LONDON—Here’s a new warning from health expertsSitting is deadly.

Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for long periods—even if you also exercise regularly—could be bad for your health.And it doesn’t matter where the sitting takes place—at the officeat school,in the car or before a computer or TV—just the overall number of hours it occurs.Several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fathave a heart attack or even die.

In an editorial published this 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 physical activity to highlight the dangers of sitting.

While health officials have issued guidelines recommending minimum amounts of physical activitythey haven’t suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated position.

“After four hours of sitting,the body starts to send harmful signals,”said Ekblom?Bak.She explained that genes regulating(調(diào)節(jié)) the amount of glucose(葡萄糖) and fat in the body start to shut down.

Even for people who exercisespending long periods of time sitting at a desk is still harmful.Tim Armstrong,a physical activity expert at the World Health Organizationsaid people who exercise every day—but still spend a lot of time sitting—might get more benefit if that exercise was spread across the day,rather than in a single bout(一回)

Stillin a study published in 2009 that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years,researchers found people who sat more had a higher death riskwhether or not they exercised.

“We don’t have enough evidence yet to say how much sitting is bad,” said Peter Katzmarzyk of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rougewho led the Canadian study.“But it seems the more you can get up and interrupt this sedentary behavior,the better.”

Figures from a US. survey in 2003?2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sittingfrom working at their desks to sitting in cars.

Experts said more research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerous,and what might be possible to offset those effects.

“People should keep exercising because that has a lot of benefits” Ekblom?Bak said.“But when they’re in the office,they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible” she said.

1.What is the best title for the text?

ANot Sitting Too Much While Working

BHow to Avoid Sitting Too Much

CSitting Too Much Could Be Deadly

DMore and More People Sit Too Much

2.According to the research,________.

Athe more time you spend in exercising in a single bout(一回)the healthier you will be

Bthose who often sit too much are sure to grow fat or suffer from a heart attack

Cregular exercise is effective to get rid of the side effects of sitting too much

Dyou had better not sit for more than four hours in a single bout

3.How does the danger of sitting too much affect the human body?

AIt results in a higher death risk.

BIt increases glucose and fat in the body.

CIt makes a person unable to exercise long enough in a day.

DIt causes the gene to fail to balance the glucose and fat in the body.

4.The underlined word “offset” in Paragraph 10 most probably means “________”

Aimprove? Bavoid

Cignore? Dachieve

 

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.B

【解析】

1.

解析 標題歸納題。文章首先提出最新研究發(fā)現(xiàn),即:久坐會致命。之后圍繞該主題對研究進行介紹,并對此研究發(fā)現(xiàn)進行分析。故選C項。

2.2】 D

解析 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段第一句“‘After four hours of sittingthe body starts to send harmful signals’..”可推斷選D項。

3.3】 D

解析 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段第二句“She explained that genes regulating(調(diào)節(jié)) the amount of glucose(葡萄糖) and fat in the body start to shut down.”可知,坐了四個小時后,身體會開始發(fā)出有害信號,此時調(diào)節(jié)體內(nèi)葡萄糖和脂肪量的基因會停止工作,從而導(dǎo)致體內(nèi)葡萄糖和脂肪量失衡。

4.4】 B

解析 詞義猜測題。最后一段中艾克布洛姆?巴克的話是對“what might be possible to offset those effects”進行具體說明,即告訴人們?nèi)绾伪苊饩米牟焕绊懀蔬xB項。

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