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A、Less than 100
B、More than 100
C、100 people
A、Less than 100
B、More than 100
C、100 people
In the United States, 30 percent of the adult population has a weight problem. To
many people, the cause is obvious: they eat too much. But scientific evidence does little to
support the idea.
Going back to the America of the 1910s, we find that people were thinner than today,
yet they ate more food. In those days people worked harder physically, walked more, used
machines much less and didn’t watch television.
Several modern studies, moreover, have shown that fatter people do not eat more on
average than thinner people. In fact, some investigations, such as the 1979 study of 3,545
London office workers, report that, on balance, fat people eat less than slimmer people.
Studies show that slim people are more active than fat people. A study by a research
group at Stanford University School of Medicine found the following interesting facts:
The more the men run, the more body fat they lost. The more they ran, the greater amount
of food they ate. Thus, those who run the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of
body fat.
11. The physical problem that many adult Americans have is that ________.
A. they are too slim B. they work too hard
C. they are too fat D. they lose too much body fat
12. According to the article, given 500 adult Americans, ________ will have a weight
problem.
A. 30 B. 50 C. 100 D. 150
13. Is there any scientific evidence to support that eating too much is the cause of a weight
problem?
A. Yes, there is plenty of evidence.
B. Of course, there is some evidence to show this is true.
C. There is hardly any scientific evidence to support that.
D. We don’t know because the information is not given.
14. In comparison with the adult American population today, the Americans of the 1910s
_______.
A. ate more food and had more physical activities.
B. ate less food but had more activities
C. ate less food and had less physical exercise
D. had more weight problems
15. Modern scientific researchers have reported to us that ________.
A. fat people eat less food and are less active
B. fat people eat more food than slim people and are more active
C. fat people eat more food than slim people but are less active
D. thin people run less, but have greater increase in food intake
A、2
B、4
C、6
D、8
Reading Comprehension 阅读理解
从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。
When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.
Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A., you'll have a good start. But now you have to slow down. If you go for a master's degree, make sure it is an M. B. A., and only from a first-rate university. Beyond this, the famous law of diminishing returns (报酬递减率) begins to take effect.
Do you know, for instance, that long distant truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $ 24, 000, while the full professors managed to earn just $ 23, 030.
A Ph. D. (博士) is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a dim future. There are more Ph. D. s unemployed or under-employed in this country than in any other part of the world.
If you become a Ph. D. in English or history or political science or languages or—worst of all—in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.
Thousands of Ph. D. s are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on tables, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or second-rate college that pays much less than what the doorkeeper earns.
You can equate (同等看待) the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.
31、Your parents advise you to “get an education” partly because they want you_______________.
A.to gain more knowledge
B.to earn more money
C.to get a degree
D.to free yourself from embarrassment
32、From the second paragraph, we can infer that both B. A. and M. B. A. are_______________.
A.professions
B.jobs
C.college degrees
D.academic disciplines
33、According to the author, _______________.
A.a high degree helps you greatly in finding a satisfactory job
B.a high degree does not necessarily help you to find a satisfactory job
C.the higher degree you get, the more money you can make
D.the higher degree you get, the dimmer future you will face
34、The author would advise you to specialize in the fields of _______________ for a doctor's degree.
A.physics or chemistry
B.English or history
C.political science
D.philosophy
35、Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Well-educated professionals sometimes earn less than truck drivers.
B.It's easier for those who specialize in the fields of physics and chemistry to find a job.
C.Some Ph. D. graduates work as shop assistants, car drivers, waiters or waitresses, because they cannot find a suitable job.
D.Your Ph. D. degree will make your country embarrassed.