Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. The fitness movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s centered around aerobic exercise (有氧操). Millions of individuals became engaged in a variety of aerobic activities and literally thousands of health spas developed around the country to capitalize (获利) on this emerging interest in fitness particularly aerobic dancing for females. A number of fitness spas existed prior to this aerobic fitness movement even a national chain with spas in most major cities. However their focus was not on aerobics but rather on weight-training programs designed to develop muscular mass strength and endurance in their primarily male enthusiasts. These fitness spas did not seem to benefit financially from the aerobic fitness movement to better health since medical opinion suggested that weight-training programs offered few if any health benefits. In recent years however weight training has again become increasingly popular for males and for females. Many current programs focus not only on developing muscular strength and endurance but on aerobic fitness as well.
Historically most physical-fitness tests have usually included measures of muscular strength and endurance not for health-related reasons but primarily because such fitness components have been related to performance in athletics. However in recent years evidence has shown that training programs designed primarily to improve muscular strength and endurance might also offer some health benefits as well. The American College of Sports Medicine now recommends that weight training be part of a total fitness program for healthy Americans. Increased participation in such training is one of the specific physical activity and fitness objectives of Healthy People 2000 National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives.
36、The word “spas” Line 3Para.1most probably refers to ____.
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【正确答案】 B A) sports activities B) places for physical exercise C) recreation centers D) athletic training programs.
37、Early fitness spas were intended mainly for ____.
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【正确答案】 B A) the promotion of aerobic exercise B) endurance and muscular development C) the improvement of women‘s figures D) better performance in aerobic dancing
38、What was the attitude of doctors towards weight training in health improvement?
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【正确答案】 C A) Positive. B) Indifferent. C) Negative. D) Cautious.
39、People were given physical fitness tests in order to find out ____ .
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【正确答案】 A A) how well they could do in athletics B) what their health condition was like C) what kind of fitness center was suitable for them D) whether they were fit for aerobic exercise
40、Recent studies have suggested that weight training ____ .
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【正确答案】 D A) has become an essential part of people’s life. B) may well affect the health of the trainees. C) will attract more people in the days to come. D) contributes to health improvement as well.
