We’vereachedastrange-somewouldsayunusual-point.WhilefightingworldhungercontinuestobethematterofvitalimportanceaccordingtoarecentreportfromtheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO),morepeoplenowdiefrombeingoverweight,orsay,frombeingextremelyfat,thanfrombeingunderweight.It’sthegoodlifethat’smorelikelytokillusthesedays. Worse,nearlyl8millionchildrenundertheageoffivearoundtheworldareestimatedtobeoverweight.What’sgoingon? Wereallydon’thavemanyexcusesforourweightproblems.Thedangersoftheproblemhavebeendrilledintousbypublichealthcampaignssince2001andthemessageisgettingthrough—uptoapoint. Inthe1970s,Finland,forexample,hadthehighestrateofheartdiseaseintheworldandbeingoverweightwasitsmaincause.Notanymore.Apublichealthcampaignhasgreatlyreducedthenumberofheartdiseasedeathsby80percentoverthepastthreedecades. MaybethatexplainswhythepercentageofpeopleinFinlandtakingdietpillsdoubledbetween2001and2005,anddoctorsevenoffersurgeryofremovingfatinsideandchangetheshapeofthebody.Thathasbecomeasortoffashion.Nowonderitranksastheworld’smostbodyconsciouscountry. Weknowwhatweshouldbedoingtoloseweight—butactuallydoingitisanothermatter.Byfarthemostpopularexcuseisnottakingenoughexercise.Morethanhalfofusadmitwelackwillpower. Othersblamegoodfood.Theysay:it’sjusttooinvitinganditmakesthemovereat.StillotherslaytheblameontheAmericans,complainingthatpoundshavepiledonthankstoeatingtoomuchAmericanstylefastfood. Somealsoblametheirparents-theirgenes.Butunfortunately,theparentsarewrongedbecausethey’renormalinshape,orratherslim. It’sasimilarstoryaroundtheworld,althoughpeoplearerelativelyunlikelytohavetriedtoloseweight.Parentsareeagertoseetheirkidsshapeup.DoasIsay-notasIdo. 小题1:Whatisthe“strange”pointmentionedinthefirstsentence? |
A.Thegoodlifeisagreaterriskthanthebadlife. |
B.Starvationistakingmorepeople’slivesintheworld. |
C.WHOreportshowspeople’sunawarenessoffoodsafety. |
D.Overweightiss
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小题1:A小题2:C小题3:C小题4:A这是一篇议论文。这个世界真奇怪,一方面,我们在与全球性饥饿问题作斗争;另一方面,肥胖成为人类健康的杀手。在有些国家人们吃减肥药,或者做手术去掉多余的脂肪,而且...
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