A study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology took a closer look at music in sports, specifically how listening to music could affect one’s overall performance.
Researchers asked 150 volunteers to throw a ball into a basket. For the first stage of the study, participants threw the ball from a fixed point. They threw the ball while listening to music of their choice, while not listening to music, or while listening to music that the researchers selected. For the second state they were able to choose where to stand when throwing the ball and performed the same activity with the various music choices.
The study found that listening to music, whether it was music of the volunteer's choice or a song chosen for them, did not make the participants more or less likely to get the ball in the basket. It had no effect, What it did do was increase self-esteem and make the study participants more likely to take risks, especially for males who were allowed to choose their own music.
The results suggest that music many pump you up. And it may even help you workout harder and longer than you would without it. But no matter what song you listen to, it's not going to help you get that ball into the basket.
Another study look a detailed look at how music pace might affect exercise. Researchers found that listening to high-pace music makes people feel like they're working less while also benefiting their bodies more.
Listening to high-pace music while exercising resulted in the highest heart rate compared with not listening to music. This means that the exercise seemed like less effort, but it was more beneficial in terms of enhancing physical fitness.
The study found that the beneficial effects of high-pace music were greatest for people who were walking or running and were felt the least for those who were doing high-intensity exercises such as weightlifting.
1. What were volunteers allowed to do while shooting in the second stage test?| A．Choose position and music. | B．Shoot from a fixed point. |
| C．Shoot with fixed music. | D．Shoot with no music. |
| A．Music given by experts. | B．Music males chose. | C．Peaceful music. | D．Loud music. |
| A．It has no effect on sports. | B．It improves your athletic skills. |
| C．It helps easily achieve better workout. | D．High-pace music is beneficial for all forms of exercise. |
| A．Reducing. | B．Balancing. | C．Changing. | D．Strengthening. |
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【推荐1】3 Ways to Create an Exercise Habit
A lot of people want to know how to get motivated to work out and build an exercise habit that sticks. Of course, wanting to make exercise a habit and actually doing it are two different things. Changing your behavior is difficult.
Develop a routine to make starting easier.
The best way to make exercise a habit is to start with an exercise that is so easy that you can do it even when you can’t get motivated to work out. Struggling to find motivation to go for a run?
Focus on the habit first and the results later.
| A．Living a new type of lifestyle is hard. |
| B．Start with an exercise that is very small. |
| C．Never work out while you are running low on willpower. |
| D．Habits are behaviors that you repeat over and over again. |
| E．Just fill up your water bottle and put on your running shoes. |
| F．If you don’t consistently get started, then you won’t have a habit. |
| G．The typical approach to diet and exercise is to focus on results first. |
【推荐2】You've probably heard it suggested that you need to move more throughout the day, and as a general rule of thumb, that "more" is often defined as around 10,000 steps. With many Americans tracking their steps via new fitness-tracking wearables, or even just by carrying their phone, more and more people use the 10,000-step rule as their marker for healthy living. Dr. Dreg Hager, professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins, decided to take a closer look at that 10,000-step rule, and he found that using it as a standard may be doing more harm than good for many.
“It turns out that in 1960 in Japan they figured out that the average Japanese man, when he walked 10,000 steps a day burned something like 3,000 calories and that is what they thought the average person should consume so they picked 10,000 steps as a number” Hager said.
According to Hager, asking everyone to shoot for 10,000 steps each day could be harmful to the elderly or those with medical conditions, making it unwise for them to jump into that level of exercise, even if it's walking. The bottom line is that 10,000 steps may be too many for some and too few for others. He also noted that those with shorter legs have an easier time hitting the 10,000-step goal because they have to take more steps than people with longer legs to cover the distance. It seems that 10,000 steps may be suitable for the latter.
A more recent study focused on older women and how many steps can help maintain good health and promote longevity (长寿).The study included nearly 17,000 women with an average age of 72. Researchers found that women who took 4,400 steps per day were about 40% less likely to die during a follow-up period of just over four years: Interestingly, women in the study who walked more than 7,500 steps each day got no extra boost in longevity.
1. What does the underlined word "it' in Paragraph 1 refer to?| A．The phone recording. | B．The 10,000-step rule. |
| C．The healthy living. | D．The fitness-tracking method. |
| A．How many steps a Japanese walks. |
| B．How we calculate the number of steps. |
| C．If burning 3,000 calories daily is scientific. |
| D．Where 10,000 steps a day came from. |
| A．Senior citizens. | B．Young short-legged people. |
| C．Healthy long-legged people | D．Weak individuals. |
| A．4,400 steps. | B．10,000 steps. |
| C．2,700 steps. | D．7,500 steps. |
【推荐3】Swimming is one of the few exercises people can do to work all parts of their body.
Swimming can strengthen your lungs.
You might hear that lungs benefit from swimming most.
Swimming may boost brain power.
Swimming has unique benefits in improving cognition (认知). In one study, participants who did a 20-minute swim responded faster on cognitive tests conducted immediately after their swim.
Swimming may put you in a better mood.
All exercise can be a mood booster.
If the previous reasons aren’t enough to convince you of the benefits of swimming, perhaps this one will: It can keep you from early dying. According to a report conducted by Swim England, swimmers had a 28 percent lower risk of early death compared with those who don't swim.
| A．Swimming may enrich your life. |
| B．Swimming may lengthen your life. |
| C．The water workout trains the muscles involved with breathing. |
| D．All of the muscle groups work at the same time. |
| E．The happiness is due to the release of feel-good chemicals in the brain. |
| F．It will help you to keep in good shape, lose weight and look younger. |
| G．Another study linked swimming with improved short- and long-term memory in mice. |
【推荐1】She’s the first Taiwanese artist to attend the annual Met Gala and the first Asian female celebrity to be invited to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. She is also one of the most outstanding celebrities in Asia. Who is she? She is Jolin Tsai.
Releasing her first album in 1999 , Jolin quickly rose to fame in the following years. In 2003, her new album, Magic 72 (看我72变) enabled her to become the female best selling artist of the year. Despite these incredible honors, Jolin continued to strive for more. For instance, she was chosen to represent Taiwan in the Expo (世博) 2010 in Shanghai, China by singing the Taiwanese theme song Heartbeat of Taiwan (台湾心跳声). Throughout her career, she has won numerous awards such as the Golden Melody Awards, the most prominent award in the Taiwanese music industry, and the MTV Asia Award, just to name a few.
Outside of being one of Asia’s most successful singers, Jolin is also a social activist. She has attended countless events throughout the years to show her strong support for different causes; she even released the song We’re All Different, Yet the Same (不一样又怎样) to advocate for gender and marriage equality for the LGBTQ community. And it doesn’t end there, the song Womxnly (玫瑰少年) released in 2019 appeals for identifying, preventing and addressing school bullying, raising awareness of the law and formulating relevant school protocols (条约).
As if that wasn’t enough, Jolin is also well-known for her Fondant Cake (翻糖蛋糕) making abilities. After taking four days worth of fondant cake making classes, she was in love. She began self-teaching cake making skills and eventually went on to win the gold medal in Cake International 2017 with her Marilyn Monroe Fondant cake. She even made Tom Cruise a fondant cake when he was in town promoting his new movie, “the Mummy.”
With all the talent that she has, Jolin is so much more than just a singer. She’s a diva (天后) who shines in every aspect, and she’s a true role model to our generation. Although she’s already reached an incredible degree of success in her life, we can’t wait to see what Queen Jolin has up her sleeve for us in the next few years.
1. What is the text mainly about?| A．The love story between Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai. |
| B．Jolin’s achievement and influence. |
| C．The beginning of Jolin’s life as an artist. |
| D．The differences between Jolin and other singers. |
| A．Talent in music and dance. |
| B．Advocate for social issues. |
| C．Costume designing. |
| D．Fondant Cake making abilities. |
| A．Jolin has been a singer for no more than 20 years. |
| B．The song Womxnly is focus on tackling juvenile delinquency. |
| C．Jolin has won the Golden Medal in 2017 for her singing careers . |
| D．Jolin has actively pushed into other fields and achieved great success. |
| A．Disapproval. |
| B．Indifferent. |
| C．Favorable. |
| D．Doubtful. |
【推荐2】Carol: I started playing the cello (大提琴) when I was about eight or nine. It was great playing the cello because 1 was in youth orchestras (管弦乐队) and we went abroad to do tours. But anyway, when I got to university, I stopped playing. Well, there just wasn't time and there were so many other things to do. Luckily, I took it up after my 25th birthday and joined a band (乐队).
Daniel: When I was little, I thought I'd end up learning the guitar like my father, but then I decided that I wanted to have my own instrument (乐器), so I chose the trumpet (小号). I'm in the school jazz band and I'd like to be a musician when I grow up, but my dad says it's difficult to make a living from music. But I don't want to be a lawyer like him. It's so boring.
Carmen: Nobody likes living near someone like me because when I practise, I make a lot of noise! But you have to keep practising, don't you? Otherwise it gets more and more difficult. The trouble is, in the summer, when it's hot, I have to open the windows, so the whole street gets to hear it if I'm not careful. I love playing the drums and I play in a fantastic band.
Vince: I've played the guitar for as long as I can remember, but when I was trying to make it as a musician after school, I used to play in the Underground in London to make a bit of extra money. I kept on playing, but I ran a restaurant to make a living. When I get any spare time I still play. I've got a few friends who like music too and we formed a band.
1. Why did Carol give up playing the cello?| A．She couldn't go abroad to play. |
| B．She couldn't spare any time to play it. |
| C．She found it boring to play it all day. |
| D．She turned to other instruments. |
| A．It will make his father satisfied. |
| B．It will be hard to make it. |
| C．It will never make him rich. |
| D．It will be fun to do it. |
| A．Playing the drums causes a disturbance to others. |
| B．The street is so noisy in the summer. |
| C．It's hard to keep practising in the summer. |
| D．She cannot play well in public. |
| A．He was interested in it. |
| B．He was encouraged by his friends. |
| C．He needed money to form a band. |
| D．He was unable to live on music. |
【推荐3】Gracefully spinning among a group of dancers in pink, Anthony Madu stood out in black leggings. The 11-year-old boy's dance in the rain in Lagos, Nigeria, not only touched the hearts of millions who saw his passion but it is helping make his dream come true.
A video of him dancing barefoot in the rain on concrete outside the studio where he trains, the Leap of Dance Academy, became a hit last month—more than 15 million people have watched his joyful leaps and pirouettes, not discouraged by the rain and rough surface.
Accompanying Anthony's video, the Academy wrote some words, "Behind those fanciful beauty and costumes are lots and lots of backstage hard work. With very little or no resources our kids are training to be the best they can.”
The video caught the eye of the American Ballet Theatre, which gave Anthony a scholarship and arranged Internet access for virtual training this summer. Anthony will now have the chance to train with some of the best ballet dancers in the world. When asked how ballet makes him feel, the boy said, "It makes me feel strong and happy. When I am dancing, 1 feel as if I am on top of the world. I see my future like that I'm going to be a professional dancer when I grow up," Anthony said.
Cynthia Erivo, an actress of the Theatre, was greatly moved by the young dancer's performance. "I think it's extremely important because I think boys are encouraged to do this incredibly hard craft that actually encourages strength and stamina and beauty," she said. In addition, the Theatre's famous performer Calvin Royal III offered encouragement from half a world away. "You are not only changing your world there in Africa but you're changing the hearts and minds of so many people," Royal said.
1. Why did Anthony's video become so popular?| A．Because he danced barefoot. | B．Because he danced in the rain. |
| C．Because he moved the audience. | D．Because he was in black leggings. |
| A．One can succeed, despite little resources. | B．The Academy offers fanciful costumes. |
| C．Kids are trained to work backstage. | D．The training in the Academy is the best. |
| A．Gifted and creative. | B．Passionate and determined. |
| C．Diligent and intelligent. | D．Influential and professional. |
| A．Erivo and Royal are famous performers | B．ballet is an incredibly hard craft |
| C．boys are not encouraged to dance | D．Anthony is thought highly of |
【推荐1】When you imagine a robot, you might picture R2-D2 in Star Wars, but there’s a new robotic system called particle robotics that is changing what it means to be a robot.
Looking like some kids forgot to pick up their toys, the robot is a collection of plastic disks (圆盘). The designers refer to each disk as a “particle”. Alone, a single disk can’t do much of anything. But when working as a system, they become what the designers call a “particle robot” and can do simple tasks.
Scientists behind the project were inspired by nature. In the human body, for example, individual cells (细胞) work together as muscle tissue. Many other types of cells also move together as a group. The robot moves in the same way.
Tiny magnets (磁铁) on the disks’ outer rims (边缘) make them stick together. When one disk expands or shrinks (放大或缩小), it pushes or pulls on its neighbors. When all of those small pushes and pulls add up, suddenly the robot starts to move — very slowly.
Even though the disks don’t communicate directly with each other, they can act as a group. The scientists showed this by fitting sensors on each disk that could recognize light. Then they programmed the disks to expand and shrink faster or slower, depending on how strong the light was. When the researchers shone a bright light, the robot slowly moved toward it — the result of all those individual expansions and shrinks.
Right now, the robot only moves across a smooth surface. It is believed that future robots, such as this one, will continue to copy nature, influencing how they might look and move. There will be more and more biologically based designs.
1. What can we learn about the new robot?| A．It is similar to R2-D2. |
| B．It moves at a fast speed. |
| C．It can work in poor conditions. |
| D．It becomes smart when its parts team up. |
| A．They did it by chance. |
| B．They got the idea from nature. |
| C．They based it on a kind of toy. |
| D．They were influenced by Star Wars. |
| A．Other disks. | B．Other robots. |
| C．Tiny magnets. | D．Outer rims. |
| A．move at will |
| B．sense danger |
| C．take different forms |
| D．act under the influence of light |
【推荐2】Adolescence, the period of a child’s life when they are most vulnerable to outside influences, is a relatively scary time for parents. Children of this age become the target of many negative influences while at the same time they are experiencing hormones that are raging out of control.
But parents should not be fooled by their children’s rejection and rudeness. In fact children expect the constant support, guidance, and influence from their parents.
I came from a family where anger always lies just below the surface, waiting for an excuse to erupt. My parents often said that my sisters and I could tell them anything. Though they promised not to be angry at whatever we would say, they couldn’t do it. Without the emotional support from my parents during my most vulnerable years, I often found myself losing my temper easily and even doing risky behaviors.
There is no certain standard about parenting, but I knew exactly what I should not do after I became a parent. I knew the importance of establishing open communication and trust, which resulted in my proper reactions and my children’s trust.
Our home was a quiet place, a shelter for my children’s emotional well-being. My children freely shared with me what happened in their lives, whether good or bad, shocking or humorous. As their mother, I rarely raised my voice and my reactions to their telling about their improper behaviors remained calm, no matter how I felt inside.
Parenting I did was far from easy. It took patience, persistence, and consistency. Everyone hopes for beautiful relationships with their children, and everyone can have them. The theory is simple: trust is the lock—communication is the key.
1. What do we know about adolescents according to the text?| A．They cannot easily control themselves. | B．They are easily influenced by their parents. |
| C．They are eager to communicate with parents. | D．They don’t expect parents’ guidance and support. |
| A．Gentle. | B．Dishonest. | C．Hurt. | D．Careless. |
| A．By making a promise. | B．By raising her voice. |
| C．By demanding much of them. | D．By controlling her reactions. |
| A．the need of riding anger at home | B．the ways of parenting adolescents |
| C．the importance of supporting children | D．the benefit of building good relationships with children |
【推荐3】Digital Etiquette(礼节), or netiquette, is a set of rules for how to behave online. It’s a lot like life etiquette, which is basically having good manners and treating others with respect. It’s just as important in our digital lives, including how we act in online games or how we communicate in emails, texts, instant messages and on social networking websites. All of these platforms let us talk and share instantly wherever we are.
Unfortunately, some people can lose control the moment they jump online. When they disagree with someone, or have strong feelings about a topic, they end up saying stuff they’d never say in person! They may send ruder emails and IMs or try to start arguments on message boards. That’s called flaming, and it can lead to full-on flame wars, insulting arguments between two or more users. On the Internet, it’s pretty easy to stay anonymous, or unidentified. Having a secret identity to hide behind can make people pretty brave. And when all they see of you is screen name or a funny icon, they might forget that they’re dealing with a real human being!
The principle is simple: Just like in real life, you should treat other people the way you want to be treated. You wouldn’t want somebody to be rude to you, so don’t be rude to anyone else.
Of course, netiquette isn’t just about being nice; it’s also about communicating clearly. That means keeping emails and IMs clear, and to the point. It also means making your messages easy to read and understand, which can depend on your audience. For instance, some abbreviations(缩略词)and emoticons may be fine with friends. But they’re generally not appropriate in formal communication. And whatever you do, don’t write in all capital letters! Writing in all caps makes it seem like you’re yelling.
Lastly, never post anything about your friends on a blog or a social networking site unless you are allowed to. People’s personal information is private, and you can really ruin relationships if you post something that a friend or a friend’s parents don’t want on the web. And keep in mind that the Internet is not a private place; if you wouldn’t want a parent, teacher or future employer to see something you post, don’t post it!
1. According to the passage, the users of social media are advised ________.| A．to cause arguments on message boards |
| B．to apply abbreviations and emoticons as many as possible |
| C．to be respectful of others online rather than offline |
| D．to behave online with common etiquette |
| A．Because he can insult others without worrying about revenge |
| B．Because he knows his friends will recognize him and think better of him. |
| C．Because he can make more friends if he says mean things. . |
| D．Because he can impress older, smarter people with his remarks. |
| A．b there in 60, cu 18r! | B．BE THERE IN AN HOUR. SEE YOU LATER! |
| C．I’ll be home in an hour. See you later! | D．im running late be there in an hour! |
| A．If you take a photograph, you can do whatever you like about it. |
| B．Information about your friends, including photographs, is private. |
| C．It’s illegal to post pictures online if people in the pictures don’t like it. |
| D．You should always avoid posting images on the internet. |
