A car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for you. Eating the right kind
of food is very important. It can help your body grow strong, so take care of what you eat.
    There are four main food groups altogether. The dairy group(乳制品) has food like milk, cheese
and sour milk. The other three groups are the meat and fish group, the fruit and vegetable group,
and the bread and rice group. Each meal should have at least one food from all four main groups.
With all these food together, you will be given enough energy during the day.
    It is easy to get into bad eating habits. You may eat your breakfast in a hurry to get to school on
time. Or you may not have time for a good lunch. It may seem easy to finish your supper with fish
and chips all the time. But you will find yourself tired in these days and you can not think quickly.
    Watching what you eat will help keep your body healthy and strong. It is also good to take some
exercise. It will help you eat more if you take a walk or play games in the open air. Having a good
eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health.

1. Which of the following diets do you think is the best one?

A. Milk, bread, cabbage and beef.      
B. Eggs, tomatoes and chicken.  
C. Corn, fish, cream and pork.         
D. Rice, beancurd, apples, fish and chicken.

2. In the passage the writer mainly tells us that________.

A. every person needs food to grow well
B. taking exercise can keep your body strong
C. right kind of food with exercise will keep you healthy
D. enough energy helps people think more quickly

3. The best title for the passage is_________.

A. The Four Food Groups                  
B. A Healthy Diet 
C. Your Body and Food                    
D. The key to Your Health

     Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader's
Choice.
     __1__ These selections provide practice on employing different reading skills to get the message
of the writer. They also give students practice in four basic reading skills:skimming, scanning, reading
for thorough comprehension, and critical reading.
     Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of
rapid reading is suitable when you are trying to decide if careful reading is desirable or  __2__
     Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading. However, in this case the search is more concentrated.
__3__  When you read to find a particular date or number, you are scanning.
     Reading for thorough comprehension is carefully reading in order to understand the total  meaning
of the passage. At this level of comprehension the reader is able to summarize the author's ideas __4__.
     Critical reading demands that a reader makes judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of
reading requires posting and answering questions such as "__5__", "Do I share the author's point of
view?" and "Am I convinced by the author's arguments and evidence?

A. Does my own experience support that of the author?
B. Reader's Choice is one of the most popular magazines in the world.
C. but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas.
D. The book contains many types of selections on a wide variety of topics.
E. To scan is to read quickly in order to find out specific information.
F. Do I know about the author?
G. when there is no time to read something carefully.

     A survey (調(diào)查)by an international temporary service agency found that US managers believe
that people with a sense of humour do better in their jobs, compared with those who have little or
no sense of humour. In fact, about 96 percent of those surveyed said people with a sense of humour
do better.
     The survey went on to point out that the results suggested that a sense of humour may help
lighthearted employees keep their jobs during tough times. And, what's more, it may push them up
the corporate ladder past their humourless colleagues. Why? It seems that those with a sense of
humour are better communicators and better team players.
     Studies have shown that happy workers are more productive. In fact, a researcher at California
State University found that humour could help employees release tension.
     Research done by psychologist Dr. Ashton Trice at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia showed
that humour helps us think. When people feel stuck on important projects, they tend to feel angry
or depressed. According to Dr. Trice's research,sparing time to laugh can help us get rid of negative
feelings and allow us to return to a task or move on to another project unaffected by past defeat.
     If humour is really so important, then why don't we use it more often on the job? Most likely,
the main reason is that many people are unaware of the positive effects of humour in the workplace.
However,it is important to realize that some humour is not suitable for the workplace, and that it is
often used at the wrong time.

1. Most people think a sense of humour can ________.

A. help us to do our work better                  
B. make us have a rich life
C. make us pleased with our work        
D. help us to make more friends

2. Many people don't use humour more often in the workplace because ________.

A. they like keeping silent when working
B. they don't know the positive effects of humour
C. they think they should obey the rules
D. they don't like joking or laughing

3. A person without a sense of humour is easier ________.

A. to feel surprised                      
B. to get along with
C. to be worried                          
D. to be successful

4. Which is probably the best title of the article?

A. People with a Sense of Humour                
B. Humour Is Important in the Workplace
C. Humourous and Humourless                    
D. Everyone Likes Humour

     Everyone has got tow personalities-the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret
and real. You don't show your secret personality when you are awake because you can control your
behavior.   1   In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their positions. The important
position is the one that you go to sleep in.
       2   You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don't
like to upset people, so you never express your real feelings. You 're quite shy and you aren't very
confident.
     If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person.    3   You're very stubborn, but
you aren't very ambitious. You usually live for today but not tomorrow. This means that you enjoy
having a good time.
     If you sleep curled up, you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of
yourself and so you're often defensive.    4   You prefer to be on your own. You 're easily hurt.
      If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your
strengths and weaknesses. You're usually careful. You believe in yourself. You sometimes feel
anxious, but you don't often get depressed.   5  
A.You worry a lot and you're always easily upset.
B. But when you're asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you.
C. If you go to sleep on your back, you're a very open person.
D. You lock yourself in the room and no best friends.
E. You're shy and you don't normally like meeting people.
F. In a whole, your personality partly depends on your sleeping position.
G. You always say what you think even if it makes people rather angry.