【推荐1】Working in and eating from a home garden can do a lot to improve your health. Not only can you get much needed daily exercise, you can also enjoy healthy meals thanks to your daily labor.       1     If so, focus on getting out into your garden.

Warm up before gardening. Just as you do other types of exercise, its important to warm up before starting working in the garden.       2     Stretch your legs, arms, and hands before you start so that they will be prepared for the work ahead.

    3     If you have a variety of tasks to do in the garden, set a specific amount of time you will do each and then rotate (轮流) between them. This variation in tasks can be especially helpful if you have one that is hard on the body, such as kneeling to weed garden beds. Weeding for 15 to 20 minutes at a time and then taking a break to do another activity will help to avoid pain.

Work in the garden regularly. In order to improve your health by getting exercise in the garden, you should do it on a regular basis. Getting 30 minutes of moderate exercise every day can lower your blood pressure.       4    

Put in some effort. In order for gardening to count as exercise, you need to raise your heart rate and put out some physical effort while doing it.       5     If you want to increase your effort while mowing (割草), try using a push mower instead of a gas or electric one.

A．Vary your movements.

B．Do controlled exercise.

C．It can also help prevent heart disease.

D．Are you interested in improving your health?

E．Do you want to enjoy the benefits of healthy meals?

F．You should spend at least 5 to 10 minutes doing it.

G．This means that jut standing around watering is not exercise.

【推荐2】Annoying snoring can be prevented

An American researcher has developed a simple device to help people stop snoring. The device limits the movements of the tissue(组织)that caused the disliked sound. Snoring is a common problem. It may prevent a person from getting enough sleep. It may also prevent enough oxygen from reaching the heart and lungs during the sleep. But for most people snoring affects relations with the other person who must sleep in the same room.

Snoring happens when the sleeping person breathes with the mouth open. In the back of the mouth the tissues surrounding the entrance of the throat are soft. As the person breathes, the movement of the air around the soft tissues caused them to move or vibrate(振动). This tissue movement causes the sound we call snoring. A number of possible solutions have been suggested. Some devices keep the mouth shut. They forced the patient to breathe only through the nose. A medical operation is also possible. Other devices listen for the sound of snoring and then wake the patient. The new anti-snoring device was developed by a dentist, George Wagner at the Indiana University School of Dentistry. He developed a piece of plastic that fits up against the inside of the mouth. The device keeps the soft tissues from vibrating and making the snoring noise. It was worn only at night. Doctor Wagner said several patients report that the simple device has ended their snoring problem.

1. The underlined word “snoring” probably means “________”.

A．speaking while one sleeps	B．dreaming while one sleeps
C．noises made while one sleeps	D．sighs made while one is asleep

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Snoring may affect one’s roommates.

B．Snoring may lead to slower heartbeat.

C．Snoring may cause one’s lack of oxygen.

D．Snoring may prevent one from having enough sleep.

3. From the passage we know that the simplest and more efficient way to prevent a person from snoring is ________.

A．to keep the soft tissues from vibrating

B．to give the patient a medical operation

C．to wake him/her up as soon as he/she snores

D．to make him/her listen to the sound of snoring

4. How many possible ways to stop snoring have been mentioned in paragraph 2?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

【推荐3】Sometimes we make meditation(冥想) more complicated than it needs to be. Instead of over thinking it, follow the steps below to set yourself up for success:

● Find Your Motivation

As with any new habit, it's important to understand your motivation for getting started. I meditate because I feel like it makes me a calmer person during the day.     1     Whatever your motivation is, get clear on it and come back to it often.

● Choose Your Tools

When you have the right tools, meditation can feel a lot less daunting. I find guided meditations a lot easier to follow than trying to meditate in silence, but everyone has their own preferences.     2     , I recommend Calm, Head space, and Insight Timer.

● Create a Meditation Space

Although you can practice meditation anywhere, I find it helpful to have a designated meditation space that feels familiar to you.     3     You might prefer to lay out a yoga mat in your living room or sit on some pillows in a quiet corner. Find what works for you!

●     4    

If you want to start making meditation part of your routine, it's important to carve out time for it. I've found that the only way I can get myself to do it every day is to open up my Calm ape right after I wake up. When meditation is the first thing I do, I start my day feeling less anxious.

● Track Your Progress

Both Calm and Head space have built-in trackers that show you how many days you've meditated in a row, and I find this motivating because I never want to break my steak.     5     you could simply keep track of it in your daily to-do list.

A．Set a Fixed Time

B．Set a Time Limit

C．I choose to meditate upright in bed

D．If you're not using either of these apps

E．If you're looking for a good meditation app

F．Perhaps you want to meditate to reduce anxiety

G．If you try meditating for the first time with 20 minutes