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 channel39 , 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 45whether 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

　　注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。

　　【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