Unit3閱讀技能突破-真題展示Ashealthcarecostscontinuetorise,agrowingnumberofcompaniesareworkingoutprogrammesdesignedtokeeptheiremployeeshealthy.ThomasChappleistheseniorvicepresidentofacompany.“It’sreallyimportanttousbecausemedicalcostsaregoinguplikecrazy,”hesays.“Thiscompanyspendsmorethan$200millionayearonmedicalcostsforitsemployeesaroundthecountry.Thebestthingwehaveseenasawaytocontrolthemedicalcostisindividualfitness.”“Wehaveafitnesscentre,”ShawnFlaherty,directorofpublicrelationsforFreddieMac,says.“Wehaveahealthbenefitplanthatencouragespeopletoworkoutthreetimesaweek,getcholesterol（膽固醇）checks,aswellas‘donotsmoke’.Iftheydothat,itwillcostthemlessforthehealthbenefits.”RachelleClarkworksforFreddieMac.“Ifeelgreat.Youknowthebenefitisrewarding.Iliketolookgoodandfeelhealthy.IamjustfortunatethatIworkforthecompanythatprovidessometypesoffacilitiesfortheemployees.”Whileon-sitefitnesscentresarepopular,somecompaniespaymembershipfeesatlocalgymsforemployees.Thecompaniesalsoofferclassessuchasboxing,yogaanddancing.Employeesseethosehealthprogrammesasavaluablebenefit.TomBrookexercisesfivedaysaweek.AsanewspaperreporterhehasatightschedulebutTomsaysit’snotthatdifficultforhimtomaketimeforaworkout.“Itisgreat.Itisrightherewherewework,”saysTom.“Soeverybodygetsachancetouseitwhenevertheywantto.Ihavelostweightandneverbeeninbettershape.”Theprogrammesmaynotbeamagiccureforrisinghealthcosts,buttheyseemtohaveapositiveimpactonbothemployersandemployees.1.What'sthebestwaytocutthemedicalcostaccordingtoShawnFlaherty?A.Toreducethenumberofemployeesaroundthecountry.B.ToencouragetheemployeestoworkouttokeepfitC.TosetupfitnesscentresoftheirownD.Topaymembershipfeesatlocalgymsfortheemployees2.Whydoesthewritercite(5I)whatRachelleClarkandTomBrooksay?A.ToexplainhowtousethefitnesscentresB.ToshowhoweffectivephysicalexerciseisC.ToshowtheemployeeswelcomethehealthprogrammesD.Topersuademoreemployerstosetuphealthcentres1.What’sthebestwaytocutthemedicalcostaccordingtoShawnFlaherty?A.Toreducethenumberofemployeesaroundthecountry.B.Toencouragetheemployeestoworkouttokeepfit.C.Tosetupfitnesscentresoftheirown.D.Topaymembershipfeesatlocalgymsfortheemployees.2.Whydoesthewritercite（引用）whatRachelleClarkandTomBrooksay?A.Toexplainhowtousethefitnesscentres.B.Toshowhoweffectivephysicalexerciseis.C.Toshowtheemployeeswelcomethehealthprogrammes.D.Topersuademoreemployerstosetuphealthcentres.3.Whichofthefollowingbestexpressesthemeaningoftheunderlinedpart?A.Theprogrammesmaykeepthehealthcostsrising.B.Theprogrammesmaynotcostalargeamountofmoney.C.Theprogrammesmaycureallkindsofpatientslikemagic.D.Theprogrammesmaynotsolvethehealthcostsproblemcompletely.4.Whichofthefollowingcanserveasthebesttitleofthepassage?A.HowDifficultItIstoreducehealthCareCostsB.WhatCausestheHealthCareCoststoRiseYearbyYearC.WhyandHowCompaniesEncourageTheirEmployeestoKeepFitD.HowPeopleKeepHealthybyDoingExerciseinTheirWorkingPlaces

【語(yǔ)篇導(dǎo)讀】本文主要講述了公司鼓勵(lì)員工保持健康的動(dòng)機(jī)和具體做法。1.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“Wehaveahealthbenefitplanthatencouragespeopletoworkoutthreetimesaweek...Iftheydothat,itwillcostthemlessforthehealthbenefits.”可知，根據(jù)肖恩·弗萊厄蒂的說(shuō)法，削減醫(yī)療費(fèi)用的最好方法是鼓勵(lì)員工鍛煉身體以保持健康。故選B項(xiàng)。2.C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段雷切爾·克拉克和第六段湯姆·布魯克說(shuō)話的內(nèi)容可知，作者引用他們的話是為了說(shuō)明企業(yè)的員工歡迎健康項(xiàng)目。故選C項(xiàng)。3.D詞義猜測(cè)題。最后一段講的是：這些項(xiàng)目可能不是解決不斷上升的醫(yī)療費(fèi)用問(wèn)題的靈丹妙藥，但是它們似乎對(duì)雇主和雇員都有積極的影響。由此推知畫(huà)線部分的意思是“這些項(xiàng)目可能無(wú)法完全解決醫(yī)療費(fèi)用不斷增加的問(wèn)題”。故選D項(xiàng)。4.C主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段和最后一段可知，醫(yī)療費(fèi)用在上升，因而公司鼓勵(lì)員工通過(guò)