2016年12月英语四级阅读选词填空练习及答案(三)
Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage withten blanks. You are
required to select one word foreach blank from a list of choices given in a word
bankfollowing the passage. Read the passage throughcarefully before making your
choices. Each choice inthe bank is identified by a letter. Please mark
thecorresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet2 with a single line
through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank morethan
once.
It’s our guilty pleasure: Watching TV is the most common everyday activity,
after work andsleep, in many parts of the world. Americans view five hours of TV
each day, and while we knowthat spending so much time sitting ___36___ can lead
to obesity (肥胖症) and other diseases,researchers have now quantified just how___
37___ being a couch potato can be.
In an analysis of data from eight large ___38___ published studies, a
Harvard-led group reported inthe Journal of the American Medical Association
that for every two hours per day spent channel___39___ , the risk of developing
Type 2 diabetes(糖尿病) rose 20% over 8.5 years, the risk of heartdisease increased
15% over a ___40___ , and the odds of dying prematurely ___41___ 13% during a
seven-year follow-up. All of these ___42___ are linked to a lack of physical
exercise. But compared with othersedentary(久坐的) activities, like knitting,
viewing TV may be especially ___43___ at promotingunhealthy habits. For one, the
sheer number of hours we pass watching TV dwarfs the timewe spend on anything
else. And other studies have found that watching ads for beer andpopcorn may
make you more likely to ___44___ them.
Even so, the authors admit that they didn’t compare different sedentary
activities to ___45___whether TV watching was linked to a greater risk of
diabetes, heart disease or early deathcompared with, say, reading.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A) climbed
B) consume
C) decade
D) determine
E) effective
F) harmful
G) outcomes
H) passively
I) previously
J) resume
K) suffered
L) surfing
M) term
N) terminals
O) twisting
参考答案：
36. H) passively
37. F) harmful
38. I) previously
39. L) surfing
40. C) decade
41. A)climbed
42. G)outcomes
43. E)effective
44. B)consume
45. D)determine
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