Question

A Southampton University team found that people who were vegetarians by 30 had recorded five IQ points higher on average at the age of 10. Researchers said it could explain why people with a higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was linked to lower heart disease and obesity rates. The study of 8,179 people was reported in the British Medical Journal.

Twenty years after the IQ tests were carried out in 1970, 366 of the participants said they were vegetarians — although more than 100 reported eating either fish or chicken.

Men who were vegetarians had an IQ score of 106, compared with 101 for non-vegetarians; while female vegetarians averaged 104, compared with 99 for non-vegetarians. There was no difference in the IQ scores, between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarians but reported eating fish or chicken.

Researchers said the findings were partly related to better education and higher class, but it remained statistically significant after adjusting for these factors.

Vegetarians were more likely to be female, to be of higher social class and to have higher academic or vocational qualifications than non-vegetarians. However, these differences were not reflected in their annual income, which was similar to that of non-vegetarians.

Lead researcher Catharine Gale said, “The findings that children with greater intelligence are more likely to report being vegetarians as adults, together with the evidence on the potential benefits of a vegetarian diet on heart health, may help to explain why a higher IQ in childhood or adolescence is linked with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease in adult life.

But Dr Frankie Phillips of the British Dietetic Association said，“It is like the chicken and egg. Do people become vegetarians because they have a very high IQ or is it just that they are clever enough to be more aware of health issues？”

1.What’ s the result of the research mentioned in the text?

A. Children with a higher IQ are less likely to have heart disease later in life.

B. Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life.

C. Intelligent children tend to belong to higher social class later in life.

D. Children with a healthier heart tend to have a higher IQ later in life.

2.It was found in the research that________.

A. most of the participants became vegetarians 20 years after the IQ tests were carried out

B. female vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians

C. vegetarians who ate fish or chicken were of similar intelligence with strict vegetarians

D. vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians

3.Catharine Gale talked about “being vegetarians” in a(n)________way.

A. doubtful B. favorable

C. negative D. objective

4.What’ s the best title for the text?

A. Get more IQ points!

B. Be a vegetarian, please!

C. A high IQ is linked to being a vegetarian

D. Vegetarian diet cuts heart risk

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：研究表明素食主义者相比较之下智商竟然要平均高出5点。专家也称这也许可以反映问什么素食者会有更少的健康问题和肥胖率。

1.The findings that children with greater intelligence are more likely to report being vegetarians as adults”可知高智商的孩子长大后成为素食者的概率更高。故选B。

2.There was no difference in the IQ scores, between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarians but reported eating fish or chicken.”可知吃鱼和鸡的素食者与完全素食者的差别并不大。故选C。

3.Catharine Gale的话中他的依据是实验和调查，因此是客观的。Doubtful怀疑的； favorable有利的；negative负面的； objective客观的。故选D。

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考点：科普类阅读。