Question

【題目】New Reasons to Exercise

It’s a cruel reality that exercising is not a reliable way to lose weight and keep it off. 【1】 Here are the benefits of regular exercise.

【2】

A new study had found that just a short period of exercise can help improve the ability to remember things in the hours that follow. The report says, “Exercising four hours after learning a task can help people remember that task in the long term”

It may keep off depression.

【3】 Researchers found that women who exercised regularly reported about 50% fewer depressive signs than women who didn’t exercise as much. And the more the women reported exercising, the less likely they were to have signs of depression.

It can control appetite.(食欲)

Exercise may be the key to controlling your appetite. A study found that people who exercised for 15 minutes after doing mental work ate 100 fewer calories than people who did mental work and then remained seated. Exercise has the ability to increase available fuel sources in the body that may signal to the brain. “【4】I don’t need to fill myself with food,” says study author William H. Neumeirer.

It increases energy.

In a recent report, men who cycled for 20 minutes experienced a 166% increase in self-reported energy levels, compared with a 15% increase when they sat and did nothing for the same amount of time.【5】

A.It improves memory.

B.It has mind-body benefits.

C.Here is the energy source I need.

D.We do the work at the office each day.

E.Working out regularly might prevent depression.

F.But that doesn’t mean you should give up the effort.

G.If you need a reason to work out, energy increase is a worthwhile one.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】A

【3】E

【4】C

【5】G

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了幾項(xiàng)定期鍛煉的好處，這是堅(jiān)持鍛煉的新理由。

【1】上文提示“這是一個(gè)殘酷的現(xiàn)實(shí)，鍛煉并不是減肥和保持體重的可靠方法。”下文提示“下面是定期鍛煉的好處。”承接上下文，F項(xiàng)But that doesn’t mean you should give up the effort.（但這并不意味著你應(yīng)該放棄努力。）切題。該項(xiàng)和上句是一種轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，由but連接；下文解釋“為什么不應(yīng)該放棄努力”，與該項(xiàng)銜接緊密。故選F。

【2】此空是小標(biāo)題。根據(jù)下面的小標(biāo)題，可知應(yīng)該在A/B中選。再根據(jù)本段第一句A new study had found that just a short period of exercise can help improve the ability to remember things in the hours that follow.（一項(xiàng)新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，僅僅一小段時(shí)間的鍛煉可以幫助提高在接下來的幾個(gè)小時(shí)里記住事情的能力。）由此推知，A項(xiàng)It improves memory.（它提高記憶）符合本段內(nèi)容。故選A。

【3】根據(jù)本段小標(biāo)題It may keep off depression.（它可以防止抑郁。），再根據(jù)空格下文提示Researchers found that women who exercised regularly reported about 50% fewer depressive signs than women who didn’t exercise as much.（研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，經(jīng)常鍛煉的女性比不運(yùn)動的女性少了50%的抑郁癥狀。）承接標(biāo)題和下文，E項(xiàng)Working out regularly might prevent depression.（經(jīng)常鍛煉可以預(yù)防抑郁癥。）符合上下文語境。故選E。此處關(guān)鍵詞depression。

【4】根據(jù)本段小標(biāo)題It can control appetite(食欲). （它控制食欲。），再根據(jù)下文提示“我不需要用食物填飽肚子。”承接下文，C項(xiàng)Here is the energy source I need.（這是我需要的能量來源。）符合上下文語境。故選C。

【5】根據(jù)本段小標(biāo)題It increases energy.（它增加能量。），再根據(jù)空格上文提示“在最近的一份報(bào)告中，騎自行車20分鐘的男性自我報(bào)告的能量水平增加了166%，而他們坐著的時(shí)候增加了15%，并且在同樣的時(shí)間內(nèi)沒有做任何事情。”承接上文，G項(xiàng)If you need a reason to work out, energy increase is a worthwhile one.（如果你需要一個(gè)理由去鍛煉，那么能量的增加是值得的。）切題。故選G。

在做七選五時(shí)一定要注意and/but/so/besides/however/furthermore/moreover/in addition/what’s more等詞匯、固定結(jié)構(gòu)的運(yùn)用。它們連接了上下文，起著承上起下的作用。像but（但是）、however（然而），表示轉(zhuǎn)折，這說明前后的內(nèi)容相反或相對。把握住這一點(diǎn)，做起題來就會得心應(yīng)手。本題第1小題，上文提示“這是一個(gè)殘酷的現(xiàn)實(shí)，鍛煉并不是減肥和保持體重的可靠方法。”而后文也就是這篇文章主要講述的是“定期鍛煉的好處”，所以與上文that所指內(nèi)容構(gòu)成相反，故這是一種轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。而F項(xiàng)But that doesn’t mean you should give up the effort.（但這并不意味著你應(yīng)該放棄努力。）由but連接，前后是一種轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。此處that指的就是“鍛煉并不是減肥和保持體重的可靠方法”。