2005年职称英语考试卫生类C级）试卷（6）

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　　第三篇
+ Y) ^1 Q. |! Z: K( F! M5 b　　Exercise Lowers Employers‘Health Costs
! l$ A( @  ~1 u! {5 `　　Companies can save millions in health-care costs simply by encouraging their employees to exercise a little bit，researchers reported on Friday
; @+ p/ Y) B9 ?　　They said obese(肥胖的)employees had higher health。care costs，but lowered those expenses by exercising just a couple of times a week——without even losing any weight.
　　Feifei Wang and colleagues at the University of Michigan studied 23，500 workers at General Motors．
1 q: W8 _! l* O: \　　They estimated that getting the most sedentary(惯于久坐的)obese workers to exercise would have saved about$790,000 a year．or about 15 percent of health—care costs for the whole group Company—wide，the potential savings could reach$7.1 million per year，they reposed in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine．
: Y, |" x& J! c" V9 ]+ K+ m3 U　　Of the whole group of workers，about 30 percent were of normal weight，45 percent were overweight(超重的)，and 25 percent were obese．Annual health—care 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．
& @4 \1 j* g' P- N8 Z  u( F' w　　But adding two or more 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．
　　41 How can employees help lower the health—care costs?
8 D& i. S* V# a+ @　　A By taking more rest．
6 S; o2 I" [* G3 _　　B By eating less．
, g  K* K, y3 v9 y' K. y* o7 \! K　　C By exercising a little bit．
　　D By saving more money．
　　42 By encouraging its employees to exercise General Motors could save
　　A $790，000 per year．
% {' q4 z( o( c0 a& }- ?$ v　　B $7.1 million per year．
* x/ A+ V. U4 H$ a' p$ ~, L' n  h　　C $3,000 per year．
: S+ o: c0 C) v& `- ^, |　　D $7,300 per year．
　　43 How many workers in General Motors were NOT of normal weight?
3 O" E9 V2 b& i! J: `　　A Seventy percent．
　　B Thirty percent
8 x8 v) ]. D4 h# C　　C Forty-five percent
& C2 k# E8 e: ]　　D Twenty—five percent．
1 a9 [% Q2 S2 V2 y" d　　44 For which group of the workers were the health—care costs the highest?
+ A" p$ l' l( J% `- k% v% ~　　A The employees of normal weight．
　　B The overweight employees
　　C The obese employees．
　　D The sedentary obese employees
8 Q5 {$ I& h$ c: z2 f8 o　　45 How often should the employees exercise to help lower the health-care costs?
! v: E6 @; m' Y0 s) I4 ?　　A At least seven days a week
　　B At least twenty minutes a week
. o# i' y# [( |- D& e# D+ \3 t. H　　C At least twice a week
# H! p2 T) s- g　　D At least once a week