Question

When the world was a simpler place, the rich were fat, the poor were thin, and right-thinking people worried about how to feed the hungry．Now, in much of the world, the rich are thin, the poor are fat, and right-thinking people are worrying about fatness． 　　Evolution(进化)is mostly to blame．It has designed mankind to deal with lack, not plenty．People are perfectly fit to store energy in good years to see them through lean ones．But when bad time never comes, they are stuck with that energy, stored around their expanding bellies． 　　Thanks to rising agricultural productivity, lean years are rarer all over the globe．According to the UN, the number of people short of food fell from 920 m in 1980 to 799 m 20 years later, even though the world's population increased by 1.6 billion over the period．This is mostly a cause for celebration．Mankind has won what was, for most of his time on this planet, his biggest battle：to ensure that he and his offspring had enough to eat．But every silver lining has a cloud, and the result of prosperity is a new trouble． 　　Fatness is the world's biggest public-health topic today－the main cause of heart disease, which kills more people these days than AIDS, malaria(疟疾)，war; the major risk factor in diabetes(糖尿病)；heavily connected with cancer and other diseases．Since the World Health Organization labeled fatness an “epidemic(流行病)” in 2000, reports on its fearful results have come thick and fast． 　　Will public-health warnings, combined with media pressure, persuade people to get thinner, just as they finally put them off tobacco?Possibly．In the rich world, sales of healthier foods are booming and new figures suggest that over the past year Americans got very slightly thinner for the first time in recorded history．But even if Americans are losing a few ounces, it will be many years before the country solves the health problems caused by half a century's dining to overload．And, everywhere else in the world, people are still piling on the pounds．That's why there is now an agreement among doctors that governments should do something to stop them． (1) What's the main idea the writer intends to tell us in this passage? [　　] A． It's harmful to have enough to eat． B． It's better to be thin than fat． C． Fatness is the greatest danger in the world． D． Fatness has become a great health problem． (2) It can be inferred from the passage that the biggest problem in history is ________． [　　] A． people were thin B． people smoked heavily C． there was not enough food to eat D． people stored energy in good years (3) Why does the author compare smoking with the fat problem in this passage? [　　] A． Because they are both difficult problems to be settled． B． Because they both lead to the same diseases． C． Because they are both bad habits． D． Because they are both harmful to health． (4) Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage? [　　] A． Man has got rid of lean years by increasing agricultural productivity． B． Though fatness is a difficult problem, man may break away from it． C． Fatness may cause many diseases such as heart disease, AIDS and cancer． D． The fat problem won't be settled until governments take measures．

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．C;3．A;4．B;
解析：

(1)	由首段主题句“…right-thinking people are worrying about fatness”得出。
(2)	由第三段“Mankind has won what was, for most of his time on this planet, his biggest battle：to ensure that he and his offspring had enough to eat”，即“解决了吃饭问题”可得出答案。
(3)	由最后一段得出。戒烟与减肥都是大难题，减肥能不能像动员人们戒烟一样。
(4)	possibly是作者的看法。美国人已经减肥了，尽管效果不显著。作者又提倡政府介入。