LONDON—Here’s a new warning from health expertsSitting 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 officeat schoolin 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 fathave a heart attack or even die.

In an editorial published this week in the British Journal of Sports MedicineElin 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 activitythey haven’t suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated position.

“After four hours of sittingthe 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 exercisespending long periods of time sitting at a desk is still harmful.Tim Armstronga physical activity expert at the World Health Organizationsaid people who exercise every day—but still spend a lot of time sitting—might get more benefit if that exercise was spread across the dayrather than in a single bout(一回)

Stillin a study published in 2009 that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen yearsresearchers found people who sat more had a higher death riskwhether 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 Rougewho led the Canadian study.“But it seems the more you can get up and interrupt this sedentary behaviorthe better.”

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

Experts said more research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerousand 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 officethey should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible” she said.

1.What is the best title for the text?

ANot Sitting Too Much While Working

BHow to Avoid Sitting Too Much

CSitting Too Much Could Be Deadly

DMore and More People Sit Too Much

2.According to the research________.

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

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

Cregular exercise is effective to get rid of the side effects of sitting too much

Dyou 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?

AIt results in a higher death risk.

BIt increases glucose and fat in the body.

CIt makes a person unable to exercise long enough in a day.

DIt 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 “________”

Aimprove? Bavoid

Cignore? Dachieve

 

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

In times of economic downturn, many people start to look for ways to reduce their household budget and save extra cash. Living a thrifty (节俭的) lifestyle does not have to mean doing nothing.   1.    Here are some tips.

Track your spending for at least 2 weeks. You won’t really know how to live a thriftier lifestyle until you know where your money is going. Write down every time you spend money and take a look at it at the end of the month.  2.

Search the Internet when you have to buy something. Because of the easy access to information, you can compare prices from more stores in less time.

 3.  Combining producers’ coupons (优惠券) with store discounts can lead to major savings.

Turn off the lights and other electronics in your home when you are not using them.  4.    Leaving electronics on can use a tremendous amount of extra energy, costing you money.

  5.   When you do have to go out, look for available deals and discounts. If you are a frequent restaurant diner, consider purchasing a guide book for local restaurants, which will help you save money.

A. Eat at home as often as possible.

B. You probably don’t really need 500 channels.

C. If you really can’t live without it, call the company.

D. Open a window and let in the natural light instead.

E. In this way, you will see obvious ways to reduce the small daily expenses.

F. So check your local stores as well as online providers to find the best price.

G. Instead, making small changes will allow you to save money and still enjoy yourself.

 

 

There is no doubt about it. The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously. I don’t mean while you’re unconscious. I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.

    That is how I learnt the 30, 000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world, mother tongue. I just pick them up. But some of them may be misunderstood. Now, to misunderstand does not mean not to understand. To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.

The 5% mislearnt of all the words we ″know″ will be the least frequently used words, as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt. Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.

    Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning. They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game. ″There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across, “ they will say. ″You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”

    This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work. It may succeed in many cases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.

    And what’s more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves. Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings. A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.

    Don’t guess! Look it up!

64.The underlined word ″them″ in Paragraph 2 refers to _________.

    A.the 30, 000 words                B.English teachers

    C.misunderstood words             D.frequently used words

65.Which of the following is most likely NOT true?

    A.Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.

    B.Most of the 30, 000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones.

    C.How many words the writer got wrong are not known.

    D.All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.

66.What we can infer from the passage is that        .

         A.dictionaries can not help us learn language well

         B.when he is conscious, he usually can’t write new words

         C.we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them

         D.the writer prefers to guess meanings of new words

67.According to the passage, it is concluded that the best way to learn new words is      .

         A.to learn them by copying new words

         B.to learn by living in an English---speaking world

         C.to guess them only from the context

         D.to get more separate meanings of each word

 

 

第二节  完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,共30分)   

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

More good things come from small things

About a year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me.

I never heard any  36  from the children, but the parents were always shouting at the kids.

We  37  often in the hallways when we were coming or going. I  38  spoke, but the only   39  I ever got was a hello from the four – year – old girl.

I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I  40  they were just coming from their apartment and the little girl was holding the door   41  for the others. I  42  in the car doing unnecessary things because I didn’t like to be snubbed(冷落). The parents were   43  her to hurry and get in the car, I looked up and saw the little girl was   44  holding the door open,  45  for me.

I hurried as much as I could and   46  her. She was smiling from ear to ear. That afternoon I saw a white toy bear, I   47  the little girl and said to myself, “I   48  she would like that” so I bought it. I wrote a note   49  how much her act of kindness had touched a soft spot in an old man’s   50  .

The next day there was a   51  on the door and   52  was the little girl and her father. She was so proud of her bear and thanked me. Then I   53  her mother and the other children were there in the hall too. The mother and father both thanked me.

Now when we meet in the hall we all speak, and in a   54  manner, I might add.  55  time

passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. In fact, hardly at all.

36.A.sound                       B.noise                         C.conversation          D.crying

37.A.met                           B.saw                           C.visited                      D.gathered

38.A.never                        B.sometimes              C.seldom                     D.always

39.A.reward                     B.action                       C.answer                     D.prize

40.A.moved                      B.returned                  C.started                     D.drove

41.A.open                         B.closed                       C.fit                               D.active

42.A.stopped                   B.kept                          C.worked                     D.remained

43.A.suggesting              B.telling                       C.forcing                      D.making

44.A.ever                          B.even                          C.still                            D.yet

45.A.waiting                     B.calling                       C.leaving                     D.asking[来源:]

46.A.  replaced                B.encouraged            C.ignored                    D.thanked

47.A.thought about        B.thought of               C.thought over          D.thought out

48.A.decide                      B.am lucky                  C.am sure                   D.doubt

49.A.saying                       B.stating                     C.reporting                 D.writing

50.A.mind                         B.body                          C.thought                    D.heart

51.A.hit                              B.knock                        C.drop                          D.beat

52.A.she                            B.it                                C.they                          D.he

53.A.noticed                     B.watched                  C.recognized              D.felt

54.A.kindly                        B.politely                     C.coldly                        D.friendly

55.A.When                        B.Since                         C.As                              D.While

 

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