AYoga（瑜伽）is a kind of sport. It is very popular around the world now. Everyone, young and old can do yoga. It’s good for both men and women. Why do people like yoga? There’s a short answer and a long answer to that question. The short answer is that yoga makes you feel better and makes you healthier in body, mind and spirit. There’s more about the answer if you are interested. Yoga began in India about 5,000 years ago. At that time, people wanted to be free, healthy and live a long life, so this kind of exercise was born. The early yoga was part of a religion (宗教). It was usually taught one to one—one teacher with one student. Yoga is an Indian word that means“to join together”. There are three parts of yoga altogether: exercise, breathing and meditation (沉思). In the past, people paid more attention to the spirit. The idea be­hind the exercise was to join the mind, body and spirit as one. Yoga can give you peace, help you feel relaxed, and have fewer worries and illnesses. 【小题】(1) What is yoga? A.n old Indian sport. B.A European game. C.A popular idea. 【小题】(2) Which of the following is true? A.Yoga is good only for women. B.Anyone can practise yoga. C.Yoga can bring the world peace. 【小题】(3) Why do people like yoga? A.Because it helps you work more quickly. B.ecause it is part of the real religion. C.Because it is good for one’s health. 【小题】(4) In the past one yoga teacher taught _______. A.only one student B.a class of many students C.men and women together 【小题】(5) The three parts of yoga are________. A.mind, body, and spirit B.exercise, breathing and thinking C.having peace, feeling relaxed, and being healthy B One day in 1999, a Chinese man was having lunch in a US restaurant. Suddenly, the word“Alibaba”came into his mind. He asked a waitress:“What do you know about Alibaba?”The woman answered:“Alibaba and the 40 thieves.”“Yes, this is the name!”the man replied.The man was Jack Ma (Ma Yun). Later that year, he founded Alibaba, which would become China’s largest e-commerce (电子商业) company. After 15 years, Alibaba went public–selling shares (股份) of a private company to new investors (投资者)–on Sept 19. The 50-year-old became Chinese mainland’s richest man with a fortune of 150 billion yuan. Few Chinese people saw the Internet business’ potential (潜力) when Ma started Alibaba.He got the nickname“Crazy Jack Ma”.However, the man believed that everyone should live their dream.“The most important thing is that we believed in our dream from day one, to today and tomorrow. Of course we made many mistakes, but we never gave up hope,”Ma said. Ma’s business is not only focused on e-commerce. Alibaba has a large stake (股份) in Sina Weibo and Youku Tudou. He’s also on the board of China’s most successful soccer club, Guangzhou Evergrande. Now, Ma is dreaming even bigger.“We have a dream. We hope in the next 15 years that the world changes because of us,”he said. 【小题】(6) What did the waitress know about Alibaba? A.She know it was a e-commerce company. B.She Knew nothing about it. C.She knew it was a clever man of a story Alibaba and the 40 thieves 【小题】(7) When was Ma Yun born? A.In 1999 B.In 2014 C.In 1964 【小题】(8) What does the underlined word“fortune”mean? A.命运 B.财富 C.成功 【小题】(9) What is the most important to success according to Ma Yun? A.Believing in his dream. B.Making some mistakes. C.Being crazy. 【小题】(10) Which of the following statements is TRUE? A.libaba has a large stake in Sina Weibo ,Youku, Tudou,Leshi. B.Guangzhou Evergrande is a soccer team founded by Alibaba. C.Alibaba hope that the world changes because of them in the next 15 years . CAre you still using text messages or QQ to chat with your family or friends? If your answer is“yes”, we have to say you are out. A new way of communicating called“WeChat”has been more and more popular in the past three years. WeChat is a mobile text and voice messaging communication service developed by Tencent in China, first released in January 2011. With WeChat, we can communicate with friends by sending text messages, voice messages, we can share our photos or videos, share our location, we can even chat with lots of friends at the same time. More important, it is free for the users. In May 2011, WeChat had four to five million users, and by the end of 2011, it had 50 million users. WeChat had more than 100 million users by March 2012. In April 2012, Weixin changes its name as WeChat for the international market. In September 2012, WeChat had more than 200 million users according to Tencent CEO, Ma Huateng. Today WeChat has influence not only in mainland China, HK, Taiwan, South-East Asia, but Chinese People areas around the world. In July 2013, Tencent announced WeChat had 70 million users outside China and Lionel Messi, the famous Argentine football player became the latest product ambassador of WeChat. In a word, WeChat is a lifestyle now. Do you WeChat today? 【小题】(11) According to the passage, we can do many things with WeChat EXCEPT ______. A.text messages B.share location C.shop for free 【小题】(12) The underline word“release”here means ________ in Chinese. A.发布 B.设置 C.释放 【小题】(13) How many users did WeChat have outside China in July 2013? A.70 million. B.50 million. C.100 million. 【小题】(14) Who is the CEO of Tencent? A.Lionel Messi. B.Ma Yun. C.Ma Huateng. 【小题】(15) Where do you probably read this message? A.National Geography. B.Trend & Health. C.New Science and Technology.

AYoga（瑜伽）is a kind of sport. It is very popular around the world now. Everyone, young and old can do yoga. It’s good for both men and women. Why do people like yoga? There’s a short answer and a long answer to that question. The short answer is that yoga makes you feel better and makes you healthier in body, mind and spirit. There’s more about the answer if you are interested. Yoga began in India about 5,000 years ago. At that time, people wanted to be free, healthy and live a long life, so this kind of exercise was born. The early yoga was part of a religion (宗教). It was usually taught one to one—one teacher with one student. Yoga is an Indian word that means“to join together”. There are three parts of yoga altogether: exercise, breathing and meditation (沉思). In the past, people paid more attention to the spirit. The idea be­hind the exercise was to join the mind, body and spirit as one. Yoga can give you peace, help you feel relaxed, and have fewer worries and illnesses. 【小题】(1) What is yoga?   A.n old Indian sport.  B.A European game.  C.A popular idea.   【小题】(2) Which of the following is true?   A.Yoga is good only for women.  B.Anyone can practise yoga.  C.Yoga can bring the world peace.   【小题】(3) Why do people like yoga?   A.Because it helps you work more quickly.  B.ecause it is part of the real religion.  C.Because it is good for one’s health.   【小题】(4) In the past one yoga teacher taught _______.   A.only one student  B.a class of many students  C.men and women together   【小题】(5) The three parts of yoga are________.   A.mind, body, and spirit  B.exercise, breathing and thinking  C.having peace, feeling relaxed, and being healthy                                                                                                             B One day in 1999, a Chinese man was having lunch in a US restaurant. Suddenly, the word“Alibaba”came into his mind. He asked a waitress:“What do you know about Alibaba?”The woman answered:“Alibaba and the 40 thieves.”“Yes, this is the name!”the man replied.The man was Jack Ma (Ma Yun). Later that year, he founded Alibaba, which would become China’s largest e-commerce (电子商业) company. After 15 years, Alibaba went public–selling shares (股份) of a private company to new investors (投资者)–on Sept 19. The 50-year-old became Chinese mainland’s richest man with a fortune of 150 billion yuan. Few Chinese people saw the Internet business’ potential (潜力) when Ma started Alibaba.He got the nickname“Crazy Jack Ma”.However, the man believed that everyone should live their dream.“The most important thing is that we believed in our dream from day one, to today and tomorrow. Of course we made many mistakes, but we never gave up hope,”Ma said. Ma’s business is not only focused on e-commerce. Alibaba has a large stake (股份) in Sina Weibo and Youku Tudou. He’s also on the board of China’s most successful soccer club, Guangzhou Evergrande. Now, Ma is dreaming even bigger.“We have a dream. We hope in the next 15 years that the world changes because of us,”he said.   【小题】(6) What did the waitress know about Alibaba?   A.She know it was a e-commerce company.  B.She Knew nothing about it.  C.She knew it was a clever man of a story Alibaba and the 40 thieves   【小题】(7) When was Ma Yun born?   A.In 1999  B.In 2014  C.In 1964   【小题】(8) What does the underlined word“fortune”mean?   A.命运  B.财富  C.成功   【小题】(9) What is the most important to success according to Ma Yun?   A.Believing in his dream.  B.Making some mistakes.  C.Being crazy.   【小题】(10) Which of the following statements is TRUE?   A.libaba has a large stake in Sina Weibo ,Youku, Tudou,Leshi.  B.Guangzhou Evergrande is a soccer team founded by Alibaba.  C.Alibaba hope that the world changes because of them in the next 15 years .                                                                                                               CAre you still using text messages or QQ to chat with your family or friends? If your answer is“yes”, we have to say you are out. A new way of communicating called“WeChat”has been more and more popular in the past three years.   WeChat is a mobile text and voice messaging communication service developed by Tencent in China, first released in January 2011. With WeChat, we can communicate with friends by sending text messages, voice messages, we can share our photos or videos, share our location, we can even chat with lots of friends at the same time. More important, it is free for the users.   In May 2011, WeChat had four to five million users, and by the end of 2011, it had 50 million users. WeChat had more than 100 million users by March 2012. In April 2012, Weixin changes its name as WeChat for the international market. In September 2012, WeChat had more than 200 million users according to Tencent CEO, Ma Huateng. Today WeChat has influence not only in mainland China, HK, Taiwan, South-East Asia, but Chinese People areas around the world. In July 2013, Tencent announced WeChat had 70 million users outside China and Lionel Messi, the famous Argentine football player became the latest product ambassador of WeChat.   In a word, WeChat is a lifestyle now. Do you WeChat today?   【小题】(11) According to the passage, we can do many things with WeChat EXCEPT ______.   A.text messages  B.share location  C.shop for free   【小题】(12) The underline word“release”here means ________ in Chinese.   A.发布  B.设置  C.释放   【小题】(13) How many users did WeChat have outside China in July 2013?   A.70 million.  B.50 million.  C.100 million.   【小题】(14) Who is the CEO of Tencent?   A.Lionel Messi.  B.Ma Yun.  C.Ma Huateng.   【小题】(15) Where do you probably read this message?   A.National Geography.  B.Trend & Health.  C.New Science and Technology.