第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

    阅读下列短文,从每题题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D和E)中选出最佳选项。

Sitting too much is now listed with smoking and junk food as a bad habit that increases your risk of heart disease.

New Australian research shows that half-an-hour in the gym will not make up for the waist-expanding damage caused by spending the rest of the day sitting.

But the good news is that doing chores in the house or gently walking around the office while on the phone might be enough to keep you fit.

The study joins the growing body of evidence suggesting too much sitting might undo the benefits of exercise.

The study measured the intensity of physical activities in 168 subjects over seven days. It found that, regardless of how much exercise they did or their total sitting time, those who took more breaks from sitting had lower risk of thick waists and lower levels of blood lipids(脂肪).

“Higher levels of blood lipids have been linked to a heightened risk of heart disease,” principal researcher Genevieve Healy of the University of Queensland said. “What the study shows is that there are benefits in just getting up regularly and interrupting your sitting time.”

Researchers behind the Stand Up Australia project have written to the Rudd Government requesting $3.5 million for a two-year study into the impact of long sitting time on health and productivity of workers. The study would also develop and test strategies for reducing sitting time on the job.

The latest study builds on work that is shifting the health promotion focus from purposeful exercise, such as running, to lower intensity activities throughout the day.

The Australian research has been hacked up by US studies.

“To hold a body that weighs 77 kilograms upright takes a fair amount of energy from muscles,” said Professor Marc Hamilton from the University of Missouri. “There is a large amount of energy associated with standing every day that cannot easily be replaced by 30 to 60 minutes in the gym.”

56. What’s the aim of the Stand Up Australia project?

       A. To study the factors influencing productivity of workers.

       B. To study the reasons for the longer sitting time at work.

       C. To develop and test strategies for reducing sitting time in the office.

       D. To develop and test strategies for reducing working time.

57. The purpose of the last paragraph is to       .

       A. provide a scientific basis for the benefits of standing up

       B. Compare the effect of standing with exercising in the gym

       C. report the new research findings of professor Marc Hamilton

       D. figure out the amount of energy associated with daily standing

58. What’s the best title for the text?

       A. Exercise in the Gym Is Out.

       B. Your Office Chair Is Killing You.

       C. A Cause of Heart Disease.

       D. Good News for Workers.

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Chinese, unlike many other languages, has a large family of dialects and written forms. Spoken Chinese is specially complex with more than five recognized dialect groups, even the written language with two recognized characters.

The written forms of Chinese include a traditional system of characters and a simplified one. The simplified version of characters came into use in 1949.

Traditional Chinese characters are still widely used throughout Asia and among Chinese people around the world, while the simplified characters are only found in the People’s Republic of China.

It is usually accepted that there are five major dialect groups within the Chinese language group. These are Mandarin, Wu, Min, Cantonese and Hakka.

Mandarin is the official language on the Chinese mainland and Chinese Taiwan. It  is also one of the four official languages of Singapore.

Wu is spoken around the lower Yangtze River and its tributaies(支流). Shanghai is a well-known dialect of Wu.

Min is commonly spoken by people in Taiwan, Fujian and Hainan. Cantonese is mainly spoken in the province of Guangdong. Cantonese is also spoken in many parts of the Chinese Diaspra(移居地), particularly Hong Kong and overseas Chinese settlements in the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia. Hakka is the least well-known dialect group inside China compared to the above four. Most of the Hakka dialect group is scattered(散居) throughout southeastern China in Guangxi Province. Historically, the Hakka people were northerners who moved south over several hundred years. Their name Hakka means “guest” indicaing their immigrant(移民) status in the southern areas to which they moved.

Title

Chinese Language

Theme

Chinese differs from many other languages in that it has many written forms and dialects.

Two (1)______ forms

Traditional characters

Still in wide (2)_______ throughout Asia and among

Chinese all over the world.

Simplified characters

●Used after the People’s Republic of China

was (3)_______.

●Commonly used on the mainland.

Five Major Chinese dialect Groups

Mandarin

The official language of the PRC, known as Putonghua in

mainland China.

Wu

●Spoken around the (4)_______Yangtze River and its tributaries.

●One famous dialect is Shanghaiese.

Min

Commonly spoken by people in Taiwan, Fujian and Hainan.

Cantonese

●Mainly spoken in Guangdong and Hong Kong.

●The language of Guangzhou is also known as Canton..

Hakka

●Compared to the four above, it is the (5)_______well-known.

●Spoken in Guangxi and it means “guest”.

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