单选题
The fitness movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s centered around aerobic exercise. Millions of individuals became (1) in a variety of aerobic activities, and (2) thousands of health spas (3) around the country to capitalize on this (4) interest in fitness, particularly aerobic dancing for females. A number of fitness spas existed (5) to this aerobic fitness movement, even a national chain with spas in most major cities. However, their (6) was not on aerobics, (7) on weight-training programs de signed to develop muscular mass, (8) , and endurance in their primarily male (9) These fitness spas did not seem to benefit (10) from the aerobic fitness movement to bet ter health, since medical opinion suggested that weight-training programs (11) few, if (12) , health benefits. In recent years, however, weight training has again become in creasingly (13) for males and for females. Many (14) programs focus not only on devel oping muscular strength and endurance but on aerobic fitness as well. (15) , most physi cal-fitness tests have usually included measures of muscular strength and endurance, not for health-related reasons, but primarily (16) such fitness components have been related to (17) in athletics. (18) , in recent years, evidence has shown that training programs designed primarily to improve muscular strength and endurance might also offer some health (19) as well. The American College of Sports Medicine now (20) that weight training be part of a total fitness program for healthy Americans.
【答案解析】[解析] “出现的”。根据文章一致性原则,“emerging”与第一句中提到的“the fit ness movement that began in…”中的“began”形成呼应。而选项B“翱翔的;盘旋的; 徘徊的;犹豫的”,C“引起好奇心的,有迷惑力的”,D“混合的;相混的;相交往的, 相往来的”均不符合题意。
【答案解析】[解析] “流行”。根据文章主题一致性原则,“popular”与“the fitness movement that began in…”构成重复,上文讲到“健康运动以有氧练习为中心,开始于20世纪60 年代末70年代初”,下文又提到“(健康运动中的)减肥训练又再次在男性和女性中流行 起来”,所以选择“popular”。而选项B“体力旺盛的;精力充沛的;充满活力的;意气风 发的”,C“可理解的,明白易懂的,清楚的,清晰的”,D“可怕的,令人畏惧的”是本 题的干扰,均不符合题意。