New research suggests that cutting daily sitting time to less than three hours might extend your life by two years.
“Humans were designed to move. But modern lifestyles and office jobs rarely encourage us to walk around,” says Peter Katzmarzyk, an expert at the University of Louisiana.
“Sitting is common in our lives today. We sit while we’re driving, eating and watching TV. And many of us sit for many hours at work.” Katzmarzyk said.
“We can’t throw away physical activity. It’s extremely important. We have 60 years of researchers showing us that.” Katzmarzyk said.
Katzmarzyk and other researchers are trying to discover how sitting all day affext our lifespans（壽命）.
“This is a relatively new area of study…Studies that have assessed the relationship between sitting and death or television viewing and death have been very rare in the last four or five years,” said Katzmarzyk.
Katzmarzyk and his colleagues analyzed data from these studies, which involved almost 167,000 adults. Then they turned to a government-run survey of Americans to find out exactly how much time people spend sitting and watching.
Not only did the team find that U.S. citizens could live longer by sitting less, they found that cutting TV time to less than two hours a day could add an extra 1.4 years to their lives.
People who’ve spent half their waking lives sitting down might well ask, “Is it ever too late to make a change?”
“We would say ‘No. It’s never too late.’ Physical activity is good for you at every age.” Katzmarzyk said.
Katzmarzyk says studying this problem has inspired his team to make a few changes in their own lives. They recommend a few simple changes: frequently getting up from your desk, taking walks at lunch time, and instead of e-mailing colleagues, walking over to their offices and talking face-to-face——all activities that can be enjoyable as well as life-extending.
【小題1】Peter Katzmarzyk seems to believe that _____.

A．we should not sit for a long time
B．most people like to sit most of the time
C．office jobs encourage us to walk a lot
D．modern lifestyles are good for our health
【小題2】The underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 probably refers to _____.
A．taking physical exercise is important
B．many researches should be carried out
C．we should exercise during working hours
D．people should focus on their health at work
【小題3】Why did Katzmarzyk and his colleagues turn to a government-run survey?
A．To collect information for the government
B．To know how long people sit and watch TV
C．To find what citizens do in their spare time’
D．To discover how sitting for long affects their lives
【小題4】The best title of the text would be _____.
A．What Is the Healthiest Lifestyle？
B．Sitting for a Long Time Is Bad for Us
C．Study Suggests Sitting Less Can Extend Life
D．It Is Never Too Late to Change Our Way of Life


【小題1】A
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】C

解析試題分析 本文是說(shuō)明文，最新研究表明，每天減少坐著的時(shí)間三小時(shí)能延長(zhǎng)壽命兩年。
【小題1】A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段Humans were designed to move人類(lèi)天生就是運(yùn)動(dòng)的。故選 A項(xiàng)。
【小題2】A細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段We can’t throw away physical activity. It’s extremely important，身體活動(dòng)十分重要，故A項(xiàng)。
【小題3】B細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第七段Then they turned to a government-run survey of Americans to find out exactly how much time people spend sitting and watching.他們向政府求助目的是人們坐著和看電視花費(fèi)的確切時(shí)間，故選 B項(xiàng)。
【小題4】 C主旨大意。開(kāi)篇提到New research suggests that cutting daily sitting time to less than three hours might extend your life by two years.一個(gè)研究結(jié)果，減少坐著能延長(zhǎng)壽命，而下方是圍繞著提出的問(wèn)題進(jìn)行展開(kāi)的，最后 一段進(jìn)行Katzmarzyk says studying this problem has inspired his team to make a few changes in their own lives點(diǎn)題，鼓勵(lì)人們多運(yùn)動(dòng)。故選 C項(xiàng)

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