Question

Common sense would tell us that physically active children may be more likely to become active and healthy adults.

In the United States, elementary and middle schools are advised to give students two and a half hours of physical activity a week. That is what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association recommend. They say high schools should provide about four hours of physical activity each week.

Yet many schools across the country have reduced their physical education programs. Just this week, a study reported that lifeexpectancy has fallen or is no longer increasing in some parts of the United States. The situation is worst among poor people in the southern states, and especially women. Public health researchers say it is largely the result of increases in fatness, smoking and high blood pressure. They also blame differences in health services around the country.

In 2006, a study found that only four percent of primary schools provided daily physical education all year for all grades. This was true of eight percent of middle schools and two percent of high schools. The study also found that twenty-two percent of all schools did not require students to take any P.E.

Charlene Burgeson , a health expert says one problem for P.E. teachers is that schools are under pressure to put more time into academic subjects. Also, parents may agree that children need exercise in school. Yet many parents today still have bad memories of being chosen last for teams because teachers favored the good athletes in class.

But experts say P.E. classes have changed. They say the goal has moved away from competition and toward personal performance, as a way to build a lifetime of activity. These days, teachers often lead activities like weight training and yoga.

Some parents like the idea of avoiding competitive sports in P.E. class. Yet others surely dislike that idea. In the end, schools may find themselves in a no-win situation.

1.The underlined word “expectancy” in Paragraph 3 probably means “       ”                            

A．quality            B．length            C．exception         D．depth

2.According to the passage which of the following may not lead to poor health?

A．Fatness.           B．Smoking           C．High blood pressure. D．Health service

3.What can be inferred after you read this passage?

A．Physical activities are becoming more and more popular in American schools.

B．All the schools provided daily physical education all year for all students.

C．Parents think children need physical education for their bad memories.

D．Students spent less time on physical education for academic pressure.

4.What is the main idea about this passage?

A．P.E. is the most important subject for all students.

B．P.E has changed its goal for some reasons in America.

C．It introduces us the present situation of P.E in American schools and its cause.

D．P.E can help students improve their academic subjects.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：

1.這是詞義猜測題。根據(jù)has fallen or is no longer increasing in some parts of the United States.既然不再增長了，可以推測life expectancy“壽命”故選B。

2.這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Public health researchers say it is largely the result of increases in fatness, smoking and high blood pressure. They also blame differences in health services around the country.故選D.

3.這是推理理解題。根據(jù)Charlene Burgeson , a health expert says one problem for P.E. teachers is that schools are under pressure to put more time into academic subjects.推出應(yīng)選D。

4.這是主旨大意題。根據(jù)首段和末段可以看出應(yīng)選C。

考點：這是一篇議論文。

點評：文中論述了當(dāng)今的美國的中小學(xué)的教育現(xiàn)狀，學(xué)校為了學(xué)生的學(xué)業(yè)而不去重視學(xué)生的身體健康，不讓或很少讓學(xué)生參加體育活動。詞義猜測題主要考查文章中出現(xiàn)的詞、詞組的意義或句子的含義。詞和詞組的考查需要學(xué)生們推測出生詞的中文意思或其英語近義詞或短語的引申意義，而句子則考查根據(jù)上下文推測整句話的含義。那么對生詞的考查針對的是閱讀理解文章中與文章含義有關(guān)的超綱詞匯或者是一詞多義的單詞在文中的理解，這就要求我們通過閱讀文章，推測該詞在句中的確切含義。