Question

When I walk through the streets, I pass strange rooms where people are doing strange things. Some are biking madly. Others are holding metal bars to keep them from dropping down. Still others are jumping around while someone is shouting at them. It looks like something out of Dante’s Inferno (但丁《神曲》中的《地獄篇》). But what is the most amazing is that people pay for these sufferings!

The strange rooms are gyms(健身房). It is reported that some 41 million Americans are gym members. 12% of the memberships are born in January, as they are determined to lose the holiday fat. Maybe it is good to exercise in the gym. However, should they know they can keep in good shape, spending little money, would they still agree with its necessity(必要性)?

At the age of 23, I joined a gym. I lifted weights twice a week in Muscle’s Gym. I paid as little as $200 per year. You can’t find such gyms in every city any more. Too often, the gym is fancy (花哨的) with lots of equipment. If you ask how much it costs to join it, the person at the front desk often won’t tell you straight. Instead, he’ll let you meet with a fitness consultant (健身顧問), who will provide you with a great number of reasons and suggestions, such as losing weight and getting healthier, just in order to put pressure on you to spend much money joining the gym and becoming a member there.

Working out(鍛煉) with the help of equipment at home has problems, too. In the early 2000’s, I bought a spinning bike (動感單車) at a cost of $700 for home use. I tried a few times only to find that it brought me a neck problem.

Now I’m back to my old way. I do Yoga (瑜伽) every morning and evening. Total cost: $60 for an exercise mat(墊子) . I’m enjoying fitness.

1.The strange rooms are places where people _________.

A. do strange things

B. suffer from great pains

C. play Dante’s Inferno

D. take physical(身體的) exercise

2.In the author’s opinion, joining a gym nowadays is __________.

A. exciting B. inexpensive

C. unnecessary D. helpful

3.The author wrote something about Muscle’s Gym to __________.

A. tell us he was fat when he was young

B. suggest a new way of losing weight

C. provide us with an example of gyms

D. compare it with the gyms of today

4.From the text we can infer that _________.

A. many Americans put on weight after Christmas and New Year’s Day

B. the author and his family had spent a lot of money exercising in gyms

C. 12% of the American people are members of gyms

D. spinning bikes are good equipment for exercise

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：很多人到健身房健身達到瘦身健康的目的。但健身房是否能夠起到作用？作者結合自身經歷，認為鍛煉不一定必須要去健身房。

1.1】細節(jié)理解題。The strange rooms are gyms(健身房). 奇怪的房間是健身房，用于做運動，故選D。

2.2】文意理解題。However, should they know they can keep in good shape, spending little money, would they still agree with its necessity(必要性)? 作者反問，如果人們能夠花費更少保持身材，是否健身房就一定是必要的？后面舉例說明，去健身房貴，因此B錯誤，可以采用其他的方式替代。作者試過健身房、戶外運動等鍛煉方式，最終回歸到了最初的運動方式，可以推斷，作者認為去健身房鍛煉不是必須的，故選C。

3.3】判斷推理題。 第三段，作者將Muscle’s Gym和現(xiàn)在的健身房做對比，認為現(xiàn)在的健身房更貴，故選D。

4.4】判斷推理題。I bought a spinning bike (動感單車) at a cost of $700 for home use. I tried a few times only to find that it brought me a neck problem.動感單車只給作者帶來了頸椎問題，D錯誤。It is reported that some 41 million Americans are gym members. 12% of the memberships are born in January, as they are determined to lose the holiday fat. 據(jù)報道，大約有4100萬美國人是健身房的會員。而其中的12%，是1月加入的，目的是減掉假期增加的脂肪。文章只說了4100萬美國人為健身房會員，并沒有說這個人數(shù)占到總人口的12%，C不正確。在經過圣誕和元旦兩個假期后，美國人決定運動減脂，故A正確。作者在健身房花費的錢比較少，B錯誤。故選A。

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