Question

In the United States, 30 percent of the people have a “weight problem”. To many people, the cause is obvious: they eat too much. But scientific evidence (证据) does little to support this idea. Going back to America of 1910, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they ate more food. In those days people worked harder physically, walked more, used machines much less, and didn’t watch television.

Several modern studies, moreover, have shown that fatter people don’t eat more on average than thinner people. A 1979 study of 3,545 London office workers showed that fat people eat less than slim (苗条的) people.

Studies also show that slim people are more active than fat people. A study by a research group at Stanford University found the following interesting facts:

The more the man ran, the greater loss of the body fat.

The more they ran, the greater increase in food intake.

Thus, those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of body fat.

1.Nowadays many Americans have the problem that ______.

A．they lose too much body fat B．they work too hard

C．they are too fat D．they are too slim

2.According to the passage, how many people in 900 Americans have a “weight problem”?

A．150. B．300. C．600. D． 270.

3.Is there any scientific evidence to support the idea that eating too much is the cause of a “weight problem”?

A．We are not sure.

B．Of course, there is some evidence to support this.

C．There is hardly any scientific evidence to support this.

D．Yes, there is plenty of evidence.

4.The Americans in 1910 ________.

A．had more problems

B．ate less food but had more physical activities

C．ate less food and had less physical activities

D．ate more food and had more physical activies

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题解析：文章讲述的是美国出现的过度肥胖问题，以及由此而展开的调查分析。

1.In the United States, 30 percent of the people have a ‘weight problem’.”可以提取有效信息“weight problem”，故选C。

2. 30 percent of the people have a ‘weight problem’.”以及题中给出的900个美国人，可知900人中有270人有肥胖问题，故选D。

3. scientific evidence (证据) does little to support this idea.” 可知，很少的证据是支持这个观点的，故选C。

4.Going back to America of 1910, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they ate more food. In those days people worked harder physically”那个时候的人们工作很辛苦，人很瘦，但是吃得很多，故选D。

考点：考查新闻报道类短文。