If Tim carries on working like this, he'll sooner or later．A.break downB.give upC.get downD.hold on 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.

When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t 1 drive to a store and back home. He always looks 2 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything

3 such as strange cars, loud noises, 4 windows, or people gathering on street comers.

Tim 5 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group 6 on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s 7 .Tim gets together with ?about? ten of his neighbors to discuss community ? 8 .?Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 9 their homes, streets, and families safe.

Tina Stedman, president of ? 10 ?neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim.“People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not 11 them. Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said,“but I don’t think anyone has the 12 to steal from other people or to make them feel 13 sitting in their own homes.”

Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors 14 out for one another,“We 15 each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a 16 of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the 17 .?For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 18 ,or someone destroying property, we report to the police.”

Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups ? 19 ?a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees,“Police are good people, but they can’t do 20 .”

1.A.yet B.still C.just D.rather

2.A.carefully　 B.clearly C.nervously D.coldly

3.A.familiar B.unusual C.expensive D.interesting

4.A.curtained B.open C.old D.broken

5.A.attends B.belongs C.goes D.turns

6.A.meets B.quarrels C.sings D.searches

7.A.where B.why C.when D.how

8.A.politics B.wealth C.health D.safety

9.A.keep B.hold C.let D.protect

10.A.its B.his C.their D.your

11.A.round B.on C.about D.to

12.A.right B.chance C.courage D.mind

13.A.unlucky B.unsafe C.disappointed D.discouraged

14.A.set B.let C.hold D.look

15.A.care B.enter C.watch D.manage

16.A.group B.set C.number D.crowd

17.A.judges B.police C.firemen D.doctors

18.A.work B.burden C.service D.trouble

19.A.produce B.find C.get D.help

20.A.anything B.evening C.harm D.wrong

LONDON—Here’s a new warning from health experts：Sitting is deadly.

Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for long periods—even if you also exercise regularly—could be bad for your health.And it doesn’t matter where the sitting takes place—at the office，at school，in the car or before a computer or TV—just the overall number of hours it occurs.Several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat，have a heart attack or even die.

In an editorial published this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine，Elin Ekblom?Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences suggested that authorities rethink how they define physical activity to highlight the dangers of sitting.

While health officials have issued guidelines recommending minimum amounts of physical activity，they haven’t suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated position.

“After four hours of sitting，the body starts to send harmful signals，”said Ekblom?Bak.She explained that genes regulating(调节) the amount of glucose(葡萄糖) and fat in the body start to shut down.

Even for people who exercise，spending long periods of time sitting at a desk is still harmful.Tim Armstrong，a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization，said people who exercise every day—but still spend a lot of time sitting—might get more benefit if that exercise was spread across the day，rather than in a single bout(一回)．

Still，in a study published in 2009 that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years，researchers found people who sat more had a higher death risk，whether or not they exercised.

“We don’t have enough evidence yet to say how much sitting is bad，” said Peter Katzmarzyk of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge，who led the Canadian study.“But it seems the more you can get up and interrupt this sedentary behavior，the better.”

Figures from a U．S. survey in 2003?2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sitting，from working at their desks to sitting in cars.

Experts said more research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerous，and what might be possible to offset those effects.

“People should keep exercising because that has a lot of benefits，” Ekblom?Bak said.“But when they’re in the office，they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible，” she said.

1.What is the best title for the text?

A．Not Sitting Too Much While Working

B．How to Avoid Sitting Too Much

C．Sitting Too Much Could Be Deadly

D．More and More People Sit Too Much

2.According to the research，________.

A．the more time you spend in exercising in a single bout(一回)，the healthier you will be

B．those who often sit too much are sure to grow fat or suffer from a heart attack

C．regular exercise is effective to get rid of the side effects of sitting too much

D．you had better not sit for more than four hours in a single bout

3.How does the danger of sitting too much affect the human body?

A．It results in a higher death risk.

B．It increases glucose and fat in the body.

C．It makes a person unable to exercise long enough in a day.

D．It causes the gene to fail to balance the glucose and fat in the body.

4.The underlined word “offset” in Paragraph 10 most probably means “________”．

A．improve? B．avoid

C．ignore? D．achieve

Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.

When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t 36 drive to a store and back home. He always looks 37 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything 38 such as strange cars, loud noises, 39 windows , or people gathering on street corners.

Tim 40 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group 41 on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s 42 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 43 . Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 44 their homes , streets, and families safe.

Tina Stedman , president of 45 neighborhood watch group , agrees with Tim . “People seem to think that crime(犯罪) happens to other people but not 46 them. Well , it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the 47 to steal from other people or to make them feel 48 sitting in their own homes.

Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors 49 out for one another. “We 50 each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends .Usually a 51 of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the 52 . For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 53 , or someone destroying property（财产）, we report to the police.”

Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups 54 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they don’t do 55 .”

1.

A．yet

B．still

C．just

D．rather

2.

A．carefully

B．clearly

C．nervously

D．coldly

3.A. familiar B. unusual C expensive. D. interesting

4.

A．curtained

B．open

C．old

D．broken

5.

A．attends

B．belongs

C．goes

D．turns

6.

A．meets

B．quarrels

C．sings

D．searches

7.

A．where

B．why

C．when

D．how

8.

A．politics

B．wealth

C．health

D．safety

9.

A．keep

B．hold

C．let

D．protect

10.

A．its

B．his

C．their

D．your

11.

A．round

B．on

C．about

D．to

12.

A．right

B．change

C．courage

D．mind

13.

A．unlucky

B．unsafe

C．disappointed

D．discouraged

14.

A．set

B．let

C．hold

D．look

15.

A．care

B．enter

C．watch

D．manage

16.

A．group

B．set

C．number

D．crowd

17.

A．judges

B．police

C．fireman

D．doctors

18.

A．work

B．burden

C．service

D．trouble

19.

A．produce

B．find

C．get

D．help

20.

A．anything

B．everything

C．harm

D．wrong

LONDON----Here’s a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly.

Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods — even if you also exercise regularly — could be bad for your health. And it doesn’t matter where the sitting takes place — at the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV — just the overall number of hours it occurs. Several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die.

　　In an editorial published this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Elin EkblomBak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences suggested that authorities rethink how they define physical activity to highlight the dangers of sitting.

　　While health officials have issued guidelines recommending minimum amounts of physical activity, they haven’t suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated position.

　　"After four hours of sitting, the body starts to send harmful signals," Ekblom-Bak said. She explained that genes regulating(调节) the amount of glucose（葡萄糖） and fat in the body start to shut down.

　　Even for people who exercise, spending long periods of time sitting at a desk is still harmful. Tim Armstrong, a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization, said people who exercise every day — but still spend a lot of time sitting — might get more benefit if that exercise were spread across the day, rather than in a single bout.（一回）

　　Still, in a study published last year that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years, researchers found people who sat more had a higher death risk, independently of whether or not they exercised.

　　"We don’t have enough evidence yet to say how much sitting is bad," said Peter Katzmarzyk of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, who led the Canadian study. "But it seems the more you can get up and interrupt this sedentary behavior, the better."

　　Figures from a U.S. survey in 2003-2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sitting, from working at their desks to sitting in cars.

　　Experts said more research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerous, and what might be possible to offset those effects.

　　"People should keep exercising because that has a lot of benefits," Ekblom-Bak said. "But when they’re in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible," she said.

1.What is the best title for the text?

A. Not Sitting Too Much While Working B. How To Avoid Sitting Too Much

C. Sitting Too Much Could Be Deadly D. More And More People Sit Too Much

2.According to the research,______________.

A. the more time you spend in exercising in a single bout, the healthier you will be.

B. those who often sit too much are sure to grow fat or suffer from a heart attack.

C. regular exercise is effective to get rid of the side effect of sitting too much.

D. you had better not sit for more than four hours in a single bout.

3.How does the danger of sitting too much affect the human body?

A. It results in a higher death risk.

B. It increases glucose and fat in the body.

C. It makes a person unable to exercise long enough in a day.

D. It causes the gene to fail to balance the glucose and fat in the body.

4.In the opinion of Ekblom-Bak, you’d better have a rest in the office by________.

A. sending your friends e-mails

B. having a walk around your office

C. chatting online or playing computer games

D. listening to music with your head on the desk.

We were on tour a few summers ago, driving through Chicago, when right outside of the city, we got pulled over. A middle-aged policeman came up to the car and was really being troublesome at first. Lecturing us, he said, “You were speeding. Where are you going in such a hurry?” Our guitarist, Tim, told him that we were on our way to Wisconsin to play a show. His way towards us totally changed. He asked, “Oh, so you boys are in a band（乐队）？” We told him that we were. He then asked all the usual band questions about the type of music we played, and how long we had been at it. Suddenly, he stopped and said, “Tim, you want to get out of this ticket, don’t you?” Tim said, “Yes.” So the officer asked him to step out of the car. The rest of us, inside the car, didn’t know what to think as we watched the policeman talk to Tim. Next thing we knew, the policeman was putting Tim in the back of the police car he had parked in front of us. With that, he threw the car into reverse（倒车），stopping a few feet in back of our car. Now we suddenly felt frightened. We didn’t know if we were all going to prison, or if the policeman was going to sell Tim on the black market or something. All of a sudden, the policeman’s voice came over his loudspeaker. He said, “Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time ever, we have Tim here singing on Route 90.” Turns out, the policeman had told Tim that the only way he was getting out of the ticket was if he sang part of one of our songs over the loudspeaker in the police car. Seconds later, Tim started screaming into the receiver. The policeman enjoyed the performance, and sent us on our way without a ticket.

1.The policeman stopped the boys to .

A. put them into prison B. give them a ticket

C. enjoy their performance D. ask some band questions

2.The policeman became friendly to the boys when he knew they .

A. had long been at the band B. played the music he loved

C. were driving for a show D. promised him a performance

3. The boys probably felt when they drove off.

A. joyful B. calm C. nervous D. frightened

If Tim carries on working like this, he'll ________ sooner or later．

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