Part III Reading Comprehension (40minutes)
Section A
Directions：In this section，there is a passage with ten blanks．You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices．Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter．Please mark the corresponding letterfor each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre．You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once．
Questions 36 t0 45 are based on the following passage．
It’s our guilty pleasure：Watching TV is the most comtion everyday activity，after work and sleep， in many parts of the world．Americans view five hours of TV each day，and while we know that spending so much time sitting（36 ）can lead to obesity(肥胖症)and other diseases，researchers have now quantified just how（37）being a couch potato can be．
In an analysis of data from eight large（38）published studies，a Harvard—led group reported in the that for every two hours per day spent channel （39），the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes Journal of the American Medical Association(糖尿病)rose 20％over 8．5 years，the risk of heart disease increased l5％over a （40 ） ，and the odds of dying prematurely 41 13％during a seven— year follow—up．All of these （42） are linked to a lack of physical exercise．But compared with other sedentary(久坐的)activities，like knitting，viewing TV may be especially （43）at promoting unhealthy habits．For one，the sheer number of hours we pass watching TV dwarfs the time we spend on anything else．And other studies have found that watching ads for beer and popcorn may make you more likely to （44） them．
Even so．the authors admit that they didn’t compare different sedentary activities to （45 ）whether TV watching was linked to a greater risk of diabetes，heart disease or early death compared with，say，reading
A.climbed
B.consume
C.decade
D.determine
E.effective
F.harmful
G.outcomes
H.passively
I.previously
J.resume
K.suffered
L.surfing
M.term
N.terminals
0.twisting
参考答案：
36．H passively
37．F harmful
38．N terminals
39．L surfing
40．C decade
41．A climbed
42．G outcomes
43．E effective
44．B consume
45．D determine