careless about our diets, our bodies soon become loose and fatty and our systems slow moving.

________I am thinking of such features of modern city life as pollution, noise, rushed meals and stress. But keeping fit is a way to reduce the effects of these evils. The usual suggestion to a person who is looking for a way to keep fit is to take up some sport or other. While it is true that every weekend you will find people playing football and hockey in the local park, they are outnumbered a hundred to one by the people who are simply watching them.

For those who do not particularly enjoy competitive sports—________—there are such separate activities as cycling, walking, jogging and swimming. What often happens though is that you do them in such a leisurely way, so slowly, that it is doubtful if you are doing yourself much good, except for the fact that you have at least managed to get up out of your armchair.

Even after you have found a way for keeping in shape, through sport or gymnastics, ________, because, according to the experts, you must also master the art of complete mental and physical relaxation. ________Yoga, as practiced in the West, is the most widely known and popular of the systems for achieving the necessary state of relaxation. It seems ironical (讽刺性的), though, that as our lives have improved in a material sense we have found it increasingly necessary to go back to forms of activity—________—which were the natural way of life of our forefathers.

A. be active and practise Yoga

B. There are some aspects of our unhealthy lives that we cannot avoid.

C. and it is especially difficult to do so if you are not good at them

D. physical effort on the one hand and relaxation on the other

E. they spent most of the time out of doors

F. you are still only half way to good health

G. It has to do with deep breathing, emptying your mind of all thoughts, meditation, and so on.【答案】B；C；F；G；D

【解析】文章大意：这是一篇说明文。主要讲述作者针对如何保持身体健康这一问题给出了一些建议。

（1）考查上下文的语境理解。由I am thinking of such features of modern city life as pollution, noise, rushed meals and stress. But keeping fit is a way to reduce the effects of these evils.可知这里意思是我们不健康的生活中，有些方面是无法避免的，故答案选B。

（2）考查上下文的语境理解。由For those who do not particularly enjoy competitive sports —以及— there are such separate activities as cycling, walking, jogging and swimming.可知如果你不擅长它们，做这些运动将特别困难，故答案选C。

（3）考查上下文的语境理解。由because, according to the experts, you must also master the art of complete mental and physical relaxation.可知这里意思是你仍然在身体健康的半路上，故答案选F。

（4）考查上下文的语境理解。Yoga, as practiced in the West, is the most widely known and popular of the systems for achieving the necessary state of relaxation. 这里提到了怎么做瑜伽，故答案选G。

（5）考查上下文的语境理解。由It seems ironical (讽刺性的), though, that as our lives have improved in a material sense we have found it increasingly necessary to go back to forms of activity —以及— which were the natural way of life of our forefathers. 可知这里意思是一方面