8.We've reached a strange-some would say unusual-point.While fighting world hunger continues to be the matter of vital importance according to a recent report from the World Health Organization,more people now die from being overweight,or say,from being extremely fat,than from being underweight.It's the good life that's more likely to kill us these days.
Worse still,nearly 18 million children under the age of five around the world are estimated to be overweight.What's going on?
We really don't have many excuses for our weight problems.The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting through-up to a point.
In the 1970s,F(xiàn)inland,for example,had the highest rate of heart disease in the world and being overweight was its main cause.Not any more.A public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 percent over the past three decades.
Maybe that explains why the percentage of people in Finland taking diet pills doubled between 2001 and 2005,and doctors even offer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body.That has become a sort of fashion.No wonder it ranks as the world's most body-conscious country.
We know what we should be doing to lose weight-but actually doing it is another matter.By far the most popular excuse is not taking enough exercise.More than half of us admit we lack willpower.Others blame good food.They say:it's just too inviting and it makes them overeat.Still others lay the blame on the Americans,complaining that pounds have piled on thanks to eating too much American-style fast food.
Some also blame their parents-their genes.But unfortunately,the parents are wronged because they're normal in shape,or rather slim.
It's a similar story around the world,although people are relatively unlikely to have tried to lose weight.Parents are eager to see their kids shape up.Do as I say-not as I do.
28.What's the"strange"point mentioned in the first sentence?B
A.Starvation is taking more people's lives in the world.
B.The good life is a greater risk than the bad life.
C.WHO report shows people's unawareness of food safety.
D.Overweight issue remains unresolved despite WHO's efforts.
29.Why does the author think that people have no excuse for being overweight?C
A.Body image has nothing to do with good food.
B.A lot of effective diet pills are available.
C.They have been made fully aware of its dangers.
D.There are too many overweight people in the world.
30.The example of Finland is used to illustrateC.
A.there are too many overweight people in the world
B.the cause of heart disease
C.the effectiveness of a campaign
D.the fashion of body shaping
31.Which would be the best title for the passage?B
A.Overweight or Underweight
B.Actions or Excuses
C.WHO in a Dilemma
D.No Longer Dying of Hunger.
分析 這是一篇議論文.這個(gè)世界真奇怪,一方面,我們?cè)谂c全球性饑餓問題作斗爭(zhēng);另一方面,肥胖成為人類健康的殺手.在有些國家人們吃減肥藥,或者做手術(shù)去掉多余的脂肪,而且這已成為一種時(shí)尚.真正解決問題的辦法是鍛煉,但人們不想動(dòng),而且難以拒絕美食的誘惑.看來解決肥胖問題任重道遠(yuǎn).
解答 28.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第一段,特別是最后一句:It's the good life that's more likely to kill us these days.可理解得出,因?yàn)樯詈,我們超重,發(fā)胖,這比因過瘦而死去的人還多.因此好的生活比壞的生活,具有更大的風(fēng)險(xiǎn);故選B.
29.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段第二句:The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting through-up to a point.關(guān)鍵詞:public-health campaigns 可知作者認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在肥胖率居高不下的原因是,人們知道肥胖的危害,但就是不采取措施鍛煉減肥;故選C.
30.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第四段:A public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades.因此作者介紹芬蘭的目的不是為了說明心臟病的起因、塑身的時(shí)尚、意識(shí)到身體問題的國家的歷史,而是說明這個(gè)國家掀起的健康運(yùn)動(dòng)的效果:降低了心臟病發(fā)病率;故選C.
31.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)本文的意思,特別是第三段:We really don't have many excuses for our weight problems.和最后一段:Do as I say-not as I do.等議論性語言可知本文作者圍繞肥胖問題進(jìn)行了論述,說人們都知道肥胖的危害,卻不愿意積極鍛煉,寧可通過吃減肥藥或切除脂肪來減肥,還把肥胖問題歸咎于快餐,歸咎于自己的遺傳基因等等,因此本文的題目應(yīng)該是A項(xiàng):是行動(dòng)起來,還是繼續(xù)為自己找借口?故選B.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 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(shí)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(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.