I know what you’re thinking : pizza （比萨饼）? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the a. m. if you want to. 

I know lots of women who skip breakfast （不吃早餐） , and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it . Some say they don’t have time. others think they’re “saving” calories （卡路里）, still others just don’t like breakfast food .  

But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking , R , D , who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.   21  Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southem California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.  

So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers-it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow,” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it…you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.  

The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means__________.

 A.food remaining after a meal        B. things left undone 

 C. meals made of vegetables          D. pizza topped with fruit 

What can we infer from the text? 

A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.  

B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.  

C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.  

D. Eating vegetables helps save energy.  

According to the last paragraph, it is important to____________.  

A. eat something for breakfast        B. be careful about what you eat 

C. heat up food before eating it        D. eat calorie-controlled food 

The text is written mainly for those_____________.  

A. who go to work early        B. who want to lose weight 

C. who stay up late            D. who eat before sleep 

They were         at the          child, for he was so addicted to the Internet that he stayed up till 12o’clock every night.

A. disappointed;disappointed.         B. disappointing;disappointing.       

C. disappointed;disappointing.        D. disappointing;disappointed. 

—What do you think of their marriage?

  —______, if I were Kate, I would not marry him.

   A. Generally speaking    B. I have no idea    C. To be honest     D. To my surprise

—Try the cakes._______?

—Wonderful. They taste delicious.

A. What for  B. What do you reckon    C. What’s going on     D. What do you like

--- Are you pleased with what he has done?

   --- Not in the least. It couldn’t be ___________.

A. so bad   B. much better    C. any worse    D. the best

Advice to English learners

    Learners of English, especially self-taught learners may have trouble in understanding speeches by native speakers. The following ways might help improve their ability.

    First of all, do things step by step. It is not good to listen to something beyond your level. Better choose a suitable course and start with the first book. Go on to the second book only after you are sure you understand the first one.

    Secondly, stick to one course of study. Don’t change books often. Never let your attention be attracted by another course just because it seems to be more “ fashionable”(时髦).

    Thirdly, listen to the English news programme over the radio from time to time. Better go through the news stories in the Chinese-language newspaper first. That will make it easy for you to understand the English news on the radio.

    Fourthly, if you have time, listen to some interesting stories in “special English” from the VOA or other listening materials of the same level as that of your textbook.

This is a piece of advice to learners of English in how to_____.

A. improve their listening ability                 B. read fast

C. write better English and read fast              D. speak correctly

If you want to understand the English news programme on the radio, you should_________.

read the Chinese-language newspaper carefully

read again and again the Chinese-language newspaper

go through the Chinese-language newspaper

be able to recite the Chinese-language newspaper

“Beyond your level” means something_______.

A. easy for you                               B. too difficult for you

C. not too easy and not too difficult for you         D. just all right for you 

The author advised that once you have taken up a course, you should_______.

stick to it                                    B. begin with the last book

C. take up other courses if you are more fashionable     D. not do anything else

In this passage, VOA stands for______.

A. a book      B. a magazine     C. a textbook     D. a radio station

B

I have never been able to make sense of my idea    31  money. I can walk into a store and spend $ 700 on suit,   32  go home and squeeze(挤)three cups of tea out of a single teabag. Am I a spendthrift or a miser or both?

A spendthrift is a person   33   likes to spend money. He always buys things 34    regard to cost. All of his spending gives him   35   (please), so he enjoys 36.    with shopping spending. He is both warmhearted and free - handed. He has a lot of friends    37   he often treats everybody to drinks and meals. He would even give or lend money to his   38 (bad)  enemy! Some people can accept a spendthrift's habits very easily. They consider such a person inexperienced,  39 they enjoy being with him.

Are you a little like the person just  40    (write) about? If you are one of the big spenders of the world, you will always have debts, but you may have a lot of fun, too.

       Mr. Green has two sons, one of _____ working as a bus driver now.

A. who                         B. whom                      C. them                        D. whose

Whether, an advertisement succeeds or not is decided      by whether it has the culture

    consciousness．

    A．on contrary to      B．in turn    C．to a great extent     D．by contrast

The fact that smoking is harmful to health is____most smokers are quite aware of．

    A．what                   B．which                  C．where                    D．that