Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will be working out in 2010.
In these belt-tightening times 1 , cost-conscious workouts(锻炼)at home and at the gym topped the list of fitness trends for this year in a survey, followed 2 by shorter, more time-efficient regimens, such as 3 boot camp(强力集中训练) and circuit training.
"People are looking 4 for ways to accomplish as much as possible with as little 5 time and money as necessary," said Cedric X. Bryant, chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise (ACE), which conducted the online poll of fitness professionals.
"Last year money was on the list but this 6 year the majority of the respondents put 7 it as one of the top," he added.
Bryant said some 600 ACE-certified fitness 8 professionals responded to the annual poll 9 , which the non-profit organization has been conducting for a decade.
Other money-saving measures 10 , such as the shift from personal training sessions to small group training 11 classes and in-home workouts 12 using smaller, more portable equipment, also made the list.
"Personal trainers are seeing they've got to respond to market needs 13 . Working with two to four clients at a 14 time they can charge less 15 but still get their hourly fee," Bryant said.
Boot-camp workouts and circuit training, both of which burn 16 calories while building strength and endurance(持久性), will be among the most popular trends in 2010, as time-constrained(受压制的) consumers 17 seek shorter, more intense activities.
One bright spot is the rise of exergaming-type systems, like Nintendo's Wii Sports, Wii Fit and the PC-based Dancetown. Bryant says the fitness-based video games are turning up 18 in health clubs and senior centers.
Functional training workouts, which are geared to improving the quality of life and the ability to perform everyday tasks, will remain strong 19 , and the use of computerized tracking and online training and scheduling tools will increase 20 in the coming year.
( ) 1. A. times B. years C. centuries D. societies
( ) 2. A. caught B. followed C. covered D. conducted
( ) 3. A. such like B. in other words C. such as D. that is to say
( ) 4. A. taking B. developing C. opening D. looking
( ) 5. A. little B. much C. many D. few
( ) 6. A. that B. next C. this D. previous
( ) 7. A. manage B. put C. try D. organize
( ) 8. A. medicine B. train C. economy D. fitness
( ) 9. A. poll B. conference C. observation D. reception
( ) 10. A. measures B. procedures C. policies D. systems
( ) 11. A. speaking B. training C. exercising D. processing
( ) 12. A. work B. workouts C. rest D. race
( ) 13. A. changes B. prices C. needs D. habits
( ) 14. A. some B. no C. any D. a
( ) 15. A. less B. fewer C. more D. much
( ) 16. A. produce B. burn C. cut D. add
( ) 17. A. professionals B. students C. consumers D. trainers
( ) 18. A. turning up B. turning down C. turning around D. turning out
( ) 19. A. weak B. useful C. strong D. possible
( ) 20. A. decrease B. appear C. increase D. want
Would you like a burger or fried chicken for lunch? No Way! Please pass me the salad36 .
Hi, my name is Morgan Jacobs, and I decided to be a vegetarian 37 I love all animals.I have read and seen pictures of 38 happens toanimals that are raised for their meat.It makes me so 39 .Baby cows and chickens live their 40 lives in places that are too small for them.They have no 41 to move about.This is so42 .They suffer and do not get to
43 their lives.
I don't like other animals that also only live to be 44 by people while they are alive and the 45 they are killed.I feel sorry for them.
The best thing 46 being a vegetarian is all the tasty and healthy foods I eat.Vegetables and fruits are healthy for your body.47 , 1 think they taste better than meat.Oranges have vitamin C.I love the 48 of watermelon, peaches, and strawberries.Green vegetables 49me feel strong.I enjoy drinking lots of soymilk to 50 my bones calcium(钙).
I have a life threatening allergy(过敏)to nuts, seeds, and peanuts, 51 I eat soy butter to get my protein!
I 52 in being kind and loving to people and animals, being good to the earth, and 53 life, including animals!
54 is known to all, animals are our friends.We should live in 55 with the animals.If we destroyed the animals, we would destroy ourselves.
A.too B.also C.either D.instead
A.because B.unless C.whether D.while
A.that B.which C.what D.how
A.excited B.sad C.glad D.happy
A.short B.long C.colorful D.useful
A.time B.room C.need D.problem
A.cruel B.interesting C.necessary D.probable
A.like B.hate C.enjoy D.love
A.played B.eaten C.looked D.fed
A.style B.road C.way D.type
A.in B.at C.to D.about
A.Besides B.However C.Otherwise D.Therefore
A.smell B.color C.size D.taste
A.force B.make C.cause D.get
A.leave B.take C.bring D.give
A.so B.but C.yet D.or
A.believe B.think C.consider D.imagine
A.inspecting B.respecting C.expecting D.inspiring
A.It B.What C.As D.Which
A.harmony B.memory C.terms D.search
Mother’s Day was coming,but John had been visiting customers.He was now in a small town just outside a flower shop and he knew what to do.
He went into the shop and saw a young man36 the clerk to sell him some roses for six dollars,but the clerk just explained that roses were 37 and that his money was not enough. The clerk looked up at John, 38 her head.Something inside of John was 39 by the boy’ s voice.John had been 40 with his business,so he looked at the clerk and41 mouthed that he would pay for the roses.
The clerk told the young man to get the roses for six dollars. The young man almost jumped into the 42 and ran from the store with the 43 .It was 44 the extra dollars just to see that kind ofexcitement.
John ordered his own flowers and made sure that the 45 would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her.He drove away from the shop,feeling very 46 .He caught a traffic light about two blocks away. 47 hewaited at the light,he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk.He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates.Suddenly,he 48 that it wasn’t a park but a cemetery(公墓).
Soon, The light 49,and John slowly crossed the intersection.He 50 and on an impuise(冲动)got out and began to follow the boy.The young man stopped by a small monument and went to his 51 . He began to cry after he carefully 52 the roses on the grave.He stared at the little boy’s heaving body and listened to his crying.
John turned with53 _,and walked back to his car.He drove 54 to the shop and told the clerk he wouldtake the flowers 55 .He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her.
A.begging B.ordering C.forcing D.urging
A.cheap B.worthwhile C.expensive D.special
A.shaking B.waving C.nodding D.holding
A.sensed B.touched C.hurt D.lightened
A.influenced B.ruined C.buried D.blessed
A.loudly B.silently C.gently D.calmly
A.river B.air C.lake D.hole
A.money B.basket C.flowers D.cards
A.worth B.cost C.saved D.wasted
A.delivery B.message C.transportation D.export
A.inspired B.disappointed C.good D.relaxed
A.Before B.As C.Since D.After
A.remembered B.found C.discovered D.realized
A.flashed B.changed C.disappeared D.shone
A.drove back B.pulled over C.broke down D.settled down
A.arms B.palms C.feet D.knees
A.laid B.removed C.set D.decorated
A.laughter B.astonishment C.tears D.happiness
A.slowly B.quickly C.carefully D.excitedly
A.in turn B.in return C.in future D.in person
I’ll never forget my first daughter, who died too early from a bad accident. During those years, life was 36 . One Christmas I found my 3-year-old daughter 37 with a roll of golden wrapping paper. I had bought the paper to finish a rather important project. So I became 38 and scolded her loudly, “You are not good. And you are 39 your father’s money. You don’t know how hard your parents are working.” She was 40 and cried bitterly, running away.
41 , she brought a gift, a golden 42 made of golden wrapping paper to me the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.” I was 43 of my earlier hurting words, but my anger rose again when I found out the box was 44 . I shouted at her, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside?” She 45 at me with tears in her eyes and cried, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew 46 into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”
I was completely 47 . I put my arms around her and begged for her 48 . A year later, a serious 49 took the life of my daughter. I was so sad that I 50in bed for three days and three nights, saying nothing with tears rolling down my cheek. From then on, I hated cars and kept the golden box by my bed for many years. Whenever I was 51 , I would take out an imaginary kiss and 52 the love of my daughter who had put it there.
In a very real 53 , each one of us, as humans beings, has been given a golden container 54 with unconditional love and kisses ... from our children, family members, friends, and God. There are 55 no other possessions that anyone could hold more precious than this.
A.nice B.hard C.instructive D.dull
A.tearing B.littering C.cutting D.busy
A.disappointed B.curious C.angry D.anxious
A.using B.spending C.sparing D.wasting
A.confused B.frightened C.amazed D.calm
A.Therefore B.However C.Thus D.Though
A.box B.tie C.car D.pen
A.scared B.happy C.ashamed D.satisfied
A.full B.broken C.cheap D.empty
A.looked around B.looked away C.looked up D.looked down
A.kisses B.love C.hearts D.prays
A.glad B.touched C.upset D.confident
A.thanks B.gifts C.forgiveness D.explanation
A.event B.illness C.operation D.accident
A.lay B.stood C.knelt D.sat
A.lost B.hungry C.discouraged D.sick
A.realize B.remember C.recognize D.respond
A.way B.state C.direction D.sense
A.decorated B.filled C.covered D.linked
A.only B.naturally C.simply D.actually
Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 36 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 37 of animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 38. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 39 he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which 40 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 41 the night there, so that they could 42 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 43 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 44 he was. He turned over 45 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 46 that he was at the 47 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 48 quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 49. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 50 good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 51, because they didn’t want to 52 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 53 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 54 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 55 and started out.
A.busy B.spare C.enough D.limited
A.foods B.drawings C.paintings D.pictures
A.trips B.buses C.holidays D.mountains
A.after B.when C.until D.unless
A.led B.stuck C.got D.belonged
A.cost B.spent C.slept D.took
A.start B.begin C.walk D.step
A.telephone B.machine C.bell D.clock
A.where B.how C.who D.what
A.quickly B.sleepily C.quietly D.suddenly
A.imagined B.pronounced C.forgot D.remembered
A.mountain B.town C.farm D.station
A.dressed B.ordered C.eaten D.prepared
A.bathroom B.kitchen C.dining-room D.sitting-room
A.seemed B.felt C.tasted D.smelled
A.many B.soundly C.much D.highly
A.wake B.go C.put D.come
A.of B.with C.in D.by
A.that B.what C.after D.before
A.cover B.supply C.operator D.equipment
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In every cultivated language there are two greet classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words1 which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we 2 ,that is to say, from the 3 of our own family and from our familiar associates, and 4 we should know and use we could not read or write. They 5 the common things of life, and are the stock in trade of all who 6 the language. Such words may be called “popular”, since they belong to the people 7 and are not the exclusive of a limited class. On the other hand, our language 9 a multitude of words which are comparatively used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little 10 to use them at home or in the market-place. Our 11 acquaintance with them comes not from our mother's or from the talk of our school-mates, from books that we read, lectures that we 12 ,or the more 13 conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular 14 in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual of everyday life. Such words are called “learned”, and the 15 between them and the “popular” words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.
A.at B.with C.by D.through
A.study B.imitate C.stimulate D.learn
A.mates B.relatives C.members D.fellows
A.which B.that C.those D.ones
A.mind B.concern C.care D.involve
A.hire B.apply C.adopt D.use
A.in public B.at most C.at large D.at best
A.consists B.comprises C.constitutes D.composes
A.seldom B.much C.never D.often
A.prospect B.way C.reason D.necessity
A.primary B.first C.principal D.prior
A.hear of B.attend C.hear from D.listen
A.former B.formula C.formal D.formative
A.theme B.topic C.idea D.point
A.diversion B.distinction C.diversity D.similarity