You may have heard about the many benefits of yoga, but a recent New York Times
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You may have heard about the many benefits of yoga, but a recent New York Times story, has stirred up more than a little controversy in the yoga community.
"How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body," by science writer William J. Broad, quotes a long-time yoga teacher who "...has come to believe that "the vast majority of people" should give up yoga altogether. It"s simply too likely to cause harm." He goes on to describe a number of cases where people have been injured doing yoga, including himself.
The research in the article isn"t groundbreaking: doing any form of exercise you could potentially hurt yourself. If you look at the injury rates of other physical activities, the number of injuries sustained from yoga would pale in comparison.
Practicing yoga is just like anything in life: You have to push yourself in order to grow. But you also have to know your limits and when you"re breaking them. If you stick to your comfort zone, you"ll never be able to increase your flexibility. If you push to the point where you"re not only uncomfortable, but in real pain, you"ll likely injure yourself.
The reasons that yoga causes "serious injury”, according to the Times story, range from students" physical weaknesses to inexperienced teachers pushing too hard to the growing number of inflexible "urbanites who sit in chairs all day" trying hard to twist themselves into difficult postures.
Yoga is called a "practice" for a reason. You don"t have to be perfect. You don"t have to tackle every pose. It doesn"t matter if you can touch the floor with your palms during your first forward bend or your thousandth, or if you never get there.
We go to the mat to learn to better listen to what our bodies are telling us, and to better hear that quiet inner voice drowned out by the noise of our busy lives. It"s a shame to discourage the majority of people from practicing yoga and missing out on all of the mind-body benefits that going to the mat has to offer.
小题1:The underlined word is best replaced by __.| A．Injure | B．Benefit | C．Push | D．Shape |
小题2:What does author mainly want to tell us in the 3rd paragraph?| A．All physical activities are equally harmful. | | B．Yoga causes much less injuries than other physical activities. | | C．Similar researches have been done before. | | D．Yoga, like any other form of exercise, can hurt people. |
小题3:Which is not mentioned among the reasons for yoga being likely to cause injury? | A．Teachers lack the knowledge of students’ limits. | | B．Modern lifestyle decreases our flexibility. | | C．The body doesn’t tell when you are in real pain. | | D．Students themselves might not be in good physical condition. |
小题4:What is the author’s attitude towards practicing yoga?| A．It’s a shame not to practice yoga. | | B．One should push the limits in order to be perfect. | | C．The majority should give up yoga for it may cause harm. | | D．One should enjoy the physical and mental benefit that yoga brings. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D |
解析
试题分析：本文提到正确对待练瑜伽会带来的身体上的伤害。做任何运动都会受伤，而练瑜伽带来的伤痛最小。原因有老师的也有学员自己的。但不能就此不练，练习瑜伽是要去享受瑜伽带给紧张忙碌的现代人的那份伤心放松。
小题1:词义猜测题。根据第二段后面的解释可知：一个长期担任瑜伽教练的人提到，大多数人应该放弃练瑜伽，因为它太可能造成伤害了他本人也是伤痕累累。所以选A。
小题2:主题归纳题。根据第二段的意思（做任何形式的运动都可能造成伤害。如果你看一下体育运动受伤的比率，你会看到练瑜伽受伤的数量和其他相比显得很苍白。）可知：瑜伽运动造成的伤害比其他小。所以选B。
小题3:细节理解题。根据第五段的意思可知：重伤的原因有：老师经验不足、学生的身体不足和现代人久坐的生活方式。所以C是最不可能的伤害。
小题4:推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的意思可知：作者认为练瑜伽是自己的身心。使大多数人不敢去练瑜伽是很可惜的。所以选D（享受瑜伽带来的身心舒畅）。 |
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Although there is no possibility of living completely free of stress , it is possible to prevent stress as well as reduce its effect when it can’t be avoided. The US Department of Health and Human Services offers the following suggestions for the ways to deal with stress.
Try physical activity
When you are nervous, angry or upset, try reducing the pressure through exercise of physical activity. Running, walking, playing tennis or working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try. Physical exercise will relieve your anxiety and worry and help you to relax. Your body and your mind will work together to ease the stress in your life.
Share your stress
It helps to talk to someone about your anxiety and worries. Perhaps a friend, family member, teacher or even your leader can help you a better view of what is troubling you. If you feel your problem is serious, you might seek professional help from psychologist or a doctor. Knowing when to ask for help is an important step in avoiding serious problem later
Take care of yourself
You should make every effort to eat well and get enough rest. If you easily get angry and cannot sleep well enough, or if you are not eating properly, it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations. If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should consult a doctor
Make time for yourself
Schedule time for both work and entertainment. Don’t forget, play can be just as important to your over-all well-being as work. You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun. Go window-shopping or work on a hobby. Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy.
Make a list of things you need to do
Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “there is so much to do, and not enough time.” Trying to take care of everything at once can be too much for you and as a result, you may not achieve anything. Instead, make a list of everything you have to do, then do one thing at a time, checking off each task as it is completed. Set out to do the more important tasks first.
Go ahead and cry
A good cry can a healthy way to bring relief to your anxiety. It might even help you avoid a headache or other physical effect of anxiety and stress
小题1:What is most probably the writer’s purpose in writing the article?| A．To release his or her working pressure | | B．To help solve the universal problem of stress | | C．To reduce her or his own anxiety | | D．To help more people cry out |
小题2: Physical activity can help people release stress in that ______| A．only your body movement can help you relax | | B．your mind can work better to free you of anxiety | | C．your body and mind can cooperate(合作) in releasing your stress | | D．physics can always play in important part in reducing nervousness |
小题3:What is the similarity between “Share your stress” and “ Go ahead and cry”?_____| A．They both help you let out your feelings | | B．They both need physical movement | | C．They both require mental relaxation | | D．They can help you live an orderly life |
小题4:The sentence “ Trying to take care of everything at once can be too much for you and as a result, you may not achieve anything” is close to the meaning of ______| A．Strike the iron while it is hot | B．Practice makes perfect | | C．More hurry, less speed | D．Quietness wins time |
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Why play games? Because they are fun, and a lot more besides. Following the rules…planning your next move...acting as a team member…these are all “game” ideas that you will come across throughout your life.
Think about some of the games you played as a young child, such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly, they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives, such as taking turns and cooperating (合作) .
Many children’s games have a practical side. Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups. For instance, some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones. Which sharpens the hand-eye coordination（协调）needed in hunting.
Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. People who watch the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country, not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war, an Olympic win can mean so much.
Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it—some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne, a Californian soccer player, has discovered a way to give people hope through soccer. He created a foundation(基金会) to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.
Next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it, what skills are needed, and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.
小题1:Through playing hide-and-seek, children are expected to learn to ________.| A．be a team leader | B．obey the basic rules | | C．act as a grown-up | D．predict possible danger |
小题2:The underlined part in Paragraph 2 most probably means that games can________. | A．describe life in an exciting way | | B．turn real-life experiences into a play | | C．make learning life skills more interesting | | D．change people’s views of sporting events |
小题3:According to the passage, why is winning Olympic medals so encouraging?| A．It makes people have a deep love for the country. | | B．It proves the exceptional skills of the winners. | | C．It helps the country out of natural disasters. | | D．It earns the winners fame and fortune. |
小题4:Iribarne’s goal of forming the foundation is to _______.| A．bring fun to poor kids | | B．provide soccer balls for children | | C．give poor kids a chance for a better life | | D．appeal to soccer players to help poor kids |
小题5:What can be learned from the passage?| A．Games benefit people all their lives. | | B．Sports can get all athletes together. | | C．People are advised to play games for fun. | | D．Sports increase a country’s competitiveness. |
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If you were on the street in Mexico today you might think you were in an operating room, surrounded by doctors. You could see many concerned people with masks (口罩) trying their best to stop the swine flu (猪流感). And the masks aren’t only being used in Mexico. A friend of mine traveling from New York City to Florida was given a mask and a pair of gloves just after he reached the airport. And another friend went to get a haircut only to be faced with a hairdresser wearing a mask!
But do the masks really work? Is covering your nose and mouth the key to stopping the swine flu? To find out the truth, ABC’s reporter Sharyn Alfonsi talked with germ (细菌) expert Dr. Elaine Larsen. It turns out that when you sneeze (打喷嚏) the air coming out of your mouth at a speed of one hundred miles per hour carries germs which can travel anywhere around you and make people around you infected (被感染).
However, whether you become infected actually depends on the weather. As Sharyn reported, when you sneeze, the germs leave your body in small drops of water coming out of your mouth. If the weather is wet, the wet air will make the small drops bigger and heavier and they drop down towards our feet. If this happens, we won’t become infected. But if the air is dry, those small drops can float higher up, making it possible for them to touch someone else’s nose, mouth or their mask.
Larsen says the masks can stop the germs well but after a few hours, they start to get wet, holding a lot of germs they come across and causing you to breathe them in. The masks do work, but the key to stopping the germs is changing your masks often.
小题1:According to Para.1, in Mexico you can see that ____. | A．the patients are treated in the open air | | B．some doctors work in the street | | C．people speak little to each other in the street | | D．many people wear masks in the street |
小题2:According to the passage a patient spreads germs mainly through ____. | A．breathing | B．Speaking | C．touching others | D．sneezing |
小题3:We learn from the passage that on a wet day ____.| A．sick people will be infected | | B．germs can spread very far | | C．germs spread very quickly | | D．few people will be infected |
小题4:If you keep wearing a mask for a long time, ____.| A．the mask will be old and worn out | | B．you’ll love the feeling of wearing it | | C．germs will be kept away from you | | D．it will be easy for you to be infected |
小题5:What should we pay attention to when wearing masks?| A．Keeping the masks dry. | B．Changing the masks often. | | C．Choosing very thick masks. | D．Wearing big masks. |
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Have you ever been bitten? Of course you have. You are surrounded by living things which might, or do, bite. Even when you rest your head on your pillow, bedbugs are probably nibbling away(蚕食) at you. They live happily inside most pillows.
Take a walk outside and you are a target for “man’s best friend. ” Hundreds of dog-bite victims visit US emergency rooms daily. Many bites are terrible. To avoid the dogs in your neighborhood, you might want to hike into the desert or the woods. There, you run the risk of bites from rattlesnakes, scorpions, and blood-sucking ticks. Not to mention bears, wolves, coyotes, and mountain lions.
Speaking of housing, watch out when you touch the corner of your house or garage. Shy but deadly, the black widow spider and the brown recluse spider make themselves comfortable in quiet areas of your closets or garage. One bite from either of them can make you very sick; occasionally, people die from such bites. Unfortunately, many people fear all spiders, not just the few dangerous ones. They squash them or run from them at first sight, not realizing that most spiders are actually beneficial to man.
If you’re concerned about bites, don’t forget about rabid(患有狂犬病的) animal bites. Any warm-blooded animal can get infected with rabies. Although humans in the US rarely get attacked by rabid animals, the disease is painful and dangerous. You will most likely die if you are not treated properly within 48 hours of being bitten.
小题1: How does the author introduce the topic of this passage?| A．By asking questions. | B．By giving examples. | | C．By offering suggestions. | D．By doing experiments. |
小题2:According to the 2nd passage, “man’s best friend” is _____________. | A．Bedbugs | B．Dogs | C．Coyotes | D．Scorpions |
小题3:When you at home, you will probably be bitten by __________.
①rattle snakes ②bedbugs ③bears ④spiders ⑤rabid animals小题4:What can we infer from the 3rd paragraph?| A．All spiders are dangerous and one bite from each of them can be very serious. . | | B．The black widow spider is actually beneficial to humans. | | C．Spiders always make themselves comfortable in quiet place in your house. | | D．One should squash a spider at first sight to keep safety. |
小题5:In the author’s opinion, __________. | A．No matter what kind of animal bites you, there is no danger at all. | | B．One should treat rabid animal bites properly within 2 days. | | C．Humans in the US can be bitten by rabid animals frequently. | | D．Hundreds of rabid animal-bite people visit emergency room daily in the US. |
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Smaller than your fist, your healthy heart just goes on and on. It will beat more than 60 times a minute for 70 years or more. That’s something that most of us take for granted. But it’s an amazing fact.
60 times a minute for 60 minutes is 3,600 times. What physical thing can most of us do 3,600 times in one hour? Blink? Maybe. Tap our fingers on the desk? No. Jump up and down? Certainly not! But our heart keeps beating, hour after hour. Every day, it pumps almost 2,000 gallons of blood through our blood vessels(血管). It takes you about five years to drink 2,000 gallons of water.
And, unlike your knees or your back, your heart does all this work without ever complaining（抱怨）! You never know that it’s even there. Your heart is such a reliable “silent partner” that people forget to care for it. For many, the first indication（迹象）that their heart isn’t working properly is a serious heart illness! Over 650,000 Americans die of some kind of heart disease every year. Cancer kills 560,000, stroke kills 143,000, and accidents kill 118,000 Americans annually.
Like accidental deaths, many heart disease-related deaths can be avoided if people simply follow the advice of the experts. Unfortunately, most people seem to listen to a little voice in their head that says, “It won’t happen to me. ” So these people keep on smoking and drinking. They continue to eat too much meat. And their only “exercise” is getting off the sofa to get something out of the fridge. Please follow the following steps to keep your heart healthy.
小题1:The text is most probably taken from a (an) __________. | A．art book | B．science fiction | | C．healthy magazine | D．psychology book |
小题2:Which of the following physical activities can keep going on and on?| A．Blink. | B．Jump. | C．Finger tap. | D．Heart beat. |
小题3:According to the numbers mentioned in paragraph 3, we can know __________. | A．Accidents can be the biggest “killer” in America every year. | | B．In America, heart disease causes the highest death rate annually. | | C．Cancer causes more threat than any other diseases for Americans. | | D．Recently, nobody died of stroke or heart disease in America. |
小题4:What do we know about our healthy hearts?| A．our healthy hearts work with many complains as our knees. | | B．our healthy hearts can pump 3,600 gallons of blood everyday. | | C．our healthy hearts are smaller than our fists. | | D．our healthy hearts can beat 60 times in one hour. |
小题5: What do you think the next paragraph is about?| A．Some tips for keeping a healthy heart. | | B．Some suggestions for avoiding accidental deaths. | | C．Some reasons for doing regular exercise. | | D．Some exercise for keeping a healthy lifestyle. |
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