儿童健康英语六级阅读练习

儿童健康英语六级阅读练习

儿童健康英语六级阅读练习

Childrenaregettingsofat-theymaybethefirst

generationtodiebeforetheirparents,anexpertclaimed

yesterday.Todaysyoungstersarealreadyfallingpreyto

potentialkillerssuchasdiabetesbecauseoftheirweight.

Fattyfast-fooddietscombinedwithsedentarylifestyles

dominatedbytelevisionsandcomputerscouldmeankidswilldie

tragicallyyoung,saysProfessorAndrewPrentice,fromthe

LondonSchoolofHygieneTropicalMedicine.

Atthesametime,theshapeofthehumanbodyisgoing

throughahugeevolutionaryshiftbecauseadultsaregetting

sofat.HereinBritain,latestresearchshowsthattheaverage

waistsizeforamanis36_38inchesandmaybe42-44,inches

by2032.Thiscompareswithonly32.6inchesin1972.Womens

waistshavegrownfromanaverageof22inchesin1920to24

inchesintheFiftiesand30inchesnow.Oneofthemajorreasons

whychildrennowareatgreaterriskisthatwearegetting

fatteryounger.IntheUKalone,morethanonemillion

under-1.6sareclassedasoverweightorobese-doublethenumber

inthemid-Eighties.Oneintenfour-year-oldsarealso

medicallyclassifiedasobese.Theobesitypandemic-an

extensiveepidemic-whichstartedmtheUS,hasnowspreadto

Europe.Australia,CentralAmericaandtheMiddleEast.

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Manynationsnowrecordmorethan20percentof-their

populationasclinicallyobeseandwelloverhalfthe

populationasoverweight.Prof.Prenticesaidthechangeinour

shapehasbeencausedbyaglutofeasilyavailablehigh-energy

foodscombinedwithadramaticdropintheenergyweuseasa

resultoftechnologydevelopments.

Heisnotaloneinhisconcern.Onlylastweekonemedical

journalrevealedhowobesitywasfuellingariseincancercases.

Obesityalsoincreasestheriskfactorforstrokesandheart

disease.Anaveragelyobesepersonslifespanisshortenedby

aroundnineyearswhileaseverelyobesepersonbymanymore.

Prof.Prenticesaid:Sowillparentsoutlivetheir

children,asclaimedrecentlybyanAmericanobesityspecialist?

Theanswerisyes-andno.Yes,whentheoffspringbecomegrossly

obese.Thisisnowbecominganalarminglycommonoccurrencein

theUS.Suchchildrenandadolescentshaveagreatlyreduced

qualityoflifeintermsofboththeirphysicalandpsychosocial

health.SosayNotothatdoughnutandburger.

1.ProfessorAndrewPrenticesayskidswilldieyoung

becauseoftheir.

2.InBritain,overweightorobeseunder-16sinthe

mid-Eightiesweretoday.

3.Whatshouldberesponsibleforthechangeinourbody

shapeaccordingtothepassage?

4.Theriskofsomediseasessuchascancer,strokesand

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heartdiseasemaybecomegreaterdueto.

5.WhatdoestheauthorsuggestwedobysayingsayNoto

thatdoughnutandburger?

答案：

1.[fattyfast-fooddietsandsedentary

lifestyles/unhealthylifestyles]

[定位]根据kidswilldieyoung查找到第1段第3句。

解析：题干出现在原文中mean的后面，因此答案应该在mean

前面查找。本题可使用原词答题，也可用unhealthylifestyles进

行归纳总结。

2.[halfasmanyas]

[定位]根据under-16s查找到第2段倒数第3句。

解析：原文破折号后面的double表明现在英国16岁以下的超

重或肥胖人数是80年代中期的两倍，题目问的是80年代中期的情况,

因此需填入halfasmanyas,表示80年代中期的人数是现在的一

半。

3.[High-energyfoodsandadropintheenergywe

use.//High-energyfoodsandlessenergyweconsume.]

[定位]根据changeinourbodyshape查找到第3段最后1

句。

解析：题目中的responsiblefor表明了原文的'因果关系，

关键是对causedby后面的成分进行提炼得出答案。

4.[obesity/overweight]

[定位]根据题干中的疾病名称查找到第4段第2、3句。

解析：原文说到obesity（肥胖）导致癌症病人的增加，还会导

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致中风和心脏病危险因素的增加，因此答案为obes