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 they'd catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.

Just over 2000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield 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 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 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. Ks5u

"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, followed 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.   

What causes children in the UK to be obese?  

A. Eating ready meal    B. Watching TV

C. Doing Internet shopping  D. Being lazy

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.

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.

What does the underlined word rudimentary most probably mean?

A. basic    B. serious  C. vital    D. hard

All the following are among the most lazy cities in the UK except         

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

Compared to adults, children seem to be moving constantly. So it's no surprise that most parents who are quizzed about their child's physical activity level describe their children as fairly active. But a new study of nearly 2000 British school children suggests that many parents overestimate the amount of physical activity their children are really getting.

The researchers equipped 1892 British school children, ages 9 and 10, with accelerometers that measure all physical  activity  during  a  given  time  period.  The research,known as the Speedy study collected the exercise data from children at  92  schools  in  Norfolk,England, between April and July 2007.

A child was regarded inactive if he or she recorded less than an hour a day of physical activity. Although the majority of children studied were getting enough physical activity, a_sizable_minority_of_children_were_not. Overall,39 percent of girls and 18 percent of boys studied were getting less than an hour of physical activity each day.

But if you asked the parents of the inactive children to describe their child's activity level,the vast majority—80 percent—described their children as fairly or very physically active, according to the findings published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Interestingly, the children themselves had more awareness about their lack of physical activity. Overall, 40 percent of children overestimated their physical activity.

But it wasn't the parents of overweight children who were most likely to guess wrong about physical activity levels. The parents who were most out of touch about their child's physical fitness were more likely to  have children who were slim. Parents of girls were also more  likely  to  overestimate  physical  activity.  The  researchers noted that parents should be educated about the importance of physical activity for children even if the child is not overweight.

“Parents of slim children appear to assume that  their children are adequately active.”the study authors  reported. “Increasing awareness regarding health benefits of physical activity beyond weight control might  help have a correct idea of physical activity levels and encourage behavior change.”

60.According to the Speedy study,what kind of children   can be judged physically inactive?

A. Slim children.

B. Children with less than an hour a day of physical activity.

C. Overweight children.

D. Children out of touch with their parents for a long time.

61.What does the writer probably mean by saying “a sizable minority of children were not”in Paragraph 3?

A. The amount of children's physical activity is far from the writer's satisfaction.

B. Only a small number of children were not getting enough physical activity.

C. A small number of children didn't overestimate their physical activity.

D. The minority of children were not studied at all.

62.The passage is intended to________.

A. encourage parents to fairly judge their children's physical activity levels

B. persuade parents to keep an eye on their children's weight

C. urge children to wear accelerometers during exercise

D. advise parents to keep in touch with their children