17．Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook from scratch？Have you been doing internet shopping rather than going to the stores？What can't you be bothered to do？
A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of adults are so lazy they'd catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs．
Just over 2000people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health，Britain's largest health charity．The results were astonishing．
About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken，they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up．
More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus．Worryingly，of the 654respondents with children，64% said they were often too tired to play with them．
This led the report to conclude that it's no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classified as obese （very fat） before they start school．
Dr Sarah Dauncey，medical director of Nuffield Health，said："People need to get fitter，not just for their own sake，but for the sake of their families，friends and evidently their 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  rudimentary  of tasks．"
And Scotland's largest city，Glasgow，was shamed as the most inactive city in the UK，with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise，followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton，both with 67%．
The results cause serious challenges for the National Health Service，where obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40years and are costing billions of pounds every year．

71．What causes children in the UK to be obese？D
A．Eating ready meal          B．Watching TV
C．Doing Internet shopping    D．Being lazy
72．What can be inferred from the passage？D
A．British people are too lazy to do anything．
B．Internet shopping will do harm to your health．
C．Many people would not run to catch a bus in Britain．
D．People should be more active and take regular exercise to keep fit．
73．Which of the following is Not true according to the passage？A
A．One sixth of British people use remote control when watching TV．
B．People will benefit not only themselves but their families by getting fit．
C．Fatness can cause diseases such as heart disease and cancer．
D．More people get obesity-related illnesses now than 40years ago．
74．What does the underlined word  rudimentary  most probably mean？A
A．basic       B．serious
C．vital       D．hard
75．All the following are among the most lazy cities in the UK exceptC．
A．Glasgow       B．Birmingham
C．Nuffield      D．Southampton．

分析 文章主要介紹了一個(gè)關(guān)于英國人有多懶的研究報(bào)告，該報(bào)告說英國人的懶惰造成了肥胖．

解答 71-75  DDAAC
71．D 細(xì)節(jié)題．由第五段最后一句"Worryingly，of the 654 respondents with children，64% said they were often too tired to play with them．"和第六段"This led the report to conclude that it's no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classified as obese （very fat） before they start school．"可知，懶惰導(dǎo)致兒童的肥胖，故正確答案為D．
72．D 推斷題．文章主要介紹了一個(gè)關(guān)于英國人有多懶的研究報(bào)告，該報(bào)告說英國人的懶惰造成了肥胖，由此推知，D項(xiàng)的描述正確，故正確答案為D．
73．A 細(xì)節(jié)題．由第四段"About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken，they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up．"可知，接受調(diào)查的人中，1/6的人說如果遙控器壞了，他們寧愿一直看同一個(gè)頻道而不愿起床換臺(tái)，A項(xiàng)與原文不符，所以A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤．因?yàn)榇祟}選擇錯(cuò)誤項(xiàng)，故正確答案為A．
74．A 用A項(xiàng)替換劃線詞，則原句"If we don't start to take control of this problem，a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most rudimentary of tasks．"意為"如果我們不開始控制這個(gè)問題，整整一代人將變得太胖以致于不能執(zhí)行最基本的任務(wù)"，符合文意，所以A項(xiàng)正確．用其他選項(xiàng)替換劃線詞，均不能表明鍛煉身體的重要性，故正確答案為A．
75．C  細(xì)節(jié)題．由倒數(shù)第二段"And Scotland's largest city，Glasgow，was shamed as the most inactive city in the UK…followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton，both with 67%．"可知正確答案為C．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 閱讀理解題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋．考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)．

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7．Confidence Comes From Treating Others As Equals
There's been recent discussion over Chinese attitudes toward foreigners，caused by another quarrel between a foreigner and a taxi driver．According to the studies described in the Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology，Chinese have lower self-confidence compared to Westerners．Yet does the result still apply to the Chinese people today？
Yes and no．For the moment，different attitudes toward foreigners can still be found in China's society，with some displaying low self-confidence like"Foreigners are awesome （令人敬畏的），and Western countries are awesome．We should respect them and be as polite as possible，and shouldn't let them look down on us，"and a few unfriendly opinions such as"Some foreigners are rude and disrespectful，and their level of civility （禮貌） is far behind China．"
Chinese used to be lacking in self-confidence．It might start from the modern history，after the failure in the Opium wars，and the following humiliation （恥辱） of being bullied （被欺負(fù)） and brought to their knees by Western guns．And the dark history is still to some extent affecting our mentality （心態(tài)） today．
For some time，the Western world represents the best of everything in some Chinese eyes．But our state of mind is gradually changing．When asked"What makes you feel proud of your country？"in school classes in China，answers vary from the World Expo to the Olympic Games，from athletes to astronauts，from the mushrooming skyscrapers to busy metropolises，which have all filled us with growing self-confidence．
While answering the question"Since China is so good today and Chinese people are more confident，why are an increasing number of Chinese emigrating abroad？"Zhang Weiwei，a professor at Fudan University，replied that at least 70percent of Chinese migrants （移民） become more patriotic （愛國的） after leaving their home country，no matter whether they have become a naturalized citizen of another nation or not．Such result and experiences are much more convincing and have better effect than dozens of"patriotic education"classes．
There is no reason for us not to be self-confident．We live in the world's second-largest economy．Chinese net financial assets per capita （人均純金融資產(chǎn)） and the purchasing power of people have seen a sharp rise，with more and more people starting to purchase works of art，instead of only necessities．These all indicate a rising standard of life and self-confidence．
Nevertheless，the point of the changing attitudes toward ourselves or other countries is not realizing other nations are better or worse than China，but treating them like how we treat our fellow Chinese．That is what confidence means，not being condescending （屈尊），not worshiping，but looking each other in the eye with trust and respect．
67．According to the text，what are the Chinese attitudes toward foreigners today？B
A．They think the foreigners are always rude．
B．They have various attitudes toward foreigners．
C．They always speak highly of the foreigners．
D．They believe foreigners are just common people．
68．Chinese used to lack self-confidence becauseD．
A．They thought the foreigners were mysterious．
B．They used to think themselves less powerful．
C．They once believed foreigners were awesome．
D．They were deeply influenced by the dark history．
69．According to Zhang Weiwei，most Chinese migrantsC．
A．desire to be a citizen of another nation
B．a(chǎn)re unwilling to return to their motherland
C．develop a stronger love for their home country
D．serve as bad examples in patriotic education
70．What's the main idea of the passage？A
A．Chinese should be confident and take the foreigners as equals．
B．Chinese have enough confidence to make greater progress．
C．Chinese have a lower self-confidence faced with foreigners．
D．Chinese should be proud of the great achievement of their country．

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