Question

9．The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and for the environment．Those findings come from a new report in the journal Nature．
    David Tilman is a professor at the University of Minnesota．In the study，he examined information from 100 nations to show what people ate and how diet affected health．Mr．Tilman noted a movement beginning in the 1960s．He found that as na tions industrialized（工业化），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．
"The food，let us say，in the 15 richest nations of the world，right now contains about 400 or 500 extra calories（热量） a day that are eaten beyond what people need，and that leads people to gain weight．"
    David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for diseases like diabetes，heart disease and some cancers．Diabetes is shooting to very high rates in the United States and across Europe．Heart disease is a major cause of death in the Western nations．Unfortunately when people become industrialized，if they adopt this Western diet，they are going to have these same health problems．
    A diet bad for human beings，it seems，is also bad for the environment．As the world's population grows，experts say more forests and areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for raising cattle．These areas will be needed to meet the increasing demand for food．
   Mr．Tilman calls the link between diet，the environment and human health，"a dilemma"，a situation where it is very difficult to decide what to do．He says one possible solution is leaving the Western diet behind．
32．Why did people get fatter in the 1960s？B
A．They ate foods high in calories．
B．They adopted a western lifestyle．
C．They set aside little time for exercise．
D．They had a better life and became lazier．
33．According to the text，overweight people may suf fer the following diseases EXCEPTD．
A．diabetes             B．heart disease      C．cancers       D．skin disease
34．What can we infer from Paragraph 5？B
A．The world's population will grow faster than ever．
B．People won't care about the environment．
C．There will be fewer and fewer forests．
D．Raising cattle will be the most moneymaking business．
35．What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage？D
A．To tell people effective ways to keep healthy．
B．To draw people's attention to environmental protection．
C．To show the problems industrialized nations are facing．
D．To call on people to give up the Western diet．

Answer 1

分析 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？这篇文章就做了详细的介绍．

解答 32．B，细节理解题，根据句子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．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，可知答案为B．
33．D，细节理解题，根据句子David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for diseases like diabetes，heart disease and some cancers可知，超重不会引发皮肤病，故答案为D．
34．B，推理判断题，根据句子A diet bad for human beings，it seems，is also bad for the environment可知，人们不在意环境问题，故答案为B．
35．D，主旨大意题，根据最后一句He says one possible settlement is leaving the Western diet behind．可以看出是在警告我们西方事物的弊端，故答案为D．

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