3.The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment.These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature.
David Tillman,a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota,America,examined information from 100countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health.He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s.He found that as nations industrialized(工業(yè)化),population increased and earnings rose,more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet.
The Western diet is high in sugar,fat,oil and meat.By eating these foods,people began to get fatter and sicker.David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for non-infectious diseases like diabetes(糖尿。゛nd heart disease.
Unfortunately when people become industrialized,if they adopt this Western diet,they are going to have these health problems,especially in developing countries in Asia.China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20-year period.And that is happening all across the world,in Mexico,in Nigeria and so on.
And,a diet bad for human beings,is also bad for the environment.As the world's population grows,more forests and tropical(熱帶的)areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for cattle.We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now.
Mr.Tillman calls the link between diet,the environment and human health,"a trilemma":a problem offering a difficult choice.He says one possible settlement is leaving the Western diet behind.
32.According to the passage,more greenhouse gas might be given off in the future fromC.
A.transportation B.developing countries C.a(chǎn)griculture D.developed countries
33.David Tilman believes thatA.
A.diet,the environment and human health are closely connected
B.the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes
C.people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart disease
D.traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet
34.We can infer from the passage thatD.
A.Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases
B.overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseases
C.the examined information comes from developing countries
D.industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western diet
35.The main purpose of the passage is toB.
A.call on us to protect the environment
B.warn us of the danger of the Western diet
C.remind us of the importance of health
D.a(chǎn)dvise us to have a balanced diet.
分析 短文主要講了西方飲食對(duì)的身體健康和對(duì)環(huán)境有不利的影響.
解答 32.C,細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture 可知,未來可能由于工業(yè)影響會(huì)有更多的溫室氣體,故答案為C.
33.A,細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子Mr.Tillman calls the link between diet,the environment and human health可知,David Tilman 認(rèn)為飲食、環(huán)境和人的身體健康是緊密聯(lián)系的,故答案為A.
34.D,細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子He found that as nations industrialized(工業(yè)化),population increased and earnings rose,more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet可知,由于工業(yè)化的發(fā)展,西方飲食被更多的人所接受,故答案為D.
35.B,主旨大意題,短文主要講了西方飲食對(duì)的身體健康和對(duì)環(huán)境有不利的影響,故答案為B.
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