Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Question 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
It’s our guilty pleasure: Watching TV is the most common everyday activity, after work and sleep, in many parts of the world. Americans view five hours of TV each day, and while we know that spending so much time sitting 26 can lead to obesity(肥胖症)and other diseases, researchers have now quantified just how 27 being a couch potato can be.
In an analysis of data from eight large 28 published studies, a Harvard-led group reported in the that for every two hours per day spent channel 29 , the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes Journal of the American Medical association (糖尿病)rose 20% over 8.5 years, the risk of heart disease increased 15% over a 30 , and the odds of dying prematurely 31 13% during a seven-year follow-up. All of these 32 are linked to a lack of physical exercise. But compared with other sedentary (久坐的) activities, like knitting, viewing TV may be especially 33 at promoting unhealthy
habits. For one, the sheer number of hours we pass watching TV dwarfs the time we spend on anything else. And other studies have found that watching ads for beer and popcorn may make you more likely to 34 them.
Even so, the authors admit that they didn’t compare different sedentary activities to 35 whether TV watching was linked to a greater risk of diabetes, heart disease or early death compared with, say, reading.
A) climbed | I) previously |
B) consume | J) resume |
C) decade | K) suffered |
D) determine | L) surfing |
E) effective | M) term |
F) harmful | N) terminals |
G) outcomes | O) twisting |
H) passively |
答案及解析：
26. 根据原文“spending so much time sitting...can lead to obesity(肥胖症)and other diseases”，可知长时间坐着是被动地状态，会导致肥胖和其他疾病，“passively”(被动地)符合语境，所以选H。
27. 从后文对长时间看电视带来的各种疾病风险的描述，可知这里说的是成为“电视迷”是多么有害，“harmful”(有害的)符合文意，所以选F。
28. “published studies”表示已发表的研究，这里说对八项大型已发表的研究的数据进行分析，“studies”可用“previously”(先前地)来修饰，意为对“先前发表的研究”，所以选M。
29. “channel surfing”是固定短语，意为“换台;频繁换台看电视”，符合语境，所以选L。
30. 前文提到“over 8.5 years”，这里说心脏病风险增加是在一个“十年”期间，“decade”(十年)符合，所以选C。
31. 根据语境，在七年的随访期间过早死亡的几率“上升”了13%，“climbed”(上升)符合，所以选A。
32. 所有这些“结果”都与缺乏体育锻炼有关，“outcomes”(结果)符合，所以选G。
33. 与其他久坐活动相比，看电视可能在养成不健康习惯方面特别“有效”，“effective”(有效的)符合，所以选E。
34. 其他研究发现，看啤酒和爆米花的广告可能会让你更有可能“消费”它们，“consume”(消费)符合，所以选B。
35. 作者承认他们没有比较不同的久坐活动来“确定”与阅读等相比，看电视是否与更高的糖尿病、心脏病或早逝风险相关，“determine”(确定)符合，所以选D。
