11．What about the effect of long working hours on your weight？A new paper，written by Joelle Abramowitz，an economist，has some surprising results．She starts out by showing a simple graph：those who work longer are easy to be bigger．
That seems interesting，but is not as good as expected．After all，there may be other factors that mean that hardworking people tend to be overweight．So Ms Abramowitz uses regressions（回归），which allows her to control a variety of other factors，like income．Her results have a few surprises：those with a college degree are likely to be slimmer（苗条）．Rather depressingly，marriage results in women getting thinner，but men fatter．
She shows that for workers in"non-strenuous（不繁重的）"jobs，like secretarial work and accountancy，ten additional hours spent working per week are connected with an increase in body size index 0.4for women and 0.2for men．That translates，on average，into an increase of 2.5pounds and 1.4pounds respectively（各自地）．Unsurprisingly，for those whose jobs require a bit of physical effort，the effect no longer holds．
So why do long hours result in weight gain？Only 20% of American jobs are even mildly stressful，compared to 50% in 1960．In 1960，a tenth of the American workforce was involved in agriculture，but today it's more like 1%．More time at the desk means less movement．Busy people may have less time to prepare good meals，instead choosing a take-away．（ management consultants，in my experience at least，tend to be rather knowledgeable about fancy restaurants near them）．They exercise less．And workaholics sleep less：inadequate shut-eye is associated with weight gain．
Women gain more weight than men，Ms abramowitz reasons，because they tend to replace work for health-improving activities like exercise．However，men are prettysedentary，whether or not they work long hours．So maybe desk-jobbers should include a bit of physicality in the daily hard work．Standing up while working is one choice．
32．What can we know about Joelle Abramowitz's graph？D
A．The author thinks it's puzzling．
B．Many people don't think it's good．
C．It includes many factors on fatness
D．It shows people working long put on more weight．
33．What kind of people tends to put on weight according to the passage？C
A．People who feel depressed．
B．People who have college degrees．
C．People who work on secretarial work．
D．people who often eat in fancy restaurants
34．Compared to the past，A．
A．Americans are fatter because of lack of exercise
B．Americans are fatter because of improvement of life
C．Americans become fatter because of less stressful work
D．Americans men are more likely to put on weight than women．
35．What's the meaning of the underlined word"sedentary"in paragraph 5？B
A．Hard-working．B．Inactive C．Thoughtful D．Changeable．
分析 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读，长时间工作会影响你的体重吗？一项新的报告中，伯克利，一位经济学家所写的，有一些令人惊讶的结论，她开始通过展示一个简单的图：那些工作更长时间的更容易增重．本文以此展开，主要讲述了从事工作以及体重的关系．
解答 32．答案：D．细节理解题．根据A new paper，written by Joelle Abramowitz，an economist，has some surprising results．She starts out by showing a simple graph：those who work longer are easy to be bigger．可知，图表显示，工作更长时间的人们长更多的重量．故选D．
33．答案：C．细节理解题．根据She shows that for workers in"non-strenuous（不繁重的）"jobs，like secretarial work and accountancy，ten additional hours spent working per week are connected with an increase in body size index 0.4for women and 0.2for men．可知，秘书工作和会计等十个额外的每周工作时间与女性体型指数增加0.4和0.2．故做秘书工作的人更容易增重．故选C．
34．答案：A．推理判断题．根据More time at the desk means less movement．Busy people may have less time to prepare good meals，instead choosing a take-away．（ management consultants，in my experience at least，tend to be rather knowledgeable about fancy restaurants near them）．They exercise less．可推测出，与过去相比，美国人更胖的原因是因为锻炼少．故选A．
35．答案：B．词义猜测题．根据前面一句because they tend to replace work for health-improving activities like exercise知，女士会进行运动，然而，男士非常不活跃．故可知该词意为不活跃．故选B．
点评 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读，题目涉及多道细节理解题，推理判断题，词义猜测题．做题时学生应仔细阅读原文，把握文章主要内容，联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义，从中选出正确答案，一定要做到有理有据，切忌胡乱猜测．
