12．One of the best-known proverbs must be"Early to bed，early to rise，making a man healthy，wealthy and wise"．The promise of health，wealth and wisdom to those who join the ranks of the early retirees and risers must be particularly appealing to many people in our modern society．There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns（關(guān)心） of modern man is his health．It is estimated that in the United States $200billion is spent on health care each year．The medical field has grown into such a big business that it employs 4.8million people； and it appears that in many places，more staff is needed to meet the demands of the people who are concerned about their physical well-being．?
Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent years．This is probably due in part to the increasing costs of medical treatment，but the writings of such people as Dr．Kenneth Cooper have also played an important role．In his book Aerobics Dr Cooper communicated his message of the benefits（好處） of exercise so effectively that many other authors have followed in his trail，and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America．A recent survey showed that over 17 million people are jogging．Many of these are so serious that they have trained themselves to run the 26 miles and 385 yards of the hard and tiring marathons that are organized all over the country．The last time I was in Honolulu，I was greatly surprised to see hundreds of people，young and old，running for their lives，and I discovered many of them have run in the Hawaiian Marathon．?
Exercise has also become a major part of conversation．At a dinner party recently，the president of a bank asked me，"You look like a runner； how far do you run each day？"A few days later when I appeared on a national television show，the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner．On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found，as I have found whenever I have traveled recently，that this is a subject of being on many people's minds．Of course，there are still many people who are less than enthusiastic about exercise．They appreciate the philosophy of Robert M．Hutchins who said，"Whenever the thought of exercise occurs to me，I lie down till it passes．"
32．The first paragraph suggests that medical workersA．
A．a(chǎn)re in great need
B．make a lot of money
C．a(chǎn)re concerned with their own health
D．like sports more than ordinary people
33．In the United States，medical treatment isD．
A．very effective
B．not enough
C．cheap
D．expensive
34．Aerobic is a book aboutB．
A．medicine
B．exercise
C．driving
D．marathon
35．The examples of conversation in the last paragraph are usedC．
A．to prove that people are tired of old conversation topics
B．to prove that the writer was a good runner
C．to show people's interest in exercise
D．to show the writer's love for travel．
分析 短文主要通過描述現(xiàn)在的醫(yī)療費用之高，表示很多人都注重身體健康，并且很多人都愿意花時間在運動上面．
解答 32．A，細節(jié)理解題，從第一段最后一句中的"more staff is needed to meet the demands of the people who are concerned about their physical well-being"可以看出缺少醫(yī)務(wù)工作者，故答案為A．
33．D，推理判斷題，根據(jù)句子This is probably due in part to the increasing costs of medical treatment可以推測出美國的醫(yī)療費用急劇增長，故答案為D．
34．B，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子In his book Aerobics Dr Cooper communicated his message of the benefits（好處） of exercise 可知，Aerobics這本書是關(guān)于運動的．
35．C，推理判斷題，根據(jù)句子Exercise has also become a major part of conversation．可知，在很多場合例如晚宴上和電視直播節(jié)目上，很多人都提到了運動，可見人們現(xiàn)在對運動很感興趣，故答案為C．
點評 解答任務(wù)型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準．
