广东省佛山市顺德区2020-2021学年八年级上学期英语第9周教研联盟测试

    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 heard of "hot yoga" before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.

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

    Harish Chaturvedi, a writer, teaches people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. "Water yoga can become more popular than other kinds of yoga, because the body does not get tired so quickly," He said. "Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired."

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

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

    "Harish is very good 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."

Baseball is one of the favourite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports field or parks.

At summer picnics, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat（击球）. Each team has 9 players.

The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are shown on TV and members（成员）of the important baseball teams become America's heroes（英雄）. At the end of season the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Million of others listen to the radio and watch television. After the game, people like to talk about the result of the matches and the players, especially their favourite players.

American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the USA．The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball when there is an important game. Thousands of people sit beside the radio or in front of the television set to hear the result. If their favourite players behave very well, they will be very excited about the score. If they lose the matches, fans will lose confidence. Maybe they will go to another club to cheer others on.

Anyway, Americans are super fans of many kinds of sports. Just find your own favourite sport or star like them.