题目内容
I consider____ my duty to help you.
- A.it
- B.this
- C.that
- D.its
Babies are born yogis. Once we were all able to pull our toes up by our ears and laugh about it. Then we aged, got injured, and began carrying stress in our shoulders and back. In short, we lost our balance.
Yoga(瑜伽) is an ancient practice that helps create a sense of union in body, mind, and spirit. It brings us balance. I was seriously out of balance when I started practicing yoga in 1999. I had plantar facilities in both feet, and my doctor had warned me against all the things I loved to do: walking, hiking, and playing tennis. I was desperate for exercise. Yoga became my salvation and even enhanced my other fitness activities. I practice yoga at least twice a week, but I consider yoga to be part of my daily life because after a while you no longer just practice yoga—you love it.
Yoga becomes part of your physical life. Your body grows stronger, more toned, and more flexible as you move from one pose to the other. I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first vacation on which I lost weight. “Rather than building muscle, yoga builds muscle tone,” says Shakta Kaur Khalsa, author of the K.I.S.S. Guide to Yoga. “Because yoga helps maintain a balanced metabolism (新陈代谢), it also helps to regulate weight. Additionally, yoga stretches muscles lengthwise, causing fat to be removed around the cells.” I do yoga poses throughout the day. After hours at my computer, I stretch my stiff shoulders and arms. When I need a boost of energy, I do energizing poses. When I am feeling exhausted at the end of the day, I do restorative poses.
Yoga becomes part of your mental life. Yoga teaches you to focus on breathing while you hold the poses. This attention to breath is calming; it dissolves stress and anxiety. I use yogic breathing on the tennis courts, in the dentist’s chair, and in traffic jams. You should always leave a yoga practice feeling energized, not tired. If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time “fighting” yourself, trying to force yourself into poses. In yoga, you “surrender” to the pose by letting go of the tension.
Yoga becomes part of your spiritual life. Yoga is practiced by people from all religions; it is not restricted to any religious group. Yoga teaches “right” living in how we deal with ourselves and others. As I work on a difficult pose, I learn patience, forgiveness, and the value of gentleness. Yoga advocates proper eating, but you don’t have to be a vegetarian to practice yoga.
【小题1】What would be the best title for this passage?
A.What’s Yoga? | B.How I Do Yoga Poses |
C.The Benefits of Yoga | D.The Varieties of Yoga |
A.grow taller | B.lose weight |
C.become flexible in thinking | D.make more friends |
A.they consume energy in practicing yoga |
B.they respond well to yoga poses |
C.they spend too much time on yoga |
D.they force themselves into yoga poses |
A.Yoga as a means to keep fit. | B.Who may like yoga |
C.Popularity of yoga all over the world. | D.Encouraging people to do yoga. |
完形填空:
My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” Or “What perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I agree 36 some degree, though I sometimes do want to ask them how much they 37 Beckham, apart from his appearance and how much they know about football 38 scoring goals. It seems funny that we are crazy for things, with which we are unfamiliar or 39 which we are uncertain, but we all, my friends 40 I, consider this one of life’s 41 .
We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn’t amount to craziness 42 nonsense(胡闹). As an old saying 43 : “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We should not 44 anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good character and great contribution that 45 one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say 46 about Beckham’s good looks.
If we close our eyes, 47 in deep thought, we can find that the things that 48 us to be in truth happy, sad or touched 49 a clear meaning. If we don’t go deeper and just satisfied with superficial(表面的)things, 50 we will find that we have not really gained anything 51 our first impression has blinded and misled us, and we’ll remain ignorant(无知) 52 we realize that and make some changes.
It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is a sign of great 53 . If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it 54 us, we will finally prove how much we have grown up, how much more sensible(理智的), mature(成熟的), and intelligent we have 55 .
36.A.to B.on C.in D.at
37.A.learn from B.learn C.know D.know about
38.A.rather than B.except for C.except D.apart from
39.A.with B.in C.about D.for
40.A.not B.as well as C.rather than D.but
41.A.pleasures B.taste C.sorrow D.regrets
42.A.nor B.and C.or D.or else
43.A.speaks B.talks C.tells D.goes
44.A.take B.judge C.accept D.conclude
45.A.makes B.causes C.builds D.create
46.A.better B.more C.worse D.less
47.A.taking B.leaving C.falling D.getting
48.A.move B.change C.doubt D.follow
49.A.lack B.have C.include D.cover
50.A.in fact B.indeed C.in a while D.sooner or later
51.A.so B.even though C.because D.although
52.A.even if B.although C.unless D.if
53.A.joy B.progress C.effort D.work
54.A.cares B.pains C.delights D.minds
55.A.come B.made C.had D.become