Reading(2道小题,共30分)IntheUnitedStates,30percentoftheadultpopulationhasa“weightproblem”.Tomanypeople,thecauseisobvious:theyeattoomuch.Butscientificevidencedoeslittletosupportthisidea.GoingbacktotheAmeri
Reading(2道小题,共30分)
IntheUnitedStates,30percentoftheadultpopulationhasa“weightproblem”.Tomanypeople,thecauseisobvious:theyeattoomuch.Butscientificevidencedoes
littletosupportthisidea.GoingbacktotheAmericaofthe1910s,wefindthatpeoplewerethinnerthantoday,yettheyatemorefood.Inthosedayspeopleworkedharder
physically,walkedmore,usedmachinesmuchlessanddidn’twatchtelevision.
Severalmodernstudies,moreover,haveshownthatfatterpeopledonoteatmoreontheaveragethanthinnerpeople.Infact,someinvestigations,suchasthe1979study
of3,545Londonofficeworkers,reportthat,onbalance,fatpeopleeatlessthanslimmerpeople.Studiesshowthatslimpeoplearemoreactivethanfatpeople.Astudybya
researchgroupatStanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicinefoundthefollowinginterestingfacts:Themorethemenran,themorebodyfattheylost.Themoretheyran,the
greateramountoffoodtheyate.Thus,thosewhoranthemostatethemost,yetlostthegreatestamountofbodyfat.(183words)
1.ThephysicalproblemthatmanyadultAmericanshaveisthat________.
A)theyaretooslim
B)theyworktoohard
C)theyaretoofat
D)theylosetoomuchbodyfat
2.Accordingtothearticle,given500adultAmericans,_______peoplewillhavea“weightproblem.”
A)30
B)50
C)100
D)150
3.Isthereanyscientificevidencetosupportthateatingtoomuchisthecauseofa“weightproblem?”
A)Yes,thereisplentyofevidence.
B)Ofcourse,thereissomeevidencetoshowthisistrue.
C)Thereishardlyanyscientificevidencetosupportthis.
D)Wedon’tknowbecausetheinformationisnotgiven.
4.IncomparisonwiththeadultAmericanpopulationtoday,theAmericansofthe1910s_______.
A)atemorefoodandhadmorephysicalactivities
B)atelessfoodbuthadmoreactivities
C)atelessfoodandhadlessphysicalexercise
D)hadmoreweightproblems