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 fascitis 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(救星) 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.

1. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. What Yoga is        
B. How I Do Yoga Poses  
C. The Benefits of Yoga  
D. The Varieties of Yoga

2. People feel tired after yoga because ________.

A. they consume energy in practicing yoga
B. they respond well to yoga poses
C. they spend too much time on yoga
D. they push themselves to do yoga poses

3. If this passage continues, what will the writer most probably write about in the next paragraph?

A. Yoga as a means to keep fit.
B. Different yoga poses.
C. Popularity of yoga all over the world.
D. Encouraging people to do yoga.

       If you are a male and you are reading this,congratulations:you are a survivor.  According to statistics,
you are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer as a woman,and nine times more likely to die of
AIDS.
     There are many reasons for this. Typically,men take more risks than woman and are more likely to
drink and smoke but perhaps more importantly,men don't go to the doctor.
     Gullotta,a professor from a famous medical university,says a healthy man should visit the doctor every
year or two.For those over 45 ,it should be at least once a year.
     Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker's
cough for a year.
        According to a recent survey,95% of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a
year,compared to 70% of men in the same age group.
       " A lot of men think they are absolutely strong," Gullotta says. They only come in when a friend
drops dead on the golf course and they think," Geez,if it could happen to him,________. "
         Then there is the ostrich approach, " Some men are scared of what might be there and would
rather not know, " says Dr. Ross Cartmill.
        " Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies," Cartmill says.  He
believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups.  Cartmill
says " regular check-ups for
men would surely place stress on the public purse,but prevention is cheaper in the long run than having
treat the diseases. " Besides,the ultimate cost is far greater:it is called premature death.

1.  What is the best title of the passage?  ( Please answer within 10 words)
   ______________________________________________________________________________
2. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
   In his opinion, medical examinations in advance can help solve some common male diseases.
   _______________________________________________________________________________
3.  Please fill in the blank in the sixth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. ( Please answer within 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________
4.  Give three suggestions for men to keep healthy. ( Please answer within 30 words)
①__________
②__________
③__________
5. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
   ____________________________________________________________________

     Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted (预测) in reaction to climate change, which could
have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.
    Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world,
changing some living patterns, scientists say.
    Increased carbon dioxide(CO2)in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants
produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of
growth.
    "Predicting species' reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology," said the researches of
several U.S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to
climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.
    The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated (低估)
the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.
    "Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance - for both leafing and
flowering - that results from temperature increases," the study said.
    The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to
climate change, it said.
    Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis
(光合作用) to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by
nearly every organism on the planet.
    Scientists believe the world's average temperature has risen by about 0.8? since 1900, and nearly 0.2?
every ten years since 1979.
    So far, efforts to cut emissions(排放)of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to
prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2? this century - a point scientists say will bring the danger of a
changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and
rising sea levels.

1. What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1?

A. Plants' reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystem.
B. The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists' expectation.
C. Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.
D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.

2. We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that ______.

A. plants' flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafing
B. there are 1,634 plant species on the four continents
C. scientists should improve the design of the experiments
D. the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change

3. Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because _______.

A. they can prove the climate change clearly
B. they are very important in the food chains
C. they play a leading role in reducing global warming
D. they are growing and flowering much faster than before

4. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the world's temperature?

A. It has risen nearly 0.2? since 1979.
B. Its change will lead to weather extremes.
C. It is 0.8? higher in 1979 than that of 1990.
D. It needs to be controlled within 2? in this century.

     Eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. But there is
another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe.
     Previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露)to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problem,
but two analyses now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风)within as little as a few hours
after exposure. In one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants (污染物)were up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure. A separate
study of stroke patients showed that even air that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be of "moderate" (良好)quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14
hours of exposure.
     The authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainly modest
compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. However, it is important to be aware
of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices. So stricter regulation
by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to
protect public health.

1. The text mainly discusses the relationship between          .

A. heart problems and air quality
B. heart problems and exercising
C. heart problems and smoking
D. heart problems and fatty food

2. The underlined word "modest" in Paragraph 3 most probably means         .

A. relatively high
B. extremely low
C. relatively low
D. extremely high

3. What can we learn from the text?

A. Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart.
B. The EPA conducted many studies on air quality.
C. Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking,
D. Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made.

4. The author's purpose of writing the text is most likely to       .

A. inform
B. persuade
C. describe
D. entertain

     On a grassy plain in South Africa, thousands of miles from home,two pairs of zoo-bred South China
tiger cubs-one-year-old Hope and Cathay and six-month-old Tiger Woods and Madonna are learning to
hunt in the wild. The hope is that they will one day pass on their skills to their young, allowing the next
generation to get back to wildlife reserves (保护区) in China.
       A survey shows that the tigers are in more danger of dying out than China's most famous animal,the
giant panda. Forty years ago, about 4,000 South China tigers lived in the wild. Today there are only
about 30. An additional 64 live in 19 zoos in China,which are all descendants(后代) of six wild animals
seized in 1956.
     The cubs were born in zoos in China and removed from their mothers when they were three months
old. Their first home in South Africa was a one-acre camp where they stayed for a month. Their next
home was a ten-acre area,where they lived for three months to help them gradually get used to life
outside a cage.
     When the cubs first arrived in South Africa,they didn't even want to leave their cages. It took weeks
to get them to eat chicken, used as they were to being fed beef at the zoo in China where they were born.
It took months of practice to hunt a live animal and then make the link between the kill and food. Now
just a few months on, and living in a 150-acre camp,they have become remarkably skilled hunters.
      All four animals will finally return to zoos in China while the pioneering pairs' cubs will grow up
completely wild. The aim is for the first rehabilitated tigers to go to reserves developed in China by 2008 ,when the Olympic Games will be held in Beijing.

1. The tigers are sent to South Africa so that____.   

A. their young can live in the wild
B. their young can have a better environment
C. they can get used to wildlife reserves
D. they can live a free life in the wild

2. What does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about?   

A. The food the tigers ate.
B. The place where the tigers were trained.
C. The process(过程) to train the tigers.
D. The time it took to train the tigers.

3. The underlined part" the first rehabilitated tigers" refers to _____.   

A. the tigers sent to South Africa
B. the pioneering pairs
C. the tigers' next generation
D. the zoo-bred tigers

4. Which of the following is TRUE?   

A. There are about 100 South China tigers at the zoos in China.
B. South China tigers at the zoos in China usually eat chicken.
C.In the hunting practice cubs didn't eat what they hunted at first.
D. The four tigers will appear in the Olympic Games.

     Nowadays, almost everyone has been   1   (意识到)that smoking               
does     2   to people's health. Sometimes it can even cause fire.                       
      In China, about 36% of the people smoke. Every year, they s   3                 
millions of packets of   4    . It's bad news for the health of the nation.         
      It's known that smoking can l   5    to different kinds of disease.                   
Every year, many people die of these illnesses, such as lung and throat cancers.
 It also    6   (使失去) the government large sums of money to attend              
these sick people. As  7    , smoking is harmful to those people                        
   8   don't smoke, especially to children and women.                                      
     In a   9    , smoking bring people no good. If you want to smoke,            
just think of those s  10    from diseases and the fires that destroy               
 people's lives and properties.

     Do you have a passion for helping others reach their nutrition, fitness and wellness goals?  If so, a
career in the fitness and nutrition field may be right for you. The following are some careers for you to
choose.
     Dietitian
     Dietitians are responsible for improving the nutritional health of patients by assessing nutritional
needs and creating healthy diet plans based on nutritional needs and weight loss goals.  Dietitians hold
employment through hospitals, private medical practices, public health and outpatient centers. A
bachelor's degree in dietetics (营养学) or food and nutrition and state certification are required to
become a dietitian.
   Personal trainer        
   Personal trainers are responsible for helping their clients (主顾) reach weight loss and fitness goals.
No formal, education is required to become a personal trainer; however, certification is mandatory
(必要的). Traditionally, personal trainers hold employment through gyms and fitness centers.
   Yoga instructor
   Yoga instructors direct their students to physical and mental well-being. To become a yoga instructor,
you must become a registered yoga teacher. Completion of the program ranges from 200 hours to 500
hours. According to Payscale.com the average hourly wage of a yoga instructor with one to four years
of experience ranges from $17.50 to $34.50.
    Wellness coach
    A wellness coach guides clients towards improving their overall nutritional, physical and mental health.    Wellness coaches are typically serf-employed. There are no formal education requirements to become a
wellness coach, However, expert knowledge and experience in the field lend great credibility (可信度).