中考英语分类阅读及讲解汇编(十).doc

中考英语分类阅读及讲解汇编（十）健康生活 1 Did you ever hear anyone say, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Do you think that if people eat apples they won’t get sick? Some scientists wanted to find out if this old saying is true. They divided a college class into two groups. The first group ate two apples a day. The second group did not eat any apple. After a few months, they added up all the times the young people got sick. The apple eaters turned out to be healthier than those who hadn’t eaten apples. It seemed to show that an apple day-or two apples-really does keep the doctor away. 1． he best title is ______. A. Growing Apples B. College Classes C. Apples and Health D. A Good Breakfast 2. The scientists divided the class into ______. A. five groups B. three groups C. two groups D. four groups 3. The first group ate ______. A. two apples a day B. no apples C. three apples a day D. one apple a day 4. The story suggests that people should eat ______. A. pears B. bananas C. apples D. everything 5. “keep the doctor away” means ______ . A. not to make friends with the doctor B. not get sick C. keep the doctor from running D. to see the doctor Key: 1.c 2.c 3.a 4.c 5.b 中考英语分类阅读及讲解汇编（十）健康生活 2 Pleasant Dreams Dreams may be more important than sleep. Some people don’t need very much sleep. But we all need to dream, scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short movies. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old movies. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They could have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams. Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dream. Dreams can disappear quickly from memory. Too much dreaming can be harmfu