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1、Unit 3 Under the sea阅读理解组块专练练速度(限时：35分钟).阅读理解A(2016太原市第二学段测评)Companies can save millions in healthcare costs simply by encouraging their employees to exercise a little bit.Researchers report that obese employees have higher healthcare costs, but they can lower those expenses by exercising just a cou
2、ple of times a week without even losing any weight.Feifei Wang and his colleagues at the University of Michigan studied 23,500 workers at General Motors.They estimated that getting the most obese workers to exercise would have saved about $790,000 a year, or about 1.5 percent of healthcare costs for
3、 the whole group.Companywide, the potential savings could reach $7.1 million per year, according to their report published in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.Of the whole group of workers, about 30 percent were of normal weight, 45 percent were overweight, and 25 percent were obes
4、e. Annual healthcare costs averaged $2,200 for normal weight, $2,400 for the overweight, and $2,700 for obese employees. But among workers who did no exercise, healthcare costs went up by at least $100 a year, and were $3,000 a year for obese employees who were sedentary (久坐的)But adding two or more
5、days of light exercise at least 20 minutes of exercise or work hard enough to increase heart rate and breathing lowered costs by on average $500 per employee a year, the researchers found. “This indicates that physical activity behavior could lessen at least some of the negative effects of excess bo
6、dy fat, and in consequence, help lower the increasing healthcare costs，” Wang and his colleagues wrote.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。公司要降低保健方面的费用，那就应该大力提倡员工多花时间锻炼身体。1The researchers believe companies can spend far less on healthcare costs by_.Aencouraging employees to lose weightBlimiting the number of obese employ
7、eesCpersuading employees to do physical activitiesDlimiting the employment of sedentary workers解析：选C细节理解题。根据第一段第一句“Companies can save millions in healthcare costs simply by encouraging their employees to exercise a little bit.”可知，公司要想在保健方面减少支出，就得鼓励员工多锻炼。故C项正确。2What does the underlined word “obese” i
8、n Paragraph 2 mean?AToo strong.BToo tall. CToo big. DToo fat.解析：选D词义猜测题。根据第一段第二句“Researchers report that .losing any weight.”以及第二段第二句“They estimated that .for the whole group.”可知，obese 意为“臃肿，肥胖”。故D项正确。3Who were those that the researchers studied?ASome workers from a carmaking company.BSome students
9、from the University of Michigan.CA group of obese patients in a Michigan hospital.DThe most obese group of workers at General Motors.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“Feifei Wang .General Motors.”可知，研究对象是一家汽车制造公司的员工。故A项正确。4How much could General Motors save a year according to Wangs study?A$790,000.B$7.1 million.
10、C$52.67 million. D$11.75 million.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“Companywide, the potential savings could reach$7.1 million per year, according to their report .”可知，B项正确。B(2016秦皇岛市高三质检)Shark KeeperGet close and very personal with the Aquariums largest exhibit and its biggest predators (捕食性动物) with the new Shar
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