B. nice to look at

C. not enough to eat

D. as delicious as usual

答案:A

解析:根据"a terrible cook"可知, 做的食物应该是太糟糕了。

7. What can we know about the old man from the passage?

A. He was poor and hungry.

B. He helped to repair the old house.

C. He liked to play hide-and-seek with the writer.

D. He raised many animals.

答案:A

解析:根据第四段作者问他有没有吃的, 老人摇头, 及最后作者拿东西给老人吃, 看到了老人满意的微笑, 可看出老人是贫穷和饥饿的。

8. The story mainly tells us 　　　.

A. it's nice to raise wild animals

B. it's valuable to help others

C. it's good to live in the forest

D. it's comfortable to live in the old house

答案:B

解析:通过全文, 尤其最后一句话可知本文主要告诉我们帮助别人是件很有意义的事。

　　Practising yoga 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 practise yoga in water. It is more difficult to practise yoga in water than on land. But practising yoga in water can be good for your flexibility.

　　Harish Chaturvedi, a lawyer, teaches people water yoga for free-even the poor people can learn from him. "Water yoga can become more popular than other kind 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 team from him.