As more people work longer hours in the office, they have less time to hit the gym for some desperately needed exercise.Whole days spent facing a computer and looming(terrible)deadlines can leave you with backaches, headaches, and just about any other kind of ache imaginable.Stress accumulates(increase)quietly, boiling over at the worst moment when you didn’t even realize it was there.Below are some ways to help prevent this from happening by stretching and relaxing your body during the lunch hour.You don’t even have to get out of you chair.
Absolution
1.Hang your head, holding the sides of your chair with your hands try to lift the chair up.
2.At the same time, slightly bend your chest, using the muscles of your lower belly to support you.
3.Keep the pose for three to five seconds, breathing slowly throughout.Repeat for five times.
Stretch thigh–high
1.Sit in your chair with your back tight against the chair back..
2.Put one foot on the chair and clasp your knee with two hands.Breathe in.
3.Breathe out and make your knee touch your chest.Hold this position for five seconds.
4.Change to the other foot.Perform the stretch for each leg five times.
Navel–gazing(凝视肚脐)
1.Sit a bit forward in your chair.Put your hands on your waist and bend your back a little.
2.Hang your head and watch your belly button for 10--15 seconds.
3.Return to the starting position.Repeat for five times.
Raising the(lum)bar
1.Put your hands on your lower belly.
2.Bend your chest supporting your lower belly, and hold your breath for three to five seconds.Breathe out slowly.Repeat five times.
The greeting exercise
1.Fold your arms across your chest, set your legs slightly wider than shoulder-width, knees bent at right angles.Breathe in.
2.Breathe out slowly and raise your upper body, hold for five seconds, then relax.Repeat for five times.
(1)
The above ways of exercise are introduced in the passage to ________.
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A.
make you work more efficiently in the office
B.
keep you fit in the office
C.
prevent some diseases related to office work
D.
get you relaxed in the office
(2)
Which of the following four pictures shows the correct way of navel-gazing?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
(3)
All of the above ways of exercise are similar in that ________.
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A.
you need to breathe in and then breathe out
B.
you can’t do them without your chair
C.
you need to deep your pose for five seconds
D.
you do them before lunch time
(4)
According to the passage, we can infer that ________.
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A.
all the exercises have the same function and you may choose any of them
B.
all the exercises form an entire set and you should do them one by one
C.
different exercise focuses on different part of your body and has different functions
D.
the greeting exercise is the last step designed to make your body relaxed