兒童健康英語(yǔ)六級(jí)閱讀練習(xí)

兒童健康英語(yǔ)六級(jí)閱讀練習(xí)

兒童健康英語(yǔ)六級(jí)閱讀練習(xí)

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]根據(jù)kidswilldieyoung查找到第1段第3句。

解析：題干出現(xiàn)在原文中mean的后面，因此答案應(yīng)該在mean

前面查找。本題可使用原詞答題，也可用unhealthylifestyles進(jìn)

行歸納總結(jié)。

2.[halfasmanyas]

[定位]根據(jù)under-16s查找到第2段倒數(shù)第3句。

解析：原文破折號(hào)后面的double表明現(xiàn)在英國(guó)16歲以下的超

重或肥胖人數(shù)是80年代中期的兩倍，題目問(wèn)的是80年代中期的情況,

因此需填入halfasmanyas,表示80年代中期的人數(shù)是現(xiàn)在的一

半。

3.[High-energyfoodsandadropintheenergywe

use.//High-energyfoodsandlessenergyweconsume.]

[定位]根據(jù)changeinourbodyshape查找到第3段最后1

句。

解析：題目中的responsiblefor表明了原文的'因果關(guān)系，

關(guān)鍵是對(duì)causedby后面的成分進(jìn)行提煉得出答案。

4.[obesity/overweight]

[定位]根據(jù)題干中的疾病名稱(chēng)查找到第4段第2、3句。

解析：原文說(shuō)到obesity（肥胖）導(dǎo)致癌癥病人的增加，還會(huì)導(dǎo)

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致中風(fēng)和心臟病危險(xiǎn)因素的增加，因此答案為obes