1 . What Are the Physical Benefits of Exercise?

Exercise is often thought of as activities that help a person lose weight or prevent weight gain. Having a body that is slimmer and trimmer is certainly one of the physical benefits of exercise, but there are many others.     1    

Exercising can help strengthen the muscles.

Diet pills may help a man shed weight but they will not help him build or strengthen his muscles. The physical benefits of exercise are generally experienced simultaneously.     2     This benefit is not limited to males and the types of exercises that produce these results are not limited to weight lifting.

Working out can make the bones stronger.

Exercise also strengthens bones, which becomes more important the older a person gets. Bones go through a natural process of breaking down the rebuilding.     3     Physical activity produces that stimulation and, therefore, helps decrease the likelihood of conditions such as osteoporosis (骨质疏松).

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Many people are concerned with looking older. Slowing and reversing the effects of aging are benefits of physical exercise. Cellulite (皮下脂肪团), for example, can make a young woman appear older than she is.     5     Wrinkles are another sign of aging that can be reduced by exercise since physical activity tends to improve the condition of skin.

A．Many people want to change or improve their bodies.

B．Taking regular exercise can reduce the effects of aging.

C．As people grow older, however, the rebuilding process slows unless it is stimulated.

D．Training also reduces the negative physical effects which a person feels when he ages.

E．Exercise has the ability to help a person change his body shape, and make him stronger.

F．The appearance of cellulite can be diminished with basic exercises such as walking or jogging.

G．These include strengthening the bones, strengthening the muscles, and reducing the effects of aging.

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As an athlete, Mike had been practicing hard. He preferred     1     (play) basketball rather than stay indoors in his free time. His favorite player was Jordan, who was a famous champion. Mike had a strong desire     2    (play) for his team. However, he was the shortest player in the team, so he was usually on the bench, being just a replacement,     3     was really tough on him.

Once two players crashed     4     each other during a game and one of them was badly hurt. The team quickly gathered around and the doctor put on ice pack on his knee. In that case the coach had to let Mike play, so Mike rushed onto the court. All the extra hours that he’d spent practising alone     5    (pay) off. The other team just couldn’t keep up with his energy and speed and the audience couldn’t stop clapping and     6    (cheer). At last, Mike earned his place on the team!

Mike likes many kinds of sports, such as jogging, cycling and boxing. He is in good shape, for he always keeps a     7     (balance) diet. He drinks a large amount of water every day. He also     8     (offer) some tips on sports on his blog. For example, long-distance running has a lot of benefits. It can strengthen your immune system and relieve you of some ache. It also helps you see     9     you are capable of. If you are fed up with your life, do some running! You don’t need some special     10     (equip). Do some warm­up activities before running, which will prevent you from being injured. If you keep it up, you will be amazed at your strong body some day!

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

It’s becoming clear that nature nurtures (培养) your body, mind and soul.

In 2003, researchers at the University of Essex invented the term “Green Exercise”,     1    (recognize) the remarkable impact of nature-based activities on health and wellbeing.

“In an analysis of the entire population of England, it was found that the odds of hospitalization (住院几率) for heart disease and stroke are lower among adults     2    live in neighborhoods with highly variable greenness. Improved mental health, reduced obesity and risk of diabetes are other benefits of residential greenness,”     3     (describe) in the World Health Organization’s report.

For those confined to a bed, a window can do wonders for your wellbeing: a study in 1984 revealed that hospital    4    (stay) for some surgical patients were shorter, and fewer painkillers were prescribed (开药方), when the window view was onto a natural scene rather than a brick wall.

“    5    exercise were a pill, it would be one of the most cost-effective drugs ever invented,” says Dr Nick Cavill, a health promotion consultant. Aside from its ability    6    (reduce) your risk of major illnesses, exercise also extends to benefits to the mind,     7     (improve) mental health and wellbeing.

Safe, accessible green spaces make exercise    8     (attractive). “Simply being” quiet and calm among the trees can also boost health and wellbeing, in a practice known as forest bathing.     9     (fascinate) by nature is a balm (让人放松的事物) for the brain, relieving stress. Let’s return to the lost art of being still.

Whether picnicking or park running, being with people brings its own set of benefits. Studies show it is loneliness     10    is as harmful to health as obesity, smoking and high blood pressure; friends enrich your life and enhance your health, through support, stress relief, and sharing of healthy habits.

7 . Last year, I raced the Acura Ten Miler in Toronto. With 1-2 miles left, I noticed a female runner ahead of me who was weaving (穿行) in and out of a group of people, looking pale. Realizing something was wrong, I found a police officer and told him about it, and waited until she was close enough that I could point her out. He immediately called for an ambulance. I ran off and wondered how many people passed me, but I knew I did the right thing.

This Saturday, I raced the Canada Day 5K in Burlington. I’ve raced the course many times. My friend Monica and I went together with a goal to run competitively. I wanted to finish faster than I did in June, when my 5K time was 21:57. I felt it realistic to beat that time.

When the starting gun sounded, I went out fast and happened to run shoulder to shoulder with Monica’s daughter, but I soon pulled ahead. Shortly after, though, I heard “Please help me” from behind. Monica’s daughter is athletic, but she’s learning to run faster with her asthma (哮喘). Knowing that she had trouble, I stopped.

We finished the last 2K together. It troubled me when some runners passed me, and I had to stop to walk with her for a bit. But I thought making sure she was okay was more important, so I talked to her through the rest of the race. We finished together and cheered for her mom as she crossed the finishing line.

At last, my time was a bit longer than I wanted, but I was okay with that. If I had based my time on my age group’s winning time, I would have met my goal time. But I thought I made the right decision to help this girl get to the finishing line safely. For me, that was what mattered on Sunday morning. There will always be another race.

1. What did the author do during the Acura Ten Miler race?

A．She made new friends.	B．She helped a woman get rescued.
C．She broke her past record.	D．She stopped halfway due to illness.

2. How did the author feel before racing the Canada Day 5K?

A．Cautious.

B．Nervous.

C．Bored.

D．Confident.

3. How did the author help Monica’s daughter?

A．By keeping her company.	B．By finding her mother.
C．By calling her an ambulance.	D．By cheering for her courage.

4. Which of the following can best describe the author?

A．Honest and dependable.	B．Amazing and hard-working.
C．Helpful and kind.	D．Talkative and cheerful.

5. What can be the theme for the text?

A．Learn to walk before you run.	B．Actions speak louder than words.
C．All roads lead to Rome.	D．Winning is not everything.

9 . The astronauts working on the International Space Station, the ISS, have started their zero-gravity preview of the World Cup match on Thursday, June 26, between the United States and Germany.

NASA astronauts Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman and European astronaut Alexander Gerst, called out from Germany, showed off their moves in a soccer exhibition aboard the orbiting lab recently. An American video released today shows their performing space bicycle kicks, headers and, as players tend to do here on the earth, celebrating happily after scoring goals.

NASA’s humanoid (仿真) robot Robonaut 2, which is designed to help astronauts perform, even gets into the spirit, waving its arms this way and that.

The weightless action tells a key World Cup game on Thursday in Brazil featuring the two teams currently at the top of the match’s so-called “group of Death”.

The winner will win the group and move on to the single-elimination (淘汰) “knockout stage” of the World Cup, while the loser may go home, depending on what happens in Thursday’s game between Ghana and Portugal, the other two teams in the group. Two teams from the group will advance. If the U. S. and Germany tie, they both will move on to the next stage.

Swanson, Wiseman and Gerst are obviously fond of the World Cup. The three space-flyers also played micro-gravity(微重力) soccer in another video that NASA posted on June 11, the day before the World Cup kicked off.

“We want to wish all the teams and fans on the ground and in Brazil a great World Cup,” Gerst said in that video, “Have fun and have peaceful games. May the best win.” The three astronauts make up half of the space station’s current Expedition 40. The other three crew members are Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov, Oleg Artemyev and Maxim Suraev.

1. How many astronauts are working on the ISS?

A．Three.

B．Five.

C．Six.

D．Nine.

2. The “two teams” in Paragraph 4 refers to______________.

A．Brazil and the USA	B．Brazil and Germany
C．Ghana and Portugal	D．Germany and America

3. Which of the following expressions is mostly related to the soccer game?

A．Kick off

B．Move on

C．Show off

D．Make up

4. There has been a weightless world cup in the ISS because_____________.

A．astronauts love to play football in their ISS

B．astronauts are concerned about the World Cup

C．Astronauts are asked to play a weightless game

D．astronauts are curious about a weightless match

10 . Hosting the Olympics is costly in both infrastructure and money. The 2012 and 2014 Olympics cost upwards of $16 billion. That was merely to create the various buildings needed for the games.     1     This costs the host city much more in continuous maintenance and upkeep. Or the buildings are simply being left to decay into the landscape.

Berlin is a perfect example. It hosted the Olympics in 1936. Afterwards, the Olympic Village was left to crumble in the surrounding wilderness. Recently, funding has been approved to turn the former athlete residences into new apartments. This could breathe new life into the 135-acre site.     2     That is, they continue to host sporting events. Only occasionally do host cities get more creative. Here are three locations that took a different approach. They repurposed their Olympic buildings for decidedly less sporty uses.

The Olympic Village in Lake Placid

Most people entering this place are in a lot of trouble. The complex, first built in 1980, no longer welcomes athletes. Instead, it houses prisoners. It is the Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook. The facility originally housed about 1, 800 athletes.     3    

The Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles

This building used to host weightlifting as well as boxing and wrestling matches. It was first constructed in 1924. After the Games, it continued to host boxing and wrestling matches.     4     The building even served as the film set for parts of Rocky.

The National Aquatics Center in Beijing

This building was built for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and is commonly referred to as the Water Cube.     5     Half of it is now Asia’s largest water park, called Happy Magic Water Cube. There are 13 water slides, a wave pool and a spa. The second floor of the building has an auditorium with 17, 000 seats. There’s a theater, several restaurants, and also a museum of Olympic history.

A．The buildings that are reused usually continue to operate as first designed.

B．It also held other swimming events.

C．Now, it houses about 1, 000 prisoners.

D．The building was renovated after the Olympics.

E．In addition, it was home to roller derbies and concerts.

F．And in some countries, government funds are usually limited.

G．And in many cases, those buildings are often left empty afterward.