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improved vvithout the need for physical activity. No longer do we have to (3)
______for long swims or have (4 )_______workouts in the gym. It may seem
(5 )______ , but he says we can (6 )_______up our muscles simply by thinking
about exercise.
In Dr Yue’s research, volunteers imagined they were moving their little
fingers sideways, and found that the power of (7) ______ was enough to
increase strength in those íĩnger muscles. Then he asked volunteers to (8))
______ to themselves that they were moving their arm muscles in five
training sessions a week. Remarkably, these volunteers experienced a rapid
increeise in the strength of their arms.
But sports psychologists say that, while this research is (9) ______ ,
muscle strength is only one aspect of exercise, and we shouldn’t (1 0 )______
aerobic activity. We still need to (11) ______ after our hearts, by taking
exercise that (1 2 )______ our heart rate to 70 per cent of its maximum for 20
minutes, three times a week. It would be (1 3 )____ if people thought that
exercise was (1 4 )______ , and that they could (15) ____ ílt while slumped
on a sofa just thinking about exercise.
1. A. fascination B. appeal c. attraction D .interest
2. A. main B. extraordinary c. individual D. dear
3. A. go B .take c. stand D. get
4. A. íírm B. forceful c. strong D. hard
5. A. insincere B. doubtlul c. improbable D. unsure
6. A. develop B. grow c. spread D. build
7. A. idea B. mind c. thought D. brains
8 A. pretend B. persuade c. expect D. convince
9. A. Principal B. chief c. significant D. leading
10. A. throw away B. cut out c. look over D. switch off
11. A. look B.take c. care D. run
12. A. jumps B. climbs c. raises D. leaps
13. A. worrying B. anxious c. concerned D. panicking
14. A. helpless B. incapable c. minor D. useless
15. A. make B. have c. keep D. put
21. SPOILT FOR CHOICE
Some research which was recently carried out in Britain has coníirmed
what many ordinary shoppers have suspected for quite a long time. Having a
(1 )______ selection of goods to choose from is not necessarily a (2 )_______to
consumers. The average supermarket in Britain has around 40,000 ditĩerent
Products on sale at any one tim e and if you’re (3) ______ of bu3Õng a car,
then there are actually around 1,600 diíTerent (4 )______ on the market.
In one sense, choice is a good thing because it (5 )______ us to buy those
Products which best suit our needs. But choice can also (6 )______ something
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