Question

What was your favorite sport during your childhood? Maybe running around the playground or jumping rope for hours would bring you pleasure. At that time you weren’t thinking of health, you were just thinking of entertainment(娱乐). But in this age of high-tech home equipment, the simple joy of jumping rope has been forgotten. I think rediscovering it probably will give you a total-body exercise.

Although considered an excellent form of exercise, jumping rope has never been widely accepted because of two reasons. First, most people consider jumping rope to be an excellent form of cardiovascular (心血管的) exercise, but they also believe that it is simply too difficult. In other words, they don’t think they’ll be able to continue jumping for the near 20 minutes in order to achieve a beneficial physical effect. Second, many people regard it as a little boring and overly repetitive —not as something fun or enjoyable.

As a matter of fact, jumping rope can be great fun as long as you find proper ways to practice it. Instead of doing the usual two-foot bounce(跳) over and over again, players good at rope-jumping often change their pattern every 10 or 20 jumps. A single bounce, a double –bounce, a skip, a knee-up, side swings, as well as a variety of other easy-to-learn free-style rope-jumping .

Nowadays researchers are discovering that jumping rope also prepares the brain for learning. It is an exercise allowing both brain hemispheres（半球）to perform equally to each other . In a word, jumping rope can be a life-long activity requiring little equipment, time and space, yet leading to a much healthier life.

1.One reason that can explain why rope jumping has not spread widely is that_____.

A. it is believed to be boring and repetitive

B. it is too difficult for people to learn to jump

C. it benefits the cardiovascular system

D. it requires little equipment, time and space

2.The first sentence in Paragraph 3 implies that in rope jumping .

A. there is only one proper way to follow

B. the usual way should not be used again

C. the easiest way is always the best one

D. there are different kinds of ways to follow

3.According to the researchers, jumping rope .

A. only prepares the brain for learning

B. is suitable for students only

C. helps both brain hemispheres work together

D. can be dangerous for old people

4.What is the author’s attitude towards rope jumping?

A. He strongly argues against it.

B. He is sitting on the fence of it .

C. He is for it.

D. He knows little about it .

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了跳绳没有广泛流传的原因以及作者认为跳绳是一项非常有益于身心的运动。

1. many people regard it as a little boring and overly repetitive —not as something fun or enjoyable.可知跳绳没有广泛地流传，其中的一个原因就是它被认为很枯燥和重复。

2.】D推断题。根据Instead of doing the usual two-foot bounce(跳) over and over again, players good at rope-jumping often change their pattern every 10 or 20 jumps. A single bounce, a double –bounce, a skip, a knee-up, side swings, as well as a variety of other easy-to-learn free-style rope-jumping .第三自然段的第一个句子暗示了有不同方法的跳绳。

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