2021年成人高考高起点《英语》复习模拟试题17

　　阅读理解(共15小题;每题3分,共45分)

　　阅读系列短文，然后根据短文的内容共每小题的四个选择项中选出.佳的一项。

　　Passage 1

　　People need to be active to be healthy. Our modern lifestyle and all the conveniences we've

　　become used to have made us keep a long time sitting, such as sitting around in front of the TV or the computer, riding in the car for even a short trip to the store and using elevators instead of stairs. That's dangerous for our health. Physical inactivity is as dangerous to our health as smoking!

　　Add up your activities during the day in periods of at least 10 minutes each. Start slowly . .. and

　　build up. If you're already doing some light activities move up to more moderate ones. A little is good, but more is better if you want to achieve health benefits.

　　Scientists say accumulate 60 minutes of physical activity every day to stay healthy or improve your health. Time needed depends on effort -- as you progress to moderate activities, you can cut down to thirty minutes, four days a week.

　　Physical activity doesn't have to be very hard to improve your health. This goal can be reached by building physical activities into your daily routine. Just add up in periods of at least ten minutes each throughout the day. After three months of regular physical activity, you will notice a difference --people often say getting started is the hardest part.

　　36. Nowadays people () [单选题] *

　　A. are less active than in the past(正确答案)

　　B. are more active than in the past

　　C. are as active as they used to be

　　D. are as inactive as they used to be

　　答案解析：这篇文章讲的是如何通过运动增强体质。第一段中提到we’ve become used to...我们已经适应了……,表明以前不是这样的。后面又列举不活动的行为,诸如看电视、开车、玩电脑等,都是坐着的。选项A是正确的。

　　37. Time needed for physical activity depends on () [单选题] *

　　A. health

　　B. effort(正确答案)

　　C. money

　　D. creation

　　答案解析：第三段中指出:科学家认为每天共计60分钟的锻炼时间是合适的,但是所需时间基于你自己,你可以把时间缩短至半小时。选项B是正确的。

　　38. You can improve your health () [单选题] *

　　A. relaxing and keeping cool

　　B. spending longer hours in activities

　　C. eating less and less during short periods of time

　　D. integrating physical activity into your timetable(正确答案)

　　答案解析：第四段。改善健康不必要进行很剧烈的运动,它是长期的,有计划的。应把锻炼记入时间表中,过一段时问后检查其效果。选项D是正确的。

　　39. People say that () [单选题] *

　　A. they do not have time for physical activity

　　B. getting started into physical activity is not so difficult

　　C. getting started into physical activity is the most difficult part(正确答案)

　　D. they prefer keeping the present situation to doing any activities

　　答案解析：此题目可定位于.后一句话。开始是很难的。选项C是正确的。