The rising costs of health care have become a problem for many countries in the world. To deal with this problem, it is recommended that a big part of the government’s health budget be used for health education and disease prevention instead of treatment. Actually, many kinds of diseases are preventable in many ways and preventing a disease is usually much cheaper than treating it. For example, people could avoid catching a cold if they dressed warmly when the weather starts getting cold. But many people get sick because they fail to do so, and have to spend money seeing a doctor.
Daily habits like eating more healthy food would have kept millions of families from becoming bankrupt if the patients had taken measures for early prevention. For instance, keeping a balanced diet, such as not consuming too much animal fat and insuring a steady intake of vegetables and frits, seems to be quite important.
One very effective and costless way of prevention is regular exercise, which is necessary for a healthy mind and body. Regular exercise, such as running, walking, and playing sports is a good way to make people feel better and reduce stress.
In addition, health education plays a key role in improving people’s health. By giving people more information about health, countries could help people understand the importance of disease prevention and ways to achieve it. For example, knowing one’s family medical history is an effective way to help keep healthy. Information about health problem among close relatives will make them aware of what they should do to prevent certain diseases through lifestyle changes, Which will work before it is too late. 
However, stressing disease prevention does not mean medical treatment is unimportant. After all, prevention and treatment are just two different means toward the same effect. In conclusion, we could save money on health care and treat patients more successfully if our country spends more money on health prevention and education.
小題1:What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Prevention or Education?	B．Prevention or Treatment?
C．Health or Illness?	D．Exercise or Illness?

小題2:Which of the following can replace the underlined word “bankrupt”?

A．Unable to be cured	B．Unable to pay one’s debts
C．Stronger than ever before	D．More successful than ever before

小題3: We learn form the passage that _______

A．dressing warmly can prevent disease

B．a(chǎn) balanced diet is cheaper than regular exercise

C．the more health education, the better

D．the government’s health budget should be increased

小題4:Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
 

“One world, one dream”fully shows the universal values of the Olympic spirit---
Unity, friendship, Progress, Harmony(和諧), Participation and Dream. It expresses the common wishes of people all over the world, inspired by the Olympic ideals ,to fight for a bright future of man kid.
_________the differences in colors, languages and races, we share the charm and joy of the Olympic Games, and together we seek for the ideal of mankind for peace. We belong to the same world and share the same dreams.
“One world, one dream”is a great proof of the main concepts(理念) of the Beijing Olympic Games. It shows the values of harmony suggested in the concept of “People’s Olympics”,the soul of the three concepts---”Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People’s Olympics.”
It is our belief that peace and progress, brotherhood development, living in amity(和睦),cooperation(合作)and mutual(相互的)benefit, and enjoying a happy life are the common ideals of people throughout the world.
“One world, one dream”is simple in expressions, but great in meaning .It is of China, and also of the world. It communicates the lofty(崇高的)ideal of the people in Beijing as well as in China to share the global community and civilization(文明) and to create a bright future hand in hand with the people from the rest of the world. It　expresses the firm belief of a great nation, with a long history of 5,000 years and on its way towards modernization, which contributes to peaceful development, a harmonious society and people’s happiness. It voices the determination of all Chinese people to contribute to the building of a peaceful and bright world.
小題1:Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
We believe that it’s the ideal of people all over the world that we seek for peace and progress, harmony, friendship and we can work together, benefit each other and enjoy a happy life.
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小題2:Fill in the blank in the 2^nd paragraph with a proper phrase.(within 5words)
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小題3:What’s the main concepts of the Beijing Olympics?(within 10 words)
                                                                              
小題4:How do you find Beijing hosting the 29^th Olympic Games?(within 30 words)
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小題5:Translate the underlined sentence in the 1^st paragraph into Chinese.
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We all laugh. We all hurt. We all make mistakes. We all dream, that’s life. It’s a journey. Please follow these rules to make the journey of your life a journey of joy!　
       positive through the cold season could be your best         against getting ill, new study findings suggest.
In an experiment that         healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers found that people with a         sunny characteristic were less likely to         ill. The findings, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, build on evidence that a “positive emotional style” can help         the common cold and other illnesses.
Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness increasing immune(免疫的) function and subjective as in happy people being less         by a scratchy throat or runny nose. “People with a positive emotional style may have different immune         to the virus,” explained the lead study author Dr Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “And when they do get a cold, they may         their illness as being less severe.”
Cohen and his colleagues had found in a         study that happier people seemed less likely to catch a cold, but some questions remained as to whether the emotional tendency itself had the effect.
For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults with complete standard measures of personality tendency, health-consciousness and emotional “style”. Those who         be happy, energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style,         those who were often unhappy, tense and unfriendly had a negative style. The researchers gave them drops through their noses         either a cold virus or a particular flu virus. Over the next six days, the         reported on any aches, pains, sneezing they had, while the researchers collected         data, like daily mucus(黏液) production. Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective measures of nasal woes(鼻部的不適), happy people were less likely to develop a cold.

小題1:	A．Living B．Staying C．Pulling D．Surviving

小題2:	A．safeguard B．opportunity C．caution D．defense

小題3:	A．excluded B．explored C．exposed D．escaped

小題4:	A．generally B．commonly C．frequently D．perfectly

小題5:	A．change B．fall C．turn D．remain

小題6:	A．keep B．a(chǎn)void C．deny D．remove

小題7:	A．suffered B．troubled C．disturbed D．hinted

小題8:	A．function B．a(chǎn)bility C．response D．a(chǎn)ction

小題9:	A．think B．relate C．interpret D．translate

小題10:

A．formal B．current C．previous D．precious

小題11:

A．tended to B．opposed to C．used to D．stuck to

小題12:

A．while B．however C．what’s more D．therefore

小題13:

A．implying B．matching C．containing D．occupying

小題14:

A．patients B．a(chǎn)dults C．volunteers D．researchers

小題15:

A．objective B．impressive C．positive D．effective

Putting in water fountains(飲水器) at schools, and teaching children about the health benefits of water, could reduce their risk of getting extra pounds, reports a new study that is published in the latest issue of the journal pediatrics.
The findings are based on a survey in 32 elementary schools of two German cities, Dortmund and Essen. The researchers, led by Rebecca Muckelbauer, a nutrionist at the Research Institute of Child Nutrition Dortmund, weighed about 3,000 children, and asked them about their beverage(飲料) consumption.
At the beginning of the school year, the experts had water fountains added to 17 of the schools. The scientists also worked with teachers to carry out educational programs that promote the benefits of drinking water. In contrast to schools in the United States, there are very few schools in Germany that have water fountains.
At the beginning of the study, there were no big differences in the number of overweight children in different groups. But by the end of the school year, children in the schools with water fountains were 31 percent less likely to gain extra pounds, compared to kids who went to other schools, where water drinking was not encouraged.
Children in the schools with fountains, increased their water consumption from about 3 up to 4 glasses a day, while those in the other schools continued to drink an average of 3 glasses. Over the research, the number of overweight kids upped from 384 to 385 out of 1,641 at the schools with water fountains. In comparison, the number of overweight kids at the other schools increased from 339 to 364 out of 1,309, Dr. Muckelbauer said.
The experts cannot make any final conclusions and explain why the students who were encouraged to drink water were less likely to gain extra weight. Dr. Muckelbauer noted that according to a few other studies, drinking of water increases the rate at which calories are burned, while some other research suggested that water may temporarily decrease appetite.
小題1:According to the text, the journal Pediatrics__________.

A．may cover the subject of the health of children

B．mainly deals with the water drinking problem

C．is mainly about the mental health of kids

D．must be a journal entitled(授權(quán)) by a school

小題2:What do we know about the survey from the text?

A．The teacher were also encouraged to drink water.

B．The students surveyed were all overweight.

C．It surveyed children in the countryside.

D．It lasted for a whole school year.

小題3:The fifth paragraph is mainly about __________.

A．the technique used in the survey	B．the benefits of the survey
C．the process of the survey	D．the result of the survey

小題4:What can be learned from the last paragraph?

A．Drinking water definitely decreases appetite.

B．Further research is needed to confirm the finding.

C．The experts will encourage all the students to drink water.

D．Why students drinking more get less pounds will be clear soon.

New research suggests that cutting daily sitting time to less than three hours might extend your life by two years.
“Humans were designed to move. But modern lifestyles and office jobs rarely encourage us to walk around,” says Peter Katzmarzyk, an expert at the University of Louisiana.
“Sitting is common in our lives today. We sit while we’re driving, eating and watching TV. And many of us sit for many hours at work.” Katzmarzyk said.
“We can’t throw away physical activity. It’s extremely important. We have 60 years of researchers showing us that.” Katzmarzyk said.
Katzmarzyk and other researchers are trying to discover how sitting all day affext our lifespans（壽命）.
“This is a relatively new area of study…Studies that have assessed the relationship between sitting and death or television viewing and death have been very rare in the last four or five years,” said Katzmarzyk.
Katzmarzyk and his colleagues analyzed data from these studies, which involved almost 167,000 adults. Then they turned to a government-run survey of Americans to find out exactly how much time people spend sitting and watching.
Not only did the team find that U.S. citizens could live longer by sitting less, they found that cutting TV time to less than two hours a day could add an extra 1.4 years to their lives.
People who’ve spent half their waking lives sitting down might well ask, “Is it ever too late to make a change?”
“We would say ‘No. It’s never too late.’ Physical activity is good for you at every age.” Katzmarzyk said.
Katzmarzyk says studying this problem has inspired his team to make a few changes in their own lives. They recommend a few simple changes: frequently getting up from your desk, taking walks at lunch time, and instead of e-mailing colleagues, walking over to their offices and talking face-to-face——all activities that can be enjoyable as well as life-extending.
小題1:Peter Katzmarzyk seems to believe that _____.

A．we should not sit for a long time

B．most people like to sit most of the time

C．office jobs encourage us to walk a lot

D．modern lifestyles are good for our health

小題2:The underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 probably refers to _____.

A．taking physical exercise is important

B．many researches should be carried out

C．we should exercise during working hours

D．people should focus on their health at work

小題3:Why did Katzmarzyk and his colleagues turn to a government-run survey?

A．To collect information for the government

B．To know how long people sit and watch TV

C．To find what citizens do in their spare time’

D．To discover how sitting for long affects their lives

小題4:The best title of the text would be _____.

A．What Is the Healthiest Lifestyle？

B．Sitting for a Long Time Is Bad for Us

C．Study Suggests Sitting Less Can Extend Life

D．It Is Never Too Late to Change Our Way of Life

Those who spend more pre-bedtime hours using the Internet or watching television are more likely to report insufficient sleep, even though they sleep almost as long as people spending fewer pre-bedtime hours in front of a computer or television screen, survey findings show.
“While many people use electronic media, say, the Internet, it should be noted that the longer media use before sleep can trigger (self-perceived) insufficient sleep,” lead researcher Dr Nakamori Suganuma, of Osaka University, Japan, told the reporter.
He and colleagues obtained data on self-perceived sleep problems and the use of electronic media prior to bedtime from 5,875 altogether Japanese respondents in two separate Internet-based surveys. Their findings are published in Sleep and Biological Rhythms.
Nearly half of the respondents associated their problem with electronic media use before bedtime. Longer electronic media users were also more likely to report insufficient sleep.
“Overall, 29% of light users (less than 1.5 hours) listed electronic media use as a possible cause of their insufficient sleep. By comparison, 40% of medium users (1.5 to 3 hours) and 54% of heavy users (more than 3 hours) said the same. 
However, longer Internet and television use before bedtime did not correlate with less actual sleep.
While heavy users averaged about 3 more hours in front of computer or television screens than light users, the heavy users averaged only about 12 minutes less pre-workday sleep time than light users.
Notably, Suganuma said, "Internet use affected self-perceived insufficient sleep more than TV watching not only in younger Internet users but also in middle-aged or aged Internet users."
Up to 38% of the respondents listed accessing the Internet far into the night as a possible cause for their sleep disturbance, while about 25% said watching television far into the night caused it.
The findings suggest that while heavy computer and television use before bedtime has a small effect on sleep duration, it may have a more significant effect on "sleep demand and sleep quality," Suganuma notes.
小題1: Heavy computer and television user before bed time are more likely to be______ than light ones.

A．energetic

B．happy

C．sleepy

D．clever

小題2:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Heavy computer and television user before bed time have less sleeping time than light ones.

B．Heavy computer and television user before bed time have worse sleep than light ones.

C．Those suffering insufficient sleep spend less time in using internet than in watching TV.

D．Spend less time in watching TV or surfing the internet, and you will have a better sleep.

小題3:The passage seems to suggest that people ______.

A．be far away from media.

B．watch TV rather than use internet

C．cut down late-night Internet and TV

D．Stop late-night internet and TV

小題4:Which of the following phrases is similar in meaning to the underlined phrase in the sixth paragraph?

A．have any connection with	B．make a friend with
C．share the opinion with	D．in accordance with

While there has been public debate about whether running is good for your health for a long time, experts agree that running has more benefits than the costs. Some people are concerned that the pressure on your knees and ankles can be detrimental. While this can be true, there are many things that you can do to reduce your risk of injury.
You should always go to a doctor for advice before you begin any type of exercise program. Then, a good pair of running shoes can be helpful as your feet hit the ground. They will help protect your ankles by providing stability to your feet. So it is good idea to visit a specialty(專業(yè)) running shoe store. The staff there can suggest shoes which are ideal for your running style.
In order to learn the proper form, you may get some advice from a friend who has been running for some time, or even join a running club. They can provide good tips as well as some support and encouragement for you.
Lastly, it is important to start out slowly. When it comes to getting in shape and losing weight , short bursts of speed followed by periods of slower movement would be proper. Aim for around 30 minutes of exercise a few days a week. As you get better, you can increase your speed. Always allow your body to rest in between heavy exercise as your muscles need time to bring energy back.
Follow these instructions and your running experience will be a great one!
小題1:In the expert’s opinion,______________________.

A．running is good for your health as well as your mind.

B．you should buy running shoes in an expensive store.

C．running has more advantages than disadvantages for you.

D．you should go to the doctor if you have a running injury

小題2:The underlines word “ detrimental” in Paragraph 1 probably means___

A．harmful

B．useful

C．expensive

D．rare

小題3:If you take up running, you should___________________

A．worry about the pressure on your knees and ankles

B．a(chǎn)sk the shopkeeper for a pair of running shoes

C．take advice from friends whom you will start running with

D．join a running club so that you can get encouragement

小題4:What can we infer from the passage?

A．More and more people have become interested in running.

B．Good running methods can reduce the risk of injury.

C．It’s better to run as far as possible to lose weight.

D．The instructions in the passage are given by a famous doctor.

People who averaged fewer than seven hours of sleep per night in the weeks before being exposed to the cold virus were nearly three times as likely to get sick as those who averaged eight hours or more, a new study found.
Researchers used frequent telephone interviews to track the sleep habits of more than 150 men and women aged 21 to 55 over the last few weeks. Then they exposed the subjects to the virus, quarantined (檢疫隔離) them for five days and kept track of who got sick.
Besides sleeping more, sleeping better also seemed to help the body fight illness: Patients who fared better on a measure known as “sleep efficiency”—the percentage of time in bed that you’re actually sleeping—were also less likely to get sick.
The results held true even after researchers adjusted for elements such as body-mass index, age, sex, smoking and pre-existing antibodies (抗體) to the virus.
The researchers aren’t exactly sure why sleeping better makes you less likely to develop a cold. But they do try to give an answer: “Sleep disturbance influences the regulation of symptom mediators (調(diào)節(jié)因子) that are released in response to infection.” In plain English, maybe tossing and turning when you’re infected with the cold virus contributes to the symptoms that define a cold.
The researchers were based at Carnegie Mellon, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Virginia, and the study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
小題1: According to the passage, what does the underlined word “subjects” mean in paragraph 2?

A．a(chǎn)reas of knowledge in a school

B．people being studied in an experiment

C．research topics

D．a(chǎn)nimals being tested

小題2:It is shown in the passage that _______.

A．the researchers obtain information about the sleep habits by frequent interviews

B．the researchers do their research in the National Institutes of Health

C．people hope to avoid being infected with a cold by sleeping as much as possible

D．sleeping more and better helps regulate the symptom mediators

小題3:What’s the best title of the passage?

A．The Relationship Between Virus and Cold

B．How to Sleep Well

C．Good Sleep Helps Fight a Cold

D．The More the Sleep, the Better Your Body

Work your brain!
Between 2 and 3 pounds of wonder, it controls everything we say, do or think, who we are and what we care about. The way we walk or laugh or figure out things. What we like and the talents we possess. How we see and talk and run and jump and process our food.
The brain uses 20 percent of our body’s oxygen and 20 percent of its blood. Somewhere within its protein, fat, 100,000 miles of blood vessels and 100 billion nerve cells, it helps us remember where we put our gym shoes. Change our temperature so we don’t die because of the heat or cold. Speed us up or slow us down. Help us choose between orange juice or orange­flavored drinks.
Its complexity are stunning, far beyond anything most of us can imagine. To keep this work of art as polished as possible we need to eat right, exercise and keep mentally stimulated. Good nutrition helps brain cells communicate with each other. Exercise stimulates a hormone in our brain that improves memory. Mental stimulation keeps you sharp even as you age.
“It’s very important that we tell people to be physically active and mentally active,” said neurologist Malcolm Stewart.“People cannot stop aging, but you’re able to reduce the damage; you’re able to keep the function up.”
Following are Dr. Stewart’s advice for improving brain health：

Nutrition	Avoid fast food. Follow the old adage(格言): For breakfast, eat like a king; for lunch, like a queen; for supper, like a beggar.
Exercise	Do a combination of stretching aerobic and muscle strengthening every day.
Mental games	Try to have a sense of hope about the future. Do puzzles. Listen to music. Reach out to others to make their lives better.

小題1:The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to ______.

A．inform us how the brain works

B．give us advice on how to keep the brain healthy

C．tell us that the brain plays an important role in our lives

D．show how special the brain is to us

小題2:The underlined word “stunning” means ______.

A．interesting

B．strange

C．significant

D．a(chǎn)mazing

小題3:According to the text，more exercise ______.

A．keeps our mind sharp

B．helps improve our memory

C．gives our brain a rest

D．is good for brain cells communicating with each other

小題4:In order to keep brain healthy，we should avoid ______.

A．eating a good lunch	B．doing puzzles
C．eating a large supper	D．taking aerobic exercise

How often do you go on holiday? Going on holiday makes you feel good while you're there－you gain the health benefits for months, new research shows.
Jetting off to exotic destinations such as the Maldives cuts your blood pressure, helps you sleep better and bounce back from stress, it found. The benefits last at least a fortnight longer than the vacation and can be felt for months in some cases where it is claimed. Experts say workers should always take their full holiday entitlement each year－as many as one in three don't－to get the benefits.
The study compared key health markers in holidaymakers visiting Thailand, Peru or the Maldives, with people who stayed at home and continued working. The average blood pressure of those on holiday dropped by 6% while the workers saw their blood pressure rise by 2% over the same period. The sleep quality of holiday-makers improved by 17% while that of the non-holidaymakers deteriorated by 14%.
The study also found the ability of vacationers to recover from stress—known as the stress-resilience test－improved by 29%. There was a 71% fall in stress resilience scores among workers. Test showed a fall in blood glucose levels, reducing the risk of diabetes, trimmer waistlines and enhanced mood and energy levels, with the effects sustained for at least 2 weeks after returning home.
The Holiday Health Experiment was conducted by tour operator Kuoni and Nuffield Health, the UK's largest healthcare charity.
小題1: The author intends to tell us that _____.

A．it is best to go to foreign countries like Maldives.

B．we had better go on holiday for the benefits of health

C．we have to go on holiday as much as possible

D．you'll certainly get depressed if you don't go on holiday

小題2:According to the article, how many people go on holiday?

A．Two thirds

B．17%

C．One third

D．A quarter

小題3:The underlined word "deteriorated" in Paragraph 3 probably means "______".

A．remained

B．rose

C．improved

D．worsened

小題4:Which of the following can we infer from the passage?

A．Holiday makers are more adaptable than non-holidaymakers.

B．The result of the study is mostly based on the description from the people involved.

C．The further you go, the better you benefit.

D．Most people like to stay at home during the holiday.

小題5:The best title of the passage is ______.

A．A Holiday Health Experiment	B．Key Health Markers in Holidaymakers
C．Health Benefits from Holiday	D．Health Problems of Having Holiday