Question

Common sense would tell us that physically active children may be more likely to become active and healthy adults.

In the United States, elementary and middle schools are advised to give students two and a half hours of physical activity a week. That is what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association recommend. They say high schools should provide about four hours of physical activity each week.

Yet many schools across the country have reduced their physical education programs. Just this week, a study reported that life expectancy has fallen or is no longer increasing in some parts of the United States. The situation is worst among poor people in the southern states, and especially women. Public health researchers say it is largely the result of increases in fatness, smoking and high blood pressure. They also blame differences in health services around the country.

In 2006, a study found that only four percent of primary schools provided daily physical education all year for all grades. This was true of eight percent of middle schools and two percent of high schools. The study also found that twenty-two percent of all schools did not require students to take any P.E.

Charlene Burgeson , a health expert says one problem for P.E. teachers is that schools are under pressure to put more time into academic subjects. Also, parents may agree that children need exercise in school. Yet many parents today still have bad memories of being chosen last for teams because teachers favored the good athletes in class.

But experts say P.E. classes have changed. They say the goal has moved away from competition and toward personal performance, as a way to build a lifetime of activity. These days, teachers often lead activities like weight training and yoga.

Some parents like the idea of avoiding competitive sports in P.E. class. Yet others surely dislike that idea. In the end, schools may find themselves in a no-win situation.

1. The underlined word “expectancy” in Paragraph 3 probably means “       ”                            

A．quality

B．length

C．exception

D．depth

2.According to the passage which of the following may not lead to poor health?

A．Fatness.	B．Smoking
C．High blood pressure.	D．Health service

3. What can be inferred after you read this passage?

A．Physical activities are becoming more and more popular in American schools.

B．All the schools provided daily physical education all year for all students.

C．Parents think children need physical education for their bad memories.

D．Students spent less time on physical education for academic pressure.

4. What is the main idea about this passage?

A．P.E. is the most important subject for all students.

B．P.E has changed its goal for some reasons in America.

C．It introduces us the present situation of P.E in American schools and its cause.

D．P.E can help students improve their academic subjects.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：1.B 推理題。根據(jù)第三段最后三行Public health researchers say it is largely the result of increases in fatness, smoking and high blood pressure. They also blame differences in health services around the country.都是在分析這種情況的原因，肥胖，抽煙和高血壓，這些都可以導(dǎo)致人死亡，那么說明這個詞指的是人的平均年齡在下降，故B正確。

2.D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段最后三行Public health researchers say it is largely the result of increases in fatness, smoking and high blood pressure. They also blame differences in health services around the country說明ABC三項都會導(dǎo)致健康不好，醫(yī)療保健會讓健康狀態(tài)好起來，故D符合句意。

3.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段第2句teachers is that schools are under pressure to put more time into academic subjects.說明學校處于要把時間放在文化課的成績上的壓力里之下。故D正確。

4.C 主旨大意題。文章討論的是美國學校體育教育的現(xiàn)狀和出現(xiàn)這種情況的原因。故C正確。

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