| A．Two years ago. | B．Three years ago. | C．Five years ago. |
Videos on the social networking platform Douyin—also known globally as TikTok—that show men and women with perfect body working out,
The fitness instructor behind this account is not a young woman
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“The main group that I want to encourage is people aged 30 to 50,” says Chen. “I think they will
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4 . Tai chi is a wellness practice that combines slow, gentle movements and postures with mindfulness.
In the study, researchers in China randomly assigned 342 adults with prehypertension to one of two interventions. Roughly half the people participated in aerobic exercise, including jogging, climbing stairs and cycling.
After 12 months, those in the tai chi group saw bigger drops in their blood pressure than those in the aerobic exercise group. What’s more, nearly 22% of the people who practiced tai chi saw their blood pressure fall to within normal range.
Tai chi is appealing as a form of exercise because it is low impact and requires little space or equipment. “I think the beauty of tai chi is that you don’t have to have a special gym membership or special clohing, “ Taylor-Piliae says. “Once you learn tai chi, you can do it anytime, anyplace, anywhere.
| A．It can help reduce anxiety. |
| B．The other half was trained to practice tai chi. |
| C．It’s often called meditation (冥想) in motion. |
| D．So why does tai chi gain in popularity among people? |
| E．So what is it about tai chi that helps lower blood pressure? |
| F．By contrast, that number was 16% in the aerobic exercise group. |
| G．But you have to practice it consistently to gain the most benefit. |
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I have many problems with my behavior when I was in fifth grade. My mom was really concerning about me. In order to make sure I developed good habits, and she made specific rules for me. For instance, I couldn’t play those game, I had to keep doing exercise to keep fit, and I should active say hello when meeting someone I knew. In fact, I didn’t like greeting others, but he put stress on the importance of that. Besides, my mom didn’t allow me to eating junk food because she thought my health might be on risk. Understanding my mom’s concerns, I did all the things what were allowed by her with appreciation.
6 . As the drought eased and the water cooled in late August, Barbara, 70, and me, at 71, decided to keep swimming. We have both read Bonnie Tsui’s Why We Swim, a fine book about cold-water swimming. We challenged ourselves to swim for as long as possible through September and into October.
I have long loved swimming, though the fear of being seen as fat has upset me. Cold-water swimming deepened my sense of well-being and let me use my body. It became a ritual Barbara and I developed as swimming sisters. When she returned to the United States, I did not know how I could continue our cold-water tradition. I wasn’t prepared to freeze alone.
There were larger commitments I could not remove. In the summer, we planned to cross from the cove to an island across the lake. I had to stay fit. We also planned to host a cold-water swimming race for locals in the fall. We would make it an annual event, so that, in our 80s, we might swim through October and into November.
With these plans in mind, I joined my local city pool. I had not been in a public pool for about 30 years. But my body said swim, my brain said swim and my heart, could not let go. So I went anyway.
I am swimming. I am alive to my love of the water, alive to my promise for the spring and the summer that will come. We are increasingly aware of the miracle of being able — bodied enough to share the cold — water wonder side by side.
1. Why was Why We Swim mentioned in Paragraph One?| A．To show it arouses their common interest to some degree. |
| B．To guide the author to learn to swim at such an old age. |
| C．To analyze the advantages of swimming in late August. |
| D．To teach people how to ease the pressure in the drought. |
| A．Promise. | B．Requirement. | C．Routine. | D．Standard. |
| A．She participated in a local swimming race. |
| B．She went to the gym to improve her strength. |
| C．She became a member of the local public pool. |
| D．She swam across the lake to the island herself. |
| A．Forever friendship among the two. |
| B．Passion for cold-water swimming. |
| C．Commitments for the annual event. |
| D．The benefits of routine swimming. |
7 . Like every gym class I have ever taken, I felt like the odd one out. Opening the door and glancing around the room, I seemed to be the only girl struggling. Everyone else, in their fitted tank tops and leggings, not a hair out of place, looked as if they belonged. I on the other hand, with my curly hair now wildly unleashed, oversized shirt, wondered why I had ever bothered to subject myself to a gym class.
Earlier that year, with a healthy dose of encouragement from my family, I decided to give fitness a real shot. I showed up to my university gym for spin class with my stomach in a bundle of nerves. The first time I tried to stand on the bike pedals, I felt my legs shake and immediately sat down. All the muscles I hadn’t used before creaked as they suddenly engaged in rapid movement. It wasn’t until the third class, when I smoothly transitioned to standing up on the bike, that I started to gain some confidence.
Eventually, as my comfort on the bike grew, I became less focused on how I looked and the exact movements my legs and arms were to engage in and more focused on looking inward. I had never considered myself athletic. But now, rather than agonize (感到痛苦) over my weight, I started to reflect in amazement at my body’s ability to lift groceries, move apartments and all the other countless tasks it did to keep my life moving forward.
Somewhere between being yelled at to squat lower, jump higher and push harder, gym class made me realize that while I was wrong about many things when it came to fitness, I was right about one important thing: What truly matters is showing up, not what you wear or your fitness abilities. Because once you show up, the rest gets easier, one sweaty adventure at a time.
1. How did the author feel when she first entered the gym class?| A．Excited. | B．Awkward. | C．Confident. | D．Bothered. |
| A．The changes to the author’s body. |
| B．The author’s passion for spin classes. |
| C．The author’s experience as a new gym-goer. |
| D．The reasons for the author’s entering gym classes. |
| A．She is in pretty good shape. |
| B．She cares more about her weight. |
| C．She is critical of her body’s ability. |
| D．She is proud of her body’s capability. |
| A．Pushing harder is good for you. |
| B．What you wear to the class matters the most. |
| C．Showing up plays a determining role in fitness. |
| D．Fitness abilities are more important than showing up. |
| A．Work out. | B．Sit at the desk. | C．Put on some weight. |
9 . Long after the coronavirus pandemic is declared over, another health plight(困境) could take its place: a mental health crisis, experts have warned. But according to a new study, practicing yoga may help to reduce the blues, at least somewhat.
Researchers with the University of South Australia, in a partnership with the Federal University of Santa Maria, UNSW Sydney, Kings College London, and Western Sydney University, conducted what is said to be the first “world study” on the mental health benefits of practicing yoga.
In a meta-analysis of 180 studies across six countries that involved some 1,080 participants-all of whom had a “formal diagnosis of a mental disorder, including depression and anxiety,” according to news release on the findings-researchers found that the participants’ mental health improved with “movement-based yoga,” with the benefits “being incremental(递增的) with the amount of yoga they practiced,” they said.
Movement-based yoga was defined by the researchers as “any form of yoga where participants are physically active at least 50 percent of the time, that is, forms of yoga that emphasize holding poses and flowing through series of poses,” according to the news release.
“As self-isolation continues and people find themselves working from home and unable to physically catch up with their friends and family, we’re likely to see more people feel lonely and disconnected,” said lead researcher and University of South Australia Ph.D. candidate Jacinta Brinsley, in a statement. “Exercise has always been a great strategy for people struggling with these feelings as it boosts both mood and health. But as gyms and exercise classes of all kinds are now closed — even jogging with a friend is strongly discouraged — people are looking for options, and this is where yoga can help.”
Our research shows that movement-based yoga improved symptoms of depression(or improved mental health) for people living with a range of mental health conditions, including anxiety, post-traumatic(创伤后) stress and major depression. “So, it’s very good news for people struggling in times of uncertainty,” Brinsley added.
1. Why did the scientists conduct the research?| A．To call on more people to practice yoga. |
| B．To test the seriousness of the mental health crisis. |
| C．To find out the effects of practicing yoga on mental health. |
| D．To warn people of the potential risk caused by the pandemic. |
| A．It demands high accuracy of poses. |
| B．It requires participants to move constantly. |
| C．It stresses the flow through poses after poses. |
| D．It makes up 50 percent of the time people spend on exercising. |
| A．They struggle with the strategy to exercise. |
| B．They grow tired of jogging with their friends. |
| C．They are too depressed to make other choices. |
| D．Routine exercise is not accessible for the moment. |
| A．Breakthrough in Times of Uncertainty |
| B．Yoga Helps Coronavirus-related Depression |
| C．How to Defeat Depression During the Pandemic |
| D．Benefits of Practicing Yoga on a Regular Basis |
Every sport has its own specific health benefits. Swimming, for example, is an excellent physical activity as nearly all muscles
Sport, as well as being a physical activity,
The world of sport is a fairground of exciting opportunities where you can discover who you really are. Time. I think, to lace up your sports shoes and go play!
