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【题目】Here’s a new warning from health experts: sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for long periods, even if you exercise regularly, could be bad for your health. And it doesn't matter where the sitting takes place--in the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV. Just the overall number of hours it takes matters. Several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die. While health officials have issued(发布) guidelines advising on the least amounts of physical activities, 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 of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences. She explained that genes controlling 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 benefits if that exercise were spread across the day, rather than in a single hour.

Still in a study that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years, researchers found people who sat more had a higher death risk, whether they exercised or not. 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. “And when they’re in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible.”

【1】The underlined word “offset" in Paragraph 6 most probably means_______.

A. get rid of B. make use of

C. work out D. turn to

【2】Sitting too much is dangerous because it can________ .

A. increase glucose and fat in the body

B. make a person become lazy

C. destroy the balance of glucose and fat in the body

D. make a person unable to exercise enough in a day

【3】In the opinion of Ekblom-Bak, when at work, you’d better have a rest by_______ .

A. taking a walk around your office

B. chatting online or playing computer games

C. sending your friends emails

D. listening to music while sitting

【4】Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. More and More People Sit Too Much

B. Side Effects of Sitting Too Much

C. Don’t Sit Too Much While Working

D. Sitting Too Much Could Be Dangerous

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于科普类阅读，告诉我们最新研究发现：久坐会致命。之后围绕该主题对研究进行介绍，并对此研究发现进行分析。

【1】A 词义猜测题。根据本句Experts said more research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerous, and what might be possible to offset those effects.需要做更多的研究来搞清楚坐多久才有危险，做什么样的事情可能消除久坐的影响。故A项“get rid of”正确。

【2】C 推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句She explained that genes controlling the amount of glucose(葡萄糖) and fat in the body start to shut down. 健康专家Ekblom-Bak解释久坐会让体内控制葡萄糖和脂肪的基因开始下降，也就是失去平衡。故C项正确。

【3】A 推理判断题。根据文章最后一句Ekblom-Bak said. “And when they’re in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible.”可知Ekblom-Bak建议当他们在办公室的时候，应该尽可能地不要久坐，也就是要经常走动。故A正确。

【4】D 标题概括题。文章第一句Here’s a new warning from health experts: sitting is deadly.首先提出最新研究发现，即：久坐会致命。之后围绕该主题对研究进行介绍，并对此研究发现进行分析。故选D项。