Eating too much fat can______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A. result from　　 B. contribute to　 C. attend to　 　 D. lead in

system n. ____________

Healthy Habits, Healthy Body

　　 Feel tired lately? Has a doctor said he can't find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he sent you to a hospital, but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you.

　　 Then, consider this: you might be in a state of sub-health (亞健康).

　　 Sub-health, also called the third state or gray state, is explained as a borderline state between health and disease.

　　 According to the investigation by the National Health Organization, over 45 percent of sub-healthy people are middle-aged or elderly. The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam-week.

　　 Symptoms (征兆) include a lack of energy, depression (壓抑), slow reactions, insomnia (失眠), agitation (激動不安、焦慮), and poor memory. Other symptoms include shortness of breath, sweating and aching in the waist and legs.

　　 The key to preventing and recovering from sub-health, according to some medical experts, is to form good living habits, alternate work and rest, exercise regularly, and take part in open air activities.

　　 As for meals, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar. They should also eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, fish because they are rich in nutritional elements vitamins and trace elements (微量元素) — that are important to the body.

Nutrition (營養(yǎng)) experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract (消化道). They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding sub-health.

Choose the best answer according to the passage:

1. According to this passage, which of the following is right?

　 A. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should stay home and keep silent.

　 B. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should go to see a doctor and buy some medicine.

　 C. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should have yourself examined in foreign countries.

　 D. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should find out the reasons and relax yourself.

2. Middle-aged people may be easy to get sub-health because __.

　 A. they have used up their energy

　 B. they have lost their living hopes

　 C. they have more pressure in life and work

　 D. they begin to get older

3. The key to preventing you from falling into a state of sub-health is that you should __.

　 A. work hard　　　　　　　　　　 B. sleep more

　 C. form good living habits　　　　 D. take more medicine

4. The bold-faced word "alternate" in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to __.

　 A. arrange by turns　　　　　　　 B. cause to take place

　 C. keep up　　　　　　　　　　　 D. take up

The old lady ______by selling used newspapers.
A. gets her living             B. makes a life  
C. earns her living            D. earns a life

Mr. Smith gradually _____ a knowledge of the subject.

　 A. attained　 B. achieved　 C. required　 D. acquired

John says he’s 80 years old, but nobody ______him．

　 A．believes　 　 B．believed　 　 C．has believed　 　　　　　 D．had believed

He visited three cities when he stayed in the U.S.,____New York, Washington and Houston.

A. such as　　　　　 B. they are　　　 C. which is　　　　 D. that is

The reason _____ which he wants to reason _____ then is still unknown

A. With, in　　 B. in, with　　 C. for, with　　 D. with, for

May I ______ you to write me a receipt?

　 A. worry 　 B. disturb

　 C. trouble 　 D. annoy