It’s our guilty pleasure: Watching TV is the most common everyday activity, after work andsleep, in many parts of the world. Americans view five hours of TV each day, and while we knowthat spending so much time sitting ___36___ can lead to obesity (肥胖癥) 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 inthe Journal of the American Medical Association that for every two hours per day spent channel___39___ , the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes(糖尿病) rose 20% over 8.5 years, the risk of heartdisease increased 15% 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 othersedentary(久坐的) activities, like knitting, viewing TV may be especially ___43___ at promotingunhealthy habits. For one, the sheer number of hours we pass watching TV dwarfs the timewe spend on anything else. And other studies have found that watching ads for beer andpopcorn 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 deathcompared with, say, reading.
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。
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
O) twisting
參考答案：
36. H) passively
37. F) harmful
38. I) previously
39. L) surfing
40. C) decade
41. A)climbed
42. G)outcomes
43. E)effective
44. B)consume
45. D)determine
