学位英语真题及答案.docx

2016年4月2４日学位英语考试真题答案解析-阅读理解（统考卷）
　 Paｓsaｇe Onｅ
The new yｅaｒ　brougｈt neｗ desks fｏr sｔｕdenｔs at Vallecitｏ　ElementarｙSchooｌ, ｉn San Rafael， Cａlifornｉa。 The last tｈｒee of the　ｓchool's 22 cｌasｓroomsswiｔched ｆｒｏm ｓｅａｔeｄ ｄesｋs ｔｏ stａndｉng deｓks．　“Ｉt’s nｏw the first all-standiｎgsｃhool,"　Julieｔ Starretｔ　tolｄ　TＦK。 Ｓhｅ starteｄ ｔhｅ group StanｄUp Kids。 Her　ｇｏaｌis　to ｈａve eｖerｙ U。S． pｕblic school　kid ｕsing　a　standiｎｇ deｓｋ　ｗithin the　next10 ｙｅaｒｓ。
　Ｓtarreｔt’ｓ daughteｒs-Gｅorgiａ， 1０, and Carｏlinｅ， 7—aｔtｅnd　Ｖalleciｔｏ。They arｅ thrｉlled wiｔh　theｉr deｓks. “You feeｌ　haｐｐier， yoｕ're　ｌess tｉred,　andyou＇re more ａctive,” Geｏｒgｉa　saｙs．
　 Soｍｅ ｏf thｅ desｋｓ haｖｅ　whｅelｓ ａnd　ｆiｄget bａrs. The ｂaｒｓ ｌet　ｋiｄsmove in a　way that ｄoesn't ｄisｔurb the ｃlaｓｓ. Wheels ａｌlｏw the ｄesks　ｔo ｂemｏved ｅasｉｌy．　Ｔhe dｅsks ａlso adjust to　different　ｈｅights。 Kｉdｓ ｔakｅ　bｒeaks　bysittiｎｇ oｎ tｈe ｆloor or ｏｎ ｓtools.
　　There is the ｔｒend oｆ dｅｓignｉng things to　ｍake tｈeｍ easy ａnｄ　sａｆe touse. Acｃording to Maｒｋ Ｂｅnｄen, dｉreｃtoｒ　of tｈe　Teｘas A＆M Centeｒ,　standingworkers　are more fｏcusｅd　and healtｈier. Hｅ sayｓ ｈis reｓearｃh shows tｈat　kidsuｓｉｎg stａnｄｉng dｅsｋs are more engaged and burｎ　morｅ ｃaloｒｉeｓ　(卡路里）. InＤｅcember,　ｒｅｓeａrｃhers iｎ Nｅw Zealanｄ，　Ａusｔraliａ， anｄ the　Unｉted　Kingdomreleaｓｅd sｉmilａr　fiｎdingｓ。　But ｎot everyoｎe ｉs ｃonvｉncｅd stａｎｄｉng　ｉｓ bｅtterｔhan sittiｎg． Somｅ　ｐareｎts aｎd ｔｅacheｒs ｗorry thａｔ　kids　ｗill geｔ　ｔirｅd　and tｈatstanｄinｇ for　lｏng periｏds　ｏf　timｅ may be hａrmful. Aｎd standｉng　ｄeｓkｓ　aｒe ｍoreexpensive．
　 Beｎdｅｎ sayｓ botｈ sｉｔｔinｇ　aｎd stａndinｇ desks　caｎ cａuse　ｐrｏbｌems iftｈey arｅ not the proper heｉｇｈt。 “Ouｒ meｓsage sｈould not be ‘Ｓiｔ less, stａnｄmore，’" ｈe ｓａys， “bｕt ‘Ｓit less， movｅ ｍore。’”
　11. Ｈow　ｍaｎy ｃlassｒooms in Vallecito arｅequipｐed wiｔh　stanｄing ｄeｓkｓ?
　 Ａ.　３ B。 25
Ｃ. 19 　 D． 22
　１2． Ｗｈat is　Paｒaｇraph 3 mainly aｂouｔ?
　A． Whｙ stａndｉng desks are uｓed。
　B。 Where ｓtａｎｄing deｓks aｒｅ usｅd.
　　C。 How　standing　ｄesks are used.
D。　Who　ｕsｅ standing desks．
　１3. Ｍark　Bendeｎ's research ｓhows that kid