While there are many different methods of fighting with stress, arming your body with mood-improving food is one of the most basic places to start. Try adding the following foods to your diet, and step away from bread and cake.

1. Eggs

Rich in protein, eggs also provide calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, phosphorus, and vitamins A, D, E, and K, making them one of the most nutritional foods around. Drew Ramsey, author of The Happiness Diet, praises nutrient-rich foods for battling stress and notes that eggs are part of his favorite anxiety-reducing breakfast.

2. Fish

Eating fish can have many benefits (好处), including fighting stress. Fish (like sardines, salmon, canned tuna) is rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Studies show omega-3 fatty acids help with depression as well as encouraging more positive social behavior in children.

3. Red peppers, papayas and kiwis

They have more vitamin C than oranges. Many studies point to vitamin C for controlling stress hormones. As Psychology Today reports, “People who have high levels of vitamin C do not show the expected mental and physical signs of stress when faced with serious psychological challenges.”

4. Tea

Drinking black tea may help you recover from stressful events more quickly, notes WebMD. One study looked at people who drank four cups of tea daily for six weeks, compared with people who drank something else. At the end of the study, the tea drinkers reported feeling calmer and had lower levels of cortisol after stressful situations.

5. Dark chocolate

Chocolate can help improve the mood and keep clear thinking. Studies also show dark chocolate can help people feel good and reduce stress. Not to mention, it might make you smarter. Is it just a coincidence (巧合) that the higher a country’s chocolate consumption is, the more Nobel Prize winners it creates? More chocolate, please.

【小题1】To weaken stress, one is supposed to eat ________.

A．less bread	B．more cake
C．less fish	D．less kiwis

【小题2】What do red peppers, papayas and kiwis have in common?

A．They contain plenty of omega-3 fatty acids.

B．They can help people think more clearly.

C．They are richer in vitamin C than oranges.

D．They contain more vitamin A than oranges.

【小题3】What do you know about Cortisol?

A．Cortisol can lower a person’s blood pressure.

B．Cortisol can encourage a person’s positive social behavior.

C．Cortisol can make a person feel calm.

D．Cortisol can increase a person’s stress level.

【小题4】Which of the following is the best title?

A．Five Kinds of Foods Improving Your Mood	B．Ways of Fighting Your Stress
C．Food Building up Your Body	D．Studies Helping You Keep Fit

“The U．S.Food and Drug Administration(FDA)is considering to put stricter limits over tanning salons(晒黑廊)and wants to ban anyone younger than 18 years of age from using a tanning bed，”an advisory panel(专家团)announced last week.
The panel is calling for tighter controls on the industry such as requiring teenagers to get the approval from their parents before using tanning beds or limiting the use of artificial tanning to a certain age.“Given the absence of any demonstrated benefits，I think it is an obligation for us to ban artificial tanning for those under 18，”said panelist Dr.Michael Olding.
Along with a possible ban for teenagers，the panel also recommended that visible warning labels should be placed either on the tanning machines or in the salons in order to caution tanners of the possible dangers.In addition，the committee decided that stricter regulations and classifications were critical to make the machines safer.At this time the machines are categorized as FDA Class 1 devices，the ones that are least likely to cause harm.In case the FDA decided to change their classification from Class 1 to Class 2，as advised by the panel，the FDA could limit the levels of radiation the machines emit.Class 2 devices include X­ray machines and powered wheelchairs.
Getting a tan，whether from a tanning bed or the sun，increases the risk of developing skin cancer.Last year，the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)declared tanning beds as “carcinogenic(致癌的)to humans”．It was discovered that young individuals in their teens and 20s who use tanning beds on a regular basis have a 75 per cent higher risk of suffering from melanoma(黑素瘤)，the deadliest form of skin cancer.According to the American Cancer Society，melanoma accounted for nearly 69,000 cases of skin cancer in 2009 and will account for most (about 8,650)of the 11,590 mortality cases due to skin cancer each year.
【小题1】According to the passage，what measures will U．S.FDA most probably take?

A．Banning tanning salons.

B．Posing heavier tax over tanning salons.

C．Having tighter controls over tanning salons.

D．Limiting the number of tanning salons in every state.

【小题2】Which of the following suggestions for making tanning salons safer is NOT mentioned?

A．Visible caution.

B．Setting age limit.

C．Professional personnel.

D．Parental approval for teenagers.

【小题3】What does the writer want to express in the last paragraph?

A．Tanning in one's youth may mean death.

B．Tanning in the sun is safer than on the tanning bed.

C．People should get tanned without getting melanoma.

D．Getting tanned is only a good idea for those above thirty years old.

【小题4】What will most probably happen，if the advisory panel's suggestions are adopted and put into practice?

A．Fewer people will suffer from skin cancer.

B．Tanning salons will have more customers.

C．Getting a tan in a tanning salon will cost less.

D．Parents will be more anxious about their tanning children.

   Being overweight seems to be a national trouble. Diets, books on dieting, dieting organizations, and advice from doctors and health professionals do not seem to be enough. Millions of people have turned to dangerous drugs or harmful diets to stave off their hunger.

The meat industry and the fast-food restaurants have more to do with America’s weight problem than anything else. Each day we are filled with powerful TV and radio ads promoting (推销) the idea that it’s perfectly OK to have bacon and eggs for breakfast, hamburgers and French fries for lunch. and fried chicken and French fries for supper.

Is there a healthy diet that people can use to lose weight and keep themselves slim and fit? There is indeed. A healthy diet-and-exercise regimen (养生之道) is actually pretty simple. That is to cut meat, fish, and milk products out of the picture completely (and I do mean completely).

* Do not eat any meat, fish, eggs, or milk products. No cheese, no ice cream, no pizza, and no butter.

* Eat only low-fat, and low-sugar foods. Eat fruit (in reasonable amounts) for desserts.

* As much as possible, avoid drinks with caffeine, such as coffee, tea, or cola.

* Use soya drinks instead of milk. Soya drinks are high in protein and generally fairly low in fat.

* Eat cereals, grain, bread, and pasta in reasonable amounts (with no cheese, but always with high-protein foods).

* Jog or walk fast at least one mile per day. If you are unused to this level of exercise, start with smaller distances and build up to a mile.

It has been known for years that it is possible to get all the protein we need from high-protein vegetarian foods. Many restaurants now serve vegetable protein meals, such as veggie burgers or refried bean tacos and burritos; be sure to ask for them without cheese or sour cream!

【小题1】The underlined words “stave off their hunger” in the first paragraph most probably mean ________.

A．satisfy their need for losing weight	B．wish to be slim
C．make themselves feel hungry	D．slow down the feeling of hunger

【小题2】The meat industry and the fast-food restaurants have more to do with America’s weight problem because ______.

A．they make few ads on TV and on the radio

B．they convince people to eat more foods rich in fat

C．they fill people with the idea to have bacon and eggs

D．they make people take dangerous drugs or harmful diets

【小题3】To keep slim and fit, the author thinks it better ________.

A．to drink more coffee, tea or cola

B．to eat cereals, grain, bread, and pasta as much as possible

C．not to eat any meat, fish, eggs, or milk products

D．not to take soya drinks high in protein

【小题4】From the passage, we can infer that ________.

A．it’s healthy to jog or walk fast at least one mile every day

B．high-protein vegetarian foods don’t have all the protein we need

C．it’s inappropriate to ask for veggie burgers without cheese or sour cream

D．proper foods play a very important role in keeping healthy

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Today our class has a discussion on if people should eat green food. Different people have different opinion about it.

Some students believed people should eat green food, since the environment isn’t polluted in the process of production. Also, it is produced without harm chemicals, making it safe to eat. Therefore, other students think people shouldn’t eat green food, since it is many more expensive. What’s more, most green food is only being sold in big supermarkets, making it inconvenient to buy.

On my opinion, people should eat green food if they think they can afford buy it. Why should they want to risk make themselves sick?

   New Year’s resolutions（决心）often fail, but now a new study may just provide motivation for you to stick to them. Scientists found that meeting goals — such as giving up drinking or smoking — can slash your risk of cancer.

The large-scale study — of half a million Britons — looked at the effects of quitting tobacco，limiting alcohol intake, maintaining a low body mass index (BMI), exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet. Each individual behaviour was found to bring a decrease in the chance of getting cancer of about eight per cent. But if people carried out all together the overall risk reduction was about a third — and likely a greater cut in deaths from the disease.

The researchers from Cardiff University examined data from 343,150 people from the UK Biobank to identify the five healthy behaviours and compare them to the risk of cancer. The subjects were aged 40 to 69 and 14,285 were diagnosed （诊断）with the disease during an average follow-up of just over five years. The team found that adopting（采用）all the studied healthy behaviours brought a 25 and 35 percent reduction in bowel and breast cancer respectively — two of the most common forms of the disease.

The team said the findings may not sound surprising — but they serve as a reminder of the importance behind turning resolutions into permanent lifestyle choices.

Professor Elwood, the lead researcher，said the real problem for people adopting resolutions was translating the unclear idea of lifestyle choices being “good” into useful evidence — which was what this study provided. “A healthy lifestyle has many additional benefits to cancer reduction — it costs nothing, has no undesirable side effects…and is better than any pill.”

【小题1】What does the underlined word “slash” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Cut.	B．Increase.
C．Change.	D．Keep.

【小题2】What can be learnt from the passage?

A．Almost half of the subjects of the research got cancer.

B．Bowel cancer and breast cancer are the most common diseases.

C．A healthy habit will bring down the risk of cancer by 33%.

D．The research shows the benefits of carrying out New Year’s resolutions.

【小题3】According to Professor Elwood, the research is mainly aimed at ______.

A．warning people of the risk of cancer

B．removing people’s doubts about healthy lifestyles

C．persuading people into sticking to healthy lifestyles

D．proving the relation between lifestyles and cancer

【小题4】What would probably be the best title?

A．How to Choose Healthy Lifestyles?

B．Quit New Year’s Resolutions? Think Again!

C．Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Wisely!

D．Healthy Lifestyles Bring Down Cancer Risks!