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 facilities 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’s Yoga?	B．How I Do Yoga Poses
C．The Benefits of Yoga	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 consume energy in practicing yoga

B．they respond well to yoga poses

C．they spend too much time on yoga

D．they force themselves into yoga poses

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．Who may like yoga
C．Popularity of yoga all over the world.	D．Encouraging people to do yoga.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇介绍了瑜伽的好处，从身体上，精神上，心理上对我们都是有好处的，作者运用了一些数据和例子向我们证明了这一点。

1.主旨题：文章前两段是介绍瑜伽，后面三段的开头句：Yoga becomes part of your physical life. ，Yoga becomes part of your mental life. 和Yoga becomes part of your spiritual life.是从三个方面说明瑜伽的好处。选C

2.细节题：从第三段的句子：I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first vacation on which I lost weight.可知瑜伽可以减肥。选B

3.细节题：从第四段的句子：If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time “fighting” yourself, trying to force yourself into poses. 说明如果做瑜伽觉得累，是因为强迫自己做动作。选D

4.推理题：前文讲了瑜伽的好处，下面就是鼓励人们做瑜伽了。选D

考点：考查健康类短文

点评：本文集中考查了细节题，在解答这类问题时要求学生抓住题干文字信息，采用针对性方法进行阅读，因为这类题的答案在文章中可以直接找到。?