五、任务型阅读。
Exercise is like a “magic tool” for staying healthy. It doesn’t mean you have to join a gym or do hard sports—simple daily activities can also work. For middle school students, making exercise a part of life brings many benefits.
First, exercise strengthens your body. When you run, jump, or play basketball, your muscles and bones get stronger. This helps you do daily tasks easily, like carrying schoolbags or climbing stairs. It also keeps your heart healthy. A strong heart can pump blood better, so you won’t feel tired quickly during study or play.
Second, exercise improves your mood. Have you ever felt happy after playing with friends outside? That’s because exercise releases “happy chemicals” in your brain. When you feel stressed about homework or exams, a 20-minute walk or a short game of badminton can make you feel relaxed and calm.
Third, exercise helps with your studies. Many students think exercise wastes time, but it’s the opposite. Exercise increases blood flow to the brain, which makes you more focused. After doing exercise, you’ll find it easier to understand lessons and finish homework faster.
How to add exercise to your day? You can walk to school instead of taking a bus, play sports with classmates during break time, or do stretching exercises before bed. Remember, the key is to keep it regular—even 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week is enough. Don’t wait. Start exercising today to keep your body and mind healthy.
1. For middle school students, making a part of life can bring lots of benefits.（仅填1个词）
2. Exercise helps with students' studies by and improving focus.（不超过7个词）
3. According to the passage, to add exercise to your daily life, you can .（列举任意2种方式）
4. Someone might feel happy after exercising because .（不超过8个词）
5. How often do you exercise and what is your favourite way to exercise?（结合自己的情况回答，不超过20个词）

1. exercise
2. increasing blood flow to the brain
3. walk to school and play sports with classmates during break time（答案不唯一，符合原文任选两种即可）
4. it releases "happy chemicals"
5. I exercise 5 times a week, my favorite is playing badminton.（答案不唯一，符合要求即可）

1. 定位原文第一段末尾句"For middle school students, making exercise a part of life brings many benefits."，直接提取符合要求的单个单词即可。
2. 定位原文第四段"Exercise increases blood flow to the brain, which makes you more focused."，结合介词by后接动名词的语法规则，提炼出不超过7个词的对应内容。
3. 定位原文最后一段列举的可融入日常的运动方式，任选两种原文给出的内容填写即可。
4. 定位原文第三段"That's because exercise releases 'happy chemicals' in your brain."，提炼出不超过8个词的核心原因即可。
5. 本题为开放性题目，结合自身实际情况作答，控制词数在20以内，表述通顺合理即可。