vain. __
_ When a suspect leaves finger-prints behind at the scene of a crime, they are difficult to detect(察觉) with the naked eye. __
__ Some of the marks found are incomplete but identification is possible if a print of a quarter of an inch square can be obtained.
A.Special techniques are used to “develop” them. |
B.A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all part of the finger. |
C.It is only when the inner skin is injured that the arrangement will be destroyed. |
D.With special methods, identification can be achieved successfully within a short time. |
E. A latent(潜在的) print is the chance reproduction of the friction ridges deposited on the surface of an item.
F. His finger-prints can prove who he is even if his appearance has been changed by age or accident.
G. Every human being has a unique arrangement of the skin on his fingers and this arrangement is unchangeable.