Four common bad habits combined—smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet—can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests.

The findings are from a study that tracked nearly 5,000 British adults for 20 years, and they highlight yet another reason to adopt a healthier lifestyle.

Overall, 300 people studied had all four unhealthy behaviors. Among them, 90 died during the study, or 30 percent. Among the 400 healthiest people with none of the four habits, 8 percent of them died.

The risky behaviors were: smoking tobacco; downing more than three alcoholic drinks per day for men and more than two daily for women; getting less than two hours of physical activity per week; and eating fruits and vegetables fewer than three times daily.

These habits combined substantially increased the risk of death and made people who engaged in them seem 12 years older than people in the healthiest group, said lead researcher Elisabeth Kvaavik of the University of Oslo.

The healthiest group included never-smokers and those who had quit; teetotalers, women who had fewer than two drinks daily and men who had fewer than three; those who got at least two hours of physical activity weekly; and those who ate fruits and vegetables at least three times daily.

"You don't need to be extreme" to be in the healthy category, Kvaavik said. "These behaviors add up, so together it's quite good. It should be possible for most people to manage to do it."

    The US government generally recommends at least 4 cups of fruits or vegetables daily for adults, depending on age and activity level, and about 2 hours of exercise weekly．

What problem may you have, if you smoke often and eat few fruits and vegetables?

    A．You would have difficulty in walking．       B．You would feel tired, lack of energy．

    C．You may look older than you really are．     D．You may face the risk of death of cancer．

How many of the 400 healthiest people with none of the four habits died?

    A．32.             B．24．            C．56．            D．120．

What does this text mainly talk about?

    A．Suggestions to smokers．        B．The results of four bad life habits．

    C．The findings of a new research．             D．The recommends from the US government.

單詞拼寫。（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)首字母或漢語(yǔ)意思寫出單詞。

1. No pains, no g       .

2. The owner of the restaurant wondered whether the Million Pound Bank Note was

g         or fake.

3. The boy’s missing made the police         .（迷惑）

4. A good modern woman should be               (獨(dú)立) from the man in the economy.

5. On his __________（到達(dá)）, he was greatly welcomed by his fans.

6. Eating a b         diet is of great benefit to our health. 

7. I have           (原諒)him for breaking his promise.

8. If you want to get the job, you should make a good i              on the interviewers.

9. It is said that Vancouver is Canada’s most beautiful city, s             by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

10. The Curies were         (授予)the Nobel Prize for their great contributions to science.

Going on a trip into           space must be quite            exciting experience.

A. / ; the           B. the; the            C. the; an            D./ ; an

--- I didn’t go to class last night because my car broke down.

  --- You _______ mine. I wasn’t using it.

    A. could borrow                      B. may borrow

 C. could have borrowed                D. may have borrowed

I can’t find the recorder in the room. It ________ by someone.

A. may take                 B. may have been taken away

C. must have taken away      D. needn’t have been taken away

—What does this modern-day dinosaur look like?

—The tongue of this animal can be extended _____ of its body.

A. more than twice the length         B. twice more than the length   

C. more than the length twice        D. more twice than the length

One of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the “bestseller” lists with a sale of up to 100,000 copies, but a popular TV show might have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well-known overnight.

  This is the principle behind “quiz” or “game” shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a game for prizes and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give away thousands of dollars. Charles Van Doren, an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a career as a television personality. But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the show’s producers, who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to the most popular competitors in advance. Why? Because if the audience didn’t like the person who won the game, they turned the show off. The result of this cheating was a huge scandal(丑聞). Based on the show off, a movie titled “Quiz Show” is on 40 years later.

  Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. But game shows are still here, though they aren’t taken seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on TV, or that punish losers by humiliating(羞辱) them. The entertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.

What is the most important thing as to television?

  A. How many viewers they can attract     B. Becoming the bestseller on the list

  C. How much money can be given away  D. The number of people attending shows

What does the underlined part “pulling the strings” probably mean?

   A. Planning the shows with effort            B. Drawing the curtain on the stage

C. Controlling the result secretly         D. Playing “quiz” or “game” openly

Charles Van Doren stopped his career as a television personality because ________.

   A. he had earned enough wealth and fame.  B. one of the competitors had told the truth

   C. the film “Quiz Show” was being shown 

D. his frequent appearance had bored the audience

It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A. TV Game Shows are more popular than before.

   B. the scandal was not made known until 40 years later

 C. getting money is the only purpose of people taking part in shows

 D. people can make themselves famous by taking part in shows

Good posture certainly shows good health. It also adds to a body’s energy and beauty. The body is not handsome when the back is bent and neck thrusts forward. Bad posture suggests the impression that a person is tired, lacking in energy, bored, or weak. Tiredness may sometimes be the cause of bad posture. Most often, however, it is due to careless and poor health habits. Whatever it causes, bad posture affects one physically. The muscles are stretched and pulled into unnatural positions, which can lead to poor base of the body’s various systems.

Nutrition is the study of how the body takes food and uses it. This science provides information about the kinds of food a person must eat to improve and maintain good health. Such knowledge helps him develop and form people habits to his problems of healthful living. People habits of nutrition can be developed by paying attention to: (1) the variety of food included in the diet; (2) the quality of each kind of food eaten. A diet, or the food regularly eaten, must contain all the necessary factors.

Many physicians believe that overweight is one of the greatest dangers to good health. This condition often leads to a shorter life. An overweight person is also easier to suffer disease, and various disorders of the digestive system. A person’s weight directly has something to do with the amounts of food he eats.

All foods can make a person fat if too much is eaten. In reducing, the safe weight loss is about two pounds a week. The sensible way to lose weight is to decrease the gaining starchy(含淀粉的) foods, fats and sweets in the diet.

According to this passage, which of the following is suggested about the good health habits?

A. Good way of holding your body.             B. Balanced food.

C. Right body weight.                        D. All of the above

According to this passage, bad posture is most probably caused by_______.

tiredness, boredom and weakness           B. lack of energy

C. carelessness and poor health habits           D. overworking and illness

Which of the following eating habits is NOT proper in terms of maintaining good health?

A. Vegetables, meat and water only

B. A suitable quantity of each kind of food

C. Fats being part of diet.

D. Various foods included in the diet

We can infer from the statement “all foods can make a person fat if too much is eaten” that___.

A. to lose weight you had better eat properly for daily meals

B. the most effective way to lose weight is to have no fat and sweet

C. even vegetables can make you put on weight, so there is no need to have fat and sweet.

D. a shorter life is a sure result of overweight

The disability makes everyday life difficult and________society should treat________disabled with dignity and respect.

A．the；the　　 B．/；the　　　     C．a(chǎn)；a　　　　     D．the；/

----She looks so unhappy. Did you tell her the truth yesterday? 

   ----Yes, but I ____ her later.          

   A. must have told                              B. should have told  

C. shouldn’t have told                          D. mustn’t have told