There are two kinds of physical activity which require special training. The first demands exact, careful movements of the muscles（肌肉）.This kind of activity must be strictly controlled because even a slight movement in the wrong direction will lead to a mistake. To type quickly, for example, a person needs training; the slightest movement of a finger in the wrong direction may cause a spelling mistake. A dancer who has to dance on the point of her shoes or turn around on one foot must be trained for a long period of time before she can sense her own center and balance herself. You may have seen a girl walking on a rope across an empty space, which, too, requires a lot of practice.
The second kind of physical activity needs greater strength or extra effort. Most of us get tired if we try to run half a mile without stopping, but a specially-trained person can do this without much effort. Three years ago, some scientists carried out experiments, which produced meaningful and unexpected results. They wanted to find out whether a certain amount of physical exercise would injure those suffering from heart problems. They selected some male patients and trained them in continuous bicycle riding. They were surprised to find that the harmful effect of a given amount of physical effort was actually less on the hearts of these trained patients than on those of the patients who were not similarly trained. This is important because it shows that regular physical exercise enables us to make better use of the oxygen we breathe in and that this training, in fact, reduces the amount of work our hearts do. Many tasks which are hard for untrained people are not hard at all for trained people.
小題1:.  The first kind of physical activity must be strictly controlled because ______.
A．a(chǎn) mistake in the wrong direction is dangerous to the fingers
B．a(chǎn) wrong movement in a direction will cause no mistakes
C．a(chǎn) movement in the wrong direction will cause a mistake
D．a(chǎn) slight movement of a finger will lead to a mistake
小題2:.            
What must a dancer do before she can balance herself?
A．she must dance on the point of her shoesB．she must receive long-time training
C．she must turn around on one footD．she must perform again and again
小題3:.            
The experiments done by some scientists showed that __________.
A．some male patients were asked to ride bicycles regularly in the experimentsB．the physical exercise had more harmful effect on the hearts of the untrained patients
C．the physical exercise was harmless to the male patients with heart trouble
D．the physical exercise could be helpful for the patients to take in more oxygen
小題4:. What would be the best title for this text?
A．Training Our BodiesB．Physical Activities
C．Movement TrainingD．Extra Body Effort

小題1:.C
小題1:.B
小題1:.B
小題1:.A
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