Question

Here's a new warning from health experts：sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for long periods, even if you exercise regularly, could be bad for your health. And it doesn't matter where the sitting takes place—in the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV. Just the overall number of hours it takes counts. Several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die.

While health officials have issued (发布) guidelines advising on the least amounts of physical activity, they 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 Ekblom­Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences. She explained that genes controlling the amount of glucose (葡萄糖) and fat in the body start to shut down.

Even for people who exercise, spending long periods of time sitting at a desk is still harmful. Tim Armstrong, a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization, said people who exercise every day but still spend a lot of time sitting might get more benefits if that exercise were spread across the day, rather than in a single hour.

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

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，” Ekblom­Bak said. “And when they're in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible. ”

1.The underlined word “offset” in Paragraph 6 most probably means “________”．

A. turn to    B. work out

C. get rid of    D. make use of

2.Sitting too much is dangerous because it can ______.

A. make a person unable to exercise enough in a day

B. destroy the balance of glucose and fat the body

C. increase glucose and fat in the body

D. make a person become lazy

3.In the opinion of Ekblom­Bak, when at work, you'd better have a rest by ________.

A. sending your friends e­mails

B. taking a walk around your office

C. chatting online or playing computer games

D. listening to music while sitting

4.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. Side Effects of Sitting Too Much

B. Don't Sit Too Much While Working

C. More and More People Sit Too Much

D. Sitting Too Much Could Be Dangerous

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】科学家指出，即使经常锻炼身体，长时间坐着也会对健康产生不良影响。

1.C词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句前一分句中的dangerous及最后一段的内容可推知，该词指“取消；抵消”。故选C。

2.B细节理解题。根据第三段可知，长时间坐着会产生危害的原因在于坐4个小时后，身体就会发出有害信号，此时调节体内葡萄糖和脂肪含量的基因会开始罢工，导致体内葡萄糖和脂肪的含量失衡。故选B。

3.B推理判断题。根据最后一段可推知，Ekblom­Bak的观点是：人们应该坚持锻炼，因为锻炼身体益处多多。在办公室办公时，应该尽可能多地起来活动活动，由此可推断选B项。

4.D标题归纳题。文章首先提出最新研究发现，即：久坐会致命。之后围绕该主题对研究进行介绍，并对该研究发现进行分析。故选D。

【名师点睛】

做推理判断题时要抓住文章的主题和细节，分析文章结构，根据上下文内在联系，挖掘文章的深层含义。在进行推理时，考生一定要仔细阅读短文，千万不可脱离原文而仅凭个人的看法，主观臆断。本题第4小题，根据最后一段可推知，Ekblom­Bak的观点是：人们应该坚持锻炼，因为锻炼身体益处多多。在办公室办公时，应该尽可能多地起来活动活动，由此可推断选B项。