1 . It was a classic night. The noisy Mexico City gradually
After he
Greenspan guessed this was a marathon athlete. Out of
The young man called Kowari from Tanzania replied gently, “That my
“Tears welled up in Greenspan’s eyes. Soon, he spread the most
Life should include a dream of reaching the peak,
A.woke up | B.calmed down | C.faded away | D.died away |
A.view | B.darkness | C.cold | D.laughter |
A.finished | B.started | C.kept | D.continued |
A.dirty | B.crowded | C.empty | D.dangerous |
A.sleep | B.speak | C.arrive | D.leave |
A.sweat | B.blood | C.water | D.mud |
A.swiftly | B.lamely | C.excitedly | D.hurriedly |
A.goal | B.gate | C.entrance | D.exit |
A.fear | B.panic | C.curiosity | D.gratitude |
A.expectation | B.difficulty | C.enthusiasm | D.disappointment |
A.fans | B.parents | C.coach | D.country |
A.only | B.just | C.not | D.truly |
A.watch | B.enjoy | C.complete | D.experience |
A.fallen behind | B.fought against | C.competed with | D.learned from |
A.cheer | B.trust | C.admire | D.choose |
A.warning | B.seizing | C.criticizing | D.watching |
A.grateful | B.mysterious | C.touching | D.outstanding |
A.but | B.so | C.until | D.unless |
A.time | B.money | C.courage | D.ability |
A.efforts | B.profits | C.differences | D.achievements |
2 . It's no secret that exercising will improve your health. Working out on a regular basis is good for your body.But,did you know that living the fitness lifestyle will improve your brain power and make you a more productive person?
●Exercising helps you handle stress better.
When you work out regularly, your body simply functions better and you are healthier and less likely to suffer painful physical condition.
●.Exercising gives you more brain cells.
According to the process of neurogenesis (神经发生), the rate at which your brain cells are growing will decrease as you get older.
●.Exercising makes you happier.
When you do intense exercises, it releases a huge amount of endorphins (内啡肽) into your body. Did you know, a study from Duke University showed that depressed adults who started to exercise had the same positive results as those who took medieine? This is why endorphins are known as natural cure f depression.
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Your memory works better when you are active. The American College of Sports Medicine published a study that proves this.
A.The benefits don't stop there. |
B.Luckily, this can be prevented. |
C.Exercising improves your memory. |
D.Exercising leads you to have more energy. |
E.Exereising makes you ready to handle pressure. |
F.Regular exercise helps. lower high blood pressure and prevents heart attacks. |
G.In the experiments,a group of students were given a list of letters to memorize |
3 . The benefits of regular exercise are well documented but there’s a new bonus to add to the ever-growing list. New researchers found that middle-aged women who were physically fit could be nearly 90 percent less likely to develop dementia in later life, and as they did, it came on a decade later than less sporty women.
Lead researcher Dr. Helena Horder, of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, said : "These findings are exciting because it’s possible that improving people's cardiovascular (心血管的)fitness in middle age could delay or even prevent them from developing dementia. "
For the study, 191 women with an average age of 50 took a bicycle exercise test until they were exhausted to measure their peak (最大值的) cardiovascular capacity. The average peak workload was measured at 103 watts.
A total of 40 women met the criteria for a high fitness level, or 120 watts or higher. A total of 92 women were in the medium fitness category; and 59 women were in the low fitness category, defined as a peak workload of 80 watts or less, or having their exercise tests stopped because of high blood pressure, chest pain or other cardiovascular problems.
These women were then tested for dementia six times over the following four decades. During that time, 44 of the women developed dementia. Five percent of the highly fit women developed dementia, compared to 25 percent of the women with medium fitness and 32 percent of the women with low fitness.
"However, this study does not show cause and effect between cardiovascular fitness and dementia, it only shows an association. More research is needed to see if improved fitness could have a positive effect on the risk of dementia and also to look at when during a lifetime a high fitness level is most important. " She also admitted that a relatively small number of women were studied, all of whom were form Sweden, so the results might not be applicable to other groups.
1. What is on the ever-growing list mentioned in the first paragraph?A.Positive effects of doing exercises. |
B.Exercises suitable for the middle-aged. |
C.Experimental studies on diseases. |
D.Advantages of sporty woman over man |
A.To predict their maximum heart rate. |
B.To assess their cardiovascular capacity |
C.To change their habits of working out |
D.To detect their potential health problems |
A.It aimed to find a cure for dementia. |
B.Data collection was a lengthy process. |
C.Some participants withdrew from it. |
D.The results were far from satisfactory. |
A.More Women Are Exercising to Prevent Dementia |
B.Middle-Aged Women Need to Do More Exercise |
C.Fit Women Are Less Likely to Develop Dementia |
D.Biking Improves Women's Cardiovascular Fitness |
4 . I come from a family that loves sports. My father coaches Little League baseball. My mother swims nearly every weekend. My brother is on his high-school basketball team, and I am the best hitter on my middle-school volleyball team. All of us have benefited(受益)from sports. One of the most common ways for kids to take part in sports is to join a team. Joining a sports team should be a school requirement.
Playing sports is good for both the body and mind. Everyone knows that exercise helps people stay fit. For example, swimming helps your heart work better and it also helps build muscle strength(肌肉力量). In addition, school athletes(运动员) often have a healthy diet. I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables and avoid fatty foods because I must stay in great condition.
Being on a team allows students to enjoy a healthier social life. They often make more friends and can be some of the most popular kids in school. Since joining the basketball team, my brother has made friends with a lot of his tea mates and has showed more interest in spending time with them.
Kids who take part in school teams sometimes earn college scholarships(奖学金). My brother's friend, Justin, played football in high school. His family did not have money to send him to college. However, a college invited him to play on its team. The college is paying for him to go to school. Joining a team turned out to be one of the best decisions he had ever made. Now he studies at a great college and plays on its football team Not every school athlete gets a college scholarship, but joining a school team-makes it possible.
Although some people may not like the idea of forcing students to join a school team, its many benefits such as keeping kids heal thy, new friendships, and possible scholarships cannot be denied(否认).
1. What does the author mainly tell us in Paragraph 2?A.Joining a school team has health benefits. |
B.Students should spend more time exercising. |
C.Swimming is an excellent sport for students. |
D.School athletes must try to eat a healthy diet. |
A.He had a busier life. | B.He got more chances. |
C.He worked much harder. | D.He became more sociable. |
A.He is a good football player. | B.He will be given a scholarship. |
C.He is managing a school team. | D.He comes from a wealthy family. |
A.He doubts it. | B.He is in support of it. |
C.He is worried about it. | D.He pays little attention to it. |
5 . Why play sports? You might say “to get exercise” and you would be right. To have fun? That's true, too. But there's more.
Girls who play sports do better in school. You might think that athletics will take up all your study time.
Girls who play sports learn teamwork and goal-setting skills.
Sports are good for a girl's health. In addition to being fit and keeping a healthy weight, girls who play sports are also less likely to smoke. And later in life, girls who exercise are less likely to get breast cancer or osteoporosis(骨质疏松症).
Playing sports improves self-confidence.
A.Exercise cuts the pressure. |
B.Sports teach valuable life skills. |
C.Regular exercise increases quality of life. |
D.In fact, there are at least five more reasons. |
E.Girls who play sports feel better about themselves. |
F.Playing sports offers children more than just physical benefits. |
G.But research shows that girls who play sports do better in school than those who don't. |
6 . Tired of your quiet day-to-day life? How about leaving your computer games behind and taking up an extreme sport?
You can ride a bicycle, right? In that case you’re halfway to becoming a mountain biker. All you have to do is take your bike off the road and try some hilly areas. Mountain biking was developed in California in the 1970s and became an Olympic sport in 1996.
Not challenging enough? Skydivers jump from planes at a height of 1,000 to 4,000 meters. You have to be fit but there’s no age limit with this sport. For example, Dilys Price from Cardiff went on her first jump aged 54. The minute she came down, she wanted to go up again. She said: “It was so attractive”.
Some adventures have invented base jumping, in which people jump from tall structures, such as buildings or bridges, with a parachute. Many of their jumps aren’t legal, especially in the cities.Dan Witchalls has jumped off The Shard —London’s 310 meter-high building four times.He says, “Base jumping is scarier than jumping out of a plane. In a plane there is no sense of height, but when you are standing on the edge of the building you can see people and cars, the experience makes it very real.”
It seems there’s no shortage of imagination when it comes to risking life to look cool and get the heart beating wildly. Surfing, diving, rock climbing ...And how about extreme ironing? That is, pressing your clothes on top of a mountain! Extreme ironing is said to have been created in the 1990s in England by a man who saw a large amount of wrinkled clothes and felt bored when doing the cloth ironing. That man was Phil Shaw. For him, the excitement of this sport comes from looking at the viewers’ faces. Shaw says, “Sometimes they look confused; sometimes they laugh. It’s fun to see how people react to it.”
1. What does the author think about mountain biking?A.A bit boring. | B.Challenging indeed. |
C.Great fun. | D.Not very hard. |
A.Skydivers have to be very healthy. | B.Skydiving is not challenging enough. |
C.Elderly people can also take up skydiving. | D.People can easily become crazy about skydiving. |
A.The sense of height. | B.Base jumping experience. |
C.The edge of the building. | D.Jumping out of a plane. |
A.He liked ironing clothes. | B.He wanted to make clothes ironing more fun. |
C.He enjoyed different looks on people's faces. | D.He had a good view standing on top of a mountain. |
You’ve probably seen the term extreme sports in magazines, heard about it on the evening news, and seen it
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Extreme sports cover a wide
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3. 告知时间、地点。
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Jonny: Hey! I’m just practicing Tai Chi(太极). Would you like to join me?
Peter: I know nothing about it. Is it difficult?
Jonny: It seems easy, but you need a lot of practice. You just follow me like this.
Peter: OK. Don’t laugh
Jonny: Bend your knees slightly and reach out your arms like tree branches, naturally and
Peter: I cannot control my body well. My legs become
Jonny: Keep
Peter: I feel my legs shaking. I cannot do this any longer.
Jonny: Be patient! Tai Chi
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