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After moving to the United States, immigrant groups trying to fit in tend to choose high-calorie, fatty foods in an attempt to appear more American, a new study finds. That's one reason why immigrants approach U.S. levels of obesity within 15 years of moving to America.

The researchers also did an experiment that measured whether or not the threat of appearing un-American influenced respondents' food choices．After being questioned about their ability to speak English，75 percent of Asian-Americans identified a typical American food as their favorite. Only 25 percent of Asian-Americans who had not been asked if they spoke English did the same.

When their American identity was called into question during a follow-up study, Asian-American participants also tended to choose typical American dishes, such as hamburgers and grilled cheese sandwiches, over more Asian fare. In that experiment, 55 Asian-Americans were asked to choose a meal from a local Asian or American restaurant. Some participants were told that only Americans could participate in the study. Those who chose the more typical American fare ended up consuming an extra 182 calories, including 12 grams of fat and seven grams of saturated fat(飽和脂肪).

"People who feel like they need to prove they belong in a culture will change their habits in an attempt to fit in," said Sapna Cheryan, an author of the study and assistant professor of psychology at the University of Washington. "If immigrants and their children choose unhealthy American foods over healthier traditional foods across their lives, this process of fitting in could lead to poorer health," Cheryan added.

Social pressures, the study concluded, are at the heart of the problem. "In American society today, being American is associated with being white. Americans who don't fit this image even if they were born here and speak English feel that pressure to prove that they're American," said Cheryan.

1.According to the survey, _____.

A. Asia-Americans care less about their health.

B. 25 percent of Americans like junk food.

C. choosing food is related to Asian-American’s situation

D. immigrants are forced to eat junk food.

2.The underlined word “fare” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “_____”

A. food offered as a meal B. a person taking a taxi

C. money spent on foodD. an arranged thing to do

3.According to Sauna Cheryan, ________.

A. what immigrants have done is ridiculous

B. American traditional foods are healthier

C. immigrants risk their health in order to fit in

D. American culture affects immigrants deeply

4.Which of the following should take the blame for the bad eating habit?

A. The situation of employmentB. The traditional culture

C. The American governmentD. The pressures from society

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 本文講述 移居美國是不少人的夢想，許多不惜以健康為代價千方百計融入美國社會。

1.推理判斷題。從第二段的研究可知，75％的被詢問過英語能力的亞裔美國人將一種典型的美國食物看做他們的最愛，而只有25％的沒有被詢問是否說英語的亞裔美國人這樣做，由此可推斷選擇食物與亞裔美國人的處境有關，故選C項。

2.猜測詞義題：結合上文中的“In that experiment。55 Asian. Americans were asked to choose a meal from a local Asian or American restauran.”以及畫線詞后面的內(nèi)容可推知畫線詞表示的是提供的食物，故選A項；

3.推理題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：If immigrants and their children choose unhealthy American foods over healthier traditional foods across their lives , this process of fitting in could lead to poorer health .Cheryan added.可知此人認為移民不惜以健康為代價去融入美國社會，故選C項。

4.細節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：Social pressures , the study concluded , are at the heart of the problem.可知社會壓力是主要問題，答案是 D

考點：社會類閱讀。