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If you're waking up feeling stressed or overwhelmed with the thought of beginning another day in
isolation, a daily yoga practice can be helpful. Practicing brief sessions of yoga and mindfulness can
significantly improve energy levels and brain function. Along with the physical practice of yoga, the
breathwork, called pranayama, has a significant positive impact on energy levels and cognitive function.

A collection of studies reported that regular practice of yoga improves serotonin levels, decreases
depression and anxiety, increases blood flow, allowing more oxygen to reach the body cells and thus
enhancing their function, and improves flexibility and functional mobility in people with chronic pain.

Similar to standing goddess pose, lying down in a starfish position opens up the chest, lungs, back and
torso. To perform this pose, simply reach your arms overhead while lying in bed, and stretch your legs out
long. Open your legs wider than your hips, and open your arms out further than your shoulders. Stretch
through your fingers and toes as far as you can. For an added bonus, curl up into a ball by hugging your
knees into your chest and curling your head up toward your knees. Release and come back into starfish
pose. Repeat this five times. Inhale as you open up into starfish pose, and exhale as you curl up, hugging
your knees into your chest.

This yoga pose improves flexibility in the torso and wakes up the side-to-side movement of the spine.
It also stretches the intercostal muscles between the ribs, which can improve breathing. This energizing
yoga routine can be performed daily to train your body and mind to stress less, release tension, feel more
relaxed and use your breath to cultivate more space mentally and physically.

1. Paragraph 1 mainly discuss about… 3. In which paragraph(s) mention about

A. Practicing Pranayama Yoga to positive impacts gained from yoga
improve brain function and energy A. 1
level B. 2
B. Yoga impact to release stress and C. 3
overwhelmed thought D. 1 and 2
C. Regular yoga improved neural E. 3 and 4
functioning
D. Yoga to fill daily isolation 4. The word ‘exhale’ in paragraph 3 means…
E. Research on how our brain work A. Breathe out
when we do Yoga exercise B. Breathe in
C. Blow
2. How those yoga poses improve health… D. Gasp
A. It improved autonomic and higher E. Grasp
neural center function
B. Regular practice of yoga improved 5. The writer’s attitude towards the text is…
body flexibility A. Sarcastic
C. Decrease anxiety and enhancing body B. Positive
function C. Concerned
D. Stretched the body and release stress D. Uncertain
to achieve mental and physical E. Passive
health.
E. Set of yoga movement to energizing
body

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 Defending champions Germany have been eliminated from the World Cup at the group stage following
defeat by South Korea, in one of the biggest shocks in the competition's history. The four-time winners
crashed out in ignominious fashion - conceding twice in injury time as they pressed for the goal which would
have sent them through. In an astonishing and enthralling end to the match, Kim Young-Gwon's 92nd-
minute goal - which was initially ruled out for offside before being awarded after a video assistant referee
decision - left Germany on the brink of elimination.

Worse was to come for the world's number one ranked side, however, when deep into stoppage time
and appearing increasingly desperate, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer lost possession in the opponents' half. Ju
Se-jong launched it forward where Son Heung-min tapped into an empty net to score the second.

That prompted jubilant celebrations from the South Koreans, while some Germany fans inside the
shocked stadium were in left tears after four years after watching their national team lift the trophy in Rio;
a competition in which they beat the hosts Brazil 7-1 in the semi-finals.

It is the first time since 1938 that West Germany or the unified Germany team has not advanced beyond
the first stage of the tournament - Joachim Low's side finishing bottom of Group F in this edition.
Wednesday's defeat followed their opening loss against Mexico, while it took a dramatic late winner from
Toni Kroos to earn them their only points of the group stage against eventual group winners Sweden.

6. Based on the text above, who scored the 9. The word “jubilant” in the first sentence of
first goal for South Korea… fourth paragraph has the closest meaning
A. Kim Young-gwon to…
B. Ju Se-jong A. On cloud nine
C. Manuel Neuer B. Feeling blue
D. Son Heung-min C. Crying out loud
E. Toni Kroos D. Under the weather
E. Head over heels
7. Which group reader benefits the most
from this passage… 10. Which of these statements is false based
A. Sports caster on text above...
B. Football fans A. Germany have won World Cup four
C. Goalkeeper times
D. South Korean B. Brazil lost to Germany at World Cup
E. Group F participant 2013 semi-finals
C. Germany finished bottom of Group F
8. What is this text about… in World Cup 2018
A. South Korea happiness to win on D. Ju Se-Jong opened the scoring for
Germany South Korea against Germany
B. Germany supremacy on World Cup E. Germany lost to South Korea at World
2018 Cup 2018 group F match
C. Germany lose to South Korea on
World Cup 2018 Russia
D. Ju Se-Jong Goal
E. Germany first time failure since 1938
finishing bottom of Group F

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