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11．Here's a new warning from health experts：Sitting is deadly．Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods-even if you also exercise regularly-could be（36）Afor your health．And it doesn't matter where the sitting takes place-at the office，at school，in the car or before a computer or TV-just the overall number of hours it（37）B
Research is preliminary，but several studies（38）Cpeople who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat，have a heart attack or even die．
In an editorial（39）Dthis week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine，Elin Ekblom-Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences suggested that authorities rethink how they define（40）Bactivity to highlight the dangers of sitting．
While health officials have issued guidelines（41）Cminimum amounts of physical activity，they haven't suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated（42）D
"After four hours of sitting，the body starts to send（43）Asignals，"Ekblom-Bak said．She explained that genes regulating the amount of glucoseand fat in the（44）Cstart to shut down．
Even for people who（45）D，spending long stretches of time sitting at a desk is still harmful．Tim Armstrong，a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization，said people who exercise every day（46）Cstill spend a lot of time sitting-might get more benefit if that exercise were spread across the day．（47）Ain a single bout．
That wasn't（48）Dnews for Aytekin Can，31，who works at a London financial company，and spends most of his days sitting（49）Ca computer．Several evenings a week，Can also teaches jiu jitsu，a Japanese martial art（50）Bwrestling，and also does Thai boxing．
"I'm sure there are some detrimental（51）Aof staying still for too long，but I hope that being（52）Bwhen I can helps，"he said．"I wouldn't want to think the sitting could be（53）Ddangerous．"
Still，in a study published last year that tracked more than 17，000 Canadians for about a dozen years，researchers found people who sat（54）Chad a higher death risk，independently of whether or not they exercised．
Figures from a US survey in 2003-2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sitting，from working at their desks to sitting in cars．
Experts said more research is needed to（55）Djust how much sitting is dangerous，and wha t might be possible to offset those effects．

36．A．bad	B．good	C．mean	D．dead
37．A．does	B．occurs	C．matches	D．dies
38．A．advise	B．talk	C．suggest	D．say
39．A．thrown	B．caught	C．seen	D．published
40．A．biological	B．physical	C．psychological	D．logical
41．A．commending	B．mending	C．recommending	D．communicating
42．A．stand	B．state	C．post	D．position
43．A．harmful	B．careful	C．wonderful	D．skillful
44．A．head	B．arm	C．body	D．foot
45．A．sleep	B．rest	C．walk	D．exercise
46．A．and	B．so	C．but	D．then
47．A．rather than	B．other than	C．more than	D．less than
48．A．bad	B．harmful	C．disadvantage	D．welcome
49．A．behind	B．back	C．in front of	D．forward
50．A．referring	B．involving	C．taking	D．bringing
51．A．effects	B．prefects	C．affects	D．offers
52．A．inactive	B．active	C．interactive	D．positive
53．A．such	B．little	C．lot	D．that
54．A．less	B．fewer	C．more	D．further
55．A．leave out	B．bring out	C．hold out	D．figure out

Answer 1

分析 文章讲述了越来越来越多的科学家提醒，即使经常锻炼身体，长时间坐着也会对健康产生有害影响．完成此题时要结合日常生活中的常识．家提醒，即使经常锻炼身体，长时间坐着也会对健康产生有害影响．完成此题时要结合日常生活中的常识．

解答 36-40：ABCDB  41-45：CDACD  46-50：CADCB  51-55：ABDCD
36题答案是A．根据Sitting is deadly．Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods-even if you also exercise regularly-could be…可知长时间坐着也会对健康产生有害（bad）影响，而非好（good）影响．故选A．
37题答案是B． 根据And it doesn't matter where the sitting takes place-at the office，at school，in the car or before a computer or TV-just the overall number of hours it…可知不管你坐在哪里，它都会发生（occurs），而不是做（does），匹配（matches），和死亡（dies）．故选B．
38题答案是C．但已有几项研究显示（suggest），而不是建议（advise），谈论（talk）和说（say）．故选C．
39题答案是D． 在英国《运动医学》杂志上发表的（published）一篇评论文，而绝非是扔掉的（thrown），抓住的（caught），看见的（seen）．故选D．
40题答案是B．相关机构应重新考虑如何界定身体（physical）锻炼，以强调久坐的危害．是身体而非生理（biological），心理（psychological）和逻辑（logical）．故选B．
41题答案是C． 卫生官员已发布指南建议（recommending）人们的最低身体活动量，是建议而不是修补（mending），评论（commending）和交流（communicating）．故选C．
42题答案是D．但在一天最多坐（保持坐姿：in a seated position）几个小时的问题上还是个空白，是姿势而非座位（stand），状态（state），和柱子（post）．故选D．
43题答案是A．身体会开始发出有害（harmful）信号，而不是仔细的（careful），完美的（wonderful），和有技巧的（skillful）．故选A．
44题答案是C．此时调节体内（就是身体：body）葡萄糖和脂肪量的基因会开始罢工，而绝不是头（head），胳膊（arm）和脚（foot）．故选C．
45题答案是D．即使对那些经常锻炼（exercise）的人来说，长时间坐着也有害，是锻炼而不是睡觉（sleep），休息（rest）和走路（walk）．故选D．
46题答案是C．对于那些每天锻炼但依然（就是转折：but）有很多时间是处于静坐状态的人来说，是表示转折而不是和（and），因此（so）这样的递进因果关系，更不是然后（then）这样的副词了．故选C．
47题答案是A．如果每天的锻炼可分散进行而不是（rather than）一次集中完成，other than：就是，more than：多于，less than：少于，显得不合适．故选A．
48题答案是D． 这对于艾特金．肯来说不是什么好消息，这儿就是受人欢迎的（welcome）消息，而不是坏的（bad），有害的（harmful），不利（disadvantage）消息．故选D．
49题答案是C．肯每天大部分时间都坐在电脑前（in front of），而不是后面（behind），往后（back）和往前（forward）．故选C．
50题答案是B．不过他每周有几个晚上教授和摔跤相关的（involving）柔术，而不是参考（referring），拿走（taking）和带来（bringing）．故选B．
51题答案是A．我知道长时间坐着不动肯定有害的影响（effects），而不是完美（prefects）和提供（offers），affects是动词：影响，我们这儿要的是名词．故选A．
52题答案是B．但我希望我做的这些运动（就是活跃起来：active）能起到作用，而绝不是不活跃（inactive），互动（interactive）和正面（positive）．故选B．
53题答案是D．我不愿相信坐着会产生这么（也就那么：that）危险的后果，而不是修饰名词的如此（such），少的（little）和得还a连用的多（lot）．故选D．
54题答案是C．长时间坐着（就是坐的较多：more）的人死亡率更高，而根本不是修饰不可数的较少的（less），修饰可数的较少的（fewer），和较远的（further）．故选C．
55题答案是D． 开展更多研究以测算（就是计算出：figure out）每天坐多久会对健康产生威胁，而不是遗漏（leave out），拿出（bring out）和举出（hold out）．故选D．

点评 解答此类题目，首先需要通读全文，掌握文章大意；其次分析每一个空格前后的语意和语境，进而根据相关语法选择正确的答案．