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【题目】 If our bodies actually suffer from eating too much sugar, then why do we like it? And why don 't we have such a strong eager for food like, say, broccoli (西兰花)，which is a great source of Vitamin C,Vitamin K iron, all things our body actually needs? If it's so bad for us, then why does sugar taste so good? There are hundreds of journal articles trying to answer that very question. Let' s take a look at what they' ve come up with.
Studies have shown that the love children have for sugar may be born with. In other words, kids may have a built-in love of all things sweet. The preference for sweet foods is found to be already evident in newborns, who prefer sweeter formulas (配方). It also seems to be shared by children globally across cultures and climates. There’s further evidence that kids’ taste buds (味蕾) are more sensitive to bitter-tasting foods, further pushing them to reach for the sweets. One study showed that adults tend to maximize their sugar preference at about the level of sugar in a can of soda, but older children still liked drinks that were twice as sweet. The scientists couldn't find a limit to the concentration of sugar younger children preferred. It turms out that the kids still liked the sugary drink even past the point where there was too much sugar to be dissolved (溶解) in water anymore.
Sugar gets a bad fame, but it isn't all bad. Sugar provides our bodies with calories, which we can then change into energy. Children, in particular, need this energy to fuel their rapid growth. Sugar also helps us store fat, which can be drawn on later if needed. Our body knows to pursue the things it needs as two way of signaling our brain to start eating what we’re missing.
As a vegetarian (素食主义者)，I know that when I start thinking about stealing the peanut butter sandwich that's been floating around in my kid' s backpack, it' s probably not because the sandwich is so delicious. It' s more likely that I haven't gotten enough protein for the day.
【1】What makes so many people study sugar?
A.High sugar intake.
B.Curiosity about Sugar.
C.The love for sugar.
D.The magic effect of sugar.
【2】What do the studies show about eating the sweets?
A.Loving sugar is human's nature.
B.A vegetarian doesn't like sugar so much.
C.The older one is, the more sugar one needs.
D.The love for sugar depends on living habits.
【3】How does sugar impress us according to the text?
A.Deadly but irresistible.
B.Beneficial but harmful.
C.Necessary but not welcome.
D.Useful but not nutritious.
【4】Why does the author steal his kid's food?
A.To store more protein,
B.To treat his illness.
C.To avoid his kid eating more.
D.To meet body' s needs.
【答案】
【1】B
【2】A
【3】B
【4】D
【解析】
本文是说明文。文章介绍了偏爱甜食是人的天性，糖对我们身体也不是完全不好的，它能够给我们提供所需的能量。
【1】推理判断题。根据第一段中“If it's so bad for us, then why does sugar taste so good? （既然糖对我们没好处，那么为什么糖的味道这么好呢?）”可以推断， 很多人研究糖是出于对糖 的好奇。故选B项。
【2】细节理解题。根据第二段“Studies have shown that the love children have for sugar may be born with. In other words, kids may have a built-in love of all things sweet.（研究表明，孩子对糖的爱可能是与生俱来的。换句话说，孩子们可能对所有甜的东西都有一种内在的喜爱。）”可知，喜欢甜是人的天性。故选A项。
【3】推理判断题。根据第一段中“If our bodies actually suffer from eating too much sugar,”第三段中“Sugar gets a bad fame, but it isn't all bad. Sugar provides our bodies with calories,… Sugar also helps us store fat，which can be drawn on later if needed. （糖对我们的身体也不完全是不好的。糖给我们的身体提供卡路里，可以改变成能量。糖还能帮助我们储存脂肪，日后需要时可以利用。）”可以推断，糖给我们的印象是对身体有好处，也有害处。 故选B项。
【4】细节理解题。根据第四段中“It' s more likely that I haven't gotten enough protein for the day.”可知，作者偷吃孩子的花生酱三明治是因为作者觉得当天没有摄入足够的蛋白质，而糖份可以提供能量，满足身体的需要。故选D项。
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Imagine that work had taken over the world.It would be the centre around which the rest of life turned.Then all else would come to be subservient(服从于）to work.Then slowly,almost unconsciously,anything else-the games once played,the songs sung now,the loves fulfilled,the festivals celebrated-would come to resemble and finally become work.
And how,in this world of total work,would people think and sound and act?Everywhere they looked,they would see the pre- employed,employed,post-employed,underemployed and unemployed,and there would be no one uncounted in this census(人口普查）。Everywhere they would praise and love work wishing each other the very best for a productive day,opening their eyes to tasks and closing them only to sleep.Everywhere virtue of hard work would be championed as the means by which success is to be achieved,laziness being considered as the gravest sin(罪孽）。 Everywhere among content-providers,knowledge-brokers,collaboration architects and heads of new divisions would be heard endless chatter about workflows,about plans and benchmarks(基准）。
In this world,eating,resting,exercising,meditating and commuting(act of travelling back and forth between home and work)would all be beneficial to good health,which would,in turn,be put in the service of being more and more productive.No one would drink too much,and some would just take a little of psychedelics(迷幻剂）to enhance their work performance.
What is so disturbing about total work is not just that it causes needless human suffering but also that it removes the forms of playful contemplation(沉思）concerned with our asking,thinking and answering the most basic questions of existence.There is,to begin with,constant tension,an dominant sense of pressure associated with the thought that there's something that needs to be done, always something I'm supposed to be doing right now.Secondly,one feels guilt whenever he is not as productive as possible
The burden character of total work,then,is defined by ceaseless,restless,upsetting activity, anxiety about the future,a sense of life being overwhelming,thoughts_about missed opportunities, and guilt connected to the possibility of laziness.In short,total work necessarily causes dukkha,a Buddhist term referring to the unsatisfactory nature of a life filled with suffering.
In addition to causing dukkha,total work blocks access to higher levels of reality.For what is lost in the world of total work is art's disclosure of the beautiful,religion's glimpse of eternity(永恒）， love's pure joy,and philosophy's sense of wonderment(a feeling of pleasant surprise or admiration). All of these require silence,stillness,a wholehearted willingness to simply understand.
Passage outline | Supporting details |
Imagination | If work occupied the world,human life would 【1】around nothing else and there would also be an 【2】change from anything to work. |
Possible occurrences | ◇Human life would be a work-sleep pattern. ◇Efforts to make you 【3】at work would be praised and laziness 【4】 ◇People of different【5】would talk endlessly about work,like workflows,plans and so on. |
Consequences | ◇Total work not only brings about suffering but also 【6】people from having playful contemplation. ◇Total work tends to put people under pressure,making them feel tense and 【7】when they are not productive. ◇Total work causes people to always feel 【8】about their life. ◇Total work leaves people little 【9】to explore art,religion,love and philosophy,blocking people's access to higher levels of 【10】. |