Practicing yoga(瑜伽) is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.
In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility (靈活性).
Harish Chaturvedi, a lawyer, teaches people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga, because the body does not get tired so quickly,” he said. “Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired.”
“The level of Oxygen(氧氣) is very high in water, and you will not have any breathing problem,” he added.
Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to team from him.
“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water,” said Sudhir Narayan, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”
【小題1】What is Harish Chaturvedi?

A.A teacher. B.A lawyer.
C.A doctor. D.A swimmer.
【小題2】Why is water yoga more popular than others?
A. Because you can learn to swim at the same time. 
B. Because you don’t get tired so quickly.
C. Because it can keep people fat.
D. Both A and B.
【小題3】 The underlined phrase “for free” in the passage means _______.
A.快樂地 B.自由地
C.免費地 D.規(guī)律地
【小題4】There are more _______ than _______ in Harish’s yoga class.
A.children; adults B.a(chǎn)dults; childr
C.women; men D.olds; adults
【小題5】 What can be the best title of the passage?
A.Ways to keep fit B.Water yoga in India
C.Hot yoga in the world D.Harish Chaturvedi and his classes


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】B

解析試題分析:你也許聽說過瑜伽,也知道練習(xí)瑜伽的好處,但是你知道“水瑜伽”嗎?在印度,人們有了一種練習(xí)瑜伽的新方法:在水里練習(xí)。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Harish Chaturvedi, a lawyer, teaches people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. ” 可知他是一名律師。故選B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“because the body does not get tired so quickly,” he said. “Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired.”” 可知在水里做瑜伽不會很快感到疲勞,也能讓人學(xué)習(xí)游泳。故選 D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。窮人也可以跟著他學(xué)習(xí)瑜伽,因此這位律師教授別人是“免費的”。故選C。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) “He mainly trains children.” 可知他主要教小孩,因此孩子多于成年人。故選 A。
【小題5】主旨大意題。文章主要講了一名印度律師叫人們學(xué)習(xí)水瑜伽的事情。故選B。
考點:社科類閱讀。

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