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2.The referee d him to be the winner of the fight.
2. declared
Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook from scratch? 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 lazy that they'd catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.
Just over 2 ,000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuff?ield Health,Britain's largest health charity. The results were astonishing.
About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control 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 respondents with children,64% said they were of?ten 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 is classified as obese (very fat) 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,friends and evidently their pets too."
"If we don't start to take control of this problem,a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most rudimentary of tasks.”
And Scotland's largest city, Glasgow?was shamed as the most inactive city in the UK,with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise* fol?lowed closely by Birmingham and Southampton,both with 67%.
The results cause 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.
1.What causes children in the UK to be obese?
A. Eating a ready meal. B. Watching TV.
C. Doing Internet shopping. D. Being lazy.
2.What can be inferred from the passage?
A.British people are too lazy to do anything.
B.Internet shopping will do harm to your health.
C.Many people would not run to catch a bus in Britain.
D.People should be more active and take regular exercise to keep fit.
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.One sixth of British people use remote control when watching TV.
B.People will benefit not only themselves but their families by getting fit.
C.Fatness can cause diseases such as heart disease and cancer.
D.More people get obesity-related illnesses now than 40 years ago.
4.What does the underlined word "rudimentary" (in the eighth paragraph) most probably mean?
A. Basic. B. Serious.
C. Vital. D. Hard.
5.All the following are among the most lazy cities in the UK EXCEPT
A. Glasgow B. Birmingham
C. Nuffield D. Southampton
as soon as, where ,whenever, when ,whatever, unless ,once ,since
1.______a man's age, he can reduce it several years by wearing a confi?dent smile.
2.______the girl was too selfish and never thought of others,she wasn't getting on well with her classmates.
3.It was clear who the winner would be______ the race started.
4.The phone rang______ I was getting changed.
5.______they decide which college to go to,students should research the admission procedures.
6.______I see a volleyball match I want to join in!
7.I won't call you______ something unexpected happens.
8.Please make a mark______ you don't understand while reading.
It is often said that politeness costs nothing. In fact,it seems that a little more courtesy could save businesses $ 5 billion every year.
Frequently hearing the phrase " thank you" or " well done" means the same to staff as a modest pay rise,researchers say. Praise and encouragement also makes employees more likely to work hard and stay in their jobs,saving on the cost of finding replacements.
A third of 1 , 000 workers surveyed by the famous firm White Water
Strategies said they did not get thanked at all when they did well―and a fur- ther third said they were not thanked enough,meaning they were less likely to put themselves into work and were more likely to look for employment else?where.
The final result is around $ 5. 2 billion in lost productivity from employ?ees who would raise their interests in work if they felt more appreciated,White Water claimed. According to the company,praising staff has the same motivational kick as a 1 per cent pay rise―and works out much cheaper for bosses.
Three out of four employees said that regular acknowledgement (认可) by their bosses was important to them,but only a quarter said they were actually given as much praise as they felt they needed. The survey found that those blue-collar and manuaK体力的) workers were less likely to be given any rec?ognition for doing well.
In regional terms,Scottish staff felt most undervalued. Four out of ten workers said they were never thanked and eight out of ten said they would like more praise. However,workers in the north-east are less impressed by being praised by the boss,as only 69 per cent said they felt the need to be told "well done" regularly. Older employees and women need the most praise,according to psychologist Averill Lemmon.
1.The underlined word "courtesy" (Paragraph 1) probably means " ”.
A. politeness B. authority
C. pay rise D. replacement
2.The survey done by White Water Strategies shows that .
A.giving workers a pay rise can't make them work hard
B.most workers not praised have no interest in their work
C.workers who got few praise are more likely to change their jobs
D.sometimes politeness and encouragement cost nothing
3.Which of the following statements agrees with the passage?
A.Scottish bosses don't like praising their workers very much.
B.Older workers and women need more pay rise. -
C.Most workers don't need any praise.
D.Blue-collar workers get more praise.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Politeness is very important in our daily life
B.The words "well done" are as useful as a pay rise
C.Several ways to make workers work hard
D.Workers and their bosses
5.The poor boy was separated from his mother_________ force,
6.珍妮正在和她的家人在乡村度假,那个时候她的腿被狗咬了。
Jenny was holidaying with her family in the countryside__________________on the leg by a dog.
7.We strongly (抗议) against this remark of yours.
1. His skills (quality) him for the job.
3.This is the very novel about__________ we've talked so much.