Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook? Have you been doing internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can’t you be bothered to do?

    A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of adults are so idle(闲散的)they’d catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.

    Just over 2,000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain’s largest health charity. The results were shocking. About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control (遥控器)was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.  More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of the 654 questioned people with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.  This led the report to conclude that it’s no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classifted as obese(肥胖)before they start school.

Dr Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said: “People need to get fitter, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of their families, too. If we don’t start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the simplest tasks.”

    And Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the laziest city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%.

The results pose serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.  O

According to the researchers at Nuffield Health, about ________ people who were surveyed would not run to catch a bus.

A. 10            B. 150             C. 330              D. 660

One in six children in the UK are classified as obese before they start school because ________.

A. they stay too long a time with their pets   B. they spend too much time watching TV

C. their parents don’t play with them much   D. they suffer from obesity-related illnesses

________ is the second laziest city in the UK.

    A. Scotland       B. Glasgow         C. Birmingham       D. Nuffield

What’s the writer trying to tell us?

    A. Parents have much to do with their children’s obesity-related illnesses.

    B. British people are getting lazier, which can cause serious social problems.

    C. The National Health Service has to face a lot of serious challenges every year.

    D. A study into how lazy British people are has been carried out at Nuffield Health.


第二卷(非选择题共35分)
第四部分:写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节 短文填词(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,根据以下提示:
1)汉语提示,2)首字母提示,3)语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确,拼写正确。
Recently, there has been a heated debate over whether to send old
people to nursing homes or not.People differ in their o____.Here list          76.      
the ideas of supporters.L______ in nursing homes, as they say, old         77.      
people can enjoy more benefits ____ staying at home.For one aspect,            78.      
they can have more opportunities to ____(交流) with each other, as           79.      
they have c     topics and similar hobbies.Therefore, they can do many      80.      
things together and don't feel _____(孤独).On the other hand, if they  81.      
live at home, they may quarrel _____ their children because of the           82.      
generation gap between _____.Another aspect, which is highly valued           83.      
by the supporters, is that old people can have ____(定期) medical check-   84.      
ups and r___ immediate medical care from professional doctors.            85.      

第II卷 (共35分)

第一节:短文填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

阅读下面短文,根据以下要求:1)汉语提示;2)首字母提示;3)语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

注意:原行没有错的不要改。

Recently, there has been a heated debate over whether to send old

people to nursing homes or not. People differ in their                         

o          . Here list the ideas of supporters.                                76.                 

L          in nursing homes, as they say, old people                    77.               

can enjoy more benefits             staying at home.                    78.                  

For one aspect, they can have more opportunities to

(交流) with each other, as they have                           79.                

c         topics and similar hobbies. Therefore,                        80.                

they can do many things together and don’t feel

(孤独). On the other hand, if they live at                      81.                

home, they may quarrel          their children because                   82.                

of the generation gap between them. Another aspect ,    is                    83.                

highly valued by the supporters, is that old people can

have               (定期) medical check-ups and                        84.                 

r           immediate medical care from professional                    85.                  

doctors.             

 

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Birds in cities are damaging their health by trying to sing above the noise of urban life.

New research shows that male birds are trying to compete against traffic and city sounds.They are now singing louder and at higher frequencies,which could harm their vocal cords.Some birds are choosing to sing at night instead of dudng the day.This makes them more open to attack and also creates stress and exhanstion.

“The difference between urban and rural birdsong is becoming so big that the two groups could now be unable to communicate.This could lead to inbreeding and a weak gene pool.”said Dr Sue Anne Zollinger of the University of St Andrews.

According to Zollingar,a bird group with a small geae pool might adapt less quickly to new diseases and could be wiped out.

A study of the dawn chorus found that birds in Berlin sang up to 14 decibels(分贝)louder than those in the forest.The birds sang loudest on weekday momings.

“By trying to sing over the sound of the city,birds are rising vocal injury,”said Zollinger.“All this puts the sarne strain on a bird’s vocal cords as when  ahuman need to shout to be heard—except the birds are doing it all day,every day,”she said.

“Singing under such pressure means birds have less control over the sound they produce. Their songs may lose quality and become more rough—sounding.”said Zollinger.This could make them appear less attractive to female birds.

Mark Constantine,author of The Sound Approach to Birding,said:“Birdsong is important for our quality of life and has been proved to reduce our blood pressure.When we live in the centre of large,urban areas,we get stressed and it's extremely good to have birdsong around us.The impact on humans of birdsong is massive.It harms us,as well as the birds,if their songs become louder and simpler

53.Some birds in cities now choose to sing at night time because_______.

A.they want to attract more birds of opposite sex

B.they are more likely to be discovered by their family

C.they can’t adapt to the loud noises during the daytime

D.they have to frighten their enemy away

54.According to the passage,urban and rural birds might not be able to_______.

A.recognize each other

B  communicate with each other

C  live with each other

D.compete against each other

55.It requires greatest efforts for birds in cities to sing o_______.

A.Monday nights            B.Wednesday afternoons

C.Saturday Evenings         D.Friday momings

56.According to Dr Sue Anne Zollinger,birds singing louder might eventually lead to_______.

A.the harm done to man’s health

B  the dying out of a species

C.the serious damage to the bird’s vocal cords

D.the decrease ofthe birth rate ofa bird group

 

短文填空
        阅读下面短文,根据以下要求:1)汉语提示;2)首字母提示;3)语境提示, 在每个空格内填入
一个适当的英语单词, 所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
     Recently, there has been a heated debate over whether to send
old people to nursing homes or not. People differ in their   
o          . Here list the ideas of supporters. 1.                  
 L          in nursing homes, as they say, old people  2.                  
can enjoy more benefits             staying at home. 3.                   
For one aspect, they can have more opportunities to
         (交流) with each other, as they have      4.                
c         topics and similar hobbies. Therefore, 5.                
 they can do many things together and don't feel              (孤独). 6.                 
On the other hand, if they live at
home, they may quarrel          their children because  7.                 
of the generation gap between them. Another aspect ,           is  8.                
highly valued by the supporters, is that old people can
have               (定期) medical check-ups and   9.                  
r           immediate medical care from professional doctors.   10.                  

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