1．When I walk through the streets，I pass strange rooms where people are doing strange things．Some are biking madly．Others are holding metal bars to keep them from dropping down．Still others are jumping around while someone is shouting at them．It looks like something out of Dante's Inferno （但丁《神曲》中的《地獄篇》）．But what is the most amazing is that people pay for these sufferings!
The strange rooms are gyms．It is reported that some 41 million Americans are gym members.12% of the memberships are born in January，as they are determined to knock off the holiday fat．Maybe it is good to exercise in the gym．However，should they know they can keep in good shape，spending little money，would they still agree with its necessity？
At the age of 23，I joined a gym．I lifted weights twice a week in Muscle's Gym．I paid as little as 200 per year．You can't find such gyms in every city any more．Too often，the gym is fancy （花哨的） with lots of equipment．If you ask how much it costs to join it，the person at the front desk often won't tell you straight．Instead，he'll let you meet with a fitness consultant （健身顧問），who will provide you with a great number of reasons and suggestions，such as losing weight and getting healthier，just in order to put pressure on you to spend much money joining the gym and becoming a member there．
Working out with the help of equipment at home has problems，too．In the early 2000s，I bought a spinning bike （動感單車） at a cost of 700 for home use．I tried a few times only to find that it brought me a neck problem．
Now I'm back to my old way．I do Yoga （瑜伽） every morning and evening．Total cost：$60 for an exercise mat （墊子）．I'm enjoying fitness．
61．The strange rooms are places where peopleD．
A．do strange things
B．suffer from great pains
C．play Dante's Inferno
D．take physical exercise
62．In the author's opinion，joining a gym nowadays isC．
A．exciting B．inexpensive C．unnecessary D．helpful
63．The author wrote something about Muscle's Gym toD．
A．tell us he was fat when he was young
B．suggest a new way of losing weight
C．provide us with an example of gyms
D．compare it with the gyms of today
64．The author will possibly agree thatC．
A．working out in gyms will bring a lot of sufferings
B．to be a fitness consultant can bring in a lot of money
C．taking up Yoga at home is a good way to keep healthy
D．you should buy good equipment if you exercise at home
65．From the text we can infer thatA．
A．many Americans put on weight after Christmas and New Year's Day
B．the author and his family had spent a lot of money exercising in gyms
C.12% of the American people are members of gyms
D．spinning bikes are good equipment for exercise．
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了很多人到健身房健身達(dá)到瘦身健康的目的．但健身房是否能夠起到作用？作者結(jié)合自身經(jīng)歷，認(rèn)為鍛煉不一定必須要去健身房．
解答 61．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段"I pass strange rooms where people are doing strange things．Some are biking madly．Others are holding metal bars to keep them from dropping down"可知奇怪的房間是健身房，用于做運動，故選D．
62．C．文意理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段However，should they know they can keep in good shape，spending little money，would they still agree with its necessity（必要性）？作者反問，如果人們能夠花費更少保持身材，是否健身房就一定是必要的？可以推斷，作者認(rèn)為去健身房鍛煉不是必須的，故選C．
63．D．判斷推理題． 根據(jù)文章第三段"I paid as little as 200 per year．You can't find such gyms in every city any more"，作者將Muscle's Gym和現(xiàn)在的健身房做對比，認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在的健身房更貴，故選D．
64．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"Now I'm back to my old way．I do Yoga （瑜伽） every morning and evening"可知作者認(rèn)為瑜伽是一個保持健康的好方法；故選C．
65．A．判斷推理題．根據(jù)文章第二段It is reported that some 41 million Americans are gym members.12% of the memberships are born in January，as they are determined to lose the holiday fat．據(jù)報道，大約有4100萬美國人是健身房的會員．而其中的12%，是1月加入的，目的是減掉假期增加的脂肪．可追在經(jīng)過圣誕和元旦兩個假期后，美國人決定運動減脂，故選A．
點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
