Extreme sports are appealing to more and more people.
Extreme sports can push you to your physical and mental limits. Individuals who regularly undertake activities such as jumping out of an airplane actually change the chemical makeup of their mind. When this happens,they become more capable of staying calm and centered during stressful situations.
Extreme sports task you with overcoming difficult physical challenges.
| A．Humans are social creatures by nature. |
| B．It is true that there are many advantages of extreme sports. |
| C．Most extreme sports help you have a good sense of balance. |
| D．We all do certain movements during the day to strengthen muscles. |
| E．In other words,extreme sports help you develop the ability to stay concentrated. |
| F．If you can complete these challenges,your rewards will be much more than physical ones. |
| G．Actually,activities such as mountain biking and snowboarding continue to attract more people every year. |
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【推荐1】Some of the best advice I ever heard was: “Get 3 hobbies, one to keep you physically active, one to express yourself creatively, and one to make you social.” I don’t know if that’s a famous quote but it really inspires me.
Set some physical goals for yourself. Maybe it’s running a marathon, maybe it’s lifting your own body weight, maybe it’s riding a unicycle to work every morning.
Finding a hobby is probably the hardest one right now. I would recommend some goal-oriented video games with voice chat. I started playing VR paintball last month, which was incredibly helpful for me. You might also want to look into joining an online Dungeons & Dragons game.
If you get these hobbies started and set personal goals for yourself in each hobby, you’ll soon start feeling more fulfilled.
| A．Find a way to be creative. |
| B．It doesn’t matter what it is. |
| C．Talk to your children about creation. |
| D．It is extremely important to have a clear goal. |
| E．Try to do each hobby for at least 30 minutes a day. |
| F．Just get started and move onto another if you have to. |
| G．You need to find something that requires you to actually talk with others. |
【推荐2】In 2015, motorcyclist Robert Jan kicked off a three-month solo(独自的) ride from the Netherlands to India.
Robert, who is today a 30-year-old graphic designer (平面设计师), began planning the trip in September 2014, shortly after his graduation from Willem de Kooning Academy.
But the three-month adventure also came with its challenges. Sometimes, he would go miles without spotting a much-needed gas station, and money eventually grew scarce(不足的).
“Took 81 days to get there,” he posted on Instagram, “back within 18 hours.”
| A．And in 2013, he bought his first motorcycle. |
| B．From a young age, Robert has been an adventurer. |
| C．By the time he arrived, all the beds were occupied. |
| D．They helped Robert get the motorcycle out of the freezing cold water. |
| E．Riding through 14 countries, Robert met a diverse set of people and landscapes. |
| F．Closer to the end of the trip, the motorcycle broke down—but a local helped him out. |
| G．He spent the next several months reading stories of motorcycle adventurers like Paul van Hoff and Gordon G. May. |
【推荐3】Why do we read poetry? First obvious one: because we enjoy it. The only other reason is for academic purposes, and that's not why this is here.
Many of us read poetry simply because we often feel depressed and hopelessly lost, and in poetry we see how beautiful and strange everything is. So in that way poetry calms our anxiety.
There are many different kinds of poems. They are not all calming. Some poems make me anxious, angry, scared, and sad, which is why I value them. As a reader, I want a full meal, not just dessert. I want the sweet and the bitter. Often, I read poetry when I'm already relaxed. In fact, I read more when I'm not stressed out.
Here are the main reasons I respond to poetry, as far as I can tell. Metrical(格律的) poems are about setting up rules and then bending them. Usually, this is done by setting up a rhythm and then violating it or almost violating it. And then returning to it again. This satisfies my desire for order and also my desire for testing boundaries.
Poetry plays with language and often slams words together in surprising ways, which is thrilling the way food can be when the chef has paired ingredients you never thought would taste good together but somehow do.
Many poems are dense. Words mean two or three things at once and lots of suggestions are packed between the lines. This is intellectually inspiring and it allows me to read the same poem over and over always finding new things in it.
And, of course, there's the subject matter. It interests me just as it would if the same subject was explored in a story or essay. Not all poems interest me in this way, but then not all stories and essays do, either.
1. What kind of poems does the author probably enjoy reading?| A．Academic poems. | B．Valuable poems. |
| C．Poems that calm readers down. | D．Poems that arouse feelings. |
| A．Setting up a rhythm. | B．Poetry. | C．Violating rules. | D．Rhythm. |
| A．It plays with words. | B．It sounds surprising. |
| C．It is rich in meaning. | D．It is filled with new ideas. |
| A．The author doesn't like all the essays. | B．Reading poems requires patience. |
| C．The subject counts a lot to the author. | D．Writing poems is similar to cooking. |
【推荐1】Is running a marathon (马拉松) under two hours possible? Will a human ever be able to run that fast? Now, the world record for the 42.195km (26.219 miles) distance is held by the Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge. His time of 2:01:39 hours was achieved at the Berlin Marathon of 2018.
But studies published in the past have come to the conclusion that running a marathon under 2 hours can be done. They even see a time of around 1:57 as the fastest a human can ever run. However, we may have to wait longer for this to happen.
To achieve an under two-hour marathon, an athlete would have to have the perfect body size and weight, the right running plans and of course, the right nutrition (营养). Today’s perfect runners come from Kenya and Ethiopia, countries that have dominated (占优势) long distance races for years. East African athletes have long legs and lungs that can take in lots of oxygen (氧). Training at high altitudes (海拔) gives them a strong heart. Ideal weather conditions with cool temperatures and no wind will also be needed to attempt such a mark. An extremely fast marathon would only be possible on flat city courses, like Berlin or London.
Since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, athletes have tried to run long distance races as fast as possible. In 1900, the marathon world record was at around 3 hours. In the following 30 years, men were able to reach a mark of 2:30. But in the last 15 years, the world record has improved by only 3 minutes.
On the other side, some experts think that such fast performances will only be possible with the help of some medicine.
1. Why is the world record mentioned in Paragraph 1?| A．To show a human can run very fast. |
| B．To prove Eliud Kipchoge is the best. |
| C．To introduce the greatest success in the world. |
| D．To show an under two hour marathon hasn’t been achieved yet. |
| A．It requires too many things to fit together. |
| B．It isn’t easy to find right running plans. |
| C．Training a perfect runner takes a long time. |
| D．Kenyan and Ethiopian runners control marathons. |
| A．High altitudes. | B．Lots of oxygen. |
| C．A perfect environment. | D．Tall and strong runners. |
| A．Men will run faster and faster. |
| B．Men made the greatest progress in 1930. |
| C．Achieving shorter time became more difficult. |
| D．It’s impossible to break the marathon world record. |
【推荐2】It is likely that anyone who pays attention to fitness trends has heard the term “muscle confusion”. It was invented and popularized in the past decade by the creators of various weight-training programs, particularly P90X.
P90X advises participants to adjust their routines all the time, threading in different combinations of exercises and rarely, if ever, repeating any particular workout. The theory for the inconstancy is that unfamiliar routines should perplex our bodies and muscles and prevent them from getting into a settled state or reaching a training plateau (a time of little change after a period of progress). Instead, our muscles supposedly will respond to the unfamiliar demands of the workouts by continuing to adapt.
That idea has some appeal and many supporters but little independent scientific backing. So, for a new study, which was published in PLOS One, a group of of researchers from Spain and the United States who long had been interested in the impacts and specifics of resistance training decided to try to confuse a few muscles and see what would happen.
They divided 19 healthy young men who already lifted weights into two groups, after testing their muscles’ size and strength and completing an online questionnaire about their interest in and motivation for exercise.
Then one group began a standard, weight-training routine, performing the same exercises in the same order each week. The other group, though, did a different workout each session, picking exercises randomly from a database of 80. These routines continued for eight weeks at a university gym, after which the men returned to the lab for new muscle tests and a repeat of the online questionnaire.
The researchers then compared results and, quite unexpectedly, found that it is no easy job to make muscles feel confused since overall the men’s gains in muscular size and strength were almost exactly the same. Our muscles are not discouraged or bored by unvarying routines, says Brad Schoenfeld, a co-author of the study.
There was one notable difference between the groups, however. Those men completing the ever-changing workouts reported showing more enthusiasm for exercise at the study’s end than the other group. “The differences in drive scores at the end were significant,” he says, suggesting that “from a purely motivational standpoint, variety matters.”
1. The underlined word “perplex” can be replaced by ______.| A．pull | B．relax | C．strengthen. | D．confuse. |
| A．Whether their workouts varied. |
| B．Whether they received two muscle tests. |
| C．Whether exercises were completed at a gym. |
| D．Whether they lifted the same amount of weight. |
| A．It is simple to confuse our muscles. |
| B．Men dislike ever-changing workouts. |
| C．Regular exercise makes one feel enthusiastic. |
| D．Changing workouts helps improve motivation. |
| A．Will P90X benefit health? | B．How can muscles be built? |
| C．Will muscle confusion work? | D．How should workouts be done? |
【推荐3】Walking is the best form of exercise. It is good for the upper respiratory（与呼吸有关的）system and the legs. It helps us control our weight and blood sugar. Walking is also a good way to help you make more friends，bringing chances to see new things and meet new people. Personally I try to walk at least 5 miles daily.
As well as walking，I also cycle around Xiamen. Cycling is great for weight loss and helps to build stamina（耐力）.However，cycling does not allow for the same level of social contact as a walk. It is for this reason that I would strongly suggest that you try long-distance walking if you want to be physically healthy. I originally（最初）started walking around Xiamen because I didn't have a car，but I soon started to enjoy the walking for its own sake.
I have also made many friends during my walks. It's not uncommon for my 5-mile walk to sometimes take as long as 2 or 3 hours，because I stop to chat with different shop owners along my route. These days，if I skip my walk for even one day，the people in the shops may want to know why I didn't come.
I' ll never forget the first time some people followed me when I was walking, and asked if it was okay for them to walk with me. I really didn't know what to say, so I just replied that I didn't mind. I have been invited for lunch, dinner and sometimes just to sit and drink tea with total strangers. There is nothing more pleasant than walking past a schoolyard and hearing all the kids say hello to me.
1. Why did the author have to take a walk at the very beginning?| A．Because he wanted to build his body. |
| B．Because he enjoyed walking. |
| C．Because he had no car. |
| D．Because he wished to make friends. |
| A．jump lightly | B．give up |
| C．leave out | D．change quickly |
| A．Cycling allows for no social contact. |
| B．Walking is better than cycling. |
| C．To be healthy，it's better to cycle. |
| D．The author prefers walking to cycling. |
| A．To share the unforgettable experience with us. |
| B．To show us the meaning of walking in social contact. |
| C．To tell us how to develop the habit of walking. |
| D．To explain to us why a usual walk took him as long as 2 or 3 hours. |
