1、大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 30及答案与解析 Section C 0 Here s a warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged 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 office,
2、 at school, in the car or before a computer or TV just the overall number of hours it occurs. Research is preliminary, but several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die. In an editorial published this week in the Britis
3、h 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 activity,
4、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,“ Ekblom-Bak said. She explained that genes regulating the amount of glucose and fat in the body start to shut down. Even for people who exe
5、rcise, spending long stretches 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 benefit if that exercise were spread across the day, rather t
6、han in a single bout. That wasnt welcome news for Aytekin Can, 31, who works at a London financial company, and spends most of his days sitting in front of a computer. Several evenings a week, Can also teaches jiu jitsu, a Japanese martial art involving wrestling, and also does Thai boxing. “Im sure
7、 there are some detrimental effects of staying still for too long, but I hope that being active when I can helps,“ he said. “I wouldnt want to think the sitting could be that dangerous.“ Still, in a study published last year that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years, researcher
8、s found people who sat more had a higher death risk, independently of whether or not they exercised. Figures from a US survey in 2003-2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sitting, from working at their desks to sitting in cars. Experts said more research is needed to figure out just
9、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 theyre in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible,“ she said. “Dont just send your colleague
10、 an e-mail. Walk over and talk to him. Stand up.“ 1 What can we learn from the first paragraph? （ A） Exercising more can reduce the harm brought by sitting. （ B） Sitting for a long time is harmful for people s health. （ C） Exercising regularly is also bad for people s health. （ D） Where you sit will
11、 not affect your health. 2 If someone spends most of his days sitting, the following will be likely to be caused except_. （ A） he will be likely to be fat （ B） he may have a heart attack （ C） he may have a stomachache （ D） he may even die if sitting too long 3 What does the author mean by saying “Ev
12、en for people who exercise, spending long stretches of time sitting at a desk is still harmful?“(Para. 6)? （ A） Exercising can t help reduce the harm caused by sitting. （ B） The harm depends on the prolonged time sitting at a desk. （ C） Exercising is not necessary for people. （ D） Exercising has no
13、advantages for people who often sit. 4 What does the last paragraph show? （ A） To interrupt sitting as often as possible is good for people s health. （ B） Sitting for long time can hardly be avoided. （ C） Keep exercising can eliminate the harm of sitting. （ D） Office workers dont like to exercise. 5
14、 What is the main idea of this passage? （ A） People should keep exercising （ B） Exercising may not reduce the harm of sitting. （ C） Sitting for long time is deadly. （ D） How to eliminate the harm of sitting? 5 Weve got it all wrong, says Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms tycoon and worlds second-ric
15、hest man: we should be working only three days a week. Attending a business conference in Paraguay, Mr. Slim said it was time for a “radical overhaul“ of peoples working lives. Instead of being able to retire at 50 or 60, he says, we should work until we are older but take more time off as we do so.
16、 “People are going to have to work for more years, until they are 70 or 75, and just work three days a week perhaps 11 hours a day,“ he told the conference, according to P news agency. “With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax for quality of life. Having four days(off)would be v
17、ery important to generate new entertainment activities and other ways of being occupied.“ The 74-year-old self-made magnate believes that such a move would generate a healthier and more productive labour force, while tackling financial challenges linked to longevity. He is putting his money where hi
18、s mouth is. In his Telmex fixed-line phone company in Mexico, where workers on a collective labour contract who joined the company in their late teens are eligible to retire before they are 50, he has instituted a voluntary scheme allowing such workers to keep working, on full pay, but they only nee
19、d to work four days a week. Mr. Slim stunned the Mexican business world this month with plans to break up his Ame rica Mo vil empire, selling about a fifth of its assets, in order to avoid regulatory sanctions. His companies dominate 80 per cent of the fixed-line and 70 per cent of the mobile market
20、s in Mexico above a new 50 per cent threshold. The magnate is a keen strategist and philanthropist, who has often said what he likes to do best is to think. He has cultivated interests outside the corporate world: his passion for Rodin sculpture and art collecting is evident in the Soumaya museum in
21、 Mexico City dedicated to his late wife. Another of his deep-held beliefs is that education should be rethought. He told the conference in Paraguay that it should “not be boring, but should be fun“ and should teach people “not to memorize but to reason; not to domesticate but to train“. He also call
22、ed for more vocational training. Mr. Slim, who is at the age of 74 already, meanwhile, appears to have no plans to retire. “Look at who he respects: the(Mexican)banker Manuel Espinosa Yglesias was something of a mentor, and he was still working in his late 80s,“ said Andrew Paxman, a British histori
23、an who is writing a book about Mr. Slim. 6 Which is not the reason of having four days off a week being very important according to Mr. Slim? （ A） People will have more time to relax and achieve quality of life. （ B） People can generate new entertainment activities in the spare time. （ C） People wil
24、l have time to think about other ways of being occupied. （ D） People will be happy and more willing to go to work. 7 Which of the following is not the advantage of working three days a week in Mr. Slim s opinion? （ A） The move can generate a healthier labour force. （ B） The labour will be more produ
25、ctive. （ C） People will remain happy if so. （ D） It will tackle financial challenges linked to longevity. 8 These are the identities of Mr. Slim except_. （ A） he is a magnate （ B） he is a diplomatist （ C） he is a strategist （ D） he is a philanthropist 9 What is Mr. Slims deep-belief in education? （
26、A） To domesticate, to memorize and to train. （ B） To be fun, to reason and to memorize. （ C） To be fun, to memorize and to train. （ D） To be fun, to reason and to train. 10 The best title of the passage may be_. （ A） Carlos Slim Calls for a Three-day Working Week （ B） People Favour a Three-day Worki
27、ng Week （ C） Working Three Days a Week is with advantages （ D） Working Three Days a Week Will be Implemented 10 Often heard people complain about, why not my face, why so bad weather today, why do I live in such a poor family, why God told me . why should we complain about it complained that it? Lif
28、e was not all the best, life was not perfect, on the contrary, the ups and downs, is the routine. Do not complain, everyones life will not be easy, but precisely because of these twists and turns in folding wave, acquired a colourful life. If we can often look at the issue from another angle, you mi
29、ght easily find the life is still very exciting. You cant change the face, smile, why dont you think about indulgence; you cant change the weather, why dont you change the mood? As the saying goes: after the storm. The same is true of life, after training can often make life wonderful. China, a writ
30、er came to the United States, he saw a flower of the old lady is always very happy, very strange. He would pick a flower asked: “Why are you always so happy?“ Replied the old lady. And it made the writer stand in amazement. “That Jesus was crucified is the world s darkest day, three days later to Ea
31、ster. All the trouble to wait for three days as long as the right not to vanish into thin air?“ Writer for the old lady answered and moved an old lady could look at this free and easy life, could see so thoroughly to life. King inventors Edison filament do in order to find the best materials have be
32、en done a 1,000 experiment many times and failed. Have a laugh at his neighbour: “Do you Know to do 1,000 experiments have failed many times?“ Edison said: “I am not found more than 1,000 kinds of inappropriate material filament so it?“ Edison failed to look at from another angle, he is quite sure t
33、hat it can be the most suitable materials, is precisely because of this self-confidence, they are able to make unremitting efforts, finally successful. People to love life, love life, to have self-confidence, it is necessary to make unremitting efforts towards the target, like Ai Qing said, “Even if
34、 we are a candle, wax should be dry before the torch ashes tears; even though we are a match should be at the crucial moment there is a ray of light,“ if so, will the meaning of our lives, our lives will be able to issue a strange glory. Finally, I had to remind you that in the face of setbacks, do
35、not complain about it complained that the old, and to learn how to transform the issue of perspective, so that life is not susceptible to “rain“ by knockout. 11 What is the main idea of the first paragraph? （ A） People are accustomed to complaining life. （ B） People are not satisfied with their live
36、s. （ C） Life is not perfect and don t complain. （ D） The life of everybody is miserable. 12 Which is the synonym of “twists and turns“(Line 5, Para. 1)? （ A） Repetitions. （ B） Misery. （ C） Complaints. （ D） Setbacks. 13 What is the relationship between the second paragraph and the third paragraph? （
37、A） The two paragraphs are paralleling. （ B） The third paragraph is the illustration of the prior one. （ C） Cause and effect. （ D） Comparison and contrast. 14 What does the old lady s saying in paragraph 3 mean? （ A） Good luck will come three days later. （ B） Time can appease all of wound. （ C） Looki
38、ng at issues from another angle will make you happy. （ D） People should be hopeful to the future. 15 What is the authors attitude towards life? （ A） Positive. （ B） Indifferent. （ C） Pessimistic. （ D） Radical. 15 NBA centre Jason Collins recently announced he was gay in a cover story for Sports Illus
39、trated. In other words, he “came out of the closet.“ This expression for revealing ones homosexuality may seem natural. Being in the closet implies hiding from the outside world, and the act of coming out of it implies the will to stop hiding. But though the closet has long been a metaphor for priva
40、cy or secrecy, its use with reference to homosexuality is relatively recent. According to George Chauncey s comprehensive history of modern gay culture, Gay New York , the closet metaphor was not used by gay people until the 1960s. Before then, it doesnt appear anywhere “in the records of the gay mo
41、vement or in the novels, diaries, or letters of gay men and lesbians.“ “Coming out,“ however, has long been used in the gay community, but it first meant something different than it does now. “A gay mans coming out originally referred to his being formally presented to the largest collective manifes
42、tation of prewar gay society, the enormous drag balls that were patterned on the debutante and masquerade balls of the dominant culture and were regularly held in New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Baltimore, and other cities.“ The phrase “coming out“ did not refer to coming out of hiding, but to joini
43、ng into a society of peers. The phrase was borrowed from the world of debutante balls, where young women “came out“ in being officially introduced to society. The gay debutante balls were a matter of public record and often covered in the newspaper, so “coming out“ within gay society often meant rev
44、ealing your sexual orientation in the wider society as well, but the phrase didnt necessarily carry the implication that if you hadnt yet come out, you were keeping it a secret. There were other metaphors for the act of hiding or revealing homosexuality. Gay people could “wear a mask“ or “take off t
45、he mask“. A man could “wear his hair up“ or “let his hair down“, or “drop hairpins“ that would only be recognized by other gay men. It is unclear exactly when gay people started using the closet metaphor, but “it may have been used initially because many men who remained covert thought of their homo
46、sexuality as a sort of skeleton in the closet.“ It may also have come from outsiders who viewed it that way. It seems that “coming out of the closet“ was born as a mixture of two metaphors: a debutante proudly stepping into the arms of a community and a shocking secret being kept in hiding. Now the
47、community is the wider community, and the secret is no longer shocking. “Coming out“ is a useful phrase, but it need not imply a closet. 16 Why did “come out of the closet“ seems natural when refers to revealing ones homosexuality? （ A） Because homosexual couples live in a place named Closet. （ B） B
48、ecause both the closet and homosexuality mean privacy. （ C） Because Jason Collins has refrained from NBA. （ D） Because people always use “closet“ to refer to homosexuality. 17 Which of the following statement about “coming out“ is True? （ A） Closet is always the metaphor of homosexuality. （ B） The o
49、riginal meaning of the phrase is the revealing of homosexuality. （ C） The phrase was borrowed from the world of debutante balls. （ D） The phrase “coming out“ only refers to coming out of hiding. 18 What does “take off the mask“ mean among gay people? （ A） To show he is homosexual. （ B） To hide his homosexuality. （ C） It means that he wants to change his sexual orientation. （ D） It means that he doesn t want to be homosexual. 19 What can we learn from the last paragraph? （ A） The phrase “coming out“ is only use
