Exercises

1 A short story:

These days obesity and overweight are very common. People struggle to lose their weight and

are often bullied and face body shaming due to their shape. Once I was one of those people who

fear to lose weight and thought I could never become fit from fat. It is also a trend that in order to

lose weight one must join a fitness center or gym. But I have lost about 15kgs of weight without

going to the gym. My secret of this transformation lies in exercising, following a proper nutritious

diet as well as good habits.

My fitness methods included working out regularly. I majorly focused on jogging, swimming,

rope skipping, doing yoga and so on. Jogging is the most effective and efficient exercise for

building up my body and being full of energy. Exercising brings us health as well as relaxation

and pleasure. Much stress and negative emotions can be drained away by doing exercises.

Keeping a balanced diet also plays an important role. I ate calcium and protein-rich foods to

keep healthy. I also ate fruits on the first day and vegetables, on the second and third day was a

mix of both nutritious vegetables and fruits. This cycle was repeated every three days

continuously except for Sundays when I was allowed to eat other tasty food items.

Developing a good habit of sleeping is also essential to my life, which ensures me a healthy

body and a good mood. Having a good rest is the basic, so that I can have enough strength in the

whole day. Otherwise, I can do nothing if I were sleepy. Therefore, remember to sleep and get up

early. As the old saying goes, early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

In short, healthy living habits are beneficial.

Task 1: State my ways of keeping healthy.

Task 2: Find the key vocabulary in this story related to health.

Words and Expressions:

benefit

balance

delicious

comfortable

appropriate

energy

digest

overweight

tasty

jog health

nutrition

harmful

appetite

recover

snack

strength

supply

unhealthy

vitamin

keep a balanced diet

take exercise

be full of energy

lose weight

build up one's body

develop a habit of

suffer from

keep fit /healthy

work out regularly

put on weight

2 Exercises:

1.If you just spend time ________ (balance) advantages and disadvantages, you may

get nothing in the end.(1 point)

2.Keeping good mood and doing some exercise are _________ (benefit) to one’s

health.(1 point)

3.___________ (combine) with that big company, the small firm becomes more

competitive.(1 point)

4.He went to the town__________ (consult) his doctor about his illness(1 point).

5.Protein is the basic _________ (nutritious) for life.(1 point)

6. Running is cheap, easy and it’s always (energy). ( 2018全国卷I )(2points)

7.To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces, do exercises to (strength)

your leg muscles, avoid hills and get good running shoes. ( 2018全国卷I )(2points)

8. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which ( gradual)

turned into chopsticks.( 2016全国卷III )(2points)

9. Fast food is full of fat and salt, by (eat) more fast food people will get

more salt and fat than they need in their diet. ( 2017全国卷I )(2points)

10. Recent studies show that we are far more productive at work if we take short

breaks . ( regular ) ( 2016全国卷II )(2points)

Mini-writing:

1.毫无疑问，每个人都想拥有健康。

2.以下是保持健康的几条建议。

3.首先，我们最应该做的是保持均衡的饮食。

4.此外，有规律地锻炼也是一个很好的选择。

5.最后，养成一个好的生活习惯有利于身体健康。