1 . You’ve probably heard countless times how exercise is “good for you”. But did you know that it can improve your mood too?     1    .

Exercising regularly can help prevent weight gain, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Exercises like jumping or lifting weights can help keep your bones strong. Also, when you exercise, your body makes chemicals that help you feel good. Exercise lowers your chances of depression and decreases feelings of anxiety.     2     .

Considering all the health benefits of being physically active, it’s easy to see why doing exercise is wise. And the great thing is that it’s never too late to start.     3    — like taking a short bike ride, walking the dog or raking (用耙子拢) leaves.

However, sometimes you may find it hard to keep exercising regularly.     4     . If what you’re doing isn’t fun, it’s hard to keep it up. But there are many different sports and activities you can try and see which one inspires you. If you need a little more motivation, take a class, join a team or find an exercise buddy to help keep you on track.

    5     , even those with disabilities or medical problems. But if you have a health problem or other concerns, talk to your doctor before beginning an exercise plan.

A．Even small things can count as exercise

B．Everyone can benefit from moving more and sitting less

C．Exercise benefits every part of the body, including the mind

D．Sports and activities that encourage flexibility are easy to find

E．One of the biggest reasons people drop an exercise program is a lack of interest

F．Plus, exercise can give you a sense of accomplishment after you achieve a goal

G．Strengthening the heart, muscles and bones isn’t the only important goal of exercise

2 . 请阅读下面的篇章，并根据其内容提示，从方框中所给的8个词语中选出5个，并用其正确形式填空。

chance,     come up with,     athlete,     go up,     steady,     run through,     that,     send up

The Great Wall Marathon

The Great Wall of China is one of the new wonders of the world, with breathtaking views. In 1998 Soren Rasmussen     1     the idea of organizing a Great Wall marathon. Rasmussen and two running experts chose a route along part of the Great Wall. The marathon has taken place annually in May since 1999. In the initial event, just 292 runners participated but numbers have gone up     2    —in 2015 there were 2,500 runners from over 160 countries.

The Great Wall marathon is considered to be one of the toughest in the world. The part of the route that is actually on the Great Wall includes two exhausting up-and-down sections about 8 km long with 5,146 steps. It’s such a steep climb in parts     3     it’s hard to walk up—never mind run! The weather is hot and humid, with temperatures of around 30℃, but it can be hotter. Part of the route passes through a dry river bed with huge boulders (巨石). Runners who arrive there later in the day find it challenging because the boulders have become so hot that it’s like     4     a sauna.

So who does the marathon? Surprisingly, the marathon attracts both professional     5     and people who want to run for fun or simply do something different. Some runners stop every 10-15 minutes to take photos, chat to the locals and enjoy the scenery! If the thought of doing such a marathon horrifies you, then you can do a half marathon or an 8-km fun run instead.

4 . Please translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese or English. 请将下面篇章中的划线句子译成汉语或英语。想象一下在太平洋的巨浪里游4公里是什么样子的。 ________________Do you think you’d feel tired? How about a 180-kilometer road race on a bicycle in the heat of Hawaii? Tired again? 82. Then what about running a marathon in the same conditions? ________________What? Still tired? Now think what it feels like to do the swim, the bike race, and the marathon “back to back”, with no breaks in between, against the toughest and fittest athletes in the world. 如果你想知道这样一个竞赛是否存在, 让我告诉你——它的确存在。 ________________In an event that lasts at least nine hours, 1,500 competitors compete for the title: Ironman. Ironman is a version of the new sport of triathlon (三项全能运动) —a combination of swimming, cycling, and running that is rapidly growing in popularity. 第一届铁人竞赛是由美国人约翰·柯林斯 (John Collins) 在1977年想出来的。 ____________________In a Hawaiian beach bar, a group of friends were debating which of the local sporting events was the toughest, the four-kilometer swim, the 180-kilometer bike race, or the 42-kilometer marathon? ________________They couldn’t reach an agreement and so to settle the argument Collins suggested the unbelievable: why not try to do them all, one after another, on the same day? And so the Hawaiian Ironman triathlon, as the new event was known, was born.