“ I’d like to be at a healthier weight , ” a friend told me . “ But we just don’t have the money to buy expensive diet foods and there isn’t enough money to join a gym .” Many people feel that way—that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because of their high cost . Don’t lose hope ! We’ll be looking at ways to make healthy choices without spending too much money .
First you don’t need to buy the expensive pre-prepared “ diet foods . ” Back in the early 1970s when I started housekeeping , 90% of the food I bought was ingredients . Very few things were preprocessed(預(yù)處理的). Now 90% of the food you find in the store is quick food . That’s a bad thing .
Quick foods like boxed “ just add hamburger ” meals have had the fiber removed to make them faster to prepare . Take a look at the label on that box . It often has low numbers listed under “ fiber ” because fiber takes longer to digest . If the low fiber meal is digested , the result is that your body begins to store fat . Besides , your body is short of nutrients(營養(yǎng)物質(zhì)). You will be driven to eat more to try to make up for the low quality of the food you are eating .
And then there are the chemicals the producers add to the quick meals to make them palatable . If not , the stuff would taste like cardboard and you wouldn’t enjoy it . However , these chemicals certainly aren’t good for your health .
What’s the answer ? Buy whole ingredients and give up the expensive , low nutrition , processed foods . Do the cooking yourself and you will have control over what is in your food —and it will cost less , too .
小題1:People who find it hard to get a healthier weight think        .
A.they had too much diet foods
B.they didn’t make a detailed plan
C.they have no time to do exercise in gym
D.they can’t afford diet foods and to exercise in gym
小題2: The author doesn’t like quick food mainly because       .
A.it contains too much fatB.it makes people eat less
C.it has low fiberD.it takes longer to digest
小題3:The underlined word “ palatable ” in Paragraph 4 probably means “       ”.
A.freshB.deliciousC.healthyD.simple
小題4:The author suggests in the text that people should       .
A.control the amount of food
B.eat more processed foods
C.cook food for themselves
D.choose cheap ingredients
小題5:Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage ? (①="Paragraph" 1,
②="Paragraph" 2 ,…⑤="Paragraph" 5)
A.①/②③④/⑤B.①②/③④/⑤C.①②③/④/⑤D.①/②③/④⑤

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析:小題1:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段2,3行” Many people feel that way—that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because of their high cost說明D正確。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段Take a look at the label on that box . It often has low numbers listed under “ fiber ” because fiber takes longer to digest .說明在快餐中fiber 的含量很低,故C正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據(jù)下句. If not , the stuff would taste like cardboard and you wouldn’t enjoy it說明,如果不加chemicals,這些食物吃起來就像木板,沒有味道,就會不喜歡了,那么該詞指可口。故B正確。
小題4:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一句Do the cooking yourself and you will have control over what is in your food —and it will cost less , too .說明作者建議我們自己買,自己做。故C正確。
小題5:A 篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題,文章第一段是介紹文章的話題,2,3,4三段詳細(xì)說明原因。第5段總結(jié)歸納。故A正確。
點評:文章介紹了垃圾食品的危害,并提出了自己的建議。本文內(nèi)容比較簡單,集中考查細(xì)節(jié)題,本文集中考查細(xì)節(jié)題,要求考生在閱讀的時候,把握關(guān)鍵的細(xì)節(jié)點,做好標(biāo)識,減少做題時的回讀和找讀的時間,提高閱讀的效率。
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