《2025年课时A计划九年级英语上册外研版》

Ⅱ.阅读理解
Sitting for longer than four hours a day increases a person's chance of suffering illness.
Benoit Malta, a designer (设计者) from France, discovered that office workers spent about 70 percent of the day sitting down. To solve the problem caused by it in modern working life, he came up with a great idea—the two-legged chair, which is to encourage the user to move at his or her desk. The chair just has two legs and needs the user to balance(平衡) it. Although the chair is a little uncomfortable as the user has to keep it balanced, it is good for some parts of the body, just like an exercise ball, making the user have better posture(姿势).
▲Most people don't get much exercise during the day. People watch a lot of TV and work on computers. Many people suffer from spine(脊椎) problems. Companies are coming up with new products in our houses to make our lives easier. But trying to offer people an easier life causes lots of health problems.
According to Benoit, the design is not about making money in the furniture market. It is to provide a product which tries to encourage people to move their whole body. The practice of this special chair can make people change their bad habits. It will encourage people to try to be more active.
( )1.What does the underlined word “it” refer to?
A. The two-legged chair.
B. The serious illness.
C. Sitting for too long.
D. Exercising too little.
( )2.What are people supposed to do when they are sitting on the two-legged chair?
A. Sit for a longer time.
B. Keep their balance.
C. Play the exercise ball.
D. Move their desks at times.
( )3.[新考法·句子回填]Which of the following can be put into▲?
A. Sitting long is so common now.
B. Doing sports is so popular now.
C. Working environment is so hard now.
D. Keeping healthy is so cool now.
( )4.What's the purpose of this text?
A. To tell people how to avoid sitting too long.
B. To tell people how to stay away from health problems.
C. To show a two-legged chair which is good for people's health.
D. To explain why people suffer from illness now.

答案： 1~4 CBAC

写出下面画线词的意思
The practice of this special chair can make people change their bad habits.______

答案： 实施;实践