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      Sitting in front of the television may be relaxing, but spending too much time in front of the tube may take years off your life. That's what Australian researchers found when they collected TV __16__ information from more than 11,000 people older than 25 years. The __17__ found that people who watched an average six hours of TV a day lived an average 4.8 years less than those who didn't watch any television. Also, every hour of TV that participants watched after age 25 was associated with a 22-minute __18__ in their life expectancy. It's no mystery that sitting in front of the tube isn't exactly __19__ . The more TV you watch, the less physically active you are. And the less exercise you get, the more likely you are to develop __20__ such as diabetes or heart problems. Moreover, the poor diet that onscreen junk-food advertising promotes worsens the problems.

文意解析：

 Sitting in front of the television may be relaxing, but spending too much time in front of the tube may take years off your life. (坐在電視機前可能會比較放鬆，但是花太多時間在電視機前可能會減少你的壽命。)

 That's what Australian researchers found when they collected TV __16__ information from more than 11,000 people older than 25 years. (這是澳洲研究人員發現的，他們收集了來自年齡25歲以上的11000多人的電視收看資訊。)

 16、

(A)programs 節目。

(B)rating 排名。

(C)stations 電視台，所，車站。

(D)viewing 觀看。 

由空格後的 from more than 11,000 people older than 25 years (來自超過年齡25歲以上11,000人的)資訊，所以可判斷應該是觀看者。

The __17__ found that people who watched an average six hours of TV a day lived an average 4.8 years less than those who didn't watch any television. (研究發現，一天平均看電視6小時的人比那些沒有看任何電視的人少了平均4.8年的壽命。)

17、

(A) doctors 醫生。

(B) police 警察。

(C) study 研究。

(D) TV 電視。

Also, every hour of TV that participants watched after age 25 was associated with a 22-minute __18__ in their life expectancy. (此外，25歲以上看電視的民眾，每看1小時他們的平均壽命就減少22分鐘。)

18、

(A) broadcast 廣播。

(B) coverage 覆蓋。

(C) reduction 減少。

(D) whisper 耳語。

* [片語] be associated with 與... 有關。

* life expectancy 平均壽命。

* life expectancy 平均壽命

It's no mystery that sitting in front of the tube isn't exactly ______19______ . 

 = sitting in front of the tube isn't exactly ______19______ is no mystery.

 (坐在電視機前是完全不健康的已經不是秘密了。)

 19、

 (A)healthy 健康的。

 (B)modern 現代的。

 (C)present 存在的。

 (D)simple 簡單的

The more TV you watch, the less physically active you are.

(看越多電視，越沒有身體運動。)

 And the less exercise you get, the more likely you are to develop ______20______ such as diabetes or heart problems.

(而且越少運動，就越有可能產生疾病，如：糖尿病或心臟病的問題。)

 Moreover, the poor diet that onscreen junk-food advertising promotes worsens the problems.

(此外，營幕上的垃圾食物廣告推銷惡化了不良的飲食習慣的問題。)

worsens 是主動詞，the poor diet that onscreen junk-food advertising promotes 是主詞。

20、

(A)diseases 疾病。

(B)knowledge 知識。

(C)products 產品。

(D)wisdom 智慧。

* onscreen 螢幕上的。

* promote (V.)推銷，推廣。

* worsen (V.)惡化。