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根据下列文章,请回答 36~40 题。
A New Cause of Suffering
A conference on obesity(肥胖症)was recently held in Vienna.Two thousand experts from more than fifty countries attended the conference.According to statistics.1.2 billion people worldwide are overweight,and 250 million are too fat.Obesity is rapidly becoming a new cause of suffering.
Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said:“We are living in the new age but with the metabolism(新陈代谢)of a stone-age man.1 have just been to the United States.It is really terrible.A pizza(比萨饼)shop is appearing on every corner.We have been occupied by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization.”
Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer.Hopichler said:“Eighty per cent of all diabetics(糖尿病人)are too fat,also fifty per cent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with fatty tissue complaints.Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease.Reducing one’s weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure.”
Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs.“The health insurance pays for surgery(such as reducing the size of the stomach)when the body-mass index(身体质量指数)is more than 40.That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.60 meters.One should start earlier.”
Toplak said that prevention should begin in school.“Child obesity has a close relation with the time which children spend in front of T V sets.”
第 36 题 How many people are suffering from obesity in the world?
A.250,000,000.
B.25,000,000.
C.1,200,000。000.
D.1 20,000,000.
Obesity: the Scourge of the Western World
Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed at the 11th European Conference on the issue in Vienna Wednesday to Saturday. According to statements before the opening of the conference -- of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries -- 1.2 billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are obese.
Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General Hospital said, "Obesity is a chronic illness, fin Germany, 20 per cent of the people are already affected, but in Japan only one per cent." But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scientific discoveries and medication.
Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said, "We are living in the new age (but) with the metabolism of a stone-age man." "I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up on every corner. We have been overrun by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization. "
Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said, "Eighty percent of all diabetics are obese, also fifty per cent of all. patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with adipose tissue complaints." "Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one's weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure."
Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs. "Though the health insurance pays for surgery (such as reducing the size of the stomach) when the body-mass index5 is more than 40. That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.70 meters. One should start earlier."
Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school. "Child obesity (fat deposits) correlates with the time which children spend in front of TV sets."
The consequences were only apparent later on. No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy for their population group.
It is estimated that there are ______ people suffering from obesity in the world.
A.250,000,000
B.1,200,000,000
C.1,450,000,000
D.950,000,000
Obesity (肥胖): the Scourge (祸害) of the Western World
Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed at the llth European Conference on the issue in Vienna Wednesday to Saturday. According to statements before the opening of the conference — of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries — 1.2 billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are obese.
Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General Hospital said," Obesity is a chronic illness. In Germany, 20 per cent of the people are already affected, but in Japan only one per cent." But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scientific discoveries and medication.
Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said, "We are living in the new age (but) with the metabolism of a stone — age man." "I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up on every comer. We have been overran by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization."
Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said," Eighty per cent of all diabetics are obese, also fifty per cent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with adipose tissue complaints." "Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one's weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure."
Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs. "Though the health insurance pays for surgery (such as reducing the size of the stomach) when the body-mass index is more than 40. That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.70 meters. One should start earlier."
Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school. "Child obesity (fat deposits) correlates with the time which children spend in front of TV sets."
The consequences were only apparent later on. No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy for their population group.
scourge n. 天灾;祸害
obesity n. 肥胖症
overrun vt. 侵扰;蹂躏
obese adj. 肥胖症
diabetic n. 糖悄病患者;adj.糖尿病的
medication n. 药物疗法
adipose adj.脂肪的;肥胖的
metabolism n.新陈代谢
It is estimated that there are ______ people suffering from obesity in the world.
A.250,000,000
B.1,200,000,000
C.1,450,000,000
D.950,000,000
根据下列文章,请回答 41~45 题。
A New Cause of Suffering
A onference on obesity(肥胖症)was recently held in Vienna.Two thousand experts from more than fifty countries attended the conference。According to statistics。1'2 billion people worldwide are overweight,and 250 million are too fat。Obesity is rapidly becoming a new cause of suffering.
Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzburg said:"We are living in the new age but with the metabolism(新陈代谢)of a stone-age man.1 have just been to the United States.It is really terrible。A Pizza(比萨饼)shop is appearing on every corner.We have been occupied by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization。”
Many of the experts stressed.that obesity was a potential killer.Hopichler said:“Eighty per cent of all diabetics(糖尿病人)are too fat, also fifty per cent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with fatty(脂肪的)tissue complaints.Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease.Reducing one’s weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure.”
Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs, “The health insurance pays for surgery(such as reducing the size of the stomach)when the body-mass index(身体质量指数) is more than 40.That is equivalent to a weight of 11 6 kilograms for a height of l.60 meters.One should start earlier。”
Toplak said that prevention should begin in school.“Child obesity has a close relation with the time which children spend in front of TV sets.”
第 41 题 How many people are suffering from obesity in the world?
A.250,000,000.
B.25,000,000.
C.1,200,000,000.
D.1 20,000,000.
Obesity(肥胖):the scourge(祸害)of the western world
Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world,delegates agreed at tile 11th European Conference on the issue in Vienna Wednesday to Saturday.According to statements I before the opening of the conference-of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries-1.2 billion people worldwide are overweight,and 250 million are 0bese.
Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General hospital said:“Obesity is a chronic illness.In Germany,20 per cent of the people are already affected,but in Japan 0nly one per cent.”But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scienti6c discoveries and medication.
Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said:“We are living in the new age(but)with the me-tabolism of a stone--age man.”“I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up on every corner. We have been overrun by fast flood and Coca-Cola-ization.”
Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said:“Eighty percent of all diabetics are obese,also fifty per cent of a11 patients with high b100d pressure and fifty per cent with adipose tissue complaints.”“Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one’s weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure.”
Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs. “Though the health insurance pays for surgery(such as reducing the size of the stomach)when the body—mass index is more than 40.That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilo一grams for a height of 1.70 meters. One should start earlier."
Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school. “Child obesity(fat deposits)correlates with the time which children spend in front of TV sets.”
The consequences were oly apparent later on. No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy。 for their population group.
第 31 题 It is estimated that there are_____ people suffering from obesity in the world.
A.250,000,000
B.1,200,000,000
C.1,450,000,000
D.950,000,000
Recently the attack on illiteracy (文盲) has been stepped up . A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the United Nations Development Decade, and an international conference on the subject has the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, pricelists, to keep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered, and to fill informs.
The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa
there are at least one hundred million illiterates, compromising(牵连) eighty to eighty-five per cent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million, most of them in Southern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading tl ,c list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand).
Studying carefully the clues in the passage, we learn that the total population of Africa is ______.
A.approximately seven hundred million
B.approximately one hundred and twenty-five million
C.approximately eight or eight point five thousand million
D.exactly twenty-four million
Recently the attack on illiteracy(文盲)has been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the United Nations Development Decade, and an international conference on the subject has the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, pricelists, to keep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered, and to fill in forms.
The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterates, compromising(牵连)eighty to eighty-five per cent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million, most of them in Southern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading the list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand).
Studying carefully the clues in the passage, we learn that the total population of Africa is ______.
A.approximately seven hundred million
B.approximately one hundred and twenty-five million
C.approximately eight or eight point five thousand million
D.exactly twenty-four million
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Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.(本题共20分,每题2分)
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communication media has fund that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails. The fact that emails are automatically recorded—and can come back to haunt (困扰) you—appears to be the key to the finding.
Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week. In it they noted the number of conversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium. He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 per cent of instant messages, 27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 per cent of phone calls.
His results to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists. Some expected emailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the detachment (非直接接触) of emailing would make it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practised at that form. of communication.
But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone.
People are also more likely to lie in real time—in a instant message or phone call, say—than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock. He found many lies are spontaneous (脱口而出的) responses to an unexpected demand, such as: “Do you like my dress?”
Hancock hopes his research will help companies work our the best ways for their employees to communicate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium foe sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But, given his result, work assessment where honesty is a priority, might be best done using email.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
57. Hancock’s study focuses on ________.
A) the consequences of lying in various communications media
B) the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas
C) people are less likely to lie in instant messages
D) people’s honesty levels across a range of communications media
How many per cent did shares of IBM almost plunge?
A.20
B.30
C.40
The figure of illiteracy in Britain comprises ______.
A.zero point one per cent of that of the illiteracy in the world
B.zero point two per cent of the world adult population
C.thirty-five per cent of Europe's population
D.three point five per cent of that of the illiteracy in Southern Europe