1 . Water skiing is an exciting water sport that can be a ton of fun. You will get to have a thrilling adventure every time you go out on the water.     1     However, once you do, water skiing is a sport you can enjoy whenever you have a boat and enough flat water.

    2    Every water skier needs water skis — these are different from snow skis and they also differ depending on the size of the skier and the experience level of the skier. Of course, no one can water ski alone, so you will need to find at least two people to go with you on your water skiing adventure. You and everyone you go with will have more fun if the friends you go with also want to water ski.     3     After you have the boat, the people, and the skis, you will also need a water skiing cable and a life jacket.

For your first time water skiing, you may want to either take a lesson from an expert or find a friend that has experience and is willing to teach you.    4    The observer rides in the boat, but watches the water skier for any signals and helps the driver know when to start and stop.

Once you get going and are able to water ski with ease, you will discover that there are many different types of water skiing. Most people just enjoy regular water skiing, but you may want to check out some of these more specialized types of water skiing.     5    

A．You need a boat, naturally.

B．It takes a little patience to learn.

C．The idea is to ski on the surface of the water.

D．Your ski tips should be pointing out of the water.

E．Before you start water skiing, there are a few supplies you' 11 need.

F．Of your two helpers, you need one to drive the boat and one to observe.

G．In trick skiing, the water skier attempts gymnastic-like tricks while water skiing.

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

For those who have never tried it, scuba diving (水肺潜水) has the reputation for being     1     extreme sport, but this couldn’t be     2    (far) from the truth. Scuba diving, with all the deep breathing     3    goes with it, is almost like underwater yoga (瑜伽). It offers people a chance to forget about trouble and focus on the here and now, thus     4    (provide) a sense of calmness that is hard to find on land.

While scuba diving, you won’t be looking at your phone. Nor will you have to make a mental effort     5     (get) away from the real world because physically, you already have! The underwater scenery provides the perfect place to calm your mind with     6     (peace) surroundings to admire.

Yoga lays stress on the control of breathing in and out, as breathing     7     (consider) the fundamental connection     8     body and mind. The number one rule of scuba diving is to breathe     9     (constant) and never hold your breath. A diver who is relaxed in body, breath, and mind becomes one with the water. It’s the supreme form of     10     (relax) when all you can hear is bubbles and the sound of your own breathing.

3 . When you’re on a journey to improve health and fitness，surely following the exercise and nutrition advice of a hot model is the way to go, right? Wrong!     1     The first step to longterm fitness success is to be honest with yourself.

♦     2    

Begin to become aware of the language you use. When you say you don't have enough time to exercise, check in with yourself to make sure you're being honest. Could you be using your time better? Do you really have absolutely no free time at all?

♦Too tired to exercise?

Unless you’re a professional athlete it’s unlikely that your body is ever too tired to train. However, it could be neurological (神经的）tiredness that’s talking you out of it.     3    You need to battle this type of tiredness head on. The secret is to give your brain a break and let your body have a workout. When you’re feeling mentally tired，walking can help you absorb the fresh air and feel grounded yet disconnected from all the pressures.

♦Routine or no routine?

So regular walking is good. But is fixing a regular exercise routine necessary too? The trick is to find out what works best for you. If routine makes you feel balanced, then by all accounts create a workout plan.     4    

♦Set goals.

Be honest with yourself and realistic about where you are and where you expect to be. If you're just starting out, set short-term goals (every few days) so you can experience success sooner and more often.     5     All too often people quit too quickly when the journey is too long.

A．Identify your free time.

B．Listen to your body or not?

C．But be prepared to continue to set new goals regularly.

D．It’s called the brain drain, coming from mental

E．If you hate routine then do naturally with your exercise plans.

F．Following in the footstep of others can lead you totally off track.

G．If you’re gelling bored of exercise ,you’re probably doing too much.

4 . Sports can help us a lot. Taking exercises can make us strong. In collective(集体的) sports like basketball, volleyball or football, we will learn the importance of cooperation(合作). And sports can also help us relax after work or study.

However, as the saying goes, “there are two sides of everything.” Sometimes we may hurt other players or ourselves if we are not careful enough when participating(参加) in sports activities. What’s more, too much or hard practice can be bad for our health.

Sports can make us healthy both physically and psychologically(心理地). It is also a good way for people to know each other and can improve friendship between people. So long as we are careful enough, sports can do us nothing but good.

1.          can make us strong.

A．Sleeping	B．Singing
C．Making friends	D．Taking exercise

2. Too much exercise can be          for us.

A．good	B．enough
C．bad	D．helpful

3. Sports can         .

A．help people to know each other	B．improve friendship between people
C．do us nothing but good if we are careful	D．All of the above

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Sports can help us relax after work or study.

B．Sports can only make us healthy physically.

C．Sometimes we may hurt other players or ourselves when participating in sports activities.

D．Basketball and volleyball are both collective sports.

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Since the United Nations declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga in 2014，many cities in China     1     (start)hosting international yoga festivals. Last year，for example，    2     (celebrate)the festival，hundreds of yoga enthusiasts from India and China gathered on the Great Wall in Beijing．It     3     (certain)seems China’s enthusiasm for yoga isn’t going to cool down anytime soon．     4     addition to large-scale(大规模的)yoga festivals，smaller events are held in different communities，parks and also online across the nation．

There are many differences between China and India when it comes to how yoga     5       (practise)．    6     people focus on are meditation (冥想)and breathing exercises in India，but in   China most of the time people just focus on physical exercise．Locations     7     practice takes   place tend to be different as well，since Indian people tend to practise yoga outside in the   mornings while most Chinese practise inside gyms and studios．Indians start practising yoga at a very young age，so their bodies are even     8     (strong)．But in China，people start at an older age，so they should pay more attention to safety．Like many athletic     9     (activity)，yoga comes with some risk． As     10     (it)popularity has gradually risen，so has the number of yoga—related injuries．

6 . 假设你是李华,你的美国朋友Tom近日写信给你，想了解中国高中生的体育锻炼情况。请给Tom写一封回信，内容包括:
1.中国高中生参加体育运动的现状；
2.分析该现状产生的原因；
3.你自己的感想。
注意:1. 词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
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7 . Runners need to move 15 per cent faster on a treadmill (跑步机) to burn the same number of calories as jogging outdoors, research reveals. Researchers found running on treadmills significantly reduces the amount of oxygen joggers use.     1    

The experiment procedure.

Researchers from Milan University analysed the difference between running outdoors and on a treadmill in 15 physically fit males with an average age of 21.     2    . And it was followed by 30 seconds of recovery for a total of 15 minutes both outdoors and on a treadmill. Oxygen use and exercise intensity were measured after both types of running.

The Results.

The results revealed that when on a treadmill, runners use significantly lower amounts of oxygen, suggesting less effort is required.     3    

    4    

A 15 per cent increase in running speed during a high intermittent (间歇的) intensity treadmill training session is the optimal solution to reach the same physiological responses as an outdoor training session.

Possible reasons for the difference.

    5     But the previous research suggests the moving belt of a treadmill propels (推进) joggers forward, causing them to move faster. Exercising indoors also means gym-goers do not have to fight with steep hills or wind resistance. Michael Silverman, director of rehabilitation and wellness at Northern Westchester Hospital in New York, said, “Outdoors, you are changing surfaces constantly, fighting the wind, and making quick and sudden starts and stops, which will lead to increased caloric burn.”

A．The solution

B．The study suggested us to doing sports outdoors.

C．The participants ran as fast as they can for 30 seconds.

D．And that suggests running on treadmills requires less effort.

E．The study did not work out why treadmill running appears to be less strenuous. (费力的)

F．Why there is difference in calory burning between doing sports on a treadmill and jogging outdoors?

G．Therefore, runners must move faster on a treadmill to achieve the same results as exercising outdoors.

8 . How to Be Good at Sports

If sports are something that interests you, it stands to reason that you would want to be good at them. Here are some tips that can help you become a good player.

Set ambitious but realistic goals. If you want to be great at sports, you need to set your aims high.

    1     Instead, you should take a look at what you are, and figure out where you think you would like to be. Give yourself a suitable amount of time to achieve that goal.

Be patient.     2     Impatient athletes tend to make poor ones. If you're not patient, you'll try to jump into advanced techniques long before you're ready. You'll feel discouraged when you don't see immediate improvement.

Join a sports team. Most of the sports teams are free to join. If you go to school, you should go for team tryouts when they're happening.     3    

Accept criticism. When you play sports, you will unavoidably receive criticism, whether from a coach or other players.     4     Are they angry because you missed a pass, or do they sincerely want to help you improve? In a lot of cases, you can use criticism as motivation to get better.

    5     A skill become mastered when you’re able to do it without thinking. Given enough time and practice, a skill will eventually fall under this category. When in a game, you won't have time to think everything through, so practice until it's all automatic.

A．Skills are often slow to build.

B．This does not mean being unrealistic.

C．You need to take most of it with a grain of salt.

D．Practice until your skills become second nature.

E．You also need to be clear about what you are good at.

F．If you're not in school, you can find a sports club online.

G．An important reason people join sports teams is to make friends.

9 . Recently a study，led by Pedro Hallal of the Federal University，suggests that nearly a third of adults，31%，are not getting enough exercise. That rates of exercise have declined is hardly a new discovery. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution，technology and economic growth have helped to create a world in which taking exercise is more and more an option rather than a necessity. But only recently have enough good data been collected from enough places to carry out the sort of analysis Dr. Hallal and his colleagues have engaged in.

There are common themes in different places. Unsurprisingly，people in rich countries are less active than those in poor ones，and old people are less active than young ones. Less obviously，women tend to exercise less than men—34% are inactive，compared with 28% of men. But there are exceptions. The women of Croatia，Finland，Iraq and Luxembourg，for example，move more than their male countrymen.

Malta wins the race for most slothful country，with 72% of adults getting too little exercise，and Swaziland and Saudi Arabia are in close behind，with 69%. In Bangladesh，just 5% of adults fail to exercise enough. Surprisingly，six Americans in ten are active enough according to Dr. Hallal’s study，compared with fewer than four in ten British.

These high rates of inactivity are worrying. Human beings seem to have evolved to benefit from exercise while deliberately avoiding it whenever they can. In a state of nature it would be impossible to live a life that did not provide enough of it. But that is no longer the case. Actually lack of enough activity these days has nearly the same effect on life span as smoking.

1. We may learn from Paragraph 1 that ________.

A．the decline of exercise rates is newly discovered

B．the study suggests 31% of female adults get too little exercise

C．the industrial revolution has changed the way people live to some degree

D．the good enough data has been collected from only one country

2. According to the study, women of Luxembourg ________.

A．have little time to exercise

B．hate to get regular exercise

C．take more exercise to lose weight

D．exercise more than men in their country

3. The underlined word “slothful” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “________”．

A．lazy	B．rich
C．powerful	D．unpopular

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Benefits of Taking Exercise

B．New Health Discovery

C．Evolvement of Human Beings

D．Worldwide Lack of Enough Exercise

10 . It’s cold and dark outside, and your bed is so warm and comfortable. Going for a run seems like such a bad idea. But before you hide your running shoes, it might be worth giving that crazy idea a go.

According to The Huffington Post, an outdoor run in winter, as opposed to one on a treadmill (跑步机), burns more calories because the body is working hard to regulate (调节) its core temperature. Furthermore, research shows that race times are faster in cold weather than in warmer temperatures—and quicker runs burn more calories. Similarly, cold weather also makes the heart work harder to distribute blood through the body, making that vital muscle even stronger.

Outdoor exercise also turns up your energy and rids you of the stress and depression that build up every day. The heat and humidity in the summer can drag you down and tire you faster, but cold weather is refreshing. It adjusts you to your surroundings, making you feel alive.

Of course, the threat of smog in some built-up areas is a further hurdle to winter exercise. Heart attacks, stroke, lung cancer and asthma are all dangers of running in smog. The combination of air pollution and exercise increases the potential problems. If you do choose to run outside on smoggy days, take a path in a park or residential area to avoid car exhaust (尾气), and go early in the morning, before rush hour. But staying inside on smoggy days and waiting for the next clear day to run is best.

1. How does cold weather benefit runners, compared with warm weather?

A．They can run more slowly.

B．They can take in more calories.

C．Their hearts can function harder.

D．Their body temperature can get lower.

2. How does summer affect runners?

A．It builds up their energy quickly.	B．It makes runners tired easily.
C．It lessens runners’ stress.	D．It causes heart attack.

3. What are the runners supposed to do on smoggy days?

A．Stop driving cars.	B．Do more exercise.
C．Avoid outdoor exercise.	D．Run late in the morning.

4. What can be the best title of the text?

A．Refresh with a Winter Run	B．Take Outdoor Exercise in Summer
C．Go to Run in a Park	D．Follow the Tips to Reduce Stress