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C. herself
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The United States is facing a growing concern: rising obesity(肥胖) rates. A new report says adult obesity rates rose last year in 23 of the 50 states. And, the percentage of obese children was at or above 30% in 30 states. Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesity in the new study. 32.5% of the state’s adults were obese. Mississippi also had the highest rate of obese and overweight children. 44.4% of all children between the ages of ten and seventeen years were obese or overweight.
The study used a system of measurement called the Body Mass Index(B-M-I) to define words like obese and overweight. To find your B-M-I, divide your weight in kilograms by height in meters squared. A normal B-M-I is between 18.5 and 24.9. The B-M-I of someone overweight is between 25 and 29.5. And, an obese person has a B-M-I above 30.
The new report says widespread obesity is increasing the rates of long-lasting diseases, such as heart disease. Obesity is also responsible for an increasing part of health care costs in the United States. Health care costs have grown while many Americans are getting fatter. A lack of physical exercise, watching TV too much and eating junk food contribute to the rising obesity rate. The report says the current economic recession(经济衰退) could worsen obesity rates by increasing food prices. This would make healthy foods cost more. The report blames the recession for rising rates of depression, anxiety and stress, which are closely linked to obesity in many cases.
The report offers some ideas for dealing with obesity within government health care reforms. They include making sure that every adult and child has a right to preventive medical services. Also, people should do more physical exercise, drive less and eat less junk food to fight obesity.
Widespread obesity in the US
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| Rising obesity rates | ◆ obesity rates rose last year in 23 of the 50 states. |
| ◆Child obesity rate was at or above 30% in 30 states. | ||
| Consequences | increasing the rates of ___________ | |
| increasing of health care | ||
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| physical exercise | |
| watching TV too much | ||
| eating junk food | ||
| experiencing recession | ||
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| preventive medical services |
| People | doing more physical exercise | |
| less | ||
| eating less junk food | ||
Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block. No specific purpose in mind, just an opportunity to sit at the kitchen table, have some tea and chat. As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become.
When I was a kid in the New Jersey of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine. Most stores were closed and almost nobody worked. My family normally traveled eight city blocks to the home of my grandmother, where adults would sit on the front porch and chat while we children played hide-and-seek.
The Sunday visit was something to desire strongly. It was the repetition to church, our reward for and hour of devotion, and opportunity to take advantage of the fact that Dad was not at work, we were not in school, and there were no chores that couldn’t wait until Monday. Sunday was, indeed, which means that there was one day when everyone seemed to have time for everybody else.
Sunday as a day of rest is, or was, so deeply rooted in the culture that it’s surprising to consider that, in a short span of time, it has almost entirely lost this association.① In my childhood, it was assumed that everyone would either be home or visit someone else’s home on Sunday. But now the question is, “What do you plan to Do this Sunday?” The answer can range from going to the mall to participating in a road to jetting to Montreal for lunch. If one were to respond, “I’m making a Sunday visit to family,” such and answer would feel strange, an echo from another era.
I suppose I should be grateful to live in Maine, a state of small towns, abundant land tight relationships. Even though folks work as hard here as they do anywhere else, the state’s powerfully rural cast(特质)still harbors at least remnants(剩余部分)of the ethic of yesterday’s America, where people had to depend on one another in the face of economic vagaries(反复无常的情况)and a challenging environment.②
1.The writer’s general impression of the Sunday in the past was a day when_________.
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A.everyone would pay a visit to some relative far away |
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B.everyone seemed to be free and could have some leisure |
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C.Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the house |
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D.nearly every adult would go to church and children were not at school |
2.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?
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A.People nowadays prefer staying at home on Sunday |
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B.People in the city dislike being disturbed on Sunday |
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C.Such answers are rarely heard in our modern society |
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D.Visiting someone on Sunday might take a lot of time |
3.From the last paragraph we may infer that people in Maine____________.
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A.suffer more from economic depression and the changed environment |
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B.have abandoned their tradition and lived an absolute new life |
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C.have tense relationships with each other |
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D.always help each other when they are in need |
4.What is the writer’s attitude towards the Sunday today?
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A.Unsatisfied |
B.confused |
C.Respectful |
D.Thankful |