一、阅读下面短文,从短文各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Nowadays, many of us track our steps with smart watches, pedometers (计步器) or phone apps and are of course thrilled when we reach that all-important daily goal of 10,000 steps. You might 1 that this number has appeared after years of research.
The 2 number “10,000” dates back to a marketing campaign 3 shortly before the start of the1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. A company began 4 a pedometer called the Manpo-kei: “man” meaning 10,000, “po” meaning 5 and “kei” meaning meter. It was hugely 6 and the number seems to have stuck. Many buyers are appealed by the new device.
Since then, studies have 7 the health benefits of 5,000 with 10,000 steps and, not 8 , the higher number is better. But until recently, all the 9 between hadn’t been studied. I-Min Lee, a professor of 10 at Harvard Medical School, and her team 11 a group of more than 16,000 women in their seventies. Each woman spent a week 12 a device to measure movement during 13 hours. When they 14 the women up an average of four years and three months later, 504 died. How many steps do you think the people alive had been doing? In fact, the average number for 15 was only 5,500 but not 10,000. Women who took more than 4,000 steps a 16 were significantly more likely to still be alive than those who did only 2,700 steps. It’s surprising that such a small 17 could have consequences for longevity (寿命).
However, physical conditions 18 from person to person, and we should do it wisely. So count if you find it 19 you, but remember there’s nothing special about 10,000 steps. Set the goal that is 20 for you.
1.A.assume B.admit C.acquire D.afford
2.A.delicate B.ordinary C.abstract D.magic
3.A.recommended B.launched C.stated D.commanded
4.A.marketing B.purchasing C.manufacturing D.donating
5.A.walkers B.runners C.steps D.numbers
6.A.thoughtful B.successful C.plentiful D.powerful
7.A.identified B.displayed C.compared D.compromised
8.A.excitingly B.disappointingly C.amusingly D.surprisingly
9.A.signs B.strengths C.symbols D.numbers
10.A.psychology B.mathematics C.medicine D.philosophy
11.A.focused on B.took part in C.got along with D.thought highly of
12.A.associating B.wearing C.undertaking D.claiming
13.A.walking B.sleeping C.running D.shaking
14.A.remarked B.distinguished C.acquainted D.tracked
15.A.women B.deaths C.survivors D.people
16.A.day B.hour C.month D.week
17.A.distance B.growth C.decrease D.difference
18.A.separate B.reflect C.vary D.recover
19.A.distracts B.motivates C.indicates D.accumulates
20.A.challenging B.appropriate C.beneficial D.creative
一、答案：1.A; 2.D; 3.B; 4.A; 5.C; 6.B; 7.C; 8.D; 9.D; 10.C; 11.A; 12.B; 13.A; 14.D; 15.C; 16.A; 17.D; 18.C; 19.B; 20.B
Nowadays, many of us track our steps with smart watches, pedometers (计步器) or phone apps and are of course thrilled when we reach that all-important daily goal of 10,000 steps. You might 1 that this number has appeared after years of research.
The 2 number “10,000” dates back to a marketing campaign 3 shortly before the start of the1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. A company began 4 a pedometer called the Manpo-kei: “man” meaning 10,000, “po” meaning 5 and “kei” meaning meter. It was hugely 6 and the number seems to have stuck. Many buyers are appealed by the new device.
Since then, studies have 7 the health benefits of 5,000 with 10,000 steps and, not 8 , the higher number is better. But until recently, all the 9 between hadn’t been studied. I-Min Lee, a professor of 10 at Harvard Medical School, and her team 11 a group of more than 16,000 women in their seventies. Each woman spent a week 12 a device to measure movement during 13 hours. When they 14 the women up an average of four years and three months later, 504 died. How many steps do you think the people alive had been doing? In fact, the average number for 15 was only 5,500 but not 10,000. Women who took more than 4,000 steps a 16 were significantly more likely to still be alive than those who did only 2,700 steps. It’s surprising that such a small 17 could have consequences for longevity (寿命).
However, physical conditions 18 from person to person, and we should do it wisely. So count if you find it 19 you, but remember there’s nothing special about 10,000 steps. Set the goal that is 20 for you.
1.A.assume B.admit C.acquire D.afford
2.A.delicate B.ordinary C.abstract D.magic
3.A.recommended B.launched C.stated D.commanded
4.A.marketing B.purchasing C.manufacturing D.donating
5.A.walkers B.runners C.steps D.numbers
6.A.thoughtful B.successful C.plentiful D.powerful
7.A.identified B.displayed C.compared D.compromised
8.A.excitingly B.disappointingly C.amusingly D.surprisingly
9.A.signs B.strengths C.symbols D.numbers
10.A.psychology B.mathematics C.medicine D.philosophy
11.A.focused on B.took part in C.got along with D.thought highly of
12.A.associating B.wearing C.undertaking D.claiming
13.A.walking B.sleeping C.running D.shaking
14.A.remarked B.distinguished C.acquainted D.tracked
15.A.women B.deaths C.survivors D.people
16.A.day B.hour C.month D.week
17.A.distance B.growth C.decrease D.difference
18.A.separate B.reflect C.vary D.recover
19.A.distracts B.motivates C.indicates D.accumulates
20.A.challenging B.appropriate C.beneficial D.creative
一、答案：1.A; 2.D; 3.B; 4.A; 5.C; 6.B; 7.C; 8.D; 9.D; 10.C; 11.A; 12.B; 13.A; 14.D; 15.C; 16.A; 17.D; 18.C; 19.B; 20.B
