A.Running | B.Weightlifting | C.Yoga. |
1. Why does Monica choose Tai Chi instead of yoga?
A.It enjoys popularity. | B.It requires less tension. | C.It reflects Chinese culture. |
A.Maintaining balance. | B.Strengthening muscles. | C.Preventing diseases. |
1. What is people’s problem mentioned by the speaker?
A.They complain too much about life. |
B.They are too occupied to enjoy life. |
C.They don’t want to change their habits. |
A.Walking. | B.Swimming. | C.Running. |
A.Taking a shower. | B.Making up yourself. | C.Getting up earlier. |
A.To tell a healthy lifestyle. |
B.To rid people of routine. |
C.To promote walking shoes. |
From an early age, Patti Wilson was told that she was an epileptic (癫痫患者). However, she was a lively and enthusiastic girl, looking at her illness as simply “an inconvenience”. She never focused on what she had lost, but on what she had left. One day, Patti said to her father, who was a morning jogger, “Daddy, I’d really love to run with you every day, but I’m afraid I’ll have an epileptic fit.”
Her father told her, “Don’t worry, my girl. I know how to handle it! Let’s start running then!”
It was a wonderful experience for the father and daughter to run together every day. After a few weeks, the ambitious girl told her father, “Daddy, What I’d really love to do is to break the world’s long-distance running record for women.” The father checked the Guinness Book of World Records and found that the farthest any woman had run was 80miles.
That year, she completed her run to San Francisco, which is a distance of 400 miles. She was wearing a T-shirt, reading, “I Love Epileptics”. Her father ran every mile at her side, and her mom, a nurse, followed in a motor home behind them in case anything went wrong. But nothing happened at all while she was running.
As a senior high school student, Patti announced that she was determined to run from her hometown up to the White House, which is a distance of more than 3000 miles away. Her classmates got behind her. They built a giant poster that read, “Run, Patti, Run!” This has since become her motto and the title of a book she later has written.
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On her second marathon in Portland, she had her foot injured.
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A.It is a lovely shop. | B.It is a holiday place. | C.It is a farmer’s market. |
A.Along the Evergreen Trail . | B.Along the Soli. | C.Along the River Dent. |
A.To discuss a sport. |
B.To do promotion. |
C.To introduce the town of Soli. |
Ultimate Frisbee started in Shanghai. China’s fascination with it now
7 . There are a lot of reasons to love biking, whether it brings back childhood memories of the past, provides an eco-friendly mode of transportation, or gives you an energizing way to move your legs.
What are the benefits of biking?
Biking can also help get you stronger without overly demanding your joints.
Just because you’re sitting down when biking, it doesn’t mean you can’t get a challenging training. There are a number of levers you can pull to level up or down your ride. This can come in the form of resistance, hills, and speed. A variety of all three at intervals is a great choice.
How many calories does an average bike ride burn?
How often should you make your bike ride?
There are no hard and fast rules on how long and often you should ride a bike, as it depends on individual fitness levels, goals, and more.
A.What can you get when biking? |
B.How do you make your bike ride suitable? |
C.There’s no magic number for calories burned while biking. |
D.Indoor biking can provide more control for a beginner, making him or her feel safer. |
E.Cycling, whether indoors or outdoors, can benefit the lungs, he muscle, and the mind. |
F.Besides, biking can also be a great practice with benefits beyond getting your heart pumping. |
G.If you are doing shortly high intensity on cycling, then 20-30 minutes can get you great benefits. |
8 . With the recent discussion about the health benefits of fish oil and other wellness plans, it can make you feel less worried to know that one thing never changes: Exercise is good for your health. Any movement, even walking, brings about a host of cardiovascular(心血管的)effects that can help you live longer, feel better, and not run out of breath when chasing children or small animals.
The question of how much exercise is best, though, is open to discussion. The answer often depends on your goals. For heart health, sessions four to five times weekly might be perfect. For mental health? As The Independent reports, scientists believe there’s a pretty specific prescription(处方): Exercising for 45 minutes three to five times a week.
Researchers at Yale University and the University of Oxford made the study. They examined 1.2 million subjects(实验对象)who filled out the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey at two-year intervals(间隔时间)between 2011 and 2015.
Subjects who didn’t exercise at all had an average of three-and-a-half days per month when they felt mentally unwell — stressed, depressed, or suffering from emotional problems — while those who exercised regularly reported an average of just two days.
The study found that having three to five 45-minute sessions of exercise a week was best for reducing the reported problems of feeling stressed or depressed. Exercising for longer periods — some subjects reported more than 90 minutes in the gym — was connected with a drop-off in mental health benefits. Subjects who spent three hours at a time exercising actually reported an increase in depressive symptoms(症状).
Researchers also found that the kind of exercise undertaken made a difference. While all kinds of exercise helped, people who took part in team sports promoting social communication and gym classes like cycling described greater self-satisfaction with mental health.
Because the study included self-reported outcomes and exercise wasn’t monitored, it’s possible that the subjects could have misread the amount of exercise performed. The study, however, makes a convincing case for a popular opinion: If exercise were a pill, doctors everywhere would be prescribing it.
1. The perfect amount of exercise for a person is usually decided by ________.A.his exercise routine | B.his physical condition |
C.what sports he prefers | D.what he expects to improve |
A.The health benefits of exercise. |
B.People’s response to hard exercise. |
C.How exercise influences one’s mental health. |
D.Why positive attitudes promote one’s exercise. |
A.Tai chi. | B.Volleyball. | C.Climbing. | D.Diving. |
A.Too few participants. |
B.Its researchers’ personal interests. |
C.The subjects’ personal judgments. |
D.Its failure to consider doctors’ suggestions. |
Nila sat alone on the bus. Her older sister, Lexi, was one seat ahead, acting as if this was the best day ever. But for Nila, it was the worst. It was the last day of swimming lessons. Test Day.
“If I pass my test, I can sign up for Junior Lifeguarding over the summer,” Nila heard Lexi telling her friend Jess. “You’re the best swimmer in the class,” Jess said. “There’s just no way you wouldn’t pass.” Maybe she could talk to Lexi about the test, who passed Level 4 several summers ago.
“I thought sisters were supposed to help each other actively,” Nila whispered to the window. An hour later, she held the edge of the pool, shaking. “For the last part of the test, you’ll all be swimming the width of the pool,” the instructor, Nate, told the class. “Can we swim in the shallow end?” Nila asked. “Nope,” Nate said cheerfully. “To pass Level 4, it has to be the deep end.”
Nila was nervous. She didn’t know if she could swim all the way across without touching the bottom. “I’ll be watching from the other side,” Nate said. “Ready?” No! Nila thought. But Nate put the whistle to his lips and blew. Nila took a deep breath and pushed off. Lexi moved up and down, feeling light. She completed smoothly and passed Level 7! A kid from her class bumped into her, but she just smiled at him. She liked everyone right now. Nila, too–even though she’d been such a pest earlier. Where was she, anyway?
After a minute, Lexi spotted her sister crossing the pool. Nila was way behind the others. As Nila neared the middle of the pool, she stopped. “Keep going,” Lexi called. “You can do it!” When Nila found out her position, her heart sank. Only halfway across! Some kids in her class were already at the wall, playing and talking. Nate was bending over to talk to one of the kids. He didn’t see her. Better keep going, she thought. But she was tired. Lexi kept her eyes on her sister’s slow progress.
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As Lexi watched, Nila’s head dipped briefly underwater before it resurfaced.
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Just then, Nila felt someone’s arms grabbing her from behind.
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10 . As a way to connect the mind, body and spirit, now, yoga is practiced or celebrated all over the world by adults and teens.
·It helps with self-control.
Self-control is an important part of a child’s development. Kids who can practice self-control are better at maintaining friendships and making decisions. Studies show that kids who routinely practice yoga are also less impulsive (易冲动的).
·It reduces stress and anxiety.
Kids need stress relief tools, too! In fact, reports show that children’s anxiety levels may have doubled as a result of stress in daily life and school.
·It improves focus and attention.
Concentration is a tough skill for many young kids to master!
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Another incredible benefit of yoga is that regular practice helps children learn to believe in themselves and their own capabilities. They will feel proud of themselves when they master a new move and can demonstrate (演示) all the different poses that they know.
A.It affects relationship with parents. |
B.It is also practiced by young children. |
C.It boosts self-respect and confidence. |
D.Doing yoga can help kids have a deep sleep. |
E.Yoga lets children focus on one manageable task at a time. |
F.They also have more patience while waiting for positive rewards. |
G.Yoga helps children practice breathing techniques to calm anxious nerves. |