Question

You may have heard about the many benefits of yoga, but a recent New York Times story, has stirred up more than a little controversy in the yoga community.

"How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body," by science writer William J. Broad, quotes a long-time yoga teacher who "...has come to believe that 'the vast majority of people' should give up yoga altogether. It's simply too likely to cause harm." He goes on to describe a number of cases where people have been injured doing yoga, including himself.

The research in the article isn't groundbreaking: doing any form of exercise you could potentially hurt yourself. If you look at the injury rates of other physical activities, the number of injuries sustained from yoga would pale in comparison.

Practicing yoga is just like anything in life: You have to push yourself in order to grow. But you also have to know your limits and when you're breaking them. If you stick to your comfort zone, you'll never be able to increase your flexibility. If you push to the point where you're not only uncomfortable, but in real pain, you'll likely injure yourself.

The reasons that yoga causes "serious injury”, according to the Times story, range from students' physical weaknesses to inexperienced teachers pushing too hard to the growing number of inflexible "urbanites who sit in chairs all day" trying hard to twist themselves into difficult postures.

Yoga is called a "practice" for a reason. You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to tackle every pose. It doesn't matter if you can touch the floor with your palms during your first forward bend or your thousandth, or if you never get there.

We go to the mat to learn to better listen to what our bodies are telling us, and to better hear that quiet inner voice drowned out by the noise of our busy lives. It's a shame to discourage the majority of people from practicing yoga and missing out on all of the mind-body benefits that going to the mat has to offer.

1.The underlined word is best replaced by __.

A. Injure    B. Benefit    C. Push   D. Shape

2.What does author mainly want to tell us in the 3rd paragraph?

A. All physical activities are equally harmful.

B. Yoga causes much less injuries than other physical activities.

C. Similar researches have been done before.

D. Yoga, like any other form of exercise, can hurt people.

3.Which is not mentioned among the reasons for yoga being likely to cause injury?

A. Teachers lack the knowledge of students’ limits.

B. Modern lifestyle decreases our flexibility.

C. The body doesn’t tell when you are in real pain.

D. Students themselves might not be in good physical condition.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards practicing yoga?

A. It’s a shame not to practice yoga.

B. One should push the limits in order to be perfect.

C. The majority should give up yoga for it may cause harm.

D. One should enjoy the physical and mental benefit that yoga brings.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文提到正確對待練瑜伽會帶來的身體上的傷害。做任何運(yùn)動(dòng)都會受傷，而練瑜伽帶來的傷痛最小。原因有老師的也有學(xué)員自己的。但不能就此不練，練習(xí)瑜伽是要去享受瑜伽帶給緊張忙碌的現(xiàn)代人的那份傷心放松。

1.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二段后面的解釋可知：一個(gè)長期擔(dān)任瑜伽教練的人提到，大多數(shù)人應(yīng)該放棄練瑜伽，因?yàn)樗�太可能造成傷害了他本人也是傷痕累累。所以選A。

2.主題歸納題。根據(jù)第二段的意思（做任何形式的運(yùn)動(dòng)都可能造成傷害。如果你看一下體育運(yùn)動(dòng)受傷的比率，你會看到練瑜伽受傷的數(shù)量和其他相比顯得很蒼白。）可知：瑜伽運(yùn)動(dòng)造成的傷害比其他小。所以選B。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段的意思可知：重傷的原因有：老師經(jīng)驗(yàn)不足、學(xué)生的身體不足和現(xiàn)代人久坐的生活方式。所以C是最不可能的傷害。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段的意思可知：作者認(rèn)為練瑜伽是自己的身心。使大多數(shù)人不敢去練瑜伽是很可惜的。所以選D（享受瑜伽帶來的身心舒暢）。

考點(diǎn)：體育類閱讀。