Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will

Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will

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Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will be working out in 2010.
In these belt-tightening times  1 , cost-conscious workouts(锻炼)at home and at the gym topped the list of fitness trends for this year in a survey, followed  2  by shorter, more time-efficient regimens, such as  3  boot camp(强力集中训练) and circuit training.
"People are looking  4  for ways to accomplish as much as possible with as little  5  time and money as necessary," said Cedric X. Bryant, chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise (ACE), which conducted the online poll of fitness professionals.
"Last year money was on the list but this  6  year the majority of the respondents put  7  it as one of the top," he added.
Bryant said some 600 ACE-certified fitness  8  professionals responded to the annual poll  9 , which the non-profit organization has been conducting for a decade.
Other money-saving measures  10 , such as the shift from personal training sessions to small group training  11  classes and in-home workouts  12  using smaller, more portable equipment, also made the list.
"Personal trainers are seeing they"ve got to respond to market needs  13  . Working with two to four clients at a  14  time they can charge less  15  but still get their hourly fee," Bryant said.
Boot-camp workouts and circuit training, both of which burn  16  calories while building strength and endurance(持久性), will be among the most popular trends in 2010, as time-constrained(受压制的) consumers  17  seek shorter, more intense activities.
One bright spot is the rise of exergaming-type systems, like Nintendo"s Wii Sports, Wii Fit and the PC-based Dancetown. Bryant says the fitness-based video games are turning up  18  in health clubs and senior centers.
Functional training workouts, which are geared to improving the quality of life and the ability to perform everyday tasks, will remain strong  19 , and the use of computerized tracking and online training and scheduling tools will increase  20  in the coming year.
(   ) 1. A. times           B. years            C. centuries        D. societies
(   ) 2. A. caught          B. followed         C. covered      D. conducted
(   ) 3. A. such like       B. in other words   C. such as      D. that is to say
(   ) 4. A. taking          B. developing   C. opening      D. looking
(   ) 5. A. little          B. much             C. many             D. few
(   ) 6. A. that            B. next             C. this             D. previous
(   ) 7. A. manage      B. put        C. try          D. organize
(   ) 8. A. medicine        B. train           C. economy      D. fitness
(   ) 9. A. poll            B. conference   C. observationD. reception
(   ) 10. A. measures       B. procedures   C. policies         D. systems
(   ) 11. A. speaking       B. training         C. exercising       D. processing
(   ) 12. A. work         B. workouts         C. rest             D. race
(   ) 13. A. changes        B. prices       C. needs            D. habits
(   ) 14. A. some           B. no           C. any          D. a
(   ) 15. A. less           B. fewer            C. more             D. much
(   ) 16. A. produce        B. burn             C. cut          D. add
(   ) 17. A. professionalsB. students         C. consumers        D. trainers
(   ) 18. A. turning up         B. turning down     C. turning around   D. turning out
(   ) 19. A. weak           B. useful       C. strong       D. possible
(   ) 20. A. decrease       B. appear       C. increase         D. want
答案
1. A;2. B;3. C;4. D;5. A;6. C
7. B 8. D ;9. A ;10. A ;11. B ;12. B ;13. C; 14. D; 15. A;16. B; 17. C ;
18. A; 19. C; 20. C
解析
本文通过一项调查说明了钱左右着人们的健身方式。完成本完形填空时,我们应把生活中的金融危机这个实际和作者的思路逻辑联系起来。
1. A 检测名词的含义辨析及准确理解应用。联系上下文的语境,及日常生活中的常识,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:在当下需要勒紧裤腰带过日子的时期,人们将在家和健身房用省钱的方法健身列为首选,紧接着是如强力训练和循环训练这种更省时间的强化锻炼方式。我们容易判断出此处应该填上表示时期时代之意的名词,这四个词中只有A项(times:时代)有这样的意思。BCD项依次分别所表达的意思是:数年,数世纪,社会,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故我们选择A项为最佳答案。
2. B考查动词过去分词的含义理解及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。由上一题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上表示紧接着之意的动词的过去分词,用它来和by搭配,构成表示由……紧跟着,由……紧接着等这样的意思,也即是B项(follow:跟在,跟着),而其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:抓住,覆盖,实施,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑及语境不相契合,故我们选择B项为最佳答案。
3. C 检测介词短语的含义的准确记忆与理解英语。由第一题的分析我们很容易确定此处应该填上表示例如之意的介词短语,也即是C项(such as :例如),而BD项依次分别所表达的意思是:换句话说,也就是说,其实它们两个意思一样,至于A项,根本就没这样的搭配,故C项为准确答案。
4. D考查动词现在分词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。经过分析,语意是:人们一直在寻找能尽量少花时间、少花钱,达到最好的效果的方法。我们容易推理出此处应该填上表示寻找之意的动词现在分词,而A项和for搭配后,所表达的意思是:把……当做……,而其余BC两项依次分别所表达的意思是:发展,打开,通常也不会和for搭配,再者即使搭配起来,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相适宜,显得不伦不类,故我们选择D项为最佳答案。
5. A 检测形容词的含义的准确记忆与理解辨析及在语言逻辑方面的合理应用。由上一题的分析我们不难发现此处应该填上表示少之意的形容词来修饰time,D项(少)的具有很大的迷惑性,但是它用来修饰可数名词,而time(时间)是不可数名词,故用A项来修饰。而其余BC两项依次分别所表达的意思是:很多(修饰不可数名词),很多(修饰可数名词),这样的意思和这儿要表达的意思刚好相反,当然不对了,故我们选择A项为最佳答案。
6. C检测指示代词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。联系上下文的语境,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:去年,钱被列为需要考虑的因素,但今年大部分受访者将其列为最重要的考虑因素之一,我们不难看出此处应该填上表示这之意的代词,和year一起表示今年这样的意思,也即是C项,而其余ABD项依次分别所表达的意思是:那个,下一个,先前的,很明显放在这儿都都不符合此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,也不能使句意通顺,故我们选择C项为最佳答案。
7. B 考查动词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。由上一题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上的词应和后面的as一起构成动词短语,并且表示把……归为…….,把……列为……,之意,这四个词中只有B项(put:放,搁置)有这样的意思,而其余ACD三项依次分别所表达的意思是:管理,尝试,组织,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相契合,故我们选择B项为最佳答案。
8. D 检测名词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。联系上下文的语境,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:约600名经美国锻炼协会认证的保健专业人士参与了这一年度调查。之所以是保健专业人士,是因为全文论述的都是人们花钱来锻炼,当然是为了保持身体健康,对从事这样专业的人士进行调查更具有意义,而其余ABC项依次分别所表达的意思是:药,培训,经济,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故D项为准确答案。
9. A检测名词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。 由上一题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上表示调查之意的名词,也即是A项,BCD项依次分别所表达的意思是:会议,观察,接待,其中C项的具有很大的迷惑性,但是全文是建立在调查之上的,前文已经有了提示,故我们选择A项为最佳答案。
10. A 检测名词的含义的准确记忆与理解辨析。联系上下文的语境,及日常生活中的常识(当人们没有钱来进行高级而昂贵的锻炼时,自然要转向花费较少的锻炼方式),我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:其他省钱办法包括从个人课程转为集体课,以及使用更小更便携的器材在家锻炼等也在调查的列表里。不难看出此处应该填上表示方式办法之意的名词,也即是B项,而其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:进程,政策,系统,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相吻合,故我们选择A项为最佳答案。
11. B 检测动名词的含义的准确记忆与理解应用。由上一题的分析我们不难看出前面有私人培训课程,那么此处应该填上表示小组培训课程(training:培训)之意的动名词,也即是B项,而其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:讲话,锻炼,处理,其中C项的具有很大的迷惑性,但是为了和前面的结构相一致,我们选择B项为最佳答案。
12. B 检测名词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。由第10题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上表示锻炼之意的名词,这四个词中只有B项有这样的意思,而其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:工作,休息,比赛,这些意思在这儿都不符合此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,故B项为准确答案。
13. C 检测名词的含义的准确记忆与理解及逻辑应用。联系上下文的语境,及日常生活中的常识(私人培训者因为少了培训对象也得考虑自己的需求),我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:私人教练觉得必须针对市场需求形势做出相应的回应,进行调整。我们容易确定此处应该填上表示需求之意的名词,ABD项依次分别所表达的意思是:变化,价格,习惯,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,只有C项(need:需求)有这样的意思,故C项为准确答案。
14. D 检测名词词组的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。 联系上下文的语境,由上一题的分析,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:他们可以一次同时辅导两到四个客户,这样可以收较少的收费,但仍可以保证收入。显然,此处应该和time一起构成短语并且表示一次之意,这四个词中只有D项有这样的意思。而其余ABC项依次分别和time搭配之后所表达的意思是:一段时间,没有时间,任何时间,这些短语语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相契合,故我们选择D项为最佳答案。
15. A 检测形容词比较级的含义的准确记忆与理解辨析应用。 由上一题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上表示较少的之意的形容词的比较级,并且代指钱,也即是A项,而其余BCD项依次分别所表达的意思是:较少的(代指可数名词),较多的,很多的,其中B项的容易让人上当,但是这些意思在这儿都不符合此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,故A项为准确答案。
16. B 考查动词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。经过分析,语意是:由于人们时间紧迫,耗时少、强度大的健身活动更受青睐,2010年最受欢迎的健身项目将是强力瘦身训练和循环训练,这两种方式既可以燃烧脂肪,又可以增强力量和耐力。我们容易推理出此处应该填上表示燃烧之意的动词,也即是B项,而其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:生产,剪切,加上,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故B项为准确答案。
17. C 检测名词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。由上一题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上表示进行锻炼的人们,其实就是这些锻炼活动的消费者(C项:consumers),而其余ABD项依次分别所表达的意思是:专业人士,学生,培训者,都不符合此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,故C项为准确答案。
18. A 考查动词短语的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:健身类视频游戏越来越多地出现在健康俱乐部和老人中心,不难看出此处应该填上表示出现之意的动词词组,这四个词的意思分别依次是:变大或出现,变小或拒绝,转身或绕过,结果是。看来只有A项有这样的意思。故我们选择A项为最佳答案。
19. C 检测形容词的含义的准确记忆与理解。联系上下文的语境,及日常生活中的常识,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:以功能性训练为目的的健身将继续保持强劲势头,此处应该填上表示强劲之意的形容词,这四个词中只有C项有这样的意思。而其余ABD项依次分别所表达的意思是:虚弱的,有用的,可能的,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故我们选择C项为最佳答案。
20. C 考查动词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。联系上下文的语境,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:此外,计算机跟踪、在线训练和排程工具的使用在来年也会增加。这四个词中只有C项是增加之意的动词。而其余ABD项依次分别所表达的意思是:减少,出现,想要,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故我们选择C项为最佳答案。
举一反三
1. Summer came early to Middlesbrough yesterday, as temperatures shot up to 22°C (71°F), a record for March. But local NFU agent Jim Wilkes says it could be bad news for farmers. “The crops will think it"s summer,” he told our reporter, “and start sprouting (发芽) four weeks before time.”
2. The death toll (死亡人数) of the Burnside train crash rose to four yesterday when John Phillips, 32, of Petersville died in Wallsend Hospital. Another six people are still on the danger list. Mr. Phillips, an electrical engineer leaves a wife and two children.
3. China and the United States reached an agreement on the protection of intellectual property rights (知识产权) yesterday, after difficult marathon talks.
The agreement is good news for all parties concerned. The Chinese Foreign Trade Minister described the agreement as a "turning point" in Sino-US trade relations that "promises further progress" in the future. The agreement will not only favorably influence trade relations between China and the United States. It may favorably influence the overall relations between the two countries.
小题1:What do you get to know from article 1?
A.It is as cold as usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are pleased.
B.It is hotter than usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are pleased.
C.It is hotter than usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are worried.
D.It is colder than usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are worried.
小题2:How many people have died in the train crash in article 2 ?
A.Only John Phillips has died.
B.Ten people have died in the crash, including John Phillips.
C.Four people have died in the crash, including John Phillips.
D.John Phillips, his wife and children all died in the crash.
小题3:Who are on the danger list?
A.Petersville and Wallsend. B.An electrical engineer and John Phillips.
C.John Phillips" wife and two children.D.Another six people who were on the train.
小题4:What agreement did China and the United States reach in article 3?
A.It is an agreement on a marathon race.
B.It is an agreement on trade relations.
C.It is an agreement on overall relations.
D.It is an agreement on intellectual property rights protection.
小题5:What are relations going to be like between China and the United States?
A.Relations between China and the United States are going to be sometimes worse and sometimes better.
B.Relations between China and the United States are going to be better.
C.Relations between China and the United States are going to be worse.
D.Relations between China and the United States are going to remain the same.

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Section B (10 points)
Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit
What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods. Including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes---the list goes on and on.
The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child, at high school,he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, He worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. Even in the great.com crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.
EBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is to take an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business; the world is your market place. Of course for each item sold eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.
小题1:According to the passage, what is eBay? (no more than 6 words)
小题2:How does eBay make money from its website? (no more than 10 words)
小题3: From the underlined sentence “he has never looked back”, what can we learn about Peter? (no more than 11 words)
小题4: What do you need to do if you want to start your business on eBay? (no more than 14 words)
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This is the age of the quick action. We have instant satisfaction, fast food, speed reading, mobile phones; even the stress management books have titles like “Stress Management in 60 Seconds”.
Canadian Classics Professor Margaret Visser points out that the perception that we have “no time” is one of the most strict concepts of Western culture. Visser says that “no time” is used as an excuse and also as a spur(刺激); it both stimulates us and forces us, just as a concept such as ‘honour’ did for the ancient Greeks. According to Visser, the feeling that Westerners have “no time” is abstract, quantitative, amoral(非道德性的), unarguable, bringing pressure on each person as an individual. At the same time, the “no time” excuse escapes censure by claiming to be a condition created entirely out of our good fortune.
Life offers “so many pleasures, so many choices”.
The fact that women now work outside the home has contributed to the “no time” trend. But more important, Visser says, is the fact that feeling rushed has become an important component(成分) of our economy. Marketing of “time-saving” products causes people to buy more and work longer. So we eat out or buy prepared food to save time. The fax-it-to-my-car technology only contributes to the constant hurry. In our rushed and exhausted state, even the obligation(义务) to sit down to casual meal with family seems like a pressure. In comparison with the decision to act on a sudden whimz (一时的兴致) to consume a microwave mug of soup, the act of eating together and not getting up from the table until everyone else has finished seems an incredibly time-consuming event. Being in one’s own personal hurry in the West is somehow “free and preferable”
小题1:The word “censure” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to “            
A.examinationB.forceC.blameD.pressure
小题2:Which of the following doesn’t contribute to feeling rushed?
A.Marketing of time-saving products.
B.The fax-it-to-me-car technology.
C.Eating together and not getting up until everybody has finished
D.Longer working hours.
小题3:We can learn from the passage that “no time” trend ___________.
A.brings pressure on the individual
B.is very desirable to the individual
C.is not harmful if you have no control of events
D.has caused heart diseases and psychological problems

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A bully(欺凌弱小的人) is a boy or a girl who acts mean (unkind) or hurtful to others, especially weaker persons bullies sometimes hit, kick, or push people, and they sometimes use words to call names or scare them. A bully might say mean things about someone, take a kid’s possessions or make fun of someone on purpose. Some bullies force people to do things they don’t want to do.
Why do bullies act so badly? Just to look for attention. They might think bullying is a way to be popular or a way to get what they want. Most bullies are trying to make themselves felt more important-when they pick on someone else, it makes them fell big and powerful. Some bullies come from families where everyone around has a normal way to act. Some bullies are copying what they’ve seen someone else do. Some have been bullied themselves.
Bullying can be a big pain, but you don’t have to let bullying get the best of you. Sometimes just acting bravely is enough to stop a bully. If you walk by and hold your head high as though you’re not afraid, a bully may be less likely to give you trouble. Bullies want a big reaction to their meanness. Acting as if you don’t notice and don’t care is like giving no reaction at all, and this just might stop a bully’s behavior. If you are being bullied, it’s very important to tell an adult. Teachers, principals, parents, and lunchroom helpers at school can all help to stop bullying. Don’t hit, kick, or push back to deal with someone bullying you or your friends. Fighting back just satisfies a bully, and it’s dangerous, too, because someone could get hurt.
小题1:Which of the following is advisable if you are being bullied?
A.Giving the bullies a satisfactory reaction.
B.Putting up with the bullies’ behavior.
C.Turning to grown-ups for help.
D.Acting bravely and fight back.
小题2:According to the writer, the bullies’ purpose of bullying others is to ____________.
A.find people to take care of themB.shout and let out their anger
C.make people notice themD.show their ability
小题3:The underlined phrase “get the best of” in paragraph 3 means __________.
A.get rid ofB.look down upon
C.do one’s bestD.get the upper hand of
小题4:What might be the best title for this passage?
A.Bullying those who bullyB.Getting the best of bullies
C.Dealing with bulliesD.Caring about bullying

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nickname is a shortened form of a person"s name. A nickname also can be a descriptive name for a person, place or thing. Many American cities have nicknames. These can help establish an identity, spread pride among citizens and build unity.
A few years ago, some marketing and advertising experts were asked to name the best nickname for an American city. The winner was the nation"s largest city, New York. The top nickname was The Big Apple.
You might wonder how New York got this nickname. In the early nineteen seventies, the city had many problems. The number of visitors was falling. So a campaign was launched to give the city a new image. The head of the New York Conventions and Visitors Bureau decided to call the city, The Big Apple.
There are several explanations for where this name came from. Language expert Barry Popik studied the question and wrote about it on his Web site. He says John Fitz Gerald, a writer for a New York newspaper, used the name The Big Apple to mean New York in the nineteen twenties. Mister Fitz Gerald wrote about horse races. He heard the name used by men who worked at a racetrack in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Mister Fitz Gerald wrote: "The Big Apple. The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There"s only one Big Apple. That"s New York."
In horse racing, the expression meant "the big time," the place where large amounts of money could be won. The Big Apple became the name of a night club in the Harlem area of New York City in nineteen thirty-four. It also was the name of a popular dance and a hit song in the nineteen thirties.
But it is not the only nickname for America"s largest city. Barry Popik"s web site lists almost one hundred nicknames that describe New York. The best known are The Capital of the World. Empire City. Gotham. The City So Nice They Named it Twice. And, The City That Never Sleeps. You can hear about the city in the song, "New York, New York," by Frank Sinatra.
小题1:Why do many American cities have nicknames?(回答词数不超过15个)
小题2:What did John Fitz Gerald write about for the New York newspaper?(回答词数不超过5个)
小题3:Besides “The Big Apple”, how many best known nicknames that describe New York are listed according to Barry Popik"s web site?(回答词数不超过2个)
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