1.

The use of health supplements such as multivitamin tablets has increased greatly in the western world. People take these supplements because advertising suggests that they prevent a range of medical conditions from developing. However, there is concern that people are consuming worryingly high doses of these supplements and the European Union (EU) has issued a directive that will ban the sale of a wide range of them. This EU directive should be supported.

2.

Research suggests that people who take Vitamin C supplements of over 5000 milligrams a day are more likely to develop cancer. This shows how much damage these health supplements do to people’s health. A spokesman for the health supplement industry has argued that other research shows that Vitamin C supplements help prevent heart disease, but we can dismiss this evidence as it is from a biased source.

3.

Science fiction of the 1960s and 1970s predicted that pills would replace meals as the way in which people would get the fuel they needed. This, it was argued, would mean a more efficient use of time as people wouldn’t have to waste it preparing or eating meals. The EU directive would help prevent this nightmare of pills replacing food becoming a reality.

4.

Peop0le already take too many pills instead of adopting a healthier lifestyle. For example, the consumption of painkillers in Britain in 1998 was 21 tablets per year for every man, woman and child in the country. People do not need all these pills.

5.

Some might argue that the EU directive denies people’s right to freedom of choice. However, there are many legal examples for such intervention when it is in the individual’s best interests. We now make people wear seatbelts rather than allowing them to choose to do so. Opposing the EU directive would mean beneficial measures like this would be threatened.

 

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.F

4.A

5.E

【解析】

【文章大意】文章講述的是針對(duì)人們服用過(guò)多的維生素等藥物,歐盟出臺(tái)了一項(xiàng)指令,為了糾正和防止藥物的過(guò)渡使用所產(chǎn)生的問(wèn)題。

1.根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可知,該段的主要觀點(diǎn)是however,之后的內(nèi)容,前面是提出一個(gè)現(xiàn)象,為了引出問(wèn)題,however之后是文章主要討論的話題,即there is concern that people are consuming worryingly high doses of these supplements and the European Union (EU) has issued a directive that will ban the sale of a wide range of them ,擔(dān)心人們錯(cuò)誤地消費(fèi)了高劑量的補(bǔ)品,因此EU對(duì)此作出了反應(yīng),出臺(tái)了一項(xiàng)指令,將會(huì)禁止補(bǔ)品的廣泛使用。即C項(xiàng),UE對(duì)過(guò)度使用健康產(chǎn)品的反應(yīng)。

2.根據(jù)第二段的Research suggests that people who take Vitamin C supplements of over 5000 milligrams a day are more likely to develop cancer. 和A spokesman for the health supplement industry has argued that other research shows that Vitamin C supplements help prevent heart disease可知,該段主要講述了兩種截然相反的,關(guān)于是否要服用額外的維生素C的觀點(diǎn),因此選擇B項(xiàng),講的是關(guān)于服用額外維生素的不同發(fā)現(xiàn)。

3.根據(jù)該段的The EU directive would help prevent this nightmare of pills replacing food becoming a reality可知,歐盟的指令將會(huì)阻止這種用藥片來(lái)代替食物的噩夢(mèng)成為現(xiàn)實(shí),即F項(xiàng)。

4.根據(jù)該段的Peop0le already take too many pills instead of adopting a healthier lifestyle可知,人們已經(jīng)服用了太多的藥片了,故選擇A項(xiàng)。

5.根據(jù)最后一段的However, there are many legal examples for such intervention when it is in the individual’s best interests. .......... Opposing the EU directive would mean beneficial measures like this would be threatened可知,歐盟的這項(xiàng)指令目的是為了公眾的最大利益,即選擇E。

 

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