Children in Australia are not moving enough. That makes parents worry that children will run the risk of poor health in later life. Information from the 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children found only a quarter of Australian children were meeting national standards(标准) for their age. So they only get a D- grade for general(总体的) physical activity.

Professor Hesketh, an expert on health care, said the physical activity grades were largely unchanged from the 2018 Report Card. And there was little increase in the time and amount of children’s physical activity. “That was so terrible and I kept thinking about the problems,” she said.

“What is even more worrying is that information collected for the 2022 Report Card was largely collected before COVID-19. But during COVID-19, schools were often closed and children stayed at home. They spent less time playing sports. There is a real need to encourage children to move around more. Many places are asking children to take part in organized sport, but organized sport alone is not enough,” Professor Hesketh said. “Children need more choices of sports to make them interested.”

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1.What are Australian parents worried about?

A Their later life.

B Their old ages.

C Children’s report card.

D Children’s future health.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“That makes people fear that children will run the risk of poor health in later life”可知，父母担心孩子们以后身体会变得不健康，即他们担心孩子将来的健康问题。故选D。

2.How many Australian kids didn’t get enough exercise?

A 1/2 of them.

B 1/3 of them.

C 1/4 of them.

D 3/4 of them.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据第一段的“only a quarter of Australian children were meeting national standards”可知，只有四分之一的儿童达到了运动量标准，由此推断四分之三的澳大利亚儿童缺乏运动。故选D。

3.How did Professor Hesketh feel about the 2022 Report Card?

A Happy.

B Easy.

C Worried.

D Excited.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第二段Professor Hesketh所说的话“That was so terrible and I kept thinking about the problems”可推断，她对此感到担心。故选C。

4.Why did children play sports less during COVID-19?

A Because they couldn’t go out.

B Because they were busy at school.

C Because they only did organized sport.

D Because they needed more choices of sports.

解析：选A。A细节理解题。根据第三段中的“But during COVID-19, schools were often closed and children stayed at home. They spent less time playing sports.”可知，新冠疫情爆发后，学校经常放假，孩子们待在家里，即孩子们不能出门，导致他们运动得越来越少。故选A。

5.In which part of a magazine can you find the passage?

A Medicine.

B Health.

C Education.

D Science.

解析：选B。B推理判断题。本文主要介绍澳大利亚儿童运动量不足的问题，与健康问题相关，因此最有可能在杂志的“健康”版块读到。故选B。