How to eat healthfully can be espeically complex for working women who often have neither the desire nor the time to cook for themselves (or for anyone else). Registered dietitian(營養(yǎng)專家)Barhara Morrissey suggests that a few simple rules can help.

“Go for nutrient?dense foods,”she suggests, “foods that contain a multiple of nutrients. For example, select whole wheat bread as a breakfast food, rather than coffee cake. Or drink orange juice rather than orange drink, which contains only a small percentage of real juice-the rest is largely colored sugar water. You just can’t compare the value of these foods, the nutrient?dense ones are so superior, ”she emphasizes.

Morrissey believes that variety is not only the spice of life—it’s the foundation of a healthful diet. Diets which are based on one or two foods are not only virtually impossible to keep up the strength, they can be very harmful, she says, because nutrients aren’t supplied in sufficient amounts or balance.

According to Morrissey, trying to find a diet that can cure your illnesses, or make you superwoman is a fruitless search. As women, many of us are too concerned with staying thin, she says, and we believe that vitamins are some kind of magic cure to replace food.

“We need carbohydrates, protein and fat—they are like the wood in the fireplace. The vitamins and minerals are like the match, the spark, for the fuel,”she explains. “We need them all, but in a very different proportions. And if the fuel isn’t there, the spark is useless.”

12.From the paragraph we know that working women .          

think cooking is especially complicated

do not share the same views with registered dietitians

are busy and not interested in cooking           

D.  are likely to eat healthfully

13.Orange juice is different from orange drink in that            .

A.it contains only a small percentage of real juice

B.it is natural, nutritious and prepared from real oranges

C.it is largely orangecolored sugar water

D.it produces nothing but calories

14.In Paragraph 4, “a fruitless search”means            .

A.an effort with no results                    

B.a search for a diet without fruits

C.a research on fruitless diet                 

D.a diet serving as medicine

15.Many women take it for granted, according to passage that            .

A.a balanced diet can result in being fat

B.staying thin and healthy are both possible

C.lack of variety in diets leads to staying thin

D.vitamins are some kind of subsitutions for food

16.By “if the fuel isn’t there, the spark is useless”,the author means            .

A.carbohydrates, protein and fat are enough to support a human life

B.vitamins and minerals are virtually of no valuew.

C.carbohydrates, protein and fat are as important as vitamins and minerals

D.without carbohydrates, protein and fat, vitamins and minerals are of no use

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — The House of Representatives, which prides itself on being " the People’s House" has been turning into, a rich men’s club.

The representatives newly elected in 1984 were almost four times as wealthy as the first term lawmakers elected only six years before, according to a new study on the members’ financial reports.

Behind this remarkable swing, the study says, there are two main factors: a court decision that outlawed limits on what candidates could give to their own campaigns, and the enormous growth in the cost of pursuing a seat in Congress. As a result, it is increasingly difficult for candidates of modest means, particularly women to amount successful challenges to entrenched office holders.

One solution, the authors contend, is a system of public financing for campaigns, but Congress seems in no mood to change the political rules any time soon.

"The lower chamber is going upper class," said Mark Green, the President of the Democracy Project, a public policy institute based in New York. ".But this evolution from a House of Representa??tives to a House of Lords denies the diversity of our democracy. It establishes a de facto property qual??ification for office that increasingly says: The people with low and middle income need not apply. "

The Democracy Project produced the study in cooperation with the United States Public Interests Research Group, a similar institute situated in Washington. But their research was not entirely theo??retical. In 1980 Mr. Green was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Congress in New York’s 15th District, in Manhattan. The winner was. Bill Green, one of the wealthiest members of Congress.

5. What can we know from the passage?

A. The House of Representatives is poor men’s club.

B. The House of Representatives was made up of people with low and middle income.

C. The House of Representatives, was rich men’s club;

D. The House of Representatives is made up of people with low and middle income.

6. What does "this remarkable swing" in the third paragraph refer to?

A. The House of Representatives prides itself on being" the people’s House".

B. The new study based on the members’ financial reports.

C. A court decision that outlawed limits on what candidates could give to their own campaigns.

D. The representatives elected now are much wealthier than those elected a few years ago.

7. Which of the following is wrong according to the study?

A. Any honest man can become a representative of the House.

B. Women are more difficult than men to be an entrenched office holder.

C. Limits on what a candidate could give to his campaign are outlawed.

D. One must spend much money getting a seat in the Congress.

8. What is the United States Public Interests Research Group like?

A. The House of Representatives.

B. A public policy institute based in New York.

C. A public policy institute based in Washington.

D. The House of Lords.

9. What does the writer think of the study?

A. Doubtful.          B. Believable.            C. Opposed.                D. Normal.

Who are these people rushing by you in the street? More than 215 million people now call America “home”, but most of them can trace their families back to other parts of the world. If you look at the names on shop windows, you will see that Americans come from many different lands. The idea that these people, who once were strangers to the United States, have lost the customs and cultures of their original countries and have become “American” is really not true. In fact, what exists in America is more often a kind of “side-by-side” living in which groups of people from other countries often have kept many of their customs and habits. They join the general American society only in certain areas of their lives—such as in schools, business, and sports—but they keep many of their own native customs and manners socially and at home. This living “side-by-side” has both advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes it may cause disagreements to develop between groups whose ways of life are very different from one another. However, there are also great advantages that come from the variety of cultures brought by settlers from other lands. There is great freedom of choice among ideas and dress, food, and social customs in America. Everyone can find some part of his or her familiar world in the United States, in churches, music, food, national groups, or newspapers.

6. More than 215 million people call America “home” because_______.

A. they buy their houses there              B. they settle there now

C. they get married there                  D. they were born there

7. “Side-by-side” living style means _______.

A. making friends with native people

B. keeping their own customs while sharing American ones in certain areas

C. the groups of people who live nearby

D. that they get closer to American society

8. According to the passage, people in the USA ________.

A. share American customs and culture

B. live in a kind of “side-by-side” society

C. keep their own customs and habits firmly

D. make no choice to accept American customs

9. Which of the following statements is true?

A. They always stick to their own customs and habits.

B. “Side-by-side” living style is not suitable.

C. They face the society they are not familiar with.

D. The advantages coming from the variety of cultures make life in America colorful.

10. Which title of the following can best take the place of “Different Cultures in America”?

A. Advantages and Disadvantages.       B. Different Customs and Habits.

C. Home for the People.               D. “Side-by-side” Living Style in America.

It is said that the famous football star is now willing to play for______ would pay him three million dollars a year.  

A. anyone          B. whomever       C. no matter who     D. whoever

In this experiment, they are woken up several times during the night, and asked to report what they＿＿＿＿.

A.had just been dreaming      B.are just dreaming

C.have just been dreaming     D.had just dreamt

Look at this ! I＿＿＿＿＿some magazines and＿＿＿＿＿＿this letter.

A.was looking through； found  B.am looking through； find

C.looked through； had found   D.had looked through； finding

—— We ＿＿＿＿＿ that you would fix the TV set this week.

—— I’m sorry.I ＿＿＿＿＿ to fix it this week, but I’ve been too busy.

A.had expected； had intended     B.are expecting； had intended

C.expect； intend                D.expected； intend

＿＿＿＿＿, you have given me a lot of help.

A.Tell the truth     B.To tell the truth  C.Telling true     D.Telling truth

Be sure to be here early tomorrow, ＿＿＿＿＿?

A.will you     B.aren’t you  C.can you     D.could you

It sounds ＿＿＿＿＿ the singing of rails.

A.as     B.in     C.like     D.as if