Skimming and ScanningDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with 10 statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Benefits of playing sportsA. Have you thought of the different benefits of playing sports? Have you realized the importance of making sports a part of your daily routine?B. Playing sports is something most of us love, isn't it? Undoubtedly, sports are a fun activity but they offer several health benefits, too. Playing some sport regularly goes a long way in maintaining your physical and mental well-being. Sports help enhance your personality. They are a good source of both exercise and entertainment.C. Sports serve as an excellent physical exercise. Those who play sports have a more positive body image than those who do not. Sports often involve physical activities like running, jumping and moving about which turn out to be a good body workout. Playing sports can put energy to good use. Engaging in sports since an early age strengthens your bones and muscles. It helps you increase your stamina (体力) and endurance. Sports that involve jumping help increase height, for example basketball. Games that involve running, kicking or throwing a ball help strengthen the arms and legs, for example soccer and cricket. Swimming provides a full body workout. Thus sports provide the body with complete exercise and engaging in sports directly translates into overall fitness.D. Research shows that sports improve math skills in children. Sports that involve aiming and hitting skills, for example, tennis, baseball and cricket help increase focus. They help develop leadership qualities and foster team spirit in kids. They involve competition; they involve winning and losing. This exposes children to both aspects of life, successes and failures. Sports build a competitive spirit in children and teach them to be participative irrespective of whether the result is victory or defeat. Playing sports teaches them to accept both successes and failures with a positive spirit. Sports teach you to think with a cool head. The most important benefit of sports is the sportsman spirit. Sports help you become more sporting, more positive and stronger.E. Playing sports is very beneficial for the development of social skills. Sports teach you to interact with people, communicate with them and collaborate as a team. Sports foster collective thinking and harness (利用) your planning and delegation skills, too. Sports build confidence. Winning a game gives you a sense of accomplishment, which boosts your confidence further.F. Playing sports involves directed thinking. It requires you to strategize. You need to devise ways to score goals, runs or earn points, as the case may be. You need to devise strategies to win. You need to judge your opponent's strategy and modify yours accordingly. This definitely involves clever thinking, which sports encourage. Studies show that kids who play sports regularly do well in school and college.G. Playing sports makes you happy. I know anyone would agree with this. Jumping about, running around, racing to get ahead, hitting, throwing, kicking, shouting, clapping, cheering, falling and standing up again ... all are part of playing sports. And there is no match to the happiness it brings. It gives you the high by increasing the production of endorphins (内啡肽，体内产生的一种镇痛作用的荷尔蒙) in the brain. In other words, sports are a form of exercise which generates happiness molecules (分子) in your body, thus restoring your mental health. Playing sports, you can't be sad. In fact, they bust the sorrow and the stress. Sports generate a positive energy in you, around you.H. When sports are played at the state or national level, they increase the players' sense of belonging to their community or country. International sports events foster patriotism (爱国心) and a feeling of oneness among the team members of a country. Playing sports at these levels opens many employment avenues for not only sportsmen and women but also people who join tournaments as volunteers, cheerleaders or in the capacity of sports doctors and physical therapists. As developments are undertaken in cities hosting sports events, sports can lead to urbanization of rural areas. Many cities have started becoming hubs for sports tourism. Sports parks are being developed in many tourist destinations. It is the increasing inclination for playing sports that is responsible for such developments.I. Now that you know playing sports is an excellent form of exercise, it won't come as a surprise that sports offer health benefits like lowering blood pressure, maintaining blood sugar and cholesterol (胆固醇) levels and reducing other health risks. Yes, if you are playing a sport regularly, you are at a lesser risk of developing diabetes (糖尿病) or heart diseases. Playing sports reduces the risk of hypertension (高血压) and several other stress-related disorders. Research shows that people who play sports regularly can deal with stresses and strains in a better way. Those who engage in sports activities are less prone to depression, anxiety and other psychological disorders.J. Regular exercise that is achieved through sports leads to an improvement in the overall health thus improving quality of life. Sports are a good combination of recreation and exercise. They improve your physical and psychological health, physical because sports involve exercise and psychological because playing is something you enjoy and something that relaxes your mind. Playing sports is something so advantageous that it is worth investing time in. So go hit the ground today. Play!1. Regular exercise can improve the overall health and quality of life accordingly.2. Your personality can be strengthened if you play sports regularly.3. According to studies, kids who often play sports perform well in school and college.4. Sports inspire children to be competitive and participative, and teach them to take a positive attitude toward the final results.5. Some sports benefit certain parts of the body and some are for a full body workout.6. Cities which host sports events witness developments, and similarly rural areas can be urbanized because of sports.7. Your confidence can be strengthened by the sense of accomplishment upon the victory of a game.8. Children's ability of getting focused will be improved by some ball games.9. Sports inspire clever thinking because you should adjust your strategy in accordance with your opponent's to win the game.10. Happiness molecules produced by sports can help you regain healthy mind state.