Recently, binge（暴食）is becoming a major health problem in American.

“As soon as I came home I’d throw down my backpack and just start going though the refrigerator and start eating. Sandwiches, cookies, candy bars—I’d just continuously eat until I went to bed,” says Matt Wymer, 18. Matt was a binge eater.

    “You know we start at a very young age. You fall and hurt your knees. Your mother may say, ‘Oh, here, we’ll go to get some ice cream, that’ll make you feel better.’ Or when you go to the doctor, something bad happens: The doctor says, ‘Oh, here’s something that’s comforting’, and you get a candy,” says Marilyn Tanner, a doctor.

Matt looked for comfort because he was always laughed at because of his weight.

“There’d be days when I’d come and pick him up from school and he’d get in the car and start crying before I asked him anything,” says Cathy Wymer, Matt’s mother.

“I’d just feel better after I ate a lot,” says Matt.

Experts say the first step of treatment for binge eaters is to help them find other ways, besides food, to feel better. “There are about five basic ways: You write, you talk, you cry, you exercise or you laugh,” says Genie Burnett, a psychologist.

With the help of his doctor, Matt started a diet and a daily workout. He’s lost more than 150 pounds, he’s healthier and he says he’d be more confident.

1 From the second paragraph we can learn that ________.

A. Matt is very busy at home every day

B. Matt goes to bed very late at night

C. Matt suffers from an eating disorder

D. Matt is too hungry to go to bed

2Marilyn Tanner mainly tells us that ________.

A. eating disorder begins when children are young

B. children would like to have some ice cream

C. young children fall and hurt their knees easily

D. doctors use candies to comfort the children

3Matt would start crying as soon as he got in the car because ________.

A. he had nothing to eat at the moment

B. his mother didn’t allow him to eat anything

C. he was laughed at by others at school

D. his mother asked him something bad

4 Matt has become more confident by ________.

A. working hard at school                       B. talking and laughing a lot  

C. losing some weight                                   D. reading and writing a lot

完形填空

通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各題所給的(A)、(B)、(C)三個選項中，選出一個最佳選項，并把答案涂在答題卡里。

　　It was cold outside. A strong 1 was blowing hard. I 2 at a round table in a cafe, drinking coffee. I was glad there were other people in the place, but the happiness didn't 3 long. No one seemed to care about the others except the computer 4 him. I stood up, walked between the tables and came to the nearest computer. In front of it was a thin, young man, with a cup of coffee beside the computer, untouched(沒有動過的).

　　“I'm Steve,” he answered 5 I asked him twice. “I can't talk with you. I'm 6 ,” he said. I thought he was 7 , and said sorry to him. Before going back to my seat, I noticed he was not working. He was 8 online with somebody－probably someone he didn't know－and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game－a war game. Then I saw 9 there using a computer, talking online. Though there were many people around me, I felt I had 10 been so lonely.

　　What will be the future of human beings who prefer sharing(分享)their lives with machines instead of people?

1．

[　　]

A．rain　　B．wind　　C．cloud

2．

[　　]

A．lay　　B．stood　　C．sat

3．

[　　]

A．last　　B．happen　　C．finish

4．

[　　]

A．behind　　B．in front of　　C．a(chǎn)t the top of

5．

[　　]

A．a(chǎn)fter　　B．before　　C．until

6．

[　　]

A．free　　B．happy　　C．busy

7．

[　　]

A．playing　　B．working　　C．sleeping

8．

[　　]

A．talking　　B．crying　　C．laughing

9．

[　　]

A．nobody　　B．somebody　　C．everybody

10．

[　　]

A．never　　B．a(chǎn)lways　　C．sometimes

Stress is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.
The most important reasons of stress are: death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on.
How do you know whether you have stress or not? Could you give your answers to the following questions?
Stress Test