Question

The spread of Westem  eating habits around the world is bad for human nealth 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 mdustriaHzed(工业化),population increased and earnings rose, more people began to sdopt 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 for 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 they began to industrialize over a 20，year period, And that is happening all across the world, in Mexico in Nigeria and so on.

And, s diet bad for human beings, is also bad for the environment As the world's population grows, more forests and tropical (热带的）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 froms of transportation right now.

Mr, Tillman calls the link between diet, the environment and human health. "a trilemma11: a problem offering a difficult choice. He says one possibte setttemenf is leaving the behind.

1.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

2.David Tilman believes that_  .

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

B. the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes

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

D. traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet

3.We can infer from the passage that     .

A. industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western diet

B. overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseases

C. the examined information comes from developing countries

D. Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases

4.The main purpose of the passage is to     .

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. C

2. A

3. A

4. B

【解析】

本文是一篇健康环保类阅读，随着全球化进程进一步加快，西方的饮食习惯也层层逼近世界的每一个角落，它是否对我们的饮食健康或者环境造成影响呢？这篇文章就此话题做了详细的介绍

1.细节理解题．根据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，我们将来更多的温室气体将会来自农业而不是现在的交通．故选C．

2.细节理解题．根据He found that as nations industrialized，population increased and earnings rose，more people began to adopt（采纳） what has been called the Western diet．可知，他发现随着国家工业化的进程，人口的增加以及收入的提高，越来越多的人开始采纳所谓的西方饮食．故选A．

3.推理判断题．根据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可知，不幸的是，当人们变得工业化，如果他们采纳了西方饮食，他们将会产生健康问题，尤其是在亚洲的发展中国家．可以判断出随着工业化脚步的加快，西方饮食在不断侵入．故选A．

4.主旨大意题．本文主要讲述了随着全球化进程进一步加快，西方的饮食习惯也层层逼近世界的每一个角落，它会对我们的饮食健康或者环境造成一定的影响．再结合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．可以看出，本文是在警告我们西方食物存在诸多问题，大家要有节制有选择的食用，结合选项．故选B．