河北省武邑中学2024届高考英语一轮复习单元检测：5

　　高三一轮复习单元检测题五

　　第二部分：阅读理解

　　第一节(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

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　　LONDON----Here’s a new 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, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV---just the overall number of hours it occurs. 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 British Journal of Sports Medicine, Elin EkblomBak 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, 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(调节) 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 benefit if that exercise were spread across the day, rather than in a single bout.（一回）

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

　　"We don’t have enough evidence yet to say how much sitting is bad," said Peter Katzmarzyk of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, who led the Canadian study. "But it seems the more you can get up and interrupt this sedentary behavior, the better."

　　Figures from a U.S. 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 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 they’re in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible," she said.

　　1．What is the best title for the text?

　　A. Not Sitting Too Much While Working      B. How To Avoid Sitting Too Much

　　C. Sitting Too Much Could Be Deadly          D. More And More People Sit Too Much

　　2．According to the research,______________.

　　A. the more time you spend in exercising in a single bout, the healthier you will be.

　　B. those who often sit too much are more likely to grow fat or suffer from a heart attack.

　　C. regular exercise is effective to get rid of the side effect of sitting too much.

　　D. you had better sit for more than four hours in a single bout.

　　3．How does the danger of sitting too much affect the human body?

　　A. It results in a higher death risk.

　　B. It increases glucose and fat in the body.

　　C. It makes a person unable to exercise long enough in a day.

　　D. It causes the gene to fail to balance the glucose and fat in the body.

　　4．In the opinion of Ekblom-Bak, you’d better have a rest in the office by________.

　　A. sending your friends e-mails           

　　B. having a walk around your office as often as you can.

　　C. chatting online or playing computer games 

　　D. listening to music with your head on the desk.

　　B

　　One of the best-loved American writers was William Sydney Porter, or O.Henry. From 1893 he lived with his family in a house in Austin, Texas, which is now a museum. Visitors to Austin can see the house. It was saved from destruction (破坏) and turned into a museum in1934. The museum is a good way to learn about the interesting life of the American writer.

　　William Porter rented this house in Austin and lived there with his wife Athol and daughter Margaret for about two years. Many objects in the museum belonged to the Porters. Others did not. An important piece in the room is the original photograph over here. It was taken there in the house about 1895. The piano there goes back to the 1860s. His wife took lessons on it when she first moved to Austin.

　　Porter did not start his career as a successful writer. He worked at a farm, land office and bank. He also loved words and writing. The museum has a special proof of Porter’s love of language --- his dictionary. It is said that he had read every word in that dictionary.

　　Later William Porter was forced to leave Austin because he was charged with financial wrongdoing at the bank and lost his job. Because he was afraid of a trail (审判), he left the country secretly. But he returned because his wife was dying. After her death, he faced the trial and became a criminal. He served three and a half years in a prison in Ohio.

　　William Porter would keep his time in prison a secret. But there was one good thing about it. It provided him with time to write. By the time he was freed, he had published 14 stories and became well known as O.Henry.

　　Porter later moved to New York City and found great success there. He published over 180 stories in the last eight years of his life.

　　5．O.Henry’s house in Austin has been well kept up till now so that ____.

　　A. Americans can explore their history

　　B more visitors will be attracted to Austin

　　C. visitors can learn about O.Henry’s life

　　D. it can show the way of life in the 1860s

　　6．What do we know about the piano in the house?

　　A. It was hated by Porter’s daughter.

　　B. It has a long history of about 150 years.

　　C. Porter’s wife gave music lessons on it.

　　D. Porter usually created music on it.

　　7．How does the museum prove (证明) Porter was fond of language?

　　A. With a dictionary he used.              

　　B. With the records they keep.

　　C. Using the books they wrote.              D. Using the photograph they keep.

　　8．Why did Porter escape from Austin?

　　A. He didn’t want to lose his job.          B. He didn’t want to make trouble.

　　C. He meant to save his wife’s life.        D. He was charged with a crime.

　　9．From the last two paragraphs we know that _______.

　　A. Porter became famous suddenly

　　B. Porter spent his time in prison writing

　　C. Porter suffered a lot from his time in prison

　　D. life in prison provided what he could write for Porter

　　C

　　I had about 10 minutes to exercise before I had to pick up my two older daughters from school yesterday. It was a busier day than usual for me with a couple of meetings besides my regular work.

　　Years ago, I would have put off my workout and would have left things for the next day. But since it was a busy day as well, I knew that I may not have all that much time either. So, I picked up my kettle-bell (哑铃) and went to town for 4 minutes.

　　See, 4 minutes, if that’s all you’ve got, is enough to give your body a great fat-burning exercise. How did I get a killer workout in 4 minutes? I used a training workout discovered 10 years ago by a Japanese Sports Scientist called a TABATA.

　　It includes 20-second periods of warm-up, followed by 10-second periods of rest and 4-minute straight exercise. How is a 4-minute exercise able to burn fat? It all depends on the quality of work you do. Not on the quantity. Here’s how I did it yesterday.

　　You should never forget your warm-up. A TABATA workout is 20 seconds of 2-arm Kettle-bell swings, 10 seconds rest, 20 seconds push-ups, and 10 seconds rest. You should do those 4 rounds. That’s it. I was done in a total time of 8 minutes by the time and when I got to school my heart was still pumping pretty hard.

　　A healthy body is needed for studying and working, and efficiency (效率) is the key to building a great body in the least amount (数量) of time possible and you can’t get more efficient than a 4-minute workout.

　　10．We can learn from the passage that the author ______.

　　A. is busy with his work           B. has a weak body now

　　C. has two children in all          D. is a manager in a film

　　1．The underlined phrase “went to town” in Paragraph 2 means “_______”.

　　A. put off doing something                  B. went to a very small city

　　C. did something with interest              D. hated to do something

　　2．What is the most important thing in taking exercise according to the author?

　　A. The goal     B. The quality      C. The quantity     D. The method

　　D

　　To do for you

　　Baby and me

　　St. Benedicts Family Medical Center’s “Baby and me” classes, 11 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, at Jerome Public Library, 101 First Ave. E.

　　This week’s topic: story telling. The class is educational support for parents and babies. A baby scale is available each week.

　　Free; 324-6133

　　Infant (婴儿)care

　　Infant care class of St. Benedicts’ prepared childbirth series (系列), 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, at Jerome Public Library, 101 First Ave. E.

　　Topics: baby care and early parenting. The class is offered separately, or as part of the childbirth series. Mothers may register (登记) even if their babies will be born at a different hospital.

　　Cost is $5. Register: 732-3148.

　　Self defense （自我保护）

　　College of Southern Idaho’s Community Education Center is offering a course “Self defense,” 7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, beginning this week to Dec. 16, in room 304 in the College of Southern Idaho gym. Bryan Matsuoka and Gary Phelps will instruct.

　　Learn defensive skills and the coordination (协调) of mind and body.

　　Cost is $105. Register: 732-6442 or communityed.csi.edu.

　　Fitness for seniors

　　South Central Public Health District is observing Fall Prevention AWARENESS Week Sept.19-25 to raise awareness (意识)of falls and reduce fall risk in south central Idaho.

　　The health district will provide a Fit and Fall proof class leader training from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday at 1020 Washington St. N. in Twin Fall. Training is for individuals interested in volunteering. Volunteers aren’t required to have a physical education degree but should have exercise experience. Register for the training by Wednesday: 737-5988.

　　“To do for you” is a listing of health-related activities, events and education in the following Monday.

　　13．“Baby and me” classes are held mainly for ______.

　　A. teachers and parents                     B. children and teachers

　　C. parents and children                     D. parents and babysitters (保姆)

　　4．Which activity can help the women who will soon have babies?

　　A. Baby and me      B. Infant care         C. Self defense D. Fitness for seniors

　　5．Which of the following phone number can help you reduce fall risk?

　　A. 737-5988         B. 324-6133         C. 732-6442     D. 732-3148

　　第二节　(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

　　’ve worked to make their streets and their schools safer, to give them something positive to do after school and before their parents get home. We’ve worked to teach our children that drugs are dangerous, illegal and wrong.

　　Today, I want to talk to you about the historic opportunity we now have to protect our nation’s children from an even more deadly threat.

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　　Smoking kills more people every day than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, drugs and fires combined. Nearly 90% of those smokers lit their first cigarette before they turned 18. Consider this: 3,000 children start to smoke every day illegally, and 1,000 of them will die sooner because of it.

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　　For more than five years we’ve worked to stop our children from smoking before they begin to try, starting a nationwide campaign to educate them about the dangers of smoking to reduce their access to tobacco products, and to restrict tobacco companies from advertising to young people.

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　　That means if we act now, we have it in our power to stop three million children from smoking and save a million lives as a result. So this is an emergency that needs quick action of all of you.

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　　A．Since I took office, I’ve done much to protect our children from harm.

　　B．This is a national tragedy（悲剧）that every American should help to prevent.

　　C．The quicker action we take, the fewer teen smokers there will be.

　　D．We have to educate them about the dangers of smoking.

　　E．It is smoking that is more terrible than drugs.

　　F．Compared with other diseases, drugs kill more people every day.

　　G．If we do these, we’ll cut teen smoking by almost half over the next five years.

　　第二节　完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　A few months ago, I was picking up the children at school. Emily, another mother that I knew well, rushed up to me. She was full of __1__.

　　“Do you know __22__ you and I are?” she asked. __23__ I could answer, she gave out the reason for her question. She had just returned from renewing her driver’s license at a government office. The woman __24__ desk asked her what her “occupation” was. Emily hesitated, __25__ how to answer it. “What I mean is,” explained the woman, “do you have a job, or are you just a ...?” “Of course I have a job,” answered Emily. “I’m a (an) __26__.” “We don’t __27__ ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.

　　I forgot all about her story __28__ one day I found myself in the same situation. This time it was at our own Town Hall. The clerk was a woman.

　　“And what is your occupation?” she asked. What __29__ me say it, I do not know. The words simply jumped out. “I’m ... a (an) ___30___ in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”

　　The clerk stopped, her ball-point pen ___31__ in mid-air. She looked up __32__ she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly.

　　“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in your ___33__?” Coolly, I heard myself ___34__, “I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field. I’m working for my masters (the whole family) and already have __35__ credits (令人增光的人或事物) (all daughters). I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). The job is more challenging than most jobs and the __36__ are in satisfaction rather than just money.”

　　There was an increasing note of __37__ in the clerk’s voice as she __38__ in the form. As I drove into our driveway(私家车道), I was __39__ by my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3. Inside the house I could hear our new experimental model (six months) in the child-development program.

　　I felt successful. Motherhood...what a great __40__.

　　21．A. surprise

　　B. anxiety

　　C. anger

　　D. excitement

　　22．A. who

　　B. what

　　C. how

　　D. why