4 . What’ s a micro activity? I consider this question about the word “micro” whenever it appears.

    1     Quite literally, it means “extremely small”. But in this article, a micro activity will refer to something which takes up no more than five minutes of your time.

The following recommendations are micro activities you should do for your body.

Self-Massage (自我按摩)

Self-massaging should become a part of your daily musts.     2    As we get older, our muscles (肌肉) tighten. But if we self-massage, these muscles will feel cared for. According to the Mayo Clinic, massage can reduce stress and increase relaxation.

Intensive Exercise

There are many benefits of intensive exercise (高强度运动). And do you know what else it does for your body? It makes your body realize it can do so much more. In less than five minutes, the goal is to break a sweat. This can be from running or lifting weights.     3    

Let Loose

Whether it be dancing, skipping or something else, our body should do whatever it feels like doing without judgment.     4    Thus we will feel happy and relaxed.

Be Still

    5    Your body loves movement. But we must find a few moments of stillness throughout our day. By devoting ourselves to more stillness, we can find ourselves more at peace and less stressed even under hard circumstances.

5 . 语法填空

Zhang Baoqi, an elderly man from the coastal city Tianjin in northern China, has built an ice rink (溜冰场) on his roof (屋顶) to show his love for ice hockey (冰球)．

The 66­year­old’s love for ice hockey     1    (begin) many years ago when he joined a local team at 16 years old. However, he became increasingly busy and was unable to take time     2     (do) the training.

“If I had a rink when the Winter Olympics opens, it would be     3    (wonder)．I started to think about it in the summer. I wanted to show that the Winter Olympics could be in your backyard, and we could all join in.”

“I said, why take the trouble to do that? We’re so close     4     the skating stadium,” Zhang’s wife said.

However, Zhang was determined to make the most of the month­long ice season in Tianjin and     5     took him four months to build the ice rink.

Zhang’s daughter has already seen the influence of ice hockey on her son.

“I felt my son has changed after     6    (play) hockey on our own ice rink,” she said. “When he plays hockey on other ice rinks, he is not afraid of falling any more. I believe the     7    (confident) is something that he’s got from the sport.”

Zhang’s grandson added: “My grandpa called     8    (we) to come over and said that there was     9     surprise on the roof. I went out and saw it all covered with ice! I felt     10    (extreme) proud.”

7 . There are several kinds of workouts (锻炼) that are available to you, but it doesn’t mean that every workout is important. Depending on how you are living your life, certain workouts can prove to be more beneficial to you than others.     1    .

Exercising safely means always spending a few minutes warming up at the start, and a few minutes warming down as you bring your exercise session to an end. Warm-ups and warm-downs might not be sexy.     2    , thus enabling you to exercise more.

    3    . And you should eat them within 15 minutes of wrapping up your exercise routine. This can help optimize the healing of the tiny muscle injuries that normally occur while you exercise. Protein is also satiating (饱腹感的), which means you’ll be able to resist the temptation to eat junk food later on!

If all the exercise you’ve done for the last few years is to walk around your home and office, then you might not want to think about running a marathon in the next few days! However, if you set yourself a target of running a marathon in six months, you could gradually build up your fitness so you'd be ready to run and you’d be ready to cross the finishing line.

There are many benefits of drinking plenty of fluids, but the key benefits when it comes to your fitness are: keeping your body at peak performance, delivering nutrients to your body and regulating your body temperature. Some people don’t like drinking lots of plain water.     5    .