1 . Walking certainly seems to be growing in popularity. Since the dawn of smart phones, technology has made it easier to count the steps. If you feel like hitting your stride(达到最好状态), then the following are some popular apps to help you put your best foot forward.

Joyrun

This app focuses on helping people become better runners. Users can create and join running groups and make new friends. Setting targets is a popular function. Users can choose from a variety of activities to set goals and those who achieve them may win Prizes. It also offers handy tips on how to avoid injury, input from coaches sharing their knowledge.

Codoon

This app can track your performance whether you are running, walking, riding or hiking. It has an active social platform where people can share photos and videos, and it offers running programs. Users can also launch their own activities, inviting people in the same city to join them. For users who wish to engage in a variety of activities, the app provides other workout programs focused on building strength and leg muscles.

WeChat

Users can choose at most 10 friends to follow and see their daily activities, though the friends they follow will not be informed. WeChat has charity programs to help vulnerable (脆弱的)groups, such as left-behind children. Users can "donate steps", which can be converted(转化)to actual amounts of money that gets donated to charity programs.

Alipay

The popular mobile payment app has a charity-oriented activity called Ant Forest, where users' steps are converted into virtual energy, which can help tree planting. The app claims that affer receiving an application from a user who has saved enough energy, a real tree will be planted(干旱的)areas. They also have charity programs in Alipay encouraging users to "donate steps" as well.

Ping An Good Doctor

This app, providing online health services, such as medical consultation, can also count steps, and these can be converted into virtual coins the next day. With enough virtual coins, users can buy health-related products from its online store at discounted prices. In some cases, users only need to pay a small courier fee to get items such as chocolate candies, Band-Aids and tissues.

1. If you want to get some suggestions on how to prevent yourself from wounds or damage, you can download         .

A．Joyrun

B．Codoon

C．WeChat

D．Alipay

2. Which two apps are related to charity programs?

A．Codoon and Joyrun.	B．Joyrun and WeChat.
C．We Chat and Alipay.	D．Alipay and Ping An Good Doctor.

3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Codoon provides programs centred on arm muscles.

B．You can consult Ping An Good Doctor to get online health services.

C．Users can buy health-related products from Ping An Good Doctor for free.

D．When someone saves enough energy by Alipay, a virtual tree will be planted.

2 . What is body surfing?

Bodysurfing is related to riding on a wave with no help from aid tools such as a surfboard. That’s why it is called the “purest” form of surfing. In fact, it is one of very few extreme sports—free climbing and cliff diving are. others—that can be practiced using nothing but the human body.

How do you do it?

To catch a wave, swim to where the waves break and, as one approaches, start swimming towards the beach. You must try to travel at the same speed as the wave and, if you do it correctly, you will feel the wave lifting you and pushing you forwards. Then try and cut along the surface of the wave.

What do you need?

It is more enjoyable and safer if you use flippers (large flat rubber shoes). This is because they enable you to swim faster and surf along them more easily. A wetsuit is also advisable. Another aid is a handboard, a mini-surf board about the size of an iron, held in one hand to speed up along the wave. If you are lucky enough to be surfing in warm water, make sure you have your boardshorts at the ready.

Unofficial world championship

Bodysurfing is not a professional sport, but in Hawaii there is such a festival called the Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic each year. Local bodysurfers compete against athletes from places such as Australia, Brazil, Japan or France. Famous bodyboarder Mike Stewart has won the event no fewer than 12 times, and Kelly Slater, the greatest surfer in history, has also competed.

1. How does a bodysurfer surf while in the sea?

A．Only using the human body.	B．Only relying on a surfboard.
C．Only following a wave.	D．Only swimming along the beach.

2. Which can make you surf faster?

A．Flippers and a wetsuit.	B．A wetsuit and a handboard.
C．A handboard and boardshorts.	D．A handboard and Flippers.

3. What can we know about the Pipeline Body surfing Classic?

A．It is for local bodysurfers.	B．It is held annually in Hawaii.
C．All famous bodysurfers favor it.	D．Mike Stewart attends it every year.