2014学年高一下学期英语阅读训练（2）
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Fat, not thin, is today's heated topic. But studies show that we don't notice because it has happened gradually and we have got used to seeing people who are overweight. Men are fatter than women (67% of men and 57% of women are overweight or obese in the UK). Socio-economically poor areas tend to have higher rates of people who are overweight. There is a community effect: you are more likely to be overweight if your friends and neighbors are.
Moderate (中等的) obesity cuts life expectancy by two to four years and severe obesity by a whole decade, according to a major study in 2009. This is most likely to affect today's children. "Obesity is such that this generation of children could be the first in the history of the United States to live less healthful and shorter lives than their parents," said Dr David S Ludwig, director at the Children's Hospital Boston.
More and more very young children are putting on weight they will find it hard to lose. It is far harder to get rid of weight than to put it on, even as a child. Some experts think that if we want to prevent obesity, we will have to find ways to help parents from, or even before, the birth of their Breastfed babies, who can look skinny, compared with their bottle-fed friends, in fact usually have the right weight. Big, fat babies, contrary to the old wisdom, are not healthier babies. Slow growth is the best. Low birth weight babies, in particular, should not be overfed in a bid to help them catch up.
Those who think children are getting fat because they sit in front of televisions too much may also be wrong. A finding from Early Bird is that inactivity does not lead to obesity - obesity leads to inactivity.
1. According to Paragraph l, which of the following is NOT true?
A. People with obese friends become obese more easily.
B. Men are more overweight than women in the UK.
C. To be overweight can be seen in poor areas.
D. To get fat can be noticed very easily.
2. Dr David S Ludwig thinks that obesity _______.
A. can increase life expectancy of children
B. could lead to shorter lives and bad health
C. could make parents less healthful than their children
D. can bring about the fattest children in the U.S. history
3. According to some experts, to prevent obesity we should_______.
A. begin with the healthy birth of children
B. try our best to get rid of the overweight
C. set an example for children to lose weight
D. wait for children to become older
4. From the passage, we know that______.
A. big and fat babies are healthier
B. we should not overfeed skinny babies
C. babies who grow fast are the healthiest
D. bottle-fed babies usually have the right weight
5. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Sitting before televisions certainly makes children get fat.
B. Parents should prevent their children from watching TV.
C. Overweight children may less like running about.
D. Inactivity does not result from obesity.
B
Feel tired lately? Has a doctor said he can’t find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he sent you to a hospital, but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you. Then, consider this: you might be in a state of subhealth (亚健康).
Subhealth, also called the third state or gray state, is explained as a borderline state between health and disease.
According to the investigation by the National Health Organization, over 45 percent of subhealthy people are middle-aged or elderly. The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam weeks.
Symptoms (征兆) include a lack of energy, depression (压抑), slow reaction, insomnia (失眠), agitation, and poor memory. Other symptoms include shortness of breath, sweating and aching in the waist and legs.
The key to preventing and recovering from subhealth, according to some medical experts, is to form good living habits, alternate work and rest, exercise regularly and take part in open air activities.
As for meals, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar. They should also eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, fish because they are rich in nutritional elements —vitamins and trace elements that are important to the body.
Nutrition experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract (消化系统). They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding subhealth.
6. According to the passage, which of the following is right?
A. When you are in a state of subhealth, you should stay at home and keep silent.
B. When you are in a state of subhealth, you should go to see a doctor and buy medicine.
C. When you are in a state of subhealth, you should have yourself examined.
D. When you are in a state of subhealth, you should try to form good living habits.
7. It may be easy for middle-aged people to be in a state of subhealth, because ________.
A.they have used up their energy
B. they have lost their living hopes
C. they have more pressure in life and work
D. they begin to get older
8. The key to preventing you from falling into a state of subhealth is that you should _______.
A.work hard
B. sleep more
C. form good living habits
D. take more medicine
9. As for food, experts suggest that ________.
A.we should never eat meat
B. we should have varieties of food
C. we should eat less than usual
D. we should have meals without sugar and salt
10. The underlined word “alternate” is the closest in meaning to _________.
A. arrange by turns
B. cause to take place
C. keep up
D. take up
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