This is Yoga (瑜伽) ！Experience this for yourself.
How do you feel when you leave a yoga class? Do you feel relaxed, full of energy, prepared and ready to face anything and everything? Do you feel better than when you walked in? If you have answered “No” to these questions then you are NOT doing yoga.
After walking out of the class, do you feel that you have been pushed through, that the class was hard，that you have less energy at the end of the class, that you have not got any energy, or that you are still tight and full of stress? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you are NOT doing yoga.
Are you forced (被迫) into positions (姿势) beyond what you can? Do you know why you are doing the actions in the “yoga” class you attend?
Satyananda Yoga Center teaches YOGA. We know and understand yoga and you. We teach yoga with this knowledge and understanding.
You are not forced into positions not suitable for you, or too early for you. You will leave Satyananda Yoga Center yoga classes feeling relaxed, free from stress, energized, and ready for whatever life brings to you.
With regular attendance and practice, the quality of your life improves with better health, and stress-free mind. Your family and friends will notice the difference. You will feel the difference for better. This is because you are doing yoga.
Yoga for Everyone!
.Yoga is a science. You are the scientist, and you are the one in the science of yoga.
New Saturday morning class from September — 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Asian American Cultural Center, 11713 Jollyville Road, Austin, Texas.
To sign up, call:2669862, or email: keepfitwithyoga@yahoo.com
1. At which time can people learn yoga according to this passage?
A. At 10:00 on Sunday in September.
B. At 22:00 on the first Saturday in October.
C. At 9:00 on Saturday in September.
D. On every Saturday afternoon in September.
2. The passage suggests but doesn’t tell directly (直接地)that ______________.
A. only Satyananda Yoga Center teaches yoga
B. there’s no better place to learn yoga than Satyananda Yoga Center
C. some yoga centers are not teaching yoga in the right way
D. you have to be a scientist before you take up yoga
3. Which is NOT true if people follow the right ways to do yoga?
A. In the class you will practise some positions.
B. You will feel very different after practising once.
C. You will feel new and fresh after practising yoga.
D. You will feel great if you keep on practising it for a few months.
Country | Soviet Union | The USA | China |
Date | 12 April, 1961 | 5 May, 1961 | 15 October, 2003 |
Astronaut | Yuri Gagarin | Alan Shepherd | Yang Liwei |
Age | 27 | 38 | 38 |
Spaceship | Vostok 1 | Mercury 3 | Shenzhou 5 |
Time | 1 hour 48 minutes | 15 minutes | 21 hours |
Height | 327 kilometers | 185 kilometers | 343 kilometers |
Circles around the Earth | 1 | 0 | 14 |
1.The form above shows us________.
A. three journeys into space
B. daily life of three famous people
C. differences between three spaceships
D. something about three famous astronauts
2. ________went into space first.
A. China B. The USA
C. Soviet Union D. The UK
3.The Chinese astronaut stayed in space for________.
A. 1 hour 48 minutes B. only 15 minutes
C. the shortest time D. the longest time
完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 （本大题共5分，每小题0.5分）
A good dictionary is an important tool. It will tell you not only what a word means but also how it is used. A dictionary needs to be printed again about every ten years. Languages develop and a good dictionary must show these new changes.
A new English dictionary will only tell you most people use the language today. It will not tell you what is right wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only people use a word, a dictionary will tell you this or not list it.
Every dictionary will tell you many interesting facts. If you type a word and the word is too long, look it up in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you to break a word. And they also show you how a word .
Every dictionary, of course, tells you what a word means. But some words, like “get” or “take”, may have lots of meanings. In some dictionaries, the main meanings are often listed first. In , the newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary, you should always the front part. This part explains how to use it.
Some dictionaries also show you where a word comes from. Do you know that the word “brand” (标记) comes from an old word? This old word means “to burn”. This is because hundreds of years ago people burned their names on tables or boats to show who them. They also burned their own names on their farm animals they would not be stolen.
Your dictionary also has a lot of other interesting facts in it. After you have learned to use a dictionary, it can become your best useful book.
1.A. how B. what C. why D. if
2.A. and B. or C. but D. not
3.A. a little B. many C. a few D. a lot of
4.A. neither B. nor C. both D. either
5.A. when B. where C. why D. which
6.A. speaks B. is spoke C. be spoken D. is spoken
7.A. another B. the other C. others D. other
8.A. see B. watch C. look D. read
9.A. builds B. makes C. built D. made
10.A. when B. in order to C. so that D. Before
---Excuse me, is this seat taken?
---_______ . That man got his books and left a few minutes ago.
A.I don’t think so. B. I’ m afraid so.
C. I don’t know. D. I hope not.
Could you tell me _______ there?
A. when the first bus will arrive at
B. when would the first bus arrive
C. when the first bus arrived at
D. when the first bus arrives
Jane’s mother preferred ________ TV at home to _______ to the concert.
A. to watch, go B. watching, going
C. watching, go D. to watch, go
