题文
Recently a study, led by Pedro Hallal of the Federal University, suggests that nearly a third of adults, 31%, are not getting enough exercise. That rates of exercise have declined is hardly a new discovery. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, technology and economic growth have helped to create a world in which taking exercise is more and more an option rather than a necessity. But only recently have enough good data been collected from enough places to carry out the sort of analysis Dr Hallal and his colleagues have engaged in.There are common themes in different places. Unsurprisingly, people in rich countries are less active than those in poor ones, and old people are less active than young ones. Less obviously, women tend to exercise less than men—34% are inactive, compared with 28% of men. But there are exceptions. The women of Croatia, Finland, Iraq and Luxembourg, for example, move more than their male countrymen.
Malta wins the race for most slothful country, with 72% of adults getting too little exercise, and Swaziland and Saudi Arabia are in close behind, with 69%. In Bangladesh, just 5% of adults fail to exercise enough. Surprisingly, six Americans in ten are active enough according to Dr Hallal’s study, compared with fewer than four in ten British.
These high rates of inactivity are worrying. Human beings seem to have evolved(进化) to benefit from exercise while deliberately avoiding it whenever they can. In a state of nature it would be impossible to live a life that did not provide enough of it. But that is no longer the case. Actually lack of enough activity these days has nearly the same effect on life span(寿命) as smoking.
小题1:We may learn from Paragraph 1 that_________.A．the decline of exercise rates is newly discovered B．the study suggests 31% of female adults get too little exercise C．the good enough data has been collected from only one countryD．the industrial revolution has changed the way people live to some degree小题2:According to the study, women of Luxembourg_________. A．have little time to exercise B．hate to get regular exerciseC．take more exercise to lose weightD．exercise more than men in their country小题3:The underlined word “slothful” in Paragraph 3 most probably means_________.A．powerfulB．richC．lazyD．unpopular小题4:What can be the best title for the text? A．Worldwide Lack of Enough ExerciseB．New Health DiscoveryC．Evolvement of Human BeingsD．Benefits of Taking Exercise 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析
工业改革已经在某些程度上改变人们的生活方式，锻炼身体越来越成为人们的一种选择，而非迫切的需要，世界范围的人缺少足够的锻炼。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, technology and economic growth have helped to create a world in which taking exercise is more and more an option rather than a necessity.可知工业改革已经在某些程度上改变人们的生活方式，选D
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子：But there are exceptions. The women of Croatia, Finland, Iraq and Luxembourg, for example, move more than their male countrymen.可知Luxembourg 的妇女锻炼的比男子多，选D
小题3:猜词题：从文章第三段的句子：Malta wins the race for most slothful country, with 72% of adults getting too little exercise, and Swaziland and Saudi Arabia are in close behind, with 69%.比较起来Malta的人是世界上最懒惰的人，可知“slothful”是“懒惰”的意思，选C
小题4:标题确定题：从全篇文章和第一段的句子：Recently a study, led by Pedro Hallal of the Federal University, suggests that nearly a third of adults, 31%, are not getting enough exercise.可知这篇文章讲的是世界范围的人缺少足够的锻炼，选A
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Recently a study, le.....”主要考查你对 [健康环保类阅读 ]考点的理解。健康环保类阅读
健康环保累阅读概念：
健康环保类文章常是介绍科学知识、生活常识和环境保护方面的短文。体裁有记叙文、 说明文、议论文和各种应用文。
健康环保类文章阅读技巧：
健康环保类文章常是介绍科学知识、生活常识和环境保护方面的短文。阅读此类短文要以现象或事物为中心进行思考，理解现象产生的原因、条件和客观规律等。同时要抓住事物的特征、用途和相互关系等。科普环保类文章一般为说明文，从结构上看大致可分为三个部分：
第一部分一般是文章的首段，主要用来提出文章的主题，即文章想要阐述、说明的主要内容；
第二部分是文章的主体，可由若干个段落组成，对文章的主题进行展开说明；
第三部分是结尾段，对文章的主题进行归纳总结。这类文章多用一般现在时，而且一般多使用客观性词语表述。有时为了强调客观性，也常使用被动语态。
从近几年的考试题来看，科普环保类的文章越来越与人们的实际生活相接近。由于此类文章缺乏故事情节，很多同学对此类文章感到费解。但一般的科普类文章都是就事论事，需要逻辑推理和想象的时候较少，因此此类阅读题也没有同学们想象中的那么难，只要多加训练，就能较好地答题。
【阅读策略】
1、概要(Summarizing)：
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2、组织(Organization)：
阅读后根据阅读内容，识别观点、人物、事件之间的关系以及文章的结构关系。如：时间关系、比较或对比关系、相关关系及因果关系等。
