Since soft drinks and fast-food restaurants became popular in Mexico, this country has become the second fattest nation in the world. Mexican health officals say it could replace the US as the most obese（肥胖的）country within 10 years if the situation doesn’t change. More than 71% of Mexican women and 66% of Mexican men are overweight, according to the latest national surveys. With diabetes（糖尿病）now Mexico’s leading cause of death, experts and leaders hope to make more efforts to encourage people to stop eating junk food or other fatty-food and to exercise more. But it will be a difficult battle, as industry groups are expected to put up a fight. No one knows better the country’s love for fattening foods than Lidia Garica Garduno, who’s run a fruit stand in central Mexico City for the past 10 years. “People don’t eat right anymore,” said Garcia Garduno. “Instead of coming here and buying a fruit drink, they prefer to walk across the street and buy fried pork chops.”

“In 1989, fewer than 10 percent of Mexican adults were overweight. No one in the country even talked about obesity（肥胖）back then,” said Barry Popkin, a University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill professor who studies global weight gain. Experts were too concerned with hunger and the poor.

“It certainly took them by surprise,” said Popkin, who’s working with the Mexican health ministry to develop ways to deal with obesity throughout the country. “Mexico has probably had the most rapid increase of obesity since 1993.”

Mexican Health Secretary Jose Cordova, who started a new health plan on Feb. 25, says, “We have to put the brakes on this obesity problem.”

1.What’s the best title for this passage?

A.Fast Food Makes People Fat　　　　 B.Less Fast Food, More Exercise

C.Mexicans Say No to Fast Food　　 D.Mexico Now the Second Fattest Country, after the US

2.Mexicans has probably had the most rapid increase of obesity in the last_____years.

A.10　　　　　　 B.13　　　　　 C.16　　　　　 D.19

3.What can we conclude from the passage?

A.Less than 10 percent of Mexicans were overweight in 1989.

B.Mexicans don’t care whether they are overweight or not.

C.Fast food is the main cause of Mexicans’ overweight problem.

D.The Mexican government doesn’t know how to solve the obesity problem.

4.What does Jose Cordova probably mean by the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A.They will close all the fast food restaurants by force.

B.They will take measures to reduce the obesity problem.

C.They will advise people not to eat fast food.

D.Obesity is not the most serious problem facing Mexicans now.

No one really knows how and why people change as they get older. Also, no theory sufficiently explains all the changes of the aging process. Aging is a complex and varied process that varies in how it affects different people and organs. In fact, even in one person , different organ systems “age “ at a different rate.

    At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to weaken . It may become more difficult for us to see and hear. The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer , we have always tried to slow or stop this change that leads us toward the end of our lives.

   Many factors decide our health . A good diet plays an important role. The amount and the type of exercise we get are another two factors. Our living condition is yet another. But scientists studying the aging problem want to know: Why do people grow old? They hope that by studying the aging medical science they may be able to make the length of life longer.

    There is nothing to be afraid of as the old age comes. Many consider the later part of life to be the best time for living. Physical activity may become less, but often we get better understanding of the world and ourselves.

    What we consider the old age now may only be middle-aged some day soon. Who knows ,with so many advances in medical science happening so quickly, life length may one day be measured in centuries ,rather than in years!

The underlined phrase “bounce back ”means “__________.”

   A. jump backward     B. run fast    C. prevent     D. recover

In order to make people live longer, scientists _______according to the text.

   A. teach people how to eat properly

   B. discover how important the exercise is to one’s health

   C. study the ways to slow or stop the process of aging

D. invent new medicine to slow down the process of aging

Many consider the later part of life to be the time of living because they__________.

  A. consider their lives have been very successful

  B. have come through the battle of life safely

  C. know more about themselves and the outside world

  D. can have a good rest and enjoy themselves

How many factors which decide our health are mentioned in the text?

  A. Two  B. Four   C. Five   D. Six

No one really knows how and why people change as they get older. Also, no theory sufficiently explains all the changes of the aging process. Aging is a complex and varied process that varies in how it affects different people and organs. In fact, even in one person , different organ systems “age “ at a different rate.
At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to weaken . It may become more difficult for us to see and hear. The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer , we have always tried to slow or stop this change that leads us toward the end of our lives.
Many factors decide our health . A good diet plays an important role. The amount and the type of exercise we get are another two factors. Our living condition is yet another. But scientists studying the aging problem want to know: Why do people grow old? They hope that by studying the aging medical science they may be able to make the length of life longer.
There is nothing to be afraid of as the old age comes. Many consider the later part of life to be the best time for living. Physical activity may become less, but often we get better understanding of the world and ourselves.
What we consider the old age now may only be middle-aged some day soon. Who knows ,with so many advances in medical science happening so quickly, life length may one day be measured in centuries ,rather than in years!
【小题1】The underlined phrase “bounce back ”means “__________.”

No one really knows how and why people change as they get older. Also, no theory sufficiently explains all the changes of the aging process. Aging is a complex and varied process that varies in how it affects different people and organs. In fact, even in one person , different organ systems “age “ at a different rate.

At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to weaken . It may become more difficult for us to see and hear. The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer , we have always tried to slow or stop this change that leads us toward the end of our lives.

Many factors decide our health . A good diet plays an important role. The amount and the type of exercise we get are another two factors. Our living condition is yet another. But scientists studying the aging problem want to know: Why do people grow old? They hope that by studying the aging medical science they may be able to make the length of life longer.

There is nothing to be afraid of as the old age comes. Many consider the later part of life to be the best time for living. Physical activity may become less, but often we get better understanding of the world and ourselves.

What we consider the old age now may only be middle-aged some day soon. Who knows ,with so many advances in medical science happening so quickly, life length may one day be measured in centuries ,rather than in years!

1.The underlined phrase “bounce back ”means “__________.”

2.In order to make people live longer, scientists _______according to the text.

3. Many consider the later part of life to be the time of living because they__________.

4.How many factors which decide our health are mentioned in the text?

No one really knows how and why people change as they get older. Also, no theory sufficiently explains all the changes of the aging process. Aging is a complex and varied process that varies in how it affects different people and organs. In fact, even in one person , different organ systems “age “ at a different rate.
At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to weaken . It may become more difficult for us to see and hear. The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer , we have always tried to slow or stop this change that leads us toward the end of our lives.
Many factors decide our health . A good diet plays an important role. The amount and the type of exercise we get are another two factors. Our living condition is yet another. But scientists studying the aging problem want to know: Why do people grow old? They hope that by studying the aging medical science they may be able to make the length of life longer.
There is nothing to be afraid of as the old age comes. Many consider the later part of life to be the best time for living. Physical activity may become less, but often we get better understanding of the world and ourselves.
What we consider the old age now may only be middle-aged some day soon. Who knows ,with so many advances in medical science happening so quickly, life length may one day be measured in centuries ,rather than in years!

1. 1.

   The underlined phrase “bounce back ”means “__________.”

   1. A.
      jump backward
   2. B.
      run fast
   3. C.
      prevent
   4. D.
      recover
2. 2.

   In order to make people live longer, scientists _______according to the text.

   1. A.
      teach people how to eat properly
   2. B.
      discover how important the exercise is to one’s health
   3. C.
      study the ways to slow or stop the process of aging
   4. D.
      invent new medicine to slow down the process of aging
3. 3.

   Many consider the later part of life to be the time of living because they__________.

   1. A.
      consider their lives have been very successful
   2. B.
      have come through the battle of life safely
   3. C.
      know more about themselves and the outside world
   4. D.
      can have a good rest and enjoy themselves
4. 4.

   How many factors which decide our health are mentioned in the text?

   1. A.
      Two
   2. B.
      Four
   3. C.
      Five
   4. D.
      Six