Have you ever worried about getting fat? Do you often exercise to keep healthy? Do you often feel stressed when you don't do well in work or study? If the answer is yes, I advise you to start doing yoga(瑜伽) because it can help you solve all the above problems.Yoga has become so popular in recent years. Why do more and more people like it?A simple answer is that yoga can help you to stay healthy. It began in India about 5,000 years ago.

The Indian word"Yoga"means"to join together". There are three parts of yoga altogether exercise, breathing and meditation(沉思).

How can you start doing yoga? First, find a quiet place and try to be far away from the crowds. You can do it at home, at a yoga studio or in the park. Second, wear comfortable sport clothes and prepare a yoga mat. Take off your shoes or socks and practise on the yoga mat. It can stop your feet from slipping. Third. if you are a beginner, you may need a yoga coach to teach you how to do it correctly. But it will cost you some money to have yoga lessons. If you really like yoga, you may teach yourself. There are many free yoga videos on the Internet. You can learn it by yourself with an iphone, ipad or a computer. It is the cheapest and the easiest way.

Since yoga is such a good sport, why not do it from this moment as a kind of enjoyment?

1.Yoga is a(an)_____sport with a long history of about 5.000 years.

A. Chinese B. American C. Indian D. English

2.Yoga is becoming more and more popular with people because______.

A. it is the most important sport for people

B. it helps people to be healthier by doing it

C. it helps people to work more quickly

D. it brings people happiness

3.The underlined word stressed probably means_____in the passage.

A. 有压力的 B. 兴奋的 C. 愉悦的 D. 放松的

4.If you are a new yoga learner,_______.

A. you must put on your socks first

B. you don't need a yoga mat

C. you may need yoga teachers and they are free

D. you had better learn by yourself on the Internet

5.The main idea of Paragraph Three is________.

A. how to solve problems B. how to get fat

C. how to practise yoga D. how to find a yoga teacher

One evening I was resting in a cafe. I_______ a pair of newly-bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.

He was in a(n) ______ shirt, looking pale and about eleven. As soon as I began to speak, he opened the_______ in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing(擦鞋). He bent down, ____ my leather shoes, and began to shine them. He was busy doing his work ______ heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the cafe for protection from the rain. More and more people crowded into the cafe and gradually(逐渐地) separated the boy from me.

Hours passed, and it turned ______ I had no shoes on my feet and ______ where the boy had been. I thought he would not ______ my shoes, and that I would have to go home on my bare(光着的) feet.

When it was near midnight, the ______ ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the cafe. The cafe was to be______ . I had to move to the door. Just as I went to the gate, I ______found that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the ______ with his head leaning against(斜靠) a box and his upper body(上身) being _______ He held a package(包裹) made of his shirt tightly in his arms.

I shook him slightly and woke him up. He woke up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he recognized(认出) me. Then he opened the package _____ , gave me my leather shoes, and said sorry to me shyly. I_______ him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the image of the boy stayed in my mind.

1.A. took B. wore C. mended D. owned

2.A. old B. unfit C. small D. dirty

3.A. bag B. package C. box D. suitcase

4.A. put off B. show off C. put on D. took off

5.A. when B. after C. because D. since

6.A. dark B. light C. grey D. bright

7.A. thought B. wondered C. guessed D. imagined

8.A. shine B. keep C. return D. carry

9.A. rain B. coffee C. time D. work

10.A. opened B. locked C. stopped D. closed

11.A. shortly B. surprisedly C. sadly D. immediately

12.A. table B. door C. bed D. cafe

13.A. wet B. bare C. pale D. cold

14.A. finally B. suddenly C. unfriendly D. hurriedly

15.A. recognized B. studied C. paid D. beat

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