【推荐1】Exercise helps to keep us in good health. Doctors suggest getting at least 150 minutes of mild physical activity every week. Many people have an exercise routine.     1    . But what about those times when you are sick? If you do not feel well, should you keep following your exercise routine? Will physical activity help you to feel better more quickly or will it delay the healing process?

Health experts answer these and other questions.     2     if you have a common cold. It is usually fine to exercise if your symptoms are all "above the neck”. These signs may include a runny nose or a minor sore throat. In fact, exercise may make you feel better by opening your blocked nose. This may temporarily reduce being blocked and help you to breathe more easily.

    3    , however, experts suggest taking a break from exercising. Be on guard for symptoms such as extreme cough or pain in the stomach. And there are other symptoms that can tell you to avoid exercise. They include a higher than normal body temperature, a sense of feeling extremely tired, widespread muscle pain.

    4    . If you feel really bad, take a break and let your body rest. If you don't feel too bad, these experts suggest cutting back on the strength of your exercise routine.     5    . A few days off from exercise when you are sick shouldn't affect your performance. You can return to your usual exercise times when you feel better.

A．Mild physical activity is usually OK

B．Experts suggest listening to your body

C．They exercise for a few minutes every day

D．Exercising will result in more severe illness

E．If you usually run, take a quick walk instead

F．If signs of your illness appear “below the neck”

G．Exercising regularly keeps us feeling exhausted

【推荐2】On a bright summer morning, many young swimmers gather at a local swimming pool in the state of Maryland. They are members of a competitive summer swim team. As they practice their strokes and cut seconds off of their times, they are getting lots of physical exercise and vitamin D from the sun. However, the benefits of belonging to a sports team are not just health-related. Team sports also help to build many life skills.

The coach of the swim team is Paul Waas. He explains how swim team teaches the team members skills like discipline (纪律) and focus. “I think the discipline comes into play when you’re talking about focusing on the details that your coaches are saying as it makes you faster rather than just going up and down the pool the same way you have every time. So, when you can focus on what you’re doing right and what you can do better, then you’ll see the improvement. I think they see that from their peers and then it challenges them to do better themselves.”

But discipline and focus are just two of the life skills that team sports can teach. There is also responsibility, goal-setting and working within a group.

Again, here is Coach Waas. “I’ve had kids who, as 7-year-olds on the team, could barely pay attention in practice and were only interested in who was going first. And now they’ve come back as 8-year-olds and they’ve set some goals. And now they have things that they want to achieve. They see the record board and they want their name up there.”

These life skills can help a child later in life. An article published in the magazine Fast Company notes reasons why a company should consider employing former athletes. The writers argue that people who played sports in school are: focused on goals, strong communicators, team players, good at managing their time, and resilient-meaning they do not give up when things get difficult.

Some studies have found that team sports could be especially good for women. A series of studies by the company Ernst Young found that 90 percent of women in so-called “C-suite” positions (like chief executive officer, or CEO and chief financial officer, or CFO) at several major companies had played sports.

1. What can we infer from paragraph 1?

A．Bright summer mornings are perfect for swimming.

B．Swimming can be beneficial to us more than in health.

C．Being admitted to a swimming team can be competitive.

D．Being on a sports team benefits children in many aspects.

2. Which of the following will Paul Waas agree with?

A．Stress from peers makes kids discouraged.

B．Kids may get inspired by peers’ improvements.

C．Kids can make improvements once they join a team.

D．7-year-old kids in the swimming team can learn nothing.

3. The author wrote the passage to ________.

A．analyze an upsetting social problem

B．advocate taking up various team sports

C．appeal to readers to care for sports safety

D．share with readers his personal experiences

【推荐3】William Purkey, a well-known professor of education, said, “Dance like no one is watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like no one is listening, and live like it's heaven on earth.” It seems like the perfect life philosophy-- and one I've learned to apply to running over the year.

But I didn't always feel this way. In my early days, when I weighed 240 pounds, I ran like everyone was watching and judging. If I was on a run and saw a car approaching, 1'dstop and pretend I was looking for something I'd lost. I bought the high-tech gear and clothes that I thought would make people believe I was a runner. And I didn't have a clue if the expensive shoes I was wearing were the right kind for me --I just wanted to look like I fit in with this group.

To be honest, I felt a certain satisfaction in believing that someone was watching. I really thought that other people cared about my performance. The best example of this was a combined, two-lap marathon in Florence, Italy. As I approached the finishing line, the crowd began to cheer. I was surprised. Here I was, thousands of miles from home, and the Italians were shouting for “IIpenguino.”

About 20 yards from the finishing, the truth set in when the winner of the full marathon went past me as I was finishing the half-marathon. No one was cheering for me. No one probably even noticed that I was finishing. I couldn't help but smile at my own illusion of self-importance.

That's when I realized I had been running for every reason except the right one. I ran to make other people happy, ran to live up to their expectations. But no one was watching --no one cared. So I decided I was going to run for me, just me, and gained a new enjoyment from the sport I hadn't truly experienced yet. I've learned to run like no one is watching.

So if you see me at race, and I look like a 60-year-old guy waddling（蹒跚） along, don't worry. I'm fine. The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

1. The writer begins the passage by ________.

A．telling his running story	B．explaining a life philosophy
C．introducing quotations	D．listing some life rules

2. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that the writer ________.

A．used sports clothes and shoes to attract attention

B．was concerned about what others thought of her

C．liked to be the focus of other runners

D．struggled to find the right shoes to fit her

3. When the writer was near the finishing line, ________.

A．she smiled at her own achievement	B．the crowd cheered for her madly
C．nobody really cared about her running	D．she realized the importance of confidence.

4. Now the writer thought that running is to ________.

A．live up to others expectation	B．create a miracle in her own life
C．run like no one is watching	D．enjoy the pleasure of running

5. By telling her own story, the writer wanted to ________.

A．tell us to live a life of our own	B．inspire more people to run
C．expect us to improve our health by running	D．stress the importance of determination

6. What does the underlined word “illusion” mean in the 4^Th paragraph?

A．misconception

B．expectation

C．fear

D．admiration

【推荐1】Many of China’s ancient architectural treasures crumbled into dust before Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng began documenting them in the 1930s. The husband and wife team were among the first preservationists to operate in China, and by far the best known. Their efforts have since inspired generations of people to speak out for architecture threatened by the rapid development.

Becoming China’s best architectural historians was no easy accomplishment. The buildings they wanted to save were centuries old, often located in distant parts of the country. In many cases, they had to journey through dangerous conditions in the Chinese countryside to reach them. Exploring China’s remote areas during the 1930s meant traveling muddy, poorly maintained (养护) roads by mule (骡子), or on foot. Inns (客栈) were often dirty, food could be polluted, and there was always risk of violence from rebels, soldiers and robbers.

Their greatest discovery was the Temple of Buddha’s Light, in Wutai County, Shanxi Province. The breathtaking wooden temple was rebuilt in 857 A.D., making it the oldest building known in China at the time.

Liang and Lin crawled into the temple’s most forbidding, forgotten areas to determine its age, including one hideaway inhabited by thousands of bats and millions of bedbugs, covered in dust and littered with dead bats. “In complete darkness and among awful smell, hardly breathing, with thick masks covering our noses and mouths, we measured, drew, and photographed with flashlights for several hours. When at last we came out to take a breath of fresh air, we found hundreds of bedbugs in our bag. We ourselves had been badly bitten. Yet the importance and unexpectedness of our find made those the happiest hours of my years hunting for ancient architecture.” Liang wrote of the experience in an account included in the book “Liang and Lin: Partners in Exploring China’s Architectural Past”.

1. What does the underlined word “crumbled” mean in Paragraph 1?

A．Were stolen.	B．Fell down.
C．Looked old.	D．Closed up.

2. On their way to the ancient buildings in the 1930s, what risks did Liang and Lin mainly face?

A．Transport and accommodations.

B．Personal safety and weather.

C．Communication with locals and food.

D．Road conditions and funds.

3. What can we infer from Liang’s words in the text?

A．They considered their work was the most important.

B．They were well-equipped before entering the temple.

C．They found some surprising things in the temple.

D．The conditions inside the temple were common to them.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Tough Conditions in China’s Remote Areas

B．Partners in Documenting China’s Architectural Treasures

C．The Reason for Liang and Lin’s Exploration

D．The Difficulties China’s Architectural Historians Are Facing

【推荐2】Curiosity — the desire to know, to discover, to learn. Inspired by curiosity, humans are found everywhere on our planet, and beyond it in space. Yet according to human behaviourist and author of Curious, Ian Leslie, although we are all born curious, not all of us bring this into adulthood, and we can lose out as a result.

As Leslie explains, curiosity shapes us from the start. By trying new things, we build knowledge, and want to know more. “We are born aware that we don’t know stuff — we want to experience and discover.” However, the contrast between childhood and adulthood is clear. “We ask 40,000 questions a year between the ages of two and five,” says Leslie — around 110 each day; adults, in comparison, ask just 20.

As we get older, we may feel hesitant about asking questions, believing this reveals gaps in our knowledge. We can become scared to share unconventional ideas for fear of criticism or misunderstanding. We can also be a victim of our success, as Leslie explains. “Once you’ve worked out how to do your job, then you don’t feel curious anymore. The need to learn goes away — in a way, curiosity has done its job. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t cultivate it.”

Leslie’s tips for cultivating curiosity begin with spending time with the experts — children. “Talk to your kids, and try to answer those weird, difficult questions they have — like ‘What is air?’ This makes you think about things you’ve taken for granted — it reawakens your curiosity in what’s around us and how we perceive the world.”

So does finding what Leslie calls an ‘informal mentor’, through work or other circles, who is happy to share their expertise, from a skill, technology, to a field of learning. “Try to think of people the way children think of adults — as sources of secret knowledge, a great store of learning you can tap into,” says Leslie.

Leslie also suggests creating a ‘spark file’ — a digital or physical notebook in which you collect interesting thoughts. “Fill it with facts you’ve come across, sentences you like, insights that strike you. Let it be random. And let it build. Over time you’ll build up a rich source of inspiration, and you’ll think, ‘Oh that’s interesting, that relates to this…’ And suddenly your mind starts firing away with new ideas and ways of thinking.”

1. According to Leslie, what happens as we get older?

A．We gradually lose our natural curiosity.

B．We are less aware of our knowledge gaps.

C．We are unwilling to let others benefit from our ideas.

D．We may think asking questions makes people foolish.

2. Which of the following sayings might Leslie agree with?

A．A day’s planning is best done at daybreak.

B．In the eyes of a lover, Xi Shi will appear.

C．A master can lead you to the door, but the rest is up to you.

D．When three people walk together, one can surely be my teacher.

3. Which of the following is a characteristic of a ‘spark file’?

A．It is carefully organized.	B．It can help people connect ideas.
C．It only contains complete sentences.	D．It can help people improve their memory.

4. What is the writer’s aim in this passage?

A．To prove Ian Leslie’s arguments.	B．To summarise Ian Leslie’s viewpoint.
C．To question Ian Leslie’s conclusions.	D．To introduce Ian Leslie’s achievements.