Question

【題目】Housework not good exercise, says study

【1】 It even said that people who did the most housework were usually the most overweight. 【2】 The contribution of domestic physical activity to meeting current recommendations for health. It questions whether activities like do-it-yourself, gardening and housework are good exercise. 【3】 but there is a danger that people incorrectly think housework is proper exercise.

A total of 4,563 adults took a survey about their weekly physical activity. 【4】 Researcher Professor Murphy said any physical activity should increase the amount of calories burnt. 【5】 She said housework was “inversely related to leanness”. She said this suggested that either people overestimate how hard housework was an exercise, or they eat too much because they think they have lost lots of calories doing household chores.

A. However, her study found the opposite.

B. People who do housework usually eat more.

C. A new study says housework is not the quality exercise many people think it is.

D. The research showed that people who included housework as exercise tended to be heavier.

E. The study is called Does “doing housework keep you healthy” ?

F. They think doing exercise is of great benefit to healthy.

G. It says any activity is better than none.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】G

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

【1】根據標題：研究顯示做家務勞動不是好的鍛煉途徑。得知首段點明主題：一項新的研究稱家務勞動不像很多人想象的是高品質鍛煉方式，據說做家務多的人會是超重人群。選C。

【2】根據下文對研究的描述：它質疑動手活動、園藝、家務是否是好的鍛煉得知，首先介紹研究的名稱----是做家務真的能使你健康嗎？選E。

【3】根據下一句轉折說存在一個危險：人們錯誤認為通過做家務可以鍛煉身體，得知上句說雖然有任何活動總比沒有要好。選G。

【4】根據上一句有4563人參與調查，得知調查顯示通過做家務鍛煉的人體重更重。選D。

【5】Murphy 教授說任何活動應該增加燃燒體內熱量，下一句表示轉折，然而她的調查卻得到相反結果，她說家務是與瘦相反的。選A。