【正文】 ead awareness of the importance of regular exercise, nearly every munity has a gym or fitness club where people can go or pay to work out, and we understand more about how the human body works. Yet despite the many health and fitness methods, programs, and resources, the general population has never been so physically sedentary (久坐的)and outofshape. A recent World Health Organization report indicates that life expectancy (壽命)in the U. S. dropped for the first time since 1993. The health of modem people is declining, despite highly advanced medical technologies and the booming health and fitness industry. How could that be? A large part of it is motivation. People are simply not as motivated to move their body and get healthy as they were in the past. We live in a society where the inability to operate one39。s body in a practical and effective manner is no longer an embarrassing condition. The fitness industry no matter how good each new program claims to be, has failed to get the majority of people to value, practice, and enjoy physical exercise. So, should we expect the answer to this dilemma to e from even more varied, or more technologically advanced programs and equipment? Or will the solution e from a different mindset, a simpler approach and practice, and overall a new culture?（1）What does the author tell us about fitness industry in paragraph 2? provides better technology. is supported by most people. brings about positive effects. costs people too much money.（2）What is the main reason why people fail to do physical exercise? enough equipment. of inner drive. instructions. living conditions.（3）What does the author seem to agree with? attitudes to fitness. on standard practice. more potential customers. to more advanced programs.（4）What is the best title for the text? in fitness about fitness of fitness of fitness【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，分析了健身市場的發(fā)展帶來的好處，盡管醫(yī)療技術(shù)高度發(fā)達(dá)，健康健身產(chǎn)業(yè)蓬勃發(fā)展，但現(xiàn)代人的健康水平卻在下降。問題產(chǎn)生很大一部分原因是人們?nèi)狈?nèi)在動機(jī)。作者建議應(yīng)當(dāng)改變對健康的態(tài)度。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Obviously, much good has e out of these recent developments: there39。s widespread awareness of the importance of regular exercise, nearly every munity has a gym or fitness club where people can go or pay to work out, and we understand more about how the human body works.”顯然，這些最新的發(fā)展帶來了很多好處:人們普遍意識到定期鍛煉的重要性，幾乎每個社區(qū)都有一個健身房或健身俱樂部，人們可以去那里或花錢去那里鍛煉，我們對人體如何工作了解得更多，可知健身產(chǎn)業(yè)帶來了積極的影響。故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“A large part of it is motivation.”其中很大一部分是動機(jī)，可知人們不鍛煉身體的主要原因是缺乏動機(jī)或內(nèi)在驅(qū)動力。故選B。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Or will the solution e from a different mindset, a simpler approach and practice, and overall a new culture?”或者，解決方案將來自一個不同的心態(tài)，一個更簡單的方法和實踐，以及一個全新的文化?可推知作者似乎同意改變對健康的態(tài)度。故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段“As we reflect on the evolution of fitness over the centuries, and the emergence of a well organized and growing ‘fitness’ market and industry, it is well to ask ourselves: what have we lost, and what have we gained?”當(dāng)我們回顧幾個世紀(jì)以來健身運動的演變，以及一個組織良好、不斷發(fā)展的“健身”市場和行業(yè)的出現(xiàn)，我們有必要捫心自問:我們失去了什么，又得到了什么?以及文章主要內(nèi)容為分析健身市場的發(fā)展帶來的好處，以及其中存在的問題和問題產(chǎn)生的原因。故選A。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇健康類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 Everybody sleeps, but what people stay up late to catch or wake up early in order not to miss varies by culture. From data collected, it seems the things that cause us to lose the most sleep, on average, are sporting events, time changes, and holidays. Russia39。s late nights and early mornings generally correspond(相一致)to public holidays. On New Year39。s Eve, Russians have the world39。s latest bedtime, hitting the hay at around 3:30 a. m. Russians also get up an hour later on International Women39。s Day, the day for treating and celebrating female relatives. Similarly, Americans39。 late nights, late mornings, and longest sleep fall on threeday weekends. Canada got the least sleep of the year the night it beat Sweden in the Olympic hockey(冰球)final. The World Cup is also chiefly responsible for sleep deprivation. The worst night for sleep in the U. K. was the night of the EnglandItaly match on June 14. British people stayed up a halfhour later to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morning thanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime. That was nothing, though, pared to Germans, Italians, and the French, who stayed up around an hour and a half later on various days throughout the summer to watch the World Cup. It should be made clear that not everyone has a tool to record their sleep patterns。 in some of these nations, it39。s likely that only the richest people do. And people who select to track their sleep may try to get more sleep than the average person. Even if that39。s the case, the above findings are still striking. If the most healthconscious (注重健康的) among us have such deep swings(明顯改變)in our sleep levels throughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?（1）What do we learn about the Russians regarding sleep? don39。t fall asleep until very late. don39。t sleep much on weekends. get less sleep on public holidays. sleep longer than people elsewhere.（2）The underlined word deprivation in the last paragraph but one means_______. （3）Why do some rich people use a tool to record their sleep patterns? want to get more sleep. have trouble falling asleep. are involved in a sleep research. want to go to bed on regular hours.（4）What does the author imply in the last paragraph? is important to study our sleep patterns. people really know the importance of sleep. does harm to people39。s health. people probably sleep more than the rich.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，人們熬夜或早起的原因各不相同。從收集到的數(shù)據(jù)來看，體育賽事、時間改變、假期等因素讓我們失去最多的睡眠。這個數(shù)據(jù)令人震驚，然而卻幾乎沒人意識到睡眠對我們是多么的重要。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Russia39。s late nights and early mornings generally correspond to public holidays. On New Year39。s Eve, Russians have the world39。s latest bedtime, hitting the hay at around 3:30 a. m.”在公共假日，俄羅斯人通常熬夜和早起。除夕之夜，俄