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Unit 3 sports and fitness 学科素养提升练
学号:__________姓名:______________ 得分:_____________
一:根据汉语意思写出单词的正确形式。(每个1分,共10分)
1.J________ is a good way to exercise for a heart patient.
2..She tried to be more p________ (乐观的) about her new job.
3.The dog was running behind its m________ (主人).
4.My architectural goal is to create g ________ (优雅的), ample, and friendly architecture.
5.Yuri shows great d________ (决心) to learn Chinese well.
6.The McNay was disappointing c_________(对比)with the house.
7.The soldier's brave deeds brought him honor and i ________ (赞美).
8.Two players are out of the team because of ________ (伤).
9.Bob was out of sorts all morning, thinking about the f ________ (失败的事) of the experiment.
10. Since the purpose of this e______________(比赛项目) is to help more people learn about the traditional Chinese culture, all the students are welcome to take part.
二. 阅读理解。(每个2.5分)
Jackie Rodriguez put on a lot of weight after her first child was born.Then, when her daughter was two, she dropped all the weight with practically no effort.“I wasn't using any fat burners or shakes ... nothing,” she says.
The change had nothing to do with what Rodriguez ate.Rather, it began when she started a new job that shook up her daily routine (常规). Working in the office of a DJ company near her apartment, she started her work at 5:30 p.m.Instead of sharing dinner with her husband at nine, she ate alone at five and went to work.
Night work often leads to weight gain, so Rodriguez's story might seem to be a quirk.But unlike many such workers Rodriguez clocked out by 11 p.m.and got a regular night's sleep.Perhaps even more important, she didn't eat at work or when she got home — just showered and went to bed.
Her main change was moving dinnertime almost four hours earlier.That single, simple change seems to have caused Rodriguez's weight loss — and scientific research may explain why.
In labs around the world, researchers are developing a completely new understanding of how our bodies wo