语篇阅读高分练(六)

　　阅读理解

　　A

　　Thehumanbodyisdesignedtomove.Butmodernlifestylesandofficejobsrarelygiveusthechancetomovearound.Asweknow，wesitwhilewe’reeating，wesitinthecarandwesitwhilewewatchTV.Andmanyofussitformanyhoursatwork.

　　Newresearchshowsthatsittinglessthanthreehoursadaymightextendyourlifebytwoyears.PeterKatzmarzyk，ascientistattheUniversityofLouisianainthesouthernUnitedStates，，meaningitissomethingwedoallthetime，everywhere. However，Mr.Katzmarzyksaysthatdoesnotmeanyoucansitfortherestofyourwakinghours.Healsosaysyoumayexerciseoften，“Wecan’tthrowawayphysicalactivity.It’sextremelyimportant.Wehave60yearsofresearchshowingusthat.”

　　Mr.Katzmarzykandhiscolleaguesarepartofanewgenerationofresearchersstudyinghowsittingalldayaffectslengthoflife.“Studiesthathaveassessedtherelationshipbetweensittingandmortality(死亡率) ortelevisionviewingandmortalityareveryrare.There’sonlybeenafewofthem，

　　，actuallyfiveorsixnow

　　inthelastfourorfiveyears.”Theyfoundthatcuttingtelevisiontimetolessthantwohoursadaycouldaddone-pointfouryearstolife.

　　Luckily，changeisalreadycomingtosomeoffices，especiallyinthedesignofdesks.A“standingdesk”letspeoplestandwhiletheywork.Anothernewdesigniscalledthe“treadmilldesk”．Atreadmillisanexercisemachinethatletsyouwalkinoneplace.EvensomeU．S.schoolsarebeginningtoexperimentwithdesksthatarepartbicycletokeepchildrenmoving.That’soneofthestrategiesthatmanycompaniesareusingnow.

　　Mr.Katzmarzykalsosaysstudyingthisproblemhasinspiredhisteamtomakeafewchangesintheirownlives.

　　1．Theunderlinedword“ubiquitous”isclosestinmeaningto“”．

　　A．dangerousB．awkward

　　C．comfortableD．common

　　答案 D

　　解析 词义猜测题。根据划线单词后的内容“itissomethingwedoallthetime，everywhere”可知我们随时随地都坐着，因此ubiquitous意为“常见的”，故最佳答案为D。

　　2．WhichviewagreeswiththeopinionofMr.Katzmarzyk?

　　A．Sittingtoolongmayhelpincreaseone’slife.

　　B．Exerciseisimportantanddon’tsittoolong.

　　C．WatchingTVisbad，butcanbroadenone’shorizons.

　　D．StoppingwatchingTVisanecessarybuthardtask.

　　答案 B

　　解析 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Wecan’tthrowawayphysicalactivity.It’sextremelyimportant.(我们不能抛开体育活动。它非常重要。)”，可知与选项B(锻炼很重要，不能长时间坐着)意思是一致的，故最佳答案为B。

　　3．WhatdoesMr.KatzmarzykthinkofhisstudyinParagraph4?

　　A．It’sarelativelynewareaofstudy.

　　B．It’sahotsubjectstudiedbyexperts.

　　C．It’sastudythatbeginstoolate.

　　D．It’snotignoredbymanyexperts.

　　答案 A

　　解析 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“There’sonlybeenafewofthem，actuallyfiveorsixnow，inthelastfourorfiveyears.”可知他的研究是相对较新的，故最佳答案为A。

　　4．Whyarethedesksofallkindsdesignedforthosewhositmore?

　　A．Togivethemmorecomfort.

　　B．Toimprovetheirworkefficiency.

　　C．Toofferthemthechancetoexercise.

　　D．Toseekpleasurewhileworking.

　　答案 C

　　解析 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的内容，办公桌的设计已经发生变化了，其目的是要久坐的人多运动，故最佳答案为C。

　　B

　　WhereHastheTimeGone？isthehottestsongthathasmovedthousandsofChinese.Chineseparentsgivetheirchildrenendlessloveandasknothinginreturn.However，sometimes，daughtersandsonsaretoobusygrowingupandforgetthattheirparentsaregettingolderandolder.Whatshouldwedo？Let’shavealookataletterofafather’s.

　　Dearson，

　　OnedayifyouseemeoldandIamnotmyself

　　havepatienceandtrytounderstandme.IfIgetdirtywheneating...，ifIcannotdress...，，

　　havepatience.RememberthehoursIspentteachingittoyou.

　　If，whenIspeaktoyou，Isaythesamethingsonethousandandonetimes，

　　，donotstopmeandlistentome.Whenyouweresmall

　　Ihadtoreadtoyouonethousandandonetimesthesamestoryuntilyougettosleep.

　　WhenIdonotwanttohaveashower，neithershame(羞辱) menorscold(责备) me.RememberwhenIhadtochaseyouwithathousandexcusesIinvented，inorderthatyouwantedtobath.

　　Whenyouseememeetsomethingnew

　　givemethenecessarytimeanddon’tlaughatme.Itaughtyouhowtodosomanythings...toeatwelltodresswell...tofacelife.IfIdonotwanttoeat

　　donotforceme.IknowwellwhenIneedtoandwhennot.Whenmylegsdonotallowmetowalk

　　givemeyourhandthesamewayIdidwhenyougaveyourfirststeps.

　　WhensometimesIlosethememoryduringourconversation

　　letmehavethenecessarytimetoremember.AndifIcannotdoit

　　youlistentome.

　　Yours，

　　Father

　　5．WhatdotheChineseparentsoftendo?

　　A．Theyoftengetdirtywheneating.

　　B．Theyoftenreadstoriestotheirchildrenatnight.

　　C．Theygivetheirchildrenendlessloveandasknothinginreturn.

　　D．Theyoftenrefusetotakeashower.

　　答案 C

　　解析 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句，，，，，，donotbecomenervousbecausethemostimportantthingisnotmyconversationbuttobewithyouandtohave“Chineseparentsgivetheirchildrenendlessloveandasknothinginreturn.”可知中国的父母经常给孩子无尽的爱而不求回报，所以选C。

　　6．Whatwouldthefatherdo，ifhewantedhissontogotosleep?

　　A．Hewouldreadthesamestorymanytimestomakehissonsleep.

　　B．Hewouldinventmanyexcuses.

　　C．Hewouldscoldhisson.

　　D．Hewouldteachhissontocountsheep.

　　答案 A

　　解析 细节理解题。根据信中第二段的句子“Whenyouweresmall，Ihadtoreadtoyouonethousandandonetimesthesamestoryuntilyougettosleep.”可知为了让儿子睡觉这个爸爸会一遍又一遍的读同样的故事，所以选A。

　　7．Accordingtothefather，whatshouldyoudo，whenyouroldparentslosethememoryduringyourconversation?

　　A．Goontalkingwiththem.

　　B．Leavethemalone.

　　C．Goforawalkingwiththem.

　　D．Bewiththemandlistentothem.

　　答案 D

　　解析 细节理解题。根据信中最后一段的内容可知这个爸爸认为当年迈的父母在交谈的时候失去记忆了，你应该和他们在一起，听他们说话，所以选D。

　　8．Whydoesthewriterwritethispassage?

　　A．Tointroducethesong，WhereHastheTimeGone?

　　B．Toshowwhatweshoulddowhenourparentsareold.

　　C．Toshowafather’slovetohisson.

　　D．Tocomplainthatwearetoobusy.

　　答案 B

　　解析 写作意图题。根据文章第一段的“However，sometimes，daughtersandsonsaretoobusygrowingupandforgetthattheirparentsaregettingolderandolder.Whatshouldwedo？”可知作者写这篇文章是想告诉我们父母老了，我们应该怎么做，所以选B。

　　C

　　Likeallrelationships

　　aloveaffairwithrunninghasitsupsanddowns.Onedayyoucan’timagineyourlifewithoutrunning

　　andthenextyoumaybecursingatyourself (whilerunning，，，ofcourse) forgettingstartedwiththiscrazysport.Ifyouhavemomentswhenyourloveforrunningisfading (andwhodoesn’t)，herearesomewaystore-ignite(点燃) thespark：

　　1．Talktootherrunners.

　　Whetheryou’rediscussingyourpastgloriousdaysorfuturerunninggoals，talkingaboutrunningwithotherrunnerscanhelpremindyouofwhyyoufeelinlovewithitinthefirstplace.

　　2．Buyyourselfsomenewrunninggear.

　　Treatyourselftosomenewrunninggear，suchasanewshirtorrunningsocks，

　　，asarewardforyourhardwork.Thetreatwillmakeyoufeelenergized

　　andreinforceyourcommitmenttoyourtraining.Afterall，whodoesn’tlookforwardtowearingthatnew，cool-lookingrunninggearonalongrun？Ifyoudon’tneedanynewgear，amassageorpedicure(足疗) isalwaysanicereward.

　　3．Displayyourbling(战绩)．

　　Havingvisualremindersofyourrunningaccomplishmentscanhelpkeepyoumotivatedtogetoutther

　　B．Toaskyoutorunmore.

　　C．Tosharesomewaysofre-ignitingtheloveofrunning.

　　D．Totellyourunningisveryimportant.

　　答案 C

　　解析 写作意图题。根据文章第一段末句

　　，“Ifyouhavemomentswhenyourloveforrunningisfading(andwhodoesn’t)

　　herearesomewaystore-ignite(点燃) thespark：”可知答案。