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

There are ways to solve this diet-health-environment problem. But they will require a change in eating habits. And what we eat can be a product of culture, personal taste, price and ease.

David Tilman , a professor of ecology, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health and found 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 refined or processed 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, heart disease and some cancers.

Unfortunately when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these same health impacts, and in some cases if you are Asian, you have them more seriously than what happens in the West."

China, he says, is an example where the number of diabetes cases has jumped. And that’s happening all across the world, in Mexico, Nigeria and so on.

A diet bad for human beings is also bad for the environment. As the world's population grows, experts say more forests will become farmland for crops or grasslands for grazing cattle.

"We are likely to have more greenhouse gas released in the future from agriculture because of this dietary shift than all the greenhouse gas that comes out of cars, airplanes, boats and ships. So our change in diet is likely to be worse for the world for climate warming than all the transportation sources we use right now."

He says one possible solution is leaving the Western diet behind.

【1】 What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The advantage of the Western diet

B. The disadvantage of the Western diet.

C. The diseases caused by the Western diet.

D. The popularity of the Western diet.

【2】Why do more and more people eat Western diet?

A. Because Western diet is good for health.

B. Because people have more money.

C. Because Western diet is cheaper.

D. Because Western diet can make people thin.

【3】According to the passage, what is good for our environment?

A. Giving up the Western diet.

B. Returning to Chinese diet.

C. Growing more crops

D. Raising more cattle.

【4】In which section of a newspaper can you find this passage?

A. Science and Technology. B. Education and Culture.

C. Environment and Health. D. Agriculture and Climate.

【5】Which statement is true?

A. The Western diet has little effect on Asians .

B. The China diet is rich in fat and oil.

C. Leaving the Western diet behind is easy for people.

D. More forests will become farmland as the world's population grows .

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了《自然》杂志上的一份新报告：西方饮食对环境和健康存在很大危害。西方饮食含有大量精炼糖、脂肪，这些都导致人们发胖，容易生病。此外，这种饮食方式对环境也有害处，而最好的解决办法就是远离西方饮食。

【1】B主旨大意题。文章是一篇调查报道，开头提出西方饮食对人和环境有害这一中心，然后在下文进行详细介绍，故选B。

【2】B细节理解题。根据文章第三段as nations industrialized, population increased and earnings rose. More people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet.可知因为收入的增加是人们开始转向西方饮食的一个原因，故选B。

【3】A推理判断题。本文介绍了西方饮食给人的健康以及环境带来的危害，由此判断放弃西方饮食会对环境有益，而且文章末段也是提示信息，选A。

【4】C推理判断题。根据文章首句The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment.以及下文内容可知本文主要介绍西方饮食对健康和环境的危害，由此判断文章会刊登在环境健康栏目，故选C。

【5】D 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段As the world's population grows, experts say more forests will become farmland for crops or grasslands for grazing cattle.可知答案选D。