VII. Read the text then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill in the blanks. (5 pts)
Health and fitness are not just for young people. They are for anyone willing to accept the (1) ______ for a good diet and (2) ______ exercise. With age, there is a tendency to feel that the body is no longer able to (3) ______. Aches and pains are (4) ______ normal. Instead of pushing the body to do (5) ________, activities becomes limited. Yet examples after examples have shown us that older people can – and should – be (6) ______. Men and women in their sixties have run in marathons, race of more than twenty six miles. Some professional atheltes stay (7) ____ into their forties and fifties. For most people, simple activities like walking and swimming are all that is needed to stay in (8) _____. It’s important to include excercises in your daily routine. In the winter, you should (9) _____ push – ups, sit- ups and other indoor exercises. Of course, such exercises will be of little use (10) ____ you follow them with soda and chips.
1. A. disciplines B. ruling C. strictness D. regulation
2. A. regualar B. useful C. much D. little
3. A. run B. malfunction C. operate D. perform
4. A. believed B. thought C. made D. considered
5. A. weaker B. more C. greater D. faster
6. A. eager B. passive C. active D. bold
7. A. passive B. competitive C. equal D. comperative
8. A. need B. contact C. form D. shape
9. A. make B. get C. work D. do
10. A. although B. unless C. if D. otherwise
1.A
2.A
3.D
4.D
5.B
6.B
7.B
8.D
9.D
10.C
Health and fitness are not just for young people. They are for anyone willing to accept the (1) ______ for a good diet and (2) ______ exercise. With age, there is a tendency to feel that the body is no longer able to (3) ______. Aches and pains are (4) ______ normal. Instead of pushing the body to do (5) ________, activities becomes limited. Yet examples after examples have shown us that older people can – and should – be (6) ______. Men and women in their sixties have run in marathons, race of more than twenty six miles. Some professional atheltes stay (7) ____ into their forties and fifties. For most people, simple activities like walking and swimming are all that is needed to stay in (8) _____. It’s important to include excercises in your daily routine. In the winter, you should (9) _____ push – ups, sit- ups and other indoor exercises. Of course, such exercises will be of little use (10) ____ you follow them with soda and chips.
1. A. disciplines B. ruling C. strictness D. regulation
2. A. regular B. useful C. much D. little
3. A. run B. malfunction C. operate D. perform
4. A. believed B. thought C. made D. considered
5. A. weaker B. more C. greater D. faster
6. A. eager B. passive C. active D. bold
7. A. passive B. competitive C. equal D. comperative
8. A. need B. contact C. form D. shape
9. A. make B. get C. work D. do
10. A. although B. unless C. if D. otherwise