"I am so busy with my study． I don't even have enough time to have breakfast．"said Zhangli， a middle school student． Do you have the same problem __A__ Zhangli？ However， missing breakfast could raise your risk of heart problem by 87 percent， according to a new study． Researchers at the University of Iowa analyzed 18 years of data on 6，550 people over 40 years old who had no history of heart problems．They were given regular surveys __B__ included the question， "how often do you eat breakfast？ Most （59 percent）ate breakfast every day，but 5.1 percent never did，10.9 percent rarely did， and 25 percent would miss for a few days． The team found that①早餐习惯与心脏病风险之间存在明显关联．Those who didn't eat in the morning were up to 87 percent more likely to develop heart problems．
" It's believed that ②an， important， day， breakfast， the， is， meal， of， but there has been an
increasing prevalence （普遍）of missing breakfast over the past 50 years in the United States， with as many as 23.8 percent of young people missing break fast every day，" the researchers said．"However， studies on the health effects of missing breakfast are rare．"
The team pointed out a few factors which could underlie this connection． ③ Firstly ， those who don't eat breakfast may be more likely to snack unhealthily ．Secondly， breakfast may help to balance blood sugar levels and control blood pressure． The findings were published on the American College of Cardiology． Some days later a similar study showed people who missed breakfast and ate a late dinner were less likely to survive a heart attack． And Borja Ibanez， a doctor of medicine， also pointed out those who didn't eat breakfast were more likely to smoke， be lack of exercise， and drink alcohol．
As for us teenagers， what are your opinions on breakfast？ Do you think breakfast is important for us？
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任务二：请将文中①处句子译成英语．
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任务五： What can we learn from the passage？
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Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled (拉)even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.
“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).The thief was trying to get .
| A．his neighbour | B．his neighbour’s doorbell |
| C．some cotton | D．a door with a bell on it |
The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell.
| A．safe | B．difficult |
| C．dangerous | D．easy |
The neighbour hit the thief to .
| A．give him lessons |
| B．punish (惩罚) him for stealing |
| C．help him with the bell |
| D．be his teacher |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The thief understood why he was hit on the nose. |
| B．The thief knew why the neighbour came out. |
| C．The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell. |
| D．The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell. |
Of all our festivals the Spring Festival is the most important to us Chinese. Several days before the Lunar(阴历) New Year, we our houses and decorate them. We make everything new and clean and hope that the New Year will
us happiness and good luck. The celebration begins on the eve of the Lunar New Year. The
get together for dinner. If a person is
from his home, he will always try to get home for this big dinner. On the first day of the holiday, we usually get up quite early and exchange New Year’s greeting first. On the
day and the third day, we go to visit relatives and friends. We sit around talking and
all kinds of delicious food. Every family gets something special ready. The celebration
15 days. The 15th night of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. On that day we young people go out to enjoy
and sometimes we dance folk dances far into the night.
Some people do not seem to have a mind of their own. They never express their own ideas and they do not decide to do what to do themselves. My brother is one of these people. Last night, for example, he was going to read at home. At about seven thirty, his friend Tom came in, “Let’s watch TV.” “OK.” my brother answered. By ten o’clock my brother was tired and sleepy, and he wanted to go to bed. But Tom said, “ Let’s go out and get something to eat.” “ Good.” my brother answered. He often says things he does not mean and does thing he really does not want to. Worse than that, he does not say the things he would like to say or do a lot of things he would like to do.When did Tom come?
What does the writer think of his brother?
Does the writer’s brother do a lot of things he would like to do?
Maybe you have seen this in schools: some students are studying hard all the time but they just pass their exams, while some others may spend much less time on their books but do much better in exams. How could this happen? People used to think that hard-work is the only way to success. But now they have understood that smart work can make them succeed, too.
Hard workers don’t mind working for long hours, while smart workers always think of several different answers to these questions, “ Why should I suffer(忍受) this? Isn’t there s better way to do this?” Thanks to these people, we can use computers instead of the abacus(算盘) now. Progress in every field(领域) is the direct result of “ try a better way” by smart workers.
There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it received an unusual letter, complaining(抱怨) that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought. How could empty soapboxes go out of the factory? The engineers (工程师) checked the producing and packing(包装). The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machine let an empty soapbox go. There was no need to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon work out a solution. He put a huge X-ray machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapboxes. After teaching the worker how to use it, he sat down in his seat, exhausted(筋疲力尽的).
“ Sir, we could have solved the problem in a much easier and cheaper way.” said one worker. “ Really? How?” “ We can put a huge fan(风扇) near the packing machine. The wind will blow away the empty boxes. There would be no need for an X-ray machine and computers.”
See, this is smart work. In order to succeed, we should not work hard like the engineer, but also think smartly like this worker.Some students spend much less time on the schoolwork but do much better in exams.
| A．Because of their hard work |
| B．Because of different education |
| C．Because they try to find a better way |
| D．Because they study for a much longer time |
Someone wrote the soap factory and complained that .
| A．the soapbox he bought was empty |
| B．their soap was too expensive |
| C．the soap he bought was terrible |
| D．their service was very bad |
The soap factory could only near the packing machine to solve the problem in a much easier and cheaper way.
| A．set some soapboxes |
| B．set an X-ray machine |
| C．put two large computers |
| D．put a huge fan |
The phrase “ blow away” here in Chinese means?
| A．停止 | B．吹走 | C．搬动 | D．逃脱 |
The article mainly tell us that we should in order to succeed.
| A．think of different answers to our questions |
| B．spend much less time on our school work |
| C．work hard like the engineer and think smartly like the worker |
| D．spend enough money repairing the machine for any problem |
What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work; others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表顺序）and use the numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c..., you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work become 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11="98," meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge : 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5="96," while love: 12+15+22+5=54，and luck: 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer(祈祷)? They can’t, either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(态度). Yes, the attitude is the word. See for yourselves: attitude: 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5="100," a full mark.
Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most time people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the better after one has changed one’s attitude.
When you change your manner and become friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive(积极的) attitude towards failure(失败), you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.According to this passage, the gets the full mark.
| A．Hard-work | B．Knowledge |
| C．Money | D．Attitude |
According to this passage, which gets the more mark?
| A． Prayer | B．Luck | C．Money | D．love |
From this passage we can learn that.
| A．different attitudes come from different course of life |
| B．math can solve every problem easily in our daily life |
| C．failure sometimes bring you good if you take positive attitude |
| D．none of the English words except “attitude” is 100 0r more |
In the writer’s opinion, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to.
| A．Ask for help from others |
| B．Say your prayers to God |
| C．Change your attitude |
| D．Try maths-solving ways |