Question

9．The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and for the environment．Those findings come from a new report in the journal Nature．
    David Tilman is a professor at the University of Minnesota．In the study，he examined information from 100 nations to show what people ate and how diet affected health．Mr．Tilman noted a movement beginning in the 1960s．He found that as na tions industrialized（工業(yè)化），population increased and earnings rose．More people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet．The Western diet is high in sugar，fat，oil and meat．By eating these foods，people began to get fatter and sicker．
"The food，let us say，in the 15 richest nations of the world，right now contains about 400 or 500 extra calories（熱量） a day that are eaten beyond what people need，and that leads people to gain weight．"
    David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for diseases like diabetes，heart disease and some cancers．Diabetes is shooting to very high rates in the United States and across Europe．Heart disease is a major cause of death in the Western nations．Unfortunately when people become industrialized，if they adopt this Western diet，they are going to have these same health problems．
    A diet bad for human beings，it seems，is also bad for the environment．As the world's population grows，experts say more forests and areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for raising cattle．These areas will be needed to meet the increasing demand for food．
   Mr．Tilman calls the link between diet，the environment and human health，"a dilemma"，a situation where it is very difficult to decide what to do．He says one possible solution is leaving the Western diet behind．
32．Why did people get fatter in the 1960s？B
A．They ate foods high in calories．
B．They adopted a western lifestyle．
C．They set aside little time for exercise．
D．They had a better life and became lazier．
33．According to the text，overweight people may suf fer the following diseases EXCEPTD．
A．diabetes             B．heart disease      C．cancers       D．skin disease
34．What can we infer from Paragraph 5？B
A．The world's population will grow faster than ever．
B．People won't care about the environment．
C．There will be fewer and fewer forests．
D．Raising cattle will be the most moneymaking business．
35．What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage？D
A．To tell people effective ways to keep healthy．
B．To draw people's attention to environmental protection．
C．To show the problems industrialized nations are facing．
D．To call on people to give up the Western diet．

Answer 1

分析 隨著全球化進程進一步加快，西方的飲食習慣也層層逼近世界的每一個角落，它是否對我們的飲食健康或者環(huán)境造成影響呢？這篇文章就做了詳細的介紹．

解答 32．B，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子He found that as nations industrialized，population increased and earnings rose，more people began to adopt（采納） what has been called the Western diet．他發(fā)現(xiàn)隨著國家工業(yè)化的進程，人口的增加以及收入的提高，越來越多的人開始采納所謂的西方飲食，可知答案為B．
33．D，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for diseases like diabetes，heart disease and some cancers可知，超重不會引發(fā)皮膚病，故答案為D．
34．B，推理判斷題，根據(jù)句子A diet bad for human beings，it seems，is also bad for the environment可知，人們不在意環(huán)境問題，故答案為B．
35．D，主旨大意題，根據(jù)最后一句He says one possible settlement is leaving the Western diet behind．可以看出是在警告我們西方事物的弊端，故答案為D．

點評 解答任務(wù)型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準．