Why do people like yoga? There’s a short answer and a long answer to that question. The short answer is that yoga makes you feel better. Practising, breathing exercises and thinking make you healthier in body, mind and spirit.

    For many people, that's enough of an answer, but there's more if you are interested.

    Yoga began in India about 5,000 years ago. At that time, people wanted to be free, healthy and live a long life, so this kind of exercise was born. The early yoga was part of a religion (宗教). It was usually taught one to one—one teacher with one student. Yoga is an Indian word that means “to join together”. There are three parts of yoga altogether: exercise, breathing and meditation (沉思). In the past, people paid more attention to the spirit. The idea be­hind the exercise was to join the mind, body and spirit as one. Yoga can give you peace, help you feel relaxed, and have fewer worries and illnesses.   204

1.What is yoga?

A. An old Indian sport.                                            B. A European game.                  

C. A popular idea.                                                    D. An enjoyment.

2.Which of the following is true?

A. Yoga has four parts altogether.                         B. Anyone can practise yoga.

C. Yoga was taught in classes.                                 D. Yoga can bring the world peace.

3.Why do people like yoga?

A. Because it brings happiness and relax.          

B. Because it helps you work more quickly.

C. Because it is part of the real religion.             

D. Because it is good for your health.

What’s your favorite cartoon? It may be difficult for you to decide. But for pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry is the best one.

When Lang was two years old, he saw Tom play the piano. This was his first time to enjoy western music and this experience encouraged him to learn to play the piano.

His talent at the keyboard has taken him from Shenyang to the world. Lang became a good piano student at three. Ever since, the boy has been doing better and better. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college.

Lang’s performances are energetic. He is well-known for making facial （面部的）expressions and moving around while playing the piano.

The road to success has never been easy. Lang’s father stopped his job to look after him, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. But Lang thinks himself lucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.

1.What made Langlang first enjoy western music?

 A. When he played the piano at three.

 B. When he saw Tom play the piano at two.

 C. When he listened to the western music on the radio.

 D. When his father taught him to read music.

2.How old was Langlang when he became a student of a famous American music college?

 A. two           B. three           C. five             D. fifteen

3.What is Langlang famous for?

 A. He is famous for playing the guitar.

B. He is famous for singing

 C. He is famous for writing music.

 D. He is famous for making facial （面部的）expressions and moving around while playing the piano.

4.Why did Langlang’s mother stay in Shenyang?

 A. Because she liked Shenyang, she didn’t want to leave.

 B. Because she had to look after Langlang’s grandparents.

 C. Because she had to make money to pay for Langlang’s education.

 D. Because she didn’t love her son.

5. From the passage, we can say it _______ Langlang and his parents a lot of time to get success.

 A. spent           B. paid           C. took            D. cost

Helen Keller was a US author and public speaker who became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months. Anne Sullivan became her teacher in 1887 and taught her to read, write, use sign language and speak. Keller received degree from Radcliffe College in 1904 and spent the rest of her life encouraging others with difficulties like hers to overcome them. Her books include ?The story of My Life? (1902) and ?Out of the Dark(1913). Her life was the subject of the play The Miracle Worker

1.Helen Keller was an author in ________.

A．English           B．America           C．Australia          D．China

2.When she was 19 ________ old, Helen Keller became blind and deaf.

A．days             B．years             C．months           D．seconds

3.Did Helen Keller receive a college degree?

A．Yes, she did.       B．Yes, he did.        C．No, she didn’t.    D．No, he didn’t.

4.Which book is written by Helen Keller?

A．The story of My Life?                   B．Out of the Dark

C．One million pound?                    D．A and B

5.Helen Keller is a/an ________ person.

A．honest           B．hard-working       C．beautiful          D．lovely

There are about 80,000,000 mines*  under the ground in more . than 60 countries. It is difficult and dangerous to clear these rnines, About 50  people including many children were’ killed ‘or htirt each iay.  In 2003,  APOPO,  a Dutch research com pan y that uains the an imals, came up with the-idea of s\ng rats to search for the mines.

The animal trainers ‘found that a kind of rats from Africa were clever and had.a sharp*  sense of smell.  The rats were about 75 cm long and.weighed about l.35 kg, light enough to run across a minefield without setting off the mines.

  In January 2004, the APOPO started this project. First, the trainers let the 4-week-old baby rats get familiar with humans. A few weeks later, the rats were no Ionger afraid of people and ‘the things around them. Then they were trained to connect a click* sound with food. After the rats had leamed that, the trainers then taught them to tell the difference between the smell of mines and other smells. When the rats could do it, the click was sounded and they were given a bit of banana.  The method was called clicker training. “The training isn’t easy, said trainer Abdullah Mchomvu.  “You have to be patient. Sometimes I get angry, but then again, I tell myself these are animals.”

  After nine months’  training, the rats were taken to a minefiel山  They’ran across the minefield, stopped, sat and scratched the ground to tell the deminers*  that they smelt out’a mine.  Then the mine was cleared. It had  taken two ‘deminers  a day to clear a 200㎡ . minefield,  but with the help of two rats ‘they could finish it in two hours.

  The rats and ~he deminers saved thousands of lives,  “The rats did this job much better than we expected. So far they have helped to make almost 2,000,000㎡ of land safe. They are heroes,” said Bart Weeqens, the head of the APOPO.

1. The APOPO trained the rats to search for     .

A. children    B. animals      C. mines     D. bananas

2. While training the rats, the trainers have to be

A. patient     B. clever        C. brave         D. serious

3. How long did the training last?

A. Two hours.    B. One day.    C. Four weeks.    D. Nine months.

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Each day about 200 people were killed or hurt by mines,

B.The APOPO started to train the rats in January 2004.

C. The trainers gave the rats food after they smelt out a mine.

D.The rats and the deminers saved thousands of lives.