Question

Practicing yoga(瑜伽) is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have 1. of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, 2.(become) more and more popular among the local people.

In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is _ 3.(hard) to practice yoga in water than on land. But 4.(practice) yoga in water can be good for your flexibility (灵活性).

Harish Chaturvedi, a lawyer, 5. people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga, because the body does not get tired so 6. ( quick),” he said. “Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never 7. tired.”

“The level of Oxygen(氧气) is very high in water, and you will not have any trouble breathing,” he added.

Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from 8.(ill). He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are 9. in it and come to learn from him.

“Harish is very 10. at performing yoga in water,” said Sudhir Narayan, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”

Answer 1

1.heard

2.is becoming

3.harder

4.practicing

5.teaches

6.quickly

7.feel/be/get

8.illness

9.interested

10.good

【解析】

1.1】考察时态的运用和固定短语。短语 hear of “听说”在此句中 hear 应用现在完成时 have heard。

2.2】结合上下文分析。可知叙述的是现在正成为的一种情况，所以使用现在进行时。

3.3】根据It is 68 ______(hard) to practice yoga in water than on land..此句中有than 可知应使用hard的比较级harder。

4.4】考察动词ing修饰做主语。此句中But 69_______(practice) yoga in water can be good for your flexibility (灵活性).要填的做句子的主语，谓语是can be ，所以使用practicing 。

5.5】从上下文考虑。根据后面的for free 和本句—even the poor people can learn from him.可知是免费教人们水中瑜伽。

6.6】修饰谓语get tired 所以使用quick的副词 quickly。

7.7】根据句子结构应填的是动词原形构成一般将来时，且根据句意：每个人能学会游泳，但是如果能同时学瑜伽的话，他们不会感到累。feel/be/get tired “感到累”。

8.8】所填的词位于介词 from 的后面，所以用 ill 的名词形式 illness。

9.9】从上下文看，同时结合句子后面的并列成份and come to learn from him 可知 孩子们是感兴趣，所以用短语be interested in “对……感兴趣”。

10.10】从上下文可知Harish是擅长在水中表演瑜伽。

考点：说明类短文。