Question

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 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 (新陳代謝), 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’s Yoga????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. The Benefits of Yoga

C. How I Do Yoga Poses? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. The Varieties of Yoga

2.According to the third paragraph, yoga can help people __________.

A. grow taller????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. lose weight????????????? ?????????????

C. become flexible in thinking????????????? ????????????? D. make more friends

3.People feel tired after yoga because __________.

A. they spend too much time on yoga

B. they respond well to yoga poses

C. they force themselves into yoga poses?????????????

D. they consume energy in practicing yoga?????????????

4.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.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述的是練習瑜伽對我們的身體和精神很多的好處。

1.B 主旨大意題。根據文章2,3段1,2行Yoga（瑜伽） is an ancient practice that helps create a sense of union in body, mind, and spirit. It brings us balance.和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可知本文中作者主要講述的是瑜伽對身體的諸多好處，建議我們多做瑜伽來鍛煉身體。故B正確。

2.B 細節題。根據文章第3段2,3行. I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first vacation on which I lost weight.可知瑜伽可以幫助我們減肥。故B正確。

3.C 細節題。根據文章第4段4,5行If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time “fighting” yourself, trying to force yourself into poses.可知如果我們在練習瑜伽以后感覺累了，那是因為我們強迫自己去做某個動作。故C正確。

4.D 推理題。本文主要講述的是瑜伽給我們的生活帶來了很多好處，無論是身體還是精神上都是好處多多。接下來應該是建議我們多練習瑜伽。故D正確。

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