阅读理解
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, ff 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.
单选题
The word "spas" ( Line 3, Para. 1 ) most probably refers to ________.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】词义推断题。题目询问单词spas在文中最有可能指的是什么。根据第1段第2句“Millions of individuals...in a variety of aerobic activities，and literally thousands of health spas developed around the country to…”可以判断spa指的是一个地点，因此这里应该选B项。
单选题
Early fitness spas were intended mainly for ________.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目询问早期的健身spa主要的使用目的是什么。根据第一段第3、4句“…spas existed...even a national chain with spas...their focus was not on aerobics，but rather on...to develop muscular mass，strength，and endurance in…”，故选B项。
单选题
What was the attitude of doctors towards weight training in health improvement?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目询问医生对于健康改善运动中的weight training的态度是什么。根据第1段第5句“…since medical opinion suggested that weight-training programs offered few，if any，health benefits．”可知医生对此的态度是否定的，故选C项。
单选题
People were given physical fitness tests in order to find out ________.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目询问人们进行的体育健康测验的目的是什么。根据第2段第1句“…because such fitness components have been related to performance in athletics．”可知健康测验的目的是发现人们在体育运动方面的表现如何，故选A项。
单选题
Recent studies have suggested that weight training ________.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目询问最近的研究表明了weight training怎样。根据第2段第2、3句“…in recent years,...improve muscular strength and endurance might also offer some health benefits as well...weight training be part of a total fitness program for healthy Americans．”可知这项运动有助于改善健康，故选D项。