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阅读理解 　　Beth Marinelli is 29 years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs about 350 pounds．She is not always able to fit herself into theater or restaurant seats, or into train or airplane seats．She has to go to specialty(特制品)stores to buy clothes．All of this makes Beth Marinelli very angry．But what angers her most is New Jersey’s mandatory(强制性的)seat belt law． 　　New Jersey drivers and front seat passengers are required by law to wear seat belts．The problem for Beth Marinelli is that car makers don’t make seat belts large enough for obese people．As a result, people with weight problems are not required to buckle up(扣上安全带)like everybody else．“Statistics(统计数字)show how much safer it is to be in an accident while wearing a seat belt, says Marinelli．“The lawmakers are saying that if you’re fat, you can be free from wearing a seat belt－that it’s OK to die in a car accident．” 　　Social discrimination against the very fat people is very strong．According to Marinelli, she left high school because of constant teasing about her weight．But the cruel jokes and comments didn’t end with her youth．She was forced to work as a cook at her brother’s fast food restaurant because her weight ?discourages? employers from hiring her． 　　One day Marinelli wants to write a book about her life．She’ll call it “Growing Up Fat in America．”She wants to warn young people who are overweight about what’s in store for them, and encourage them to lose weight．“If one 10-year-old fat kid listens to me and says,’I don’t want to go through that,’ then I’ve succeeded．” (1) According to the passage, which is NOT one of the difficulties the fat people face? [　　] A． The one that they felt it hard to fit themselves into the theater chairs． B． The one that they felt it hard to find a job． C． The one that they felt it hard to marry． D． Discrimination． (2) According to the passage, the underlined word “obese” refers to ________． [　　] A． Very fat． B． Foolish． C． Good-tempered． D． Bad-tempered． (3) Which statement is NOT true according to the passage? [　　] A． She left school because she was laughed at by others． B． She has to be a cook because her weight prevents her from being employed． C． She was still laughed at even though she already left school． D． She was teased even though she lost weight． (4) She wrote a book in order to ________． [　　] A． encourage them to take more physical exercise B． warn young people of the harm of overweight C． prevent her 10-year-old kid from getting weight D． both A and B

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．A;3．D;4．B;
解析：

(1)	文章中提到了A、B和D项是肥胖人面临的问题，而C项未提及，故答案应为C项。
(2)	根据上下文语境可猜测出obese的词义为“Very fat”。
(3)	根据文章中的细节内容，A、B、C三项都正确，故答案应为D项。
(4)	由文章最后一段第二句话可以得知答案应为B项。