Many people run for exercise. But what will you do if you are not a “born” runner or jogger (慢跑者)? You may still want a kind of exercise that’s inexpensive and easy to do. Why not try walking?
Walking requires no special equipment (装备). It is a kind of exercise that almost any normal, healthy person can do. Walking is good for your health like jogging or running; it will just take longer. Jogging and running make your heart work harder than walking. They also put more stress on your legs and feet than walking does.
The problem with walking is that most people don’t take it seriously. But there’s a big difference between serious walking and the walking that most of us do. Walking, like jogging, should have a steady and continuous motion (稳健而持续的动作).
If you want to get your exercise by walking, you need to have your own walking plan. After all, runners and joggers set goals for themselves. Walkers need goals, too. You also need to set a course to walk. Start by walking about 15-30 minutes a day. Increase your time and distance (距离) slowly. And try increasing your walking speed little by little.
If you prefer to jog or run, follow the same advice. Start off slowly. Spend most of the first few days just walking. Then, start walking and running on the same day. Run or jog a short distance, then walk for a while, then, run, then walk. Follow that pattern for 15-30 minutes a day. Slowly make each run longer and each walk shorter. Later on, you can increase your distance, speed and exercise time.
任务一1. 将划线短语 a “born” runner 译为汉语。
任务二 2.列举两条Jogging和running对身体部位的影响。
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任务三 3.回答问题。What’s the problem with walking?
任务四 4.选出作者关于步行健身的两种建议，将字母代号填写在答题卡上。
A. Have a walking plan.
B. Walk fast at the beginning.
C. Start by walking an hour a day.
D. Increase distance and speed little by little.
1． 2．
任务五5. 找出最后一段的主题句。
选择恰当的单词填空。每词限用一次。（有两个多余的选项）
exactly, disappeared , hundreds, example, protect, when, longest, of, symbol, wide, northwest, build |
The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. With a history of more than 2,000 years, some parts of the Great Wall have 1. . It is, however, still a very popular place of interest.
It is the 2. wall ever built. It’s from Shanhaiguan on the east coast to Gansu Province in the 3. of China. It is about 8 meters high. The top is 8 meters 4. and it gets even wider towards the bottom where it is 15 meters. It is made 5. stone and brick. The top is hard enough for men on horseback to ride on. The wall was built by hand and it took 6. of years to finish.
No one knows 7. when the building of the Great Wall was started. It is believed that the wall was built to 8. parts of the country during the Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Qin Shihuang joined the separate walls built by the Qin, Yan and Zhao Kingdoms. The wall was not only for protection in the north, it was also a 9. of China’s ancient civilization (文明).
Today, many of the visitors go to see the wall. 10. they stand on top of a tower and look down on this wall, they can’t help (禁不住) saying “Wow, that’s fantastic!”
根据句意和所给汉语，完成句子。每空一词。
1.In the USA, people eat with (刀) and forks.
2.I left my book at home. May I borrow (你的)?
3.You must look at the traffic lights before you go (穿过) the road.
4.It rained (大) on my way home yesterday afternoon.
5.The (越早) kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future.
用所给词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。
pass, provide, review, bring, celebrate |
1.The hotel always good service for tourists.
2.Tea to western countries in the 19th century.
3.All of us the exam. How happy we are!
4.Mike his grandpa’s birthday next Sunday.
5.Could you please turn down the TV? Your brother his lessons.
A science fiction flying car looks like a normal car, but it is an aircraft (飞行器) that anybody can fly directly from any place to another without using roads or runways. Science fiction writers have written about flying cars for a long time. But now flying cars will soon fly out of the world of science fiction into our real world. And the dream of the science fiction writers will soon come true.
The first-known sky car is the FSC-1. The FSC-1 looks like an expensive sports car. You can drive the FSC-1 on the road like a normal car. If you touch a button, its wings and propeller (螺旋桨) fold out and then it can take off, fly and land as an airplane. The owners of the FSC-1 can choose if they want to drive or fly.
Another flying car or sky car is the Moller Skycar M400. Although you can’t drive it on the roads, it is small and easy to fly and can take off and land like a helicopter (直升飞机). Urban Aeronautics’ X-Hawk is another type of sky car. It is expected to be available for about $3 million.
Just like any new technology, flying cars have taken a long time to be developed. But some experts think the technology is far from what people imagine when they are sitting in traffic. It still needs to be improved.
1.______ kinds of flying cars are mentioned in the passage.
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
2.The writer thinks that flying cars will be no longer a dream because ______.
A. science fiction writers’ ideas are stupid
B. they are too expensive to make
C. they will soon be available
D. they are only in science fiction
3.The FSC-1 can ______.
A. change itself into a robot
B. move on water like a ship
C. be flown only like an airplane
D. be driven like a car and flown like an airplane
4.The Moller Skycar is different from the FSC-1 because ______.
A. it can’t fly
B. it can’t be driven like a car
C. it is difficult to land
D. it is much more expensive
5.Some experts think the technology of flying cars is ______.
A. normal B. traditional
C. not good enough D. strange
“I will think of it.” It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking?
Sir Isaac Newton was sitting in his garden when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.
A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire, watching the lid of the kettle move up and down. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking. And when he became a man, he improved the steam engine (蒸汽机) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses.
James Ferguson was a poor boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he wondered. “Why should I not make a watch?” But how could he get the materials to make the mainspring (钟表的主发条)? He soon found he could make it with whalebone (鲸骨). He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. His motto (座右铭) was “I will think of it.” And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.
Boys and girls, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don’t lose heart, and don’t ask someone for help before helping yourselves. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.
1.From the passage, we know that some great things come from ______.
A. listening B. reading
C. speaking D. thinking
2.The idea of Isaac Newton’s discovery was from ______.
A. the falling of an apple
B. the cleaning of a garden
C. the falling of a tree
D. the moving of a lid
3.The achievement of James Watt was that he ______.
A. kept thinking
B. found the steam in the kettle
C. improved the steam engine much
D. watched the lid move up and down
4.The right order of the following sentences is ______.
① James Ferguson made a wooden clock.
② James Ferguson saw the inside of a watch.
③ James Ferguson made the mainspring with whalebone.
A. ③ ② ① B. ② ③ ①
C. ② ① ③ D. ③ ① ②
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Learn to ask for help.
B. A difficult lesson to learn.
C. It is easy to say “I will think of it.”
D. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.
