Part One
1. Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often _____,of better
than an actual performance.
A. as good as Bas good C. good D. good as
2. My pain _____apparent the moment I walked into the room. for the first man
I met asked sympathetically: "Are you feeling all right?"
A. must be B. had C. must have been D. had to be
3. The senior librarian at the circulation desk promised to get the book for
me ____ she could remember who last borrowed it.
A. ever since B. much as C. even though. D if only
4. Observations were made ____ the children at the beginning and at the end
of pre-school and first grade.
A. towards B. of C. on D. with
5. The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news eports, each ____
one major point in contrast with the other.
A. makes B. made C. is to make D. making
6. A safety analysis ___ the target as a potential danger. Unfortunately, it
was never done.
A. would identify B. will identify C. would have identified D. will have identified
7. The number of registered participants in this year's marathon was half _____
.
A. of last year's B. those of last year's C. of those of last year D. that of
last year's
8. For there ____ successful communication, there must be attentiveness and
involvement in the discussion itself by all present.
A. is B. to be C. will be D. being
9. There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read
recently _____ what he thought was a reason for this American characteristic.
A. giving B. gave C. to give D. given
10. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ____
going on in the world.
A. it is B. as is C. there is D. what is
Section B(改错):
ll . I'd rather you would go by train, because I can't bear the idea
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of your being in an airplane I such bad weather.
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12 . It's essential that people be psychological able to resist the
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impact brought about by the tran-sition form planned economy to
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market economy.
13. Some bosses dislike to allow people to share their
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responsibllities; they keep all important matters tightly in their
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own hands.
14. Each cigarette whlch a person smokes does some harm, and
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eventually you may get a serious disease from its effect.
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15 . On the whole , ambitious students are much likely to succeed in
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their studies than are those with little ambition .
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16. Despite much research, there are still certain elements in the
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life cycle of the insect that is not fully understood .
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17 . In 1921 Einstein won the Nobel Prize, and was honored in Germany
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until the rise of Nazism then he was driven from Germany because he
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was a Jew.
18. The data received from the two spacecrafts whirling around Mars
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indicate that there is much evidence that huge thunderstorms
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are occuning about the equator of the planet .
D
19. Generally speaking, the bird flying across our path is observed,
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and the one staying on the tree near at hand is passed by without
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any notice taking of it.
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20. Mercury's velocity is so much greater than the Earth's that it
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completes more than four rev-olutions around the Sun in the time
thattakes the Earth to complete one.
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Section C:
21. I was speaking to Ann on the phone when suddenly we were ___.
A. hung up B. hung back C. cut down D. cut off
22. She wondered if she could have the opportunity to spend _____ here so that
she could learn more about the city.
A. sometimes B. some time C. sometime D. some times
23. Ms. Green has been living in town for only one year, yet she seems to be
____ with everyone who comes to the store.
A. accepted B. admitted C. admired D. acquainted
24. He does not ___ as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible.
A. equal B. match C. qualify D. fit
25. Dozens of scientific groups all over the world have been ____ the goal of
a practical and economic way to use sunlight to split water molecules.
A. pursuing B. chasing C. reaching D. winning
26. The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that ____ the speakers stopped
for refreshments.
A. at large B. at intervals C. at ease D. at random
27. When travelling, you are advised to take travellers' checks, which provide
a secure ____ to carrying your money in cash.
A. substitute B. selection C preference D. alternative
28. I never trusted him because I always thought of him as such a ______ character.
A. gracious B. suspicious C. unique D. particular
29. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near
it, and this _____ produces artificial cold surrounding it.
A. absorption B. transition C. consumption D. interaction
30. I didn't say anything like that at all. You are purposely ____ my ideas
to prove your point.
A. revising B. contradicting C. distorting D. distracting
31. Language culture, and personality may be considered ____ of each other in
thought, but they are inseparable in fact.
A. indistinctly B. separately C. irrelevantly D. independently
32. Watching me pulling the calf awkwardly to the barn, the Irish milkmaid fought
hard to ____ her laughter.
A. hold back B. hold on C. hold out D. hold up
33. The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her ____ attitude
toward customers.
A. impartial B. mild C. hostile D. opposing
34. I ____ with thanks the help of my colleagues in the preparation of this
new column.
A. express B confess C. verify D. acknowledge
35. It is strictly ____ that access to confidential documents is denied to all
but a few.
A. secured B. forbidden D. regulated D determined
36. The pollution question as well as several other issues is going to be discussed
when the Congress is in ____ again next spring.
A. assembly B. session C. conference D. convention
37. Christmas is a Christian holy day usually celebrated on December 25th ____
the birth of Jesus Christ.
A. in accordance with B. in terms of
C. in favor of D. in honor of
38. Since it is too late to change my mind now, I am _____ to carrying out the
plan.
A. obliged B. committed C. engaged D. resolved
39. It was a bold idea to build a power station in the deep valley, but it ____
as well as we had hoped.
A. came off B. Went off C. brought Out D. made out
40. To survive in the intense trade competition between countries, we must ____
the qualities and varieties of products we make to the world --- market demand.
A. improve B. enhanced C guarantee D. gear
Part Two
Vitamins are organic compounds necessary in small amounts in the diet for the
normal growth and maintenance of life of animals, including man.
They do not provide energy, 41 do they construct or build any part of the body.
They are needed for 42 foods into energy and body maintenance. There are thirteen
or more of them, and if 43 is missing a deficiency disease becomes 44 .
Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elements-usually carbon,
hydrogen , oxygen , and 45 nitrogen. They are different 46 their elements are
arranged differently, and each vitamin 47 one or more specific functions in
the body.
48 enough vitamins is essential to life, although the body has no nutritional
use for 49 vitamins. Many people, 50 , believe in being on the "safe side"
and thus take extra vitamins. However, a well- balanced diet will usually meet
all the body' s vitamin needs.
41. (A) either (B) so (C) nor (D) never
42. (A) shifting (B) transfening (C) altering (D) transforming
43. (A) any (B) some (C) anything (D) something
44. (A) serious (B) apparent (C) severe (D) fatal
45. (A) mostly (B) partially (C) sometimes (D) rarely
46. (A) in that (B) so that (C) such that (D) except that
47. (A) undertakes (B) holds (C) plays (D) performs
48. (A) Supplying (B) Getting (C) Providing (D) Furnishing
49. (A) exceptional (B) exceeding (C) excess (D) external
50. (A) nevertheless (B) therefore (C) moreover (D) meanwhile
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
Passage l
Tight-lipped elders used to say, "It's not what you want in this world,
but what you get. "Psych- ology teaches that you do get what you want if
you know what you want and want the right things.
You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of
a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general
routine of everyday living. If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan
the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook first, and such planning
is an essential for any type of meal to be served.
Likewise, If you want to find a job, take a sheet of paper, and write a brief
account of yourself. In making a blueprint for a job, begin with yourself, for
when you know exactly what you have to offer, you can intelligently plan where
to sell your services.
This acoount of yourself is actuaLly a sketch of your working life and should
include alucation, experience and references. Such an account is valuable. It
can be referred to in filling out standard application blanks and is extremely
helpful in personal interviews.While talking to you,your could-be employer is
deciding whether your "wares" and abilities must be displayed in an
orderly and reasonably connected manner.
When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires,
you have something tangible to sell. Then you are ready to hunt for a job. Get
all the possible information about your could-be job. Make inquiries as to the
details regarding the job and the firm. Keep your eyes and ears open, and use
your own judgement. Spend a certain amount of time each day seeking the employment
you wish for, and keep in mind: Securing a job is your job now.
51. What do the elders mean when they say, "It's not what yau want in this
world, but what
you get. "?
(A) You'll certainly get what you want.
(B) It's no use dreaming.
(C) You should be dissatisfied with what you have.
(D) It's essential to set a goal for yourself.
52. A blueprint made before inviting a friend to dinner is used in this passage
as__.
(A) an illustration of how to write an application for a job
(B) an indication of how to secure a good job
(C) a guideline for job description
(D) a principle for job evaluation
53. According to the passage, one must write an account of himself before starting
to find a job
because __.
(A) that is the first step to please the employer
(B) that is the requirement of the employer
(C) it enables him to know when to sell his services
(D) it forces him to become clearly aware of himself
54. When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires,
you have some-
thing__.
(A) definite to offer (B) imaginary to provide
(C) practical to supply (D) desirable to present
Passage 2
With the start of BBC World Service Television, millions of viewers in Asia
and America can now watch the Corporation's news coverage, as well as listen
to it. And of course in Britain listeners and viewers can tune in to two BBC
television channels, five BBC national radio services and dozens of local radio
station. They are brought sport , comedy, drama, music, news and current affairs
, education , religion , parliamentary coverage, children ' s pragrammes and
films for an annual licence fee of 83 pounds per household.
It is a remarkable record, stretching back over 70 years--yet the BBC' s future
is now in doubt. The Corporation will survive as a publicly-funded broadcasting
organization, at least for the time being, but its role, its size and its programmes
are now the subject of a nation-wide debate in Britain.
The debate was launched by the Government , which invited anyone with an opinion
of the
BBC-including ordinary listeners and viewers--to say what was good or bad about
the Corporation, and even whether they thought it was worth keeping. The reason
for its inquiry is that the BBC' s royal charter runs out in 1996 and it must
decide whether to keep the organization as it is,or to make changes.
Defenders of the Corporation-of whom there are many---are fond of quoting the
American slogan "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. " The BBC "ain'
t broke" ,they say, by which they mean it is not broken (as distinct from
the word 'broke' , meaning having no money) , so why bother to change it?
Yet the BBC will have to change, because the broadcasting world around it is
changing. The
commercial TV channels---TV and Channel 4-were required by the Thatcher Government's
Broadcasting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers,
and cutting costs and jobs. But it is the anival of new satellite channels--funded
partly by advertising and partly by viewers' subscriptions-which will bring
about the biggest changes in the long term .
55 . The world famous BBC now faces__ .
(A) the problem of new coverage (B) an uncertain prospect
( C) inquiries by the general public (D) shrinkage of audience
56. In the passage, which of the following about the BBC is not mentioned as
the key issue?
(A) Extension of its TV service to Far East.
(B) Programmes as the subject of a nation-wide debate.
(C) Potentials for further intemational co-operations.
(D) Its existence as a broadcasting organization.
57. The BBC's "royal charter" (Llne 4, Paragraph 3) stands for__
(A) the financial support from the roval family (B) the privileges granted by
the Queen
(C) a contract with the Queen (D) a unique relationship with the royal family
58. The foremost reason why the BBC has to readjust itself is no other than__
(A) the emergence of commercial TV channels
(B) the enforcement of Broadcasting Act by the government
(C) the urgent necessity to reduce costs and jobs
(D) the challenge of new satellite channels
Passage 3
In the last half of the nineteenth century "capital" and "labour"
were enlarging and perfecting their rival organizations on modern lines. Many
an old firm was replaced by a limited liability company with a bureaucracy of
salaried managers. The change met the technical requirements of the new age
by engaging a large professional element and prevented the decline in efficiency
that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in the second and third
generation after the energetic founders. It was moreover a step away from individual
initiative, towards collectivism and municipal and state-owned business. The
railway companies, though still private business managed for the benefit of
shareholders, were very unlike old family business. At the same time the great
municipalities went into business to supply lighting , trams and other services
to the taxpayers .
The growth of the limited liability company and municipal business had important
consequences. Such large, impersonal manipulation of capital and industry greatly
increased the numbers and importance of shareholders as a class , an element
in national life representing irresponsible wealth detached from the land and
the duties of the landowners; and almost equally detached from the responsible
management of business. All through the nineteenth century, America,Africa,
India, Australia and parts of Europe were being developed by British capital,
and British shareholders were thus enriched by the world ' s movement towards
industrialisation. Towns like Bournemouth and Eastboume sprang up to house large.
" comfonable" classes who had retired on their incomes, and who had
no relation to the rest of the community except that of drawing dividends and
occasionally attending a shareholders' meeting to dictate their orders to the
management. On the other hand "shareholding" meant leisure and freedom
which was used by many of
the later Victorians for the highest purpose of a great civilisation.
The "shareholders" as such had no knowledge of the lives, thoughts
or needs of the workmen employed by the company in which he held shares, and
his influence on the relations of capital and labour was not good. The paid
manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the men and
their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the
workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of
the old family business now passing away. Indeed the mere size of operations
and the numbers of workmen involved rendered such personal relations impossible.
Fortunately, however, the increasing power and organization of the trade unions,
at least in all skilled trades, enabLed the workmen to meet on equal terms the
managers of the companies who employed them. The cruel discipline of the strike
and lockout taught the two parties to respect each other' s strength and understand
the value of fair negotiation .
59. It's true of the old family finns that__.
(A) they were spoiled by the younger generations
(B) they failed for lack of individual initiative
(C) they lacked efficiency compared with modem companies
(D) they could supply adequate services to the taxpayers
60. The growth of limited liability companies resulted in__.
(A) the separation of capital from management
(B) the ownership of capital by managers
(C) the emergence of capital and labour as two classes
(D) the participation of shareholders in municipal business
61 . According to the passage, all of the following are true except that__.
(A) the shareholders were unaware of the needs of the workers
(B) the old firm owners hand a better understanding of their workers
(C) the limited liability Qompanies were too large to run smoothly
(D) the trade unions seemed to play a positive role
62. The author is most critical of___ .
(A) family film owners (B) landowners ( C) managers (D) shareholders
Passage 4
What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America-breakthroughs
such as the telegraph , the steamboat and the weaving machine?
Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the country ' s excellent
elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice
of giving premiums to inventors ; and above all the American genius for nonverbal
, "spatial"thinking about things technological .
Why mention the elementary schools? Because thanks to these schools our early
mechanics ,especially in the New England and Middle Atlantic states, were generally
literate and at home in arithmetic and in some aspects of geometry and trigonometry.
Acute foreign observers related American adaptiveness and invelltiveness to
this educational
advantage. As a member of a British commission visiting here in 1853 reported,
"With a mind prepared by thorough school discipline, the American boy develops
rapidly into the skilled workman. "
A further stimulus to invention came from the "premium" system, which
preceded our patent system and for years ran parallel with it. "fhis approach,originated
abroad, offered inventors medals, cash prizes and other incentives.
In the United States, multitudes of premiums for new devices were awarded at
country fairs and at the industrial fairs in major cities. Americans flocked
to thess fairs to admire the new machines and thus to renew their faith in the
beneficence of technological advance.
Given this optimistic approach to technological innovation, the American worker
took readily to that special kind of nonverbal thinklng required in mechanical
technology. As Eugene Ferguson has pointed out , "A technologist thinks
about objects that cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions; they
are dealt with in his mind by a visual, nonverbal process . . . The designer
and the inventor . . . are able to assemble and manipulate in their minds devices
that as yet do not exist. "
This nonverbal "spatial" thinking can be just as creative as painting
and writing. Robert Fulton once wrote, "The mechanic should sit down among
levers, screws, wedges, wheels, etc. ,like a poet among the letters of the alphabet
, considering them as an exhibition of his thoughts, in which a new arrangement
transmits a new idea. "
When all these shaping forces--schools, open attitudes, the premium system,
a genius for spatial thinking--interacted with one another on the rich U. S.
mainland, they produced that American characteristic , emulation . Today that
word implies mere imitation. But in earlier times it meant a friendly but competitive
striving for fame and excellence.
63. According to the author, the great outburst of major inventions in early
America was in a
large part due to__
(A) elemental'y schools ( B) enthusiastic workers
(C) the attractive premium system (D) a special way of thinking
64 . It is implied that adaptiveness and inventiveness of the early American
mechanics__
(A) benefited a lot from their mathematical knowledge
(B) shed light on disciplined school management
(C) was brought about by privileged home training
(D) owed a lot to the technological development
65 . A technologist can be compared to an artist because __
(A) they are both winners of awards
(B) they are both experts in spatial thinking
(C) they both abandon verbal description
(D) they both use various instruments
66. The best title for this passage might be__
(A) Inventive Mind (B) Effective Schooling
(B) Ways of Thinking (D) Outpouring of Inventions
Passage 5
Rumor has it that more than 20 books on creationism/evolution are in the publisher
' s pipelines. A few have already appeared. The goal of all will be to try to
explain to a confused and often unenlightened citizenry that there are not two
equally valid scientific theories for the origin and evolution of universe and
life. Cosmology , geology , and biology have provided a consistent , unified,
and constantly improving account of what happened. "Scientific" creationism,
which is being pushed by some for "equal time" in the classrooms whenever
the scientific accounts of evolution are eivel, is based on religion, not science.
Virtually all scientists and the majority of nonfundamentalist religious leaders
have come to regard "scientific" creationism as bad science and bad
religion.
The first four chapters of Kitcher's book give a very brief introduction to
evolution. At ap- propriate places, he introduces the criticisms of the creationists
and provides answers. In the last
three chapters, he takes off his gloves and gives the creationists a good beating.
He describes their programmes and tactics, and, for those unfamiliar with the
ways of creationists, the extent of their deception and distortion may come
as an unpleasant surprise. When their basic motivation is religious, one might
have expected more Christian behavior.
Kitcher is a philosopher, and this may account, in part, for the clarity and
effectiveness of his arguments. The non-specialist wiU be able to obtain at
least a notion of the sorts of data and argument that support evolutionary theory.
The final chapter on the reationists will be extremely clear to all. On the
dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says: "This book stands
for
reason itself. "And so it does-and all would be well were reason the only
judge in the creation- ism/evolution debate .
67. "Creationism" in the passage refers to__
(A) evolution in its true sense as to the origin of the universe
(B) a notion of the creation of religion
(C) the scientific explanation of the earth formation
(D) the deceptive theory about the origin of the universe
68. Kitcher's book is intended to __.
(A) recommend the views of the evolutionists
(B) expose the true features of creationists
(C) curse bitterly at this opponents
(D) launch a surprise attack on creationists
69 From the passage we can infer that__
(A) reasoning has played a decisive role in the debate
(B) creationists do not base their argument on reasoning
(C) evolutionary theory is too difficult for non-specialists
(D) creationism is supported by scientific findings
70. This passage appears to be a digest of__
(A) a book review (B) a scientific paper
(C) a magazine feature (D) a newspaper editorial
Part Ⅳ English-Chinese Translation
The differences in relative growth of various areas of scientific
research have several causes.
71 )Some of these causes are completely reasonable results of social needs.
Others are reasonable consequences of particular advances in science being to
some extent self-accelerating. Some , how- ever , are less reasonable processes
of different growth in which reconception of the form scientif- ic theory ought
to take, by persons in authority, act to alter the growth pattern of different
areas.
This is a new problem probably not yet unavoidable; but it is a frightening
trend. 72)This trend began during the Second World War, when several govemments
came to the conclusion that the specific demands that a government wants to
make of its scientific stablishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail.
It can be predicted, however, that from time to time questions will arise
which will require specific scientific answers. It is therefore generally valuable
to treat the scien- tific establishment as a resource or machine to be kept
in functional order. 73)This seems mostly effectively done by supporting a certain
amount of research not related to immediate goals but of possible consequence
in the future. This kind of support , like all government support , requires
decisions about the appropriate recipients of funds. Decisions based on utility
as opposed to lack of utility are straightforward. But
a decision among projects none of which has immediate utility is more difficult.
The goal of the supporting agencies is the praisable one of supporting "good
" as opposed to "bad" science, but a valid determination is difficult
to make. Generally, the idea of good science tends to become con- fused with
the capacity of the field in question to generate an elegant theory. 74)However,
the world is so made that elegant systems are in principle unable to deal with
some of the world's more fascinating and delightful aspects. 75) New forms of
thought as well as new subjects for thought must arise in the future as they
have in the past, giving rise to new standards of elegance.
Part V Writing (15 points)
76. DIRECTIONS :
A. Title : GOOD HEALTH
B. Time limit :40 minutes
C. Word limit : 120-150 words ( not including the given opening sentence)
D. Your composition should be based on the OUTLINE below and should start with
the
given opening sentence : "The desire for good health is universal. "
E. YOur composition should be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.
OUTLINE:
1. Importance of good health
2. Ways to keep fit
3. My own practices
答案:
l. A 3. D 5. D 7. D 9. A
2. C 4. B 6. C 8. B IO. C
11. A, went 12. B, psychologically
13. A, allowing 14. C, he
15. B, are more likely 16. C, are
17. C, when 18. B, two spacecraft
19. D, taken 20. C, it
21. D 23. D 25. A 27. D 29. A
22. B 24. C 26. B 28. B 30. C
31. D 33. C 35. C 37. D 39. A
32. A 34. D 36. B 38. B 40. D
41. C 43. A 45. C 47. D 49. C
42. D 44. B 46. A 48. B 50. A
51. B 53. D 55. B 57. C 59. C
52. A 54. A 56. C 58. D 60. A
61. C 63. D 65. B 67. D 69. B
62. D 64. A 66. A 68. B 70. A
71．在这些原因中，有些完全是自然而然地来自社会需求；另一些则是由于科学在一定程度上自我加速而产生某些特定发展的必然结果。
72．这种趋势始于第二次世界大战期间，当时一些国家的政*府得出结论：政*府要向科研机构提出的具体要求通常是无法详尽预见的。
73．给某些与当前目标无关但将来可能产生影响的科研以支持，看来通常能有效地解决这个问题。
74．然而，世界就是如此，完美的体系一般而言是无法解决世上某些更加引人人胜的课题的。
75．同过去-样，将来必然会出现新的思维方式和新的思维对象，给完美以新的标准。 Part V . Writing
GOOD HEALTH
. . . Wherever you are and whatever you do, staying healthy is always important.
With the improvement of our living standards, people are attaching more and
more importance to their health. We students can' t keep the high study efficiency
without good. health. The same thing is true with workers, scientists and doctors.
In my opinion, good diet and exercises are two major ways to keep healthy. The
food we eat every day must be rational and should include meat, vegetables,
eggs, and fruit. It is important to drink water every day and not to get addicted
to drinking coffee or some other soft drinks. Ex-ercising every day is also
essential for us to stay healthy. We can ride bicycles, play tennis or swim.
Of course we don' t need to exhaust ourselves. We should plan our physical exercises
according to our actual condition. An hour a day is enough.
As a university student, I have much free time to do exercises. l usually play
badminton and tennis. But sometimes I am lazy and do not exercise for all kinds
of excuses, such as cold weather and exams. I must correct it. I am also careful
with my diet. In a way, keeping healthy is not very hard, if you just take it
seriously.