| Your body, which has close relation(关系) with the food you eat, is the most important thing you own. So it needs proper treatment(对待) and proper nourishment(营养). The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is not silly as some people think. The body needs fruit and vegetables because they contain vitamin C (维生素C). Many people take extra(额外的) vitamins in the form of pills(药丸), believing that these will make th  em healthy. But a good diet is made up of nourishing food and this gives all the vitamins you need. The body doesn’t need or use extra vitamins. So why waste money on them?In the modern western world many people are too busy to care about eating properly. They throw anything into their stomachs, eating hurriedly and carelessly. The list of illness caused or made worse by bad eating habits is frightening. |
| 1. The old saying in the passage tells us that_______. |
| A. the apple is the best among all kinds of fruits. B. apple can take the place of doctors. C. eating apples regularly (有规律的) does lots of good to our health. D. an apple is a sure cure for illness. |
| 2. In the second paragraph the writer tries to let us know______. |
| A. our bodies need food or we can't live. B. often eating apples is a good habit. C. taking extra vitamin pills is completely useless. D. a good diet is very important to our health. |
| 3. From the passage we can draw a conclusion(得出结论) that if we want to keep healthy, we should ______. |
| A. only eat an apple a day. B. eat properly. C. take as many vitamins pills as possible. D. throw food into our stomachs slowly and carefully. |