Question

Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook by yourself ? Have you been doing Internet shopping rather than going to the stores?

A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of the adults are so lazy that they’d catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.

Just over 2,000 people were quizzed by independent researchers in the Britain’s largest health center. The results were very surprising.

About one in six people who were asked said if their control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.

More than one third of those asked said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of 654 respondents (离婚被告) with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.

We know that it’s no wonder that one in six children in the UK are very fat before they start school.

Dr Sarah, Dauncey, medical director of the center, said, “People need to get fitter, not just for their own health, but for their families, friends and pets, too.”

“If we don’t start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most basic tasks.”

And Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the laziest city in the UK, with 75% asked thinking they do not get enough exercise, followed by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%.

So there are some problems for the National Health Service, where fatness-related (相关的) illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on an increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.

1.What does the underlined word “quizzed” mean?

A. questioned   B. answered   C. listened   D. heard

2.Of 654 respondents with children, 64% said _____.

A. they were often too busy to play with their children

B. they were often so tired that they couldn’t play with their children

C. they were often so sad that they didn’t want to play with their children

D. they were often ill and they couldn’t play with their children

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. All the adults in the UK are very lazy.

B. Half of the children are very fat before they go to school.

C. Pets will be in trouble if their owners don’t keep healthy.

D. All people in Glasgow feel ashamed because they don’t get enough exercise.

4. From the last paragraph, we can learn ______ if they keep lazy.

A. people may have heart disease

B. people can work at home all the time

C. people like shopping online

D. people don’t like climbing the stairs

5. What does the passage mainly talk about ?

A. The health service in the UK.

B. A study of British people’s lifestyles.

C. A study of British people’s laziness.

D. The fatness problem in the UK.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是对英国的懒人进行的一项调查。他们懒，不锻炼，身体不健康，会带来很多问题。因为人们需要变得更健康，不只是为了他们自己的健康，而且为了他们家人、朋友和宠物。如果他们比较懒，他们可能患有心脏病和癌症。

1.A 词义猜测题。根据About one in six people who were asked said if their control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.“被询问的人中有六分之一的人说如果他们的遥控器坏了，他们会继续看同一个他频道而不是起来。”此处有人被问，故推断这是问题。故选A。

2.B 细节理解题。根据Worryingly, of 654 respondents (离婚被告) with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.可知在654名带有孩子的离婚被告中，64%的人说他们经常太累了而没有和他们一起玩。故选B。

3.C 推理判断题。根据 “People need to get fitter, not just for their own health, but for their families, friends and pets, too.”“人们需要变得更健康，不只是为了他们自己的健康，而且为了他们家人、朋友和宠物”。故推断如果主人不健康，他们的宠物就会有麻烦。故选C。

4.A 推理判断题。根据So there are some problems for the National Health Service, where fatness-related (相关的) illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on an increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year. 可知如果他们比较懒，他们可能患有心脏病和癌症。故选A。

5.

【考点定位】广告布告类短文阅读。