阅读理解Rememberhowgreatexercisewaswhenyouwerealittlekid?Backthenracingaroundtheplaygroundorskippingropeforhoursyouweren'tthinkingfitnessyouwerethinkingentertainment.Butinthisageofhigh-techhome
阅读理解
Rememberhowgreatexercisewaswhenyouwerealittlekid?Backthenracingaroundthe
playgroundorskippingropeforhoursyouweren'tthinkingfitnessyouwerethinkingentertainment.
Butinthisageofhigh-techhomeequipmentandunderusedgymmembershipsthesimplejoyof
jumpingropehasbeenforgotten.Rediscoveringitwillgiveyouatotal-bodyexerciseyoucanfind.
Althoughconsideredanexcellent formofexercisejumpingrope has nevergainedwidespread
acceptancebecauseoftwofundamentalreasons.Firstmostpeoplerecognizejumpingropeasan
excellentformofcardiovascular(心血管的)exercisebuttheyalsobelievethatitissimplytoo
difficult.Inotherwordstheydon'tthinkthey'llbeabletocontinuejumpingforthenear20minutes
thatittakestoachieveabeneficialphysicaloutcome.Secondmanyviewitassomewhatboringand
overlyrepetitive-notassomethingfunorenjoyable.
Asamatteroffactjumpingropecanbegreatfunifyoufindaproperwaytopracticeit.Instead
ofdoingtheusualtwo-footbounceoverandoveragainpeoplegoodatrope-jumpingoftenchange
theirpatternevery10or20jumps.Asinglebounceadouble-bounceaskipaknee-upsideswings
aswellasavarietyofothereasy-to-learnfree-stylerope-jumping.
Nowresearchersarelearningthatjumpingropealsopreparesthebrainforlearning.Itisanexercise
allowingbothbrainhemispherestoperforminparalleltoeachother.Inshortjumpingropecanbea
life-longactivityrequiringlittleequipmenttimeandspaceyetleadingtoamuchhealthierlife.
1.Fromthefirstparagraphwelearnthat________.
A.jumpingropehasfadedfrompeople'smemories
B.peoplenowhavemoreadvancedequipment
C.racingaroundtheplaygroundwaspreferred
D.peoplenowliketohaveexerciseinagym
2.Ropejumpinghasnotspreadwidelybecause________.
A.itbenefitsthecardiovascularsystem
B.itisneithereasynorenjoyable
C.itisconsideredboringandrepetitive
D.itrequireslittleequipmenttimeandspace
3.Thefirst