Remember how great exercise was when you were a little kid? Back then, racing around the playground or skipping rope for hours, you weren’t thinking fitness, you were thinking entertainment. But in this age of high-tech home equipment and underused gym memberships, the simple joy of jumping rope has been forgotten, Rediscovering it will give you a total-body exercise you can find.
Although considered an excellent form of exercise, jumping rope has never gained widespread acceptance because of two fundamental reasons. First, most people recognize jumping rope as an excellent form of cardiovascular(心血管的)exercise, but they also believe that it is simply too difficult. In other words, they don’t think they’ll be able to continue jumping for the near 20 minutes that it takes to achieve a beneficial physical outcome. Second, many view it as somewhat boring and overly repetitive not as something fun or enjoyable.
As a matter of fact, jumping rope can be great fun if you find a proper way to practice it. Instead of doing the usual two-foot bounce over and over again, people good at rope-jumping often change their pattern every 10 or 20 jumps. A single bounce, a double-bounce, a skip, a knee-up, side swings, as well as a variety of other easy-to-learn free-style rope-jumping.
Now researchers are learning that jumping rope also prepares the brain for learning. It is an exercise allowing both brain hemispheres to perform in parallel to each other. In short, jumping rope can be a life-long activity requiring little equipment, time and space, yet leading to a much healthier life.
61. From the first paragraph we learn that_________.
A. jumping rope has faded from people’s memories
B. people now have more advanced equipment
C. racing around the playground was preferred
D. people now like to have exercise in a gym
62.Rope jumping has not spread widely because_________.
A. it benefits the cardiovascular system
B. it is neither easy nor enjoyable
C. it is considered boring and repetitive
D. it requires little equipment, time and space
63.The first sentence in the 3rd paragraph implies_________.
A. there is only one proper way to follow
B. the usual way should not be used
C. the easiest way is always the best
D. there are many ways to follow
64.According to the researchers, jumping rope_________.
A. only prepares the brain for learning
B. is suitable for students only
C. helps both brain hemispheres work together
D. can be dangerous for old people
65.What is the author’s attitude towards rope jumping?
A. He is arguing against it
B. He is in favor of it
C. He is sitting on the fence of it
D. He is not clear about it
61---65  ABDCB
文章大意:本文介紹了跳繩的許多好處,并分析了跳繩運動得不到推廣的原因
61.A考查細節(jié)理解。由本文第一段倒數(shù)第二句”But in this age of high-tech home equipment and underused gym memberships, the simple joy of jumping rope has been forgotten”可知跳繩已經(jīng)慢慢地從人們的記憶中淡去。
62.B考查細節(jié)理解。由第二段中”it is simple to difficult”和”not as something fun or enjoyable” 可知答案選B。
63.D考查細節(jié)理解。由第三段中可知跳繩的花樣很多,你可以tow foot bounce,A single bounce, a skip, a knee-up, side swings,可知有許多方式可以跳.
64.C考查細節(jié)理解題。由第四段中”It is an exercise allowing both brain hemispheres to perform in parallel to each other.”可知:可以使兩個大腦半球同時工作。
65.B考查主旨大意。從作者介紹跳繩的好處可以看出作者支持跳繩運動。
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