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Reading Comprehension
Read the following text:
WHY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS IP!RTA"T #!R Y!$
People need to be active to be healthy. Our modern lifestyle and
all the
conveniences we’ve become used to have made us sedentary - and
that’s dangerous foour health. Sitting around in front of the TV or
the computer, riding in the car for
even a short trip to the store and using elevators instead of
stairs or ramps all
contribute to our inactivity. Physical inactivity is as
dangerous to our health as
smoing!
Add up your activities during the day in periods of at
least 10 minutes each. Start slowly …
and build up. If you’re already doing some light activities move
up to more moderate ones
A little is good, but more is better if you want to
achieve health benets.
Scientists say accumulate "# minutes of physical activity every
day to stay healthy or
improve your health. Time needed depends on e$ort % as you
progress to moderate
activities, you can cut down to thirty minutes, four days a
wee.
Physical activity doesn’t have to be very hard to improve your
health. This goal can be
reached by building physical activities into your daily routine.
&ust add up in period
of at least ten minutes each throughout the day. 'fter three
months of regular physicalactivity, you will notice a di$erence %
people often say getting started is the hardest part.
()rom !andboo" for #anada$s %hysical Activity &uide to
!ealthy Active 'iving, p. *
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I% Answer the following &'estions 'sing (o'r own words
a. 2hy is physical activity so important for people3
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b. 4ow can you include physical activity in your life3
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II% Are the following statements tr'e )T* or false )#*+
a. Smoing is less dangerous than physical inactivity.
b. 5ou do not need more than sity minutes a day to be 6t.
III% #ind a word or phrase in the text whi,h- in ,ontext- is
similar in meaning to:
a. inactive 7 888888888888888888888888888
b. 6t 7 8888888888888888888888888888888
IV% Choose a- .- or ,- in ea,h &'estion .elow% !nl( one
,hoi,e is ,orre,t
. 9owadays people :
a1 are less active than in the past.
b1 are more active than in the past.
c1 are as sedentary as they used to be.
;. Time needed for physical activitydepends on :
a1 health
b1 e$ort
c1 money
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a1 integrating physical activity into your
timetable.
b1 eating less and less during short
periods of time.
c1 relaing and eeping cool.
*. People say that :
a1 they do not have time for physical
activity.
b1 getting into physical activity is the mos
di=cult part.
c1 getting into physical activity is not sodi=cult.
V% Composition )/001/20 words approximatel(*% Choose one of the
following
topi,s
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. >o you practise any sport3 2hy3
;. The relationship between our modern lifestyle and physical
inactivity.
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