【课堂新坐标】2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit 1 Lifestyles单元综合测评 北师大版必修1.docVIP

Unit 1 Lifestyles Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分满分30分)A According to the Oxford English Dictionary，the term “couch potato” first appeared in print in a December 1979 edition of the Los Angeles Times.Since then，it has become a familiar term for a person who spends a lot of time sitting，and little time exercising.Although there does not seem to be any particular reason why the term“couch potato”is used rather than “couch tomato”，a person may become a “couch potato”because living this way is said to make you round like a potato.The term is also said to have something to do with the connection of potatoes with high-calorie(卡路里)food like potato chips.tato” whenever they talk about overweight and obesity(肥胖)．Indeed, ally soft.The more time people spend using technology，particularly televisions and computers，the less time they will spend being physically active. “Couch potato”kids are a particular concern.Media reports repeatedly claim that children today are fatter than their elder generations，but less athletically skilled，less interested in physical activity and more addicted(上瘾的)to “junk food” and technology such as television and computers.The message is clear：todays children are fat because they are lazy and eat too much.Moreover(复杂的)(抵抗忍得住)technologys attractionkely to be fat. 【语篇解读】　本文主要介绍了“couch potato”的由来、危害及预防。1．The first paragraph is mainly talking about ． term for a person C．how “couch potato” is different from“couch tomato” D．what kind of person looks like a potato 【解析】　主题大意题。第一段主要是谈论couch potato的由来即它用来指某一类人的原因。【答案】　A2．The development of technology also makes us sick because by using technology. A．we are more likely to risk heart disease in modern life B．we spend less time doing exercise C．we neednt do many things by ourselves any more D．we spend all our time watching TV and playing computer games 【解析】　细节理解题。从第三段最后一句可知我们运用高科技的时间越多锻炼的时间就变得越少。【答案】　B3．Its kids that people are particularly concerned about. A．food B．study【解析】　细节理解题。最后一段的第一句说“Couch potato”kid