[单项选择] In this section there are six reading passages followed by a
total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your
answers on your coloured answer sheet.
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The prevention of illness
through exercise and nutrition was a small step from movements like hydropathy
(which advocated the "natural" healing powers of water), to the idea that fresh
air, healthy food, and exercise could be beneficial. The physical fitness
movement in America followed the influx of a large number of German immigrants
who fled their country due to the 1848 revolution. The movement began there with
Fredrich Ludwig Jahn, who unified exercise and sport with German history and
tradition and saw a connection between mental and physical health. Charles
Follen, a Jahn student, led the movement in America, organizing the Round Hill
School at Harvard, which stressed rigorous mental and physical exerci A. The prevention of illness through exercise and nutrition. B. The German and Christian influences on nutrition and physical fitness. C. Development of the physical fitness movement. D. The nutrition and physical fitness movements.