Question

The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment. These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature.

David Tillman, a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, America, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health. He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s. He found that as nations industrialized, 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. David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk of non-infectious diseases like diabetes （糖尿病）and heart disease.

Unfortunately, when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these health problems, especially in developing countries in Asia. China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as it began to industrialize over a 20-year period. And that is happening all across the world, in Nigeria and so on.

And，a diet bad for human beings is also bad for the environment. As the world’s population grows，more forests and tropical areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for cattle. We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now.

Mr. Tillman calls the link between diet, the environment and human health, “a dilemma”，a problem offering a difficult choice. He says one possible solution is leaving the Western diet behind.

1.David Tillman believes that          .

A. diet, the environment and human health are closely connected

B. the Western diet is the only choice as nations industrialized

C. people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart disease

D. traditional diet is more balanced than the Western diet

2.According to the passage, more greenhouse gas might be given off in the future from       .

A. transportation    B. developing countries

C. agriculture    D. developed countries

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases.

B. Overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseases.

C. The examined information comes from developing countries.

D. Industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western diet.

4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. Call on us to protect the environment.

B. Warn us of the danger of the Western diet.

C. Remind us of the importance of health.

D. Advise us to have a balanced diet.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了西方饮食习惯的泛滥危害着人们的健康及环境。

1.细节理解题。根据最后一段Mr. Tillman calls the link between diet, the environment and human health, “a dilemma”，a problem offering a difficult choice.可知Tillman认为饮食、环境及人类健康密切相关，故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据第五段We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now.可知在将来，温室气体更多的来自农业，故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句话He found that as nations industrialized, population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet.可知工业化导致了西方饮食习惯的传播，故选D。

4.目的意图题。整篇文章讲的是西方饮食习惯对人们健康和环境的不良影响，最后一句话He says one possible solution is leaving the Western diet behind.又提出来要摒弃西方饮食习惯，所以作者写这篇文章的目的是警告读者西方饮食的危害，故选B。