A. This book will help you understand how to stay well and avoid sickness. You'll learn some things that you
might use at home to avoid caching a cold.
     B. Do you want to know how much food you should eat every day? Do you want to make a good plan for
your meals? If so, please read this book. From this book you'll know about safe ways to lose weight and keep
healthy at the same time.
     C. This book has useful information about how to prevent common accidents. It's about safety both indoors
and outdoors. Community safety is specially introduced in this book.
     D. This book will tell you something about how to keep healthy by doing exercises. You'll learn not only the
importance of doing exercises, but also the ways of doing exercises.
     E. You'll know why people need health insurance (保險) by reading this book. You can also learn how to
choose health insurance and how to use insurance to pay for your health care.
(     ) 1. Kate wants to keep thinner and healthier.
(     ) 2. Tom is collecting information about how to prevent electrical fire.
(     ) 3. Betty is trying to advise her mother to do some sport.
(     ) 4. Sally wants to know some ways to avoid common cold.
(     ) 5. Jane is studying health insurance.

     More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun, healthy and good for the environment.
Maybe that's why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can
take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost! 
     Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighbourhood. You may discover something new all around you.
Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car. You can bike to work and
benefit (受益) from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment. You don't even have to ride all the
way.
     Folding (折疊) bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can
do the same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with
you when you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are
bicycle-friendly to travellers. 
     Health Benefits of Bicycling: 
    ● It helps to prevent heart diseases.
    ● Bicycling helps to control your weight. A 15-minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns
off five kilos of fat in a year. 
    ● Bicycling can improve your mood (心情). Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel
better, more relaxed and self-confident.
    ● Bicycling is healthier than driving.

1. From the passage, we know that bicycling is becoming very _______.

A. surprising
B. exciting
C. expensive
D. popular

2. When you are riding your bicycle around your neighbourhood, you may _______.

A. pollute the environment around
B. find something you didn't notice
C. go everywhere and use a little oil
D. get off your bike and begin to work

3. If you travel with a folding bike, you can fold it and _______.

A. get out of the car
B. take it onto a train
C. put it in your purse
D. go on airline websites

4. One of the benefits from bicycling is that _______.

A. you can fold the bicycle
B. you will be friendly to others
C. you will be more relaxed
D. you may get fatter and fatter

5. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Bicycling is enjoyable exercise for people.
B. Driving cars is healthier than riding bikes.
C. Riding a bike pollutes your neighbourhood.
D. Common bikes are welcomed by all airlines.

    You are made of seventy-three percent water. You have 206 bones. There are more sweat glands (汗腺) in
your feet than in any other part of your body. There are about sixty muscles in your face; you use twenty of
them to smile but forty to frown (皺眉). Your heart beats over 100,000 times each day. You are really amazing!
    The human body is a complex machine. From the day we are born our bodies grow and change because of
our environment, diet and habits. The body has many different organ (器官) systems and parts that work
together to allow us to breathe, move, see, talk, and eat food all at the same time. Most of the time we are
unaware (預兆) of what is happening in our bodies; usually it's only when we get sick or feel pain that we
notice. 
    Many people do not take enough care of their complex machines. Bad habits like smoking, drinking too much
alcohol (酒精), and eating junk food damage our bodies. Stress can also cause health problems. People who
worry a lot or have busy jobs often don't get enough sleep, or don't eat properly. We also damage our bodies by
playing sports or having accidents. In 1999, Americans made more than 102,000,000 visits to emergency rooms.
The two most common reasons were for injure (傷害) and poisoning. ER patients were also treated for many
other medical problems-from bad cuts and broken bones to serious illness that needed surgery (外科手術).
    As with any machine, the better you take care of it, the longer it will last. Of course, the best way to take
care of your amazing machine is to eat the right food, do regular exercise, and get enough sleep. Oh, and don't
forget to smile!

1. What percentage of muscles in your face can be used to smile?

A. A quarter.
B. One-third.
C. Three quarters.
D. Two-thirds.

2. Some factors (因素) may cause health problems except             .

A. bad habits
B. playing sports or having accidents
C. stress
D. performing surgery

3. What does the word "damage" mean in Paragraph 3?

A. 有益
B. 鍛煉
C. 損害
D. 影響

4. Which of the following statements is Right according to the passage?

A. It's reported that less than 70% of body is made up of water.
B. A lot of people know the importance of looking after their bodies.
C. We seldom notice what is happening in our bodies until we get sick.
D. Injury and bad cuts are the most common reasons in America in 1999.

5. What can't you do if you want to keep fit?

A. Eat the healthy food.
B. Take exercise regularly.
C. Get enough sleep.
D. Don't smile often.

    Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so
people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is
becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time. 
    Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing
bad things to the earth.
    Some places on the earth don't get very much rain. But they still don't become deserts. This is because
some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants
don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don't let the wind blow the dirt away. When a little bit
of rain falls. The plants told the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.

1. Deserts ______.

A. get very little rain
B. never have any plants or animals in them
C. can all be turned into good land before long
D. both A and B

2. Small green plants are very important to dry places because           .

A. they don't let the sun make the earth even drier
B. they don't let the wind blow the earth away
C. they hold water
D. all of the above

3. Land is becoming desert little by little because           .

A. plants can't grow there
B. there is not enough rain
C. people haven't done what scientists wish them to do
D. scientists know little about the deserts

4. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Scientists know how to change desert into good land.
B. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land.
C. If scientists can bring water to desert, people can live and grow food there.
D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.

5. After reading this, we learn that           .

A. plants can keep dry land from becoming desert
B. it is good to get rid of the grass in the deserts
C. all places without much rain will become deserts
D. it is better to grow crops on dry land than to grow grass