Deborah Cohen is a senior natural scientist at the Rand Corp and the author of the book A Big Fat Crisis: The Hidden Forces Behind the Obesity Epidemic and How We Can End It. According to the book, there are lots of misunderstandings of obesity.
1. If you’re obese, blame your genes.
Obesity rates have increased. Yet, between 1980 and 2000, the number of Americans who are obese has doubled—too quickly for genetic factors to be responsible.
At restaurants, a dollar puts more calories on our plates than ever before, because restaurant meals usually have more calories than what we prepare at home, so people who eat out more frequently have higher rates of obesity than those who eat out less.
2. If you’re obese, you lack self-control.
Research shows that if we are faced with too much information, we have a tendency to make poor dietary choices. Our world has become so rich in temptation that we can be led to consume too much in ways we can’t understand. Even the most vigilant(警觉的) people may not be up to the task of controlling themselves.
3. Lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables is responsible for obesity.
Although the US Department of Agriculture estimates that fewer than 5 percent of Americans live in the “food deserts”, about 65 percent of the nation’s population is overweight or obese. For most of us, obesity is not related to access to more fresh fruits and vegetables, but to the choices we make in supermarkets.
4. The problem is not that we eat too much, but that we don’t exercise.
Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign is based on the idea that if kids exercise more, childhood obesity rates will decrease. But there was no significant decrease in physical activity levels as obesity rates climbed in the 1980s and 1990s. In fact, although a drop in work-related physical activity may account for up to 100 fewer calories burned, leisure physical activity appears to have increased. The problem is that we eat too much.
1.The author mentioned Deborah Cohen’s book in Paragraph 1 to _______.
A. introduce the topic
B. draw readers’ attention
C. introduce the author of the book
D. advertise the book
2.What is the relationship between obesity and the place where you eat?
A. The less you eat out, the higher rates of obesity you have.
B. The less you eat at home, the lower rates of obesity you have.
C. The more you eat out, the higher rates of obesity you have.
D. The more you eat at home, the higher rates of obesity you have.
3.What’s the best title of this passage?
A. Four misunderstandings of obesity.
B. Four rules to help you avoid obesity.
C. Obesity leads to a big fat crisis.
D. Lacking self-control leads to obesity.
Einstein, a great scientist of the age, was almost as strange as his Theory of Relativity.
Once, while riding a street car in Berlin, he told the conductor that he had not given him the right change. The conductor counted the change again and found it to be correct, so he handed it to Einstein, saying, “The trouble with you is that you don’t know your figures.”
Einstein said that there were only twelve people living who understood his Theory of Relativity although a good many books had been written to explain it.
He had nothing but contempt（藐视）for the things most people set their hearts on—for fame and riches（财富）and luxury（奢华）.
He didn’t want money or praise. He made his own happiness out of such simple things as his work and playing the violin and sailing his boat. Einstein’s violin brought him more joy than anything else in life. He said that he often thought in music.
1. The conductor thought Einstein .
A. wasn’t good at maths B. had good memory
C. was either mad or strange D. liked to make trouble
2. Einstein meant that many people .
A. knew his Theory of Relativity well because they could explain it
B. had written to have grasped his theory correctly
C. pretended to have grasped his abstract theory
D. admired him very much
3. The underlined part “set…hearts on” means .
A. believe B. have C. love D. hate
A little boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because a disease made his leg lame(跛的). He ______played with his classmates. When the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always_______ his head without a word.
One ___ the boy’s father asked for some saplings(树苗)from the neighbor. He wanted the __ to plant a sapling(树苗) each person in front of the house. The father said, “Whose sapling grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite___.” Seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees , however, the boy had an idea .He hoped that the tree he planted would_____soon. So ,after watering it once or twice, he never _______ it.
A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was ___ to find that it didn’t fade but grew some fresh leaves. ___ the trees of his brothers and sisters , his tree was even greener. His father kept his _____ , bought the little boy his favorite gift and said that from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding_____ when he grew up.
Since then, the little boy slowly became________. One night, he lay on the bed but could not sleep. Then he got up and came to the ______. To his surprise, his ______ was splashing(喷洒)something onto his tree. ______, he understood---his father had been____ fertilizing(施肥)his small tree!
He returned to his room, _____ running down. ____ passed. The little boy didn’t become a botanist(植物学家)，but he was elected President of the United States. His name was Franklin Roosevelt. Love is the_____nourishment(营养)of life__ it is just a drop of clear water, it can still help the tree of life thrive(茁壮成长).
1.A. bravely B. seldom C. freely D. always
2.A. raised B. nodded C. lowered D. knocked
3.A. spring B. moment C. winter D. week
4.A.neighbors B. friends C. children D. boys
5.A. sapling B. tree C. gift D. toy
6.A. die B. grow C. break D. survive
7.A. led to B. attended t C. belonged to D. objected to
8.A.pleased B. upset C. worried D. surprised
9.A. Compared with B. Similar to C. Connected to D. Popular with
10.A .request B. schedule C. promise D. secret
11.A. president B. botanist C. artist D. researcher
12.A. smart B. desperate C. optimistic D. practical
13.A. field B. courtyard C. park D. farm
14.A. brother B. sister C. father D. neighbor
15.A. All of a sudden B. For a moment C. In time D. From then on
16.A. busily B. quietly C. cautiously D. secretly
17.A. water B. tears C. sweat D. rain
18.A. Hours B. Months C. Decades D. Centuries
19.A. last B. only C. least D. best
20.A. Even if B. Now that C. If only D. What if
Now a lot of new technology can _____ problems in industry.
A. be applied to solve B. be applied to solving
C. apply to solve D. apply to solving
Little_____ about A-H1N1 so far, so there is no doubt that many people are afraid when talking about the disease.
A. did scientist know B. scientists have known
C. have scientists known D. had scientists known
Not only I but also Jane ______having one exam after another.
A. is tired of B. are tired of
C. is tired with D. are tired with
