2 . "One, two, three, four..." that is the ______ for six people facing a cold, dark morning at Kamezuka park in Tokyo to bend, stretch, jump, and run in the ______. It has become a ______ of daily life in Japan since the broadcasts, known as radio calisthenics (广播体操).
The three-minute workout is the ______ way to start the day, says Yukihide, a 79-year-old retired businessman who has ______ the routine nearly every day for a decade. "The exercises aren't that ______ and afterwards you feel like your body has ______ woken up."
Today, as Tokyo prepares to ______ the 2020 Olympics, Japan is hoping to _______interest in radio calisthenics. Children perform radio calisthenics before school sports days, earning ______ that can be exchanged for stationery (文具). Regular participants ______ a broad range of Japanese society: construction, factory and office workers who are encouraged to ______ their desks and start moving at 3 pm every weekday.
Studies show that people who exercise this way for just a few minutes a day have improved bone density (密度), ______ risk of suffering a stroke or heart attack, and are generally in better ______ shape than other people their age who don't ______.
"There is evidence that physically active older adults have ______ rates of high blood pressure, compared with more ______ adults," the report said.
The Kamezuka park regulars have finished their workout. "It can be ______ going on a dark morning, but for some reason we all keep ______ up," says Maruyama, who has sweated. "And I'd say we're all in pretty good ______."
1. | A．topic | B．response | C．signal | D．custom |
2. | A．area | B．stage | C．platform | D．move |
3. | A．routine | B．greeting | C．attitude | D．choice |
4. | A．plain | B．perfect | C．terrible | D．difficult |
5. | A．analyzed | B．celebrated | C．studied | D．followed |
6. | A．easy | B．comfortable | C．difficult | D．interesting |
7. | A．hardly | B．luckily | C．additionally | D．properly |
8. | A．attend | B．host | C．organize | D．cancel |
9. | A．raise | B．decrease | C．absorb | D．change |
10. | A．money | B．credits | C．fame | D．position |
11. | A．influence | B．know | C．cover | D．visit |
12. | A．clean | B．carry | C．mend | D．leave |
13. | A．reduced | B．increased | C．changed | D．brought |
14. | A．mental | B．physical | C．logical | D．psychological |
15. | A．work | B．travel | C．exercise | D．think |
16. | A．higher | B．worse | C．stronger | D．lower |
17. | A．energetic | B．inactive | C．knowledgeable | D．enthusiastic |
18. | A．interesting | B．hard | C．boring | D．beneficial |
19. | A．looking | B．doing | C．turning | D．holding |
20. | A．shape | B．uniform | C．sunshine | D．peace |
