“ I’d like to be at a healthier weight , ” a friend told me . “ But we just don’t have the money to buy expensive diet foods and there isn’t enough money to join a gym .” Many people feel that way—that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because of their high cost . Don’t lose hope ! We’ll be looking at ways to make healthy choices without spending too much money .
First you don’t need to buy the expensive pre-prepared “ diet foods . ” Back in the early 1970s when I started housekeeping , 90% of the food I bought was ingredients . Very few things were preprocessed（预处理的）. Now 90% of the food you find in the store is quick food . That’s a bad thing .
Quick foods like boxed “ just add hamburger ” meals have had the fiber removed to make them faster to prepare . Take a look at the label on that box . It often has low numbers listed under “ fiber ” because fiber takes longer to digest . If the low fiber meal is digested , the result is that your body begins to store fat . Besides , your body is short of nutrients（营养物质）. You will be driven to eat more to try to make up for the low quality of the food you are eating .
And then there are the chemicals the producers add to the quick meals to make them palatable . If not , the stuff would taste like cardboard and you wouldn’t enjoy it . However , these chemicals certainly aren’t good for your health .
What’s the answer ? Buy whole ingredients and give up the expensive , low nutrition , processed foods . Do the cooking yourself and you will have control over what is in your food —and it will cost less , too .
【小题1】People who find it hard to get a healthier weight think        .

“ I’d like to be at a healthier weight , ” a friend told me . “ But we just don’t have the money to buy expensive diet foods and there isn’t enough money to join a gym .” Many people feel that way—that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because of their high cost . Don’t lose hope ! We’ll be looking at ways to make healthy choices without spending too much money .

First you don’t need to buy the expensive pre-prepared “ diet foods . ” Back in the early 1970s when I started housekeeping , 90% of the food I bought was ingredients . Very few things were preprocessed（预处理的）. Now 90% of the food you find in the store is quick food . That’s a bad thing .

Quick foods like boxed “ just add hamburger ” meals have had the fiber removed to make them faster to prepare . Take a look at the label on that box . It often has low numbers listed under “ fiber ” because fiber takes longer to digest . If the low fiber meal is digested , the result is that your body begins to store fat . Besides , your body is short of nutrients（营养物质）. You will be driven to eat more to try to make up for the low quality of the food you are eating .

And then there are the chemicals the producers add to the quick meals to make them palatable . If not , the stuff would taste like cardboard and you wouldn’t enjoy it . However , these chemicals certainly aren’t good for your health .

What’s the answer ? Buy whole ingredients and give up the expensive , low nutrition , processed foods . Do the cooking yourself and you will have control over what is in your food —and it will cost less , too .

1.People who find it hard to get a healthier weight think        .

2. The author doesn’t like quick food mainly because       .

3.The underlined word “ palatable ” in Paragraph 4 probably means “       ”.

4.The author suggests in the text that people should       .

5.Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage ? （①="Paragraph" 1,

②="Paragraph" 2 ,…⑤="Paragraph" 5）

“ I’d like to be at a healthier weight , ” a friend told me . “ But we just don’t have the money to buy expensive diet foods and there isn’t enough money to join a gym .” Many people feel that way—that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because of their high cost . Don’t lose hope ! We’ll be looking at ways to make healthy choices without spending too much money .
First you don’t need to buy the expensive pre-prepared “ diet foods . ” Back in the early 1970s when I started housekeeping , 90% of the food I bought was ingredients . Very few things were preprocessed（预处理的）. Now 90% of the food you find in the store is quick food . That’s a bad thing .
Quick foods like boxed “ just add hamburger ” meals have had the fiber removed to make them faster to prepare . Take a look at the label on that box . It often has low numbers listed under “ fiber ” because fiber takes longer to digest . If the low fiber meal is digested , the result is that your body begins to store fat . Besides , your body is short of nutrients（营养物质）. You will be driven to eat more to try to make up for the low quality of the food you are eating .
And then there are the chemicals the producers add to the quick meals to make them palatable . If not , the stuff would taste like cardboard and you wouldn’t enjoy it . However , these chemicals certainly aren’t good for your health .
What’s the answer ? Buy whole ingredients and give up the expensive , low nutrition , processed foods . Do the cooking yourself and you will have control over what is in your food —and it will cost less , too

1. 1.

   People who find it hard to get a healthier weight think ______.

   1. A.
      they had too much diet foods
   2. B.
      they didn’t make a detailed plan
   3. C.
      they have no time to do exercise in gym
   4. D.
      they can’t afford diet foods and to exercise in gym
2. 2.

   The author doesn’t like quick food mainly because______.

   1. A.
      it contains too much fat
   2. B.
      it makes people eat less
   3. C.
      it has low fiber
   4. D.
      it takes longer to digest
3. 3.

   The underlined word “ palatable ” in Paragraph 4 probably means “______”

   1. A.
      fresh
   2. B.
      delicious
   3. C.
      healthy
   4. D.
      simple
4. 4.

   The author suggests in the text that people should______.

   1. A.
      control the amount of food
   2. B.
      eat more processed foods
   3. C.
      cook food for themselves
   4. D.
      choose cheap ingredients
5. 5.

   Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage ? （①="Paragraph" 1,
   ②="Paragraph" 2 ,…⑤="Paragraph" 5）

   1. A.
      ①/②③④/⑤
   2. B.
      ①②/③④/⑤
   3. C.
      ①②③/④/⑤
   4. D.
      ①/②③/④⑤

Space tourism might be the dream of many people on the planet, but a journey to space is not is not as easy as simply buying some tickets at a travel search engine；it is only reserved for the privileged few that can afford the cost.. One of the options that impressed me most is the one offered by a company called Space Adventures.

  What they have in place is a space tourism program that slows you to travel with the Soyuz to the International Space Station (ISS).The trip starts a few months in advance with intensive training dealing mainly with gravity operations, fight control and survival activities.

When all tins training is over, your space trip begins. The trip can be planned exactly according to your needs, whether you’re going for scientific research , or simply for an adventure. I doubt whether you will find any other kind of trip that has such a thorough preparation period beforehand.

   One of the great things to do, even if it makes your space trip a bit more expensive, is that you could go on a space walk during your trip. That would definitely be a good opportunity to dance outside with your loved one to a slow waltz…Sorry, I forget there’s no sound in space!

Whatever option you choose, the only obstacle you might face is the cost. All the other requirements seem to be less than those for getting a visa to a foreign country. Generally your height should be between 160 and 185 cm, your weight between 50and 95 kg and be in good health.

   Finally ,in answer to the question you’ve been wondering about .Granted, space tourism is expensive, but exactly how expensive would a normal scheduled flight to the ISS cost? Would you believe it costs between $30 and $40 million? A Russian language course is included!

  51. Besides the body requirements, which of the following is most likely to stop someone from going into space?

A . Their knowledge.    B . The  climate .   C . The  cost .  D. A visa

  52．Which of the following statements best describes the main idea of this passage？

A．Space tourism― a dream made reality？

B．Are you ready for space tourism？

C．How to participate in a space tourism program.

D．Why only a few privileged persons can afford space trips.

53．The word “that” in the fourth paragraph refers to           ．

A．a space walk                      B．a space tourism program

C．a space trip                        D．a space dance

54．According to the passage, who is most likely to take part in the space tourism program?

A．Mike, a millionaire, who is about 170 cm in height and weighs 98 kg. He is in good health

B．Julia, a model, whose height is 165 cm  and weight is 48 kg. She has heart disease.

C．Ivan, an office workers, is 175 cm in height and weights 70 kg. He is in excellent health condition.

D．Steven, a wealthy businessman who is very healthy, has a height of 178 cm and weighs 80 kg.

55．What’s the author’s tone in writing this passage?

A．Disapproving.    B．Humorous.   C．Positive.    D．Indifferent.

Anger is good for you, as long as you control it properly, according to a new psychology research. The new study from Carnegie Mellon University shows anger may help people reduce the negative effects of stress and help you become healthier. “Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger.” Said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon, “The more people show anger, the lower their stress responses.”

Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6,200. They must say out loud every 13^th number. Researchers interfered with（扰乱，妨碍）them by asking them to count faster or asking them other questions. If they made any mistake, they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry because the researchers were interrupting them. Lerner used a hidden video camera and recorded all their facial expressions during the test. The researchers described their reactions as fear, anger and disgust. Other researchers recorded the students’ blood pressure and production of high-stress hormone. （荷尔蒙）

People whose faces showed more fear during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. Both can have lasting effects such as diabetes（糖尿病）, heart disease, depression and weight gain. When people feel fear, negative effects increase, but when they get angry, those negatives go down, according to the study. Having that sense of anger leads people to actually feel some power in what otherwise is a maddening situation, Lerner said.

So in maddening situations, anger is not a bad thing to have. It’s a healthier response than fear.

72. The passage mainly wants to tell us        .

A. people should be angry all the time          B. anger does no harm to people

C. what the effects of anger are                  D. anger can be good for you

73. In the test given by Lerner, if the students made mistakes, they were asked to       .

A. take the next test                                B. say out loud the number 13

C. count back from 6,200 again               D. answer some other questions

74. From this passage we can infer that         .

A. if people often get angry they will probably have higher blood pressure

B. higher blood pressure may have something to do with weight gain

C. when people feel fear, they will probably have lower levels of the hormone

D. those who have heart disease will surely suffer from depression

75. The underlined word “maddening” in the third paragraph probably means        .

A. very annoying                               B. rather difficult

C. extremely dangerous                      D. quite different