About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight. That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicine, or even have operations. you can see losing weight is work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But do so many people in the United States want to lose weight? Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body. For many people, looking nice also means to be . Other people worry about their health as many doctors overweight is not good.
Most people want to find a (an) way to take off fat, and books of this kind are very popular. These books tell people how to lose weight. Each year a lot of new books like these are . Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.
Losing weight can be . Some overweight people go to health centres, like La Costa in California. Men and women several hundred dollars a day at these health centres. People live there for one week or two, exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work for losing weight. 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $ 400 a day, she spent $ 320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still to do so. Health centres, books, medicines, operations, running and exercise machines all a lot of money. So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing too.
A．less B．more C．nice D．fast
A．For B．So C．Or D．And
A．good B．useful C．hard D．easy
A．why B．what C．how D．when
A．high B．short C．thin D．fat
A．talk B．say C．speak D．tell
A．dearer B．harder C．shorter D．easier
A．taken B．given C．written D．copied
A．cheap B．expensive C．easy D．safe
A．pay B．cost C．take D．have
A．making B．taking C．playing D．using
A．Before B．In C．After D．At
A．sorry B．angry C．sad D．glad
A．need B．have C．use D．get
A．health B．time C．food D．Money
Three small fish lived in the sea. When they were very young, their parents died. They had toeach other day after day. Finally, they up and dared to swim deeper and further.
One morning, the three fish were to a shallow (浅) water by a big wave (浪). A small boat was taken there, too. It was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was fight in front of them. The largest fish realized that they wereand said they had to find a way to leave there as fast as possible. The second largest fish with his elder brother, but the youngest one did not. He said that there was muchfor their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swam around. At last, the largest fish returned to the pond by over the lowest part of the boat. The second fish also succeeded in joining his older brother in the other side of water. But the youngest one didn't follow them and still swam joyfully.
Two hours later, when the rose up, the water in the small shallow corner dried up. The fish who did not try to return to the sea died of lack(缺乏)of water.A. listen to B. look after C. talk with
A. grow B. grew C. grown
A. allowed B. given C. taken
A. in safety B. in doubt C. in danger
A. agreed B. talked C. compared
A. timeB. food C. water
A. slowly B. sadly C. happily
A. jumps B. jumped C. jumping
A. large B. largest C. larger
A. storm B. starsC. sun
As I was passing the elephants, I was confused to see these huge animals were held by nothing but a small rope. The rope was tied to their front legs. No chains, no cages. It was that the elephants could easily break away from the ropes at any time. But the fact was opposite.
I saw a nearby and asked why these elephants just stood there and made no attempt (尝试) to . “Well,” he said, “when they were very young and much smaller, we used the same rope to tie them. At that age, it was enough to hold them. As they , they are used to believing that they cannot break away. They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.”
To my , these animals could break free from their ropes at any time, but they . Because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go life believing that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? How many of us have trying something new because of a limited belief (认知)? Worse, how many of us are being held back by someone else’s limited beliefs?
A．clear B．lively C．smart D．lovely
A．visitor B．gardener C．trainer D．waiter
A．get away B．give away C．put away D．carry away
A．colour B．size C．model D．number
A．turn up B．get up C．look up D．grow up
A．even B．still C．hard D．hardly
A．surprise B．joy C．danger D．interest
A．did B．didn’t C．are D．aren’t
A．down B．on C．at D．through
A．finished B．enjoyed C．avoided D．practised
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Tigers are dangerous and cruel animals. They are the bosses of the Asian jungles with their cleverness, quickness and s.A cat, on the o
hand, is a homebody that comforts us with its gentle warmth and calms us with its purring(猫叫声).
As a mother, there is no doubt that the Chinese-American writer Amy Chua is a tiger. Her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,tpeople about the strict raising she gave her two children. She thinks that being strict is the o
way to develop a child's potential(潜力)and to make them strong, independent and successful. Her kids were not allowed to watch TV or play video games. They were not allowed to "hang out" with other kids after school. They had to be the top students in their classes. And they had to practise playing the piano and violin for hours every day. As a r
, her kids became successful.
Chua says, Iher, most Asian mothers are tigers because they believe their children can achieve a lot if they're pushed hard enough. She says American mothers are really cats. They care m
about their children's self-esteem(自尊).They don't want to push their kids too hard for fear of hurting their feelings. American mothers e
their children to find their own path.
So, is a tiger mom better than a cat? Perhaps it depends on the differences bAsian and Western cultures. It may a
depend on the child himself. Some kids need to be pushed while others respond(反应)to a gentler hand. To growl or to purr? There is no easy answer.
It was a cold winter's night. It was getting late and l was tired so I went to bed.
At about two in the morning my phone began to ring. It was from Mum. I started to feel frightened, because she only if something was wrong.1 lived in the same flat as Mum, I rushed down to see what was wrong.
The door would not open. Everything was running through my mind including Mum could be dying and I could not get into her flat. I went around to her bedroom window and could see Mum on the floor. She had heard me and to unlock the door painfully.
Then I entered the flat and what I saw was terrible. I could see Mum's leg was badly broken and it was completely the wrong way. I rang the ambulance(救护车) and while we were waiting I tried to make Mum comfortable.
The ambulance finally arrived and I it. It was a cold freezing night. The roads were empty and . It seemed that everything was going in a slow way.
We arrived at the hospital and rushed into A&E. The doctor told me that Mum would need an the next day. After Mum fell asleep, I went home to get some sleep.
When I rang the hospital the next morning, Mum had gone to the operating room. Everything was racing through my head. Is she OK? Will she be safe? Would she it through the operation? Finally that day she was fine. My mum is a very lady and I am so proud of her.
From this I have learned that you should never take family for granted(想当然), everyday every moment you have with them because in my mind family is the most important thing you will ever be a part of, so never, ever forget what you have.
A．waited B．wondered C．rang D．cared
A．but B．so C．unless D．because
A．afforded B．offered C．allowed D．managed
A．meeting B．facing C．receiving D．allowing
A．followed B．missed C．ordered D．passed
A．safe B．clean C．quiet D．free
A．experience B．excitement C．experiment D．operation
A．test B．make C．push D．cut
A．brave B．lonely C．weak D．serious
A．trust B．expect C．find D．enjoy
A true friend is always helpful. I didn’t believe it one thing happened to me when I was in Grade 7.
Li Jie was one of my classmates. He and I were also neighbours. He always listened to his mother I didn’t like listening to my mother. I didn’t think it was necessary for to teach me anything. Li Jie knew all about that but he said to me.
One weekend, Li Jie invited me to watch a film. I liked films very much so I went to the with him happily. The film was about the love between a and her son. After watching it, I began to know how great the love of the mother was. I felt that I didn’t listen to my mother before. I decided to think more about my mother than about . After I told that to him, Li Jie smiled and said, “It’s really necessary for you to watch such a film. That was a good choice (选择) for both you and me.”
Suddenly, I knew he invited me to watch the film. Just at that time, I knew a true friend is always .
A．when B．after C．until D．because
A．and B．but C．so D．or
A．her B．you C．him D．them
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．park B．cinema C．museum D．zoo
A．mother B．father C．sister D．brother
A．happy B．bored C．sorry D．interested
A．myself B．herself C．himself D．yourself
A．how B．where C．what D．why
A．generous B．hard-working C．smart D．helpful