Section A

Directions: 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.英语四级技巧

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