题目内容
Nutrition influences not only students' grades at school but their growth and development. Improper nutrition is one of the causes of childhood obesity. What can you do to help your child avoid childhood obesity?
My first piece of advice is to look in your fridge. What are you buying at the grocery store? Think about it: if you don't buy junk food or snacks, your kids won't eat them at home. Now if you're like me — both of your kids are at school, you'll know you can't police them every second of the day. This is the time when you'll need to talk to your children about their food choices. If you don't know the right food choices, there are so many free resources on-line to guide you.
Try new things. I was very surprised to find out my 4-year-old daughter likes balsamic vinegar — she calls it the "black sauce". She likes to have it with tomatoes and cucumbers. You just never know what your kids might like.
Don't get stressed if you can't always prepare something healthy. You may sometimes leave the house and forget to take something out for dinner, or you are running late and there's no time to cook before you have to take one of the kids somewhere. However, you can still make healthy choices while dining out. Many of the fast food restaurants offer fruit and milk instead of soda. I like to buy organic frozen pizzas from the organic market — for a quick dinner solution(解决办法). All the ingredients are natural. What I do is to serve the pizza with something raw: lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, or fruit to try to give the kids something healthy with that meal.
In closing, take baby steps. Don't try to change your family's eating habits in one go, or you'll go nuts.
【小题1】This passage is written mainly to us
A.explain why today’s kids are overweight |
B.tell us the importance of healthy eating |
C.give parents some healthy eating tips |
D.teach parents what to cook at home |
A.make sure their fridge is full of food. |
B.teach their children how to eat healthily |
C.check their children’s grades at school |
D.provide their children with their favorite food |
A.never take their kids to a fast food restaurant |
B.eat out in a nice restaurant with their kids at times |
C.choose healthy food while eating out with their kids |
D.cook healthy food for their kids however busy they are |
A.tell children what to eat at school |
B.find free resources on healthy eating online |
C.put balsamic vinegar on tomatoes or cucumbers |
D.try to change a family’s eating habits in a very short time |
【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
解析试题分析:本文给父母提了一些健康饮食的建议,在家里怎么保持健康饮食,外出吃饭怎样保证吃到健康的食品。
【小题1】主旨题:从第一段的句子:What can you do to help your child avoid childhood obesity?可知作者给父母提了一些健康饮食的建议。选C。
【小题2】细节题:从第二段的句子:This is the time when you'll need to talk to your children about their food choices.可知教孩子怎样吃健康的东西很重要。选B
【小题3】段落主旨题:从第四段的句子:However, you can still make healthy choices while dining out.可知在外面吃饭也可以很健康。选C
【小题4】细节题:从最后一段的句子:Don't try to change your family's eating habits in one go, or you'll go nuts.可知不能很短时间的改变家庭的饮食习惯。选D。
考点:考查日常生活类短文
点评:本文给父母提了一些健康饮食的建议,文章不难,但题目要我们理解有些重点的句子。集中考查了
句意理解题和细节题,要求考生有较强的细节理解能力。
做题时也可以结合自己的生活常识和经验,再通过逻辑推理和判断。
Younger adults who get either little sleep or a lot of it may see a greater expansion in their waistlines(腰围)over time, a study published suggests. Researchers found that among black and Hispanic adults younger than 40, those who typically slept for five hours or less each night had a greater accumulation of belly fat over the next five years, versus(相比于) those who averaged six or seven hours. Those who slept eight hours or more in bed each night also showed a bigger fat gain - but it was less obvious than that seen in "short sleepers."
The study, reported in the Journal Sleep, does not prove that too little or too much sleep directly leads to excess fat gain. But the findings support and extend those of other studies linking sleep duration - particularly a lack of sleep - to weight gain and even to higher risks of diabetes(糖尿病) and heart disease. Among participants younger than 40, the study found, those who said they slept for five hours or less each night gained more belly fat than those who averaged six or seven hours of sleep. On average, short sleepers showed a 32 percent gain in visceral(内脏的)fat, versus a 13 percent gain among those who slept six or seven hours per night, and a 22 percent increase among men and women who got at least eight hours of sleep each night. A similar pattern was seen with superficial abdominal(腹部)fat.
The findings, according to lead researcher Dr. Kristen G. Hairston, support the belief that sleep habits affect weight and health in general. "Sleep is an important part of your overall health - not just in whether you're tired during the day," she said.
There may be indirect effects; people who get too little sleep may be too tired during the day to exercise, while those who spend a lot of time in bed may spend less time being active, relative to people who sleep fewer hours. Research also suggests that sleep loss alters people's levels of appetite-regulating hormones(荷尔蒙)- which could, in theory, cause them to overeat. Depression, which often affects people's sleep and has been linked to weight gain, could also be a factor, Hairston noted.
【小题1】Who may have the higher risk of being fat over the next five years?
A.Jack, a Hispanic man, aged 35, sleeps for 3 hours every night. |
B.Candy, a black woman, aged 41, sleeps for about 5 hours every night. |
C.Bob, an American, aged 50, sleeps for more than 12 hours every day. |
D.John, a student in Africa, sleeps for more than 6 hours every week. |
A.Too little or too much sleep directly gives rise to the fat gain. |
B.People are subject to heart disease due to the lack of sleep. |
C.It is admitted that sleep plays an important part in our health. |
D.Researchers find a longer sleep time is better for our health. |
A.People should do some exercise in their daily life. |
B.There is a close link between sleep habits and health. |
C.More nutrition is greatly needed when we lack sleep. |
D.More and more people tend to sleep less than before. |
A.Younger adults getting little or much sleep may become fat. |
B.We are supposed to do exercise as much as possible to keep fit. |
C.We should keep a good sleep habit to improve our health. |
D.We have to spare no efforts to drive depression away. |
A.Sleep Habits Linked to Fat Gain in Younger Adults. |
B.Doing Exercise Is the Best Way to Keep Fit. |
C.Our Waistlines Can Be Driven Away Right Now. |
D.Diabetes No Longer bother all of Young People. |