Choose activities that you enjoy and can do regularly. Fitting activity into a daily routine can be easy — such as taking a brisk 10 minute walk to and from the parking lot, bus stop,
or subway station. Or, join an exercise class. Keep it interesting by trying something
different on alternate days. Every little bit adds up and doing something is better than
doing nothing.
Make sure to do at least 10 minutes of activity at a time, shorter bursts of activity will not
have the same health benefits. For example, walking the dog for 10 minutes before and
after work or adding a 10 minute walk at lunchtime can add to your weekly goal. Mix it up.
Swim, take a yoga class, garden or lift weights. To be ready anytime, keep some
comfortable clothes and a pair of walking or running shoes in the car and at the office.
The author wrote this article most likely to-
a. Encourage people to find easy ways to fit physical activity into their
day
b. To explain why people are so overweight.
c. Persuade the reader to join a gym.
d. Compare several different types of exercises.

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”