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Final Exam of College English Band IV Paper I I. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (10%) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. How Exercise Work When you exercise or compete in sports, you notice several things about your body. You breathe heavier and faster, your heart beats faster, your muscles hurt and you sweat. These are all normal responses to exercise, whether you work out regularly or only once in a while, whether you are a “weekend warrior” or a trained athlete. When you watch world-class athletes compete, you see the same responses, only magnified. The body has an incredibly complex set of processes to meet the demands of working muscles. Every system in the body is involved. In this article, we will look at how your body responds to strenuous exercise ? how muscles, blood circulation, breathing and body heat are affected. You will also see how these responses can be enhanced by training. Your Body’s Response to Exercise Any type of exercise uses your muscles. Running, swimming, weightlifting ?iany sport you can imagine — uses different muscle groups to generate motion. In running and swimming, your muscles are working to accelerate your body and keep moving. In weightlifting, your muscles are working to move a weight. Exercise means muscle activity! As you use your muscles, they begin to make demands on the rest of the body. In strenuous exercise, just about every system in your body either focuses its efforts on helping the muscles do their work, or shuts it down. For example, your heart beats fast during strenuous exercise so that it can pump more blood to the muscles, and your stomach shuts down during strenuous exercise so that it does not waste energy that the muscles can use.