Big macs. Nacho-Cheese Chalupas. Subway subs. Rob Borucki adores them all. The 37-year old indulges in fast-food fare at least five times a week. A really good day for Borucki? When Wienerschnitzel, a West Coast hot-dog chain he grew up with, recently opened just a few blocks from his Tempe Arizona office and he got to enjoy with his fellow sausage enthusiasts. "I was so excited" says the Internet project manager, who runs a fast-food fan Web site. "And so was everyone there." In fast-food terms, Borucki is called a "heavy user," even though he is quite slender. Loosely defined as the 20 percent of fast-food eaters who account for 60 percent of all fast-food sales, a typical heavy user is male, in his 20s or 30s and extremely loyal to the burgers and fries he loves, lately, heavies are feeling under siege as fast-food chains have come under attack. Obese diners are suing companies like McDonald"s for allegedly contributing to their weight problems, And the endless flood of studies detailing the horrors of obesity provide plenty of ammo for the chatter, types who want heavy users to change their ways. Heavy users like Borucki insist they don"t need saving, protesting that they are far from the use less fatties anti-fast-food activists make them out to be. For his part, Borucki is a moderate exerciser. And he"ll occasionally substitute a side salad for his regular fries. Indeed, in a recent study of restaurant-goers by the research firm Technomic, 90 percent said they had concerns about obesity, and 50 percent said they"d changed their eating habits in the past year as a result. Fast-food companies have noticed. You can give your waistline a break today with a McDonald"s fruit-and-walnut salad or skip the flame-broiled meat and have a Burger King Fire-Grilled salad with shrimp instead. The healthy approach is working: sales are expected to increase by as much as 4 percent this year. Heavy users are adapting—in their own way. They"re eating Chicken Whoppers as well as the real thing and cutting back on anything that has the word "fried" in its name. McDonald"s dropped its Super Size portions, apparently because customers stopped ordering the gigantic servings. "But the Ouarter Pounder with Cheese or the Big Mac—those items will not be touched," says Technomic"s Dennis Lombardi. Jeremy Hageman can take some comfort in that. The 26-year-old Web designer hits the gym three times a week so that he can indulge in as much fast food as he likes. "I like things that taste good," Hageman says. He came up with a plan: eat more Taco Bell. "For some reason," he says, "it doesn"t seem as bad."
单选题 A really good day for Rob Borucki will be a day
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。由题干中的A really good day for Rob Borucki定位至首段问号处。首先从该段前几句可知:Borucki喜欢各种各样的快餐。在提问之后,作者给出答案:一家西海岸热狗连锁店最近在他的办公室附近开业了,他感到非常兴奋。倒数第三句提到Wienerschnitzel和店里的香肠,但段中表明的是Borucki因为该连锁店开业而感到兴奋,并未特别指明兴奋的原因;开篇就提到了巨无霸和赛百味这些快餐店,这是出现在A really good day for Borucki?之前的内容,不是问题的答案;倒数第三句指出he got to enjoy with his fellow sausage enthusiasts,此处是与他一样喜欢香肠的人,不是他的朋友们。
单选题 The word "ammo" (Line 7, Paragraph 2) most probably means
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:语义理解题。由题干中的ammo定位至第二段末句。通常语义题需要联系上下文对词汇或短语进行推断,因此需浏览该句前文内容。该段第三句指出快餐店受到谴责,而那些特别喜欢快餐的人也受到困扰。第四句对此做出说明:那些肥胖的食客起诉麦当劳等公司,认为快餐造成了他们的体重问题。末句中的And表明此句与前文为顺承关系,因此该句也应该是有关快餐店的负面情况。有关肥胖的可怕性的种种铺天盖地的研究为饶舌者(那些希望喜欢快餐的人改变饮食方式的人)提供了足够的ammo。可见ammo是饶舌者用来攻击快餐的武器"快餐"和"对肥胖的研究"与反对快餐者使用某种方法劝说那些爱吃快餐者改变习惯无关;虽然该段倒数第二句提到了一个起诉的例子,但有关肥胖危害的研究结果和起诉之间没有直接的联系。
单选题 Fast-food eaters may not absolutely be obese mainly because
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:推理判断题。从题干中的信息无法直接定位,在第三段第三句给出数据说明了人们用餐态度的改变:90%的人说自己关注肥胖问题,50%的人声称改变了饮食习惯。虽然此处没有明确的因果关系,但从首句中的far from the useless fatties可以推出正因为有上述改变,那些喜欢吃快餐的人也不一定就会发胖。第二句提到Borucki is a moderate exerciser(锻炼适度),这只是介绍Borucki个人的情况,没有涉及其他喜欢吃快餐的人;第三句中的substitute a side salad for his regular fries也是 Borucki的做法;剩余选项是对该段倒数第三句Fast-food companies have noticed和后面两句内容的总结,但这是指面对消费者变化时快餐店采取的措施,并非食客没有变胖的原因。
单选题 People may find in McDonald"s that
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:推理判断题。由题干中的MeDonald定位至第三段末和第四段初。认真阅读这两部分内容,对照选项进行分析,第四段第三句指出:麦当劳取消了超大份薯条,这是因为顾客不点大份的食物了。可见面对顾客的变化,麦当劳也调整了食物的分量。该段第二句提到顾客减少食用"油炸"食品,没有提到麦当劳停止出售油炸食品;第三句明确指出McDonald"s dropped its Super Size portions;既然取消了超大份食物供应,餐单一定会有所改变。
单选题 This passage is written mainly for
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:推理判断题。本题要求推断本文的读者对象,这需要对全文内容有整体把握。开篇通过一个喜爱快餐的人Borucki对一个新快餐连锁店开业欣喜若狂的例子引入主题:快餐与人体健康。第二段指出由快餐食用者的构成以及快餐造成的肥胖使快餐企业受到指责。第三段介绍人们逐步认识到肥胖的危害,开始调整自己的饮食习惯。面对这种改变,快餐企业也开始做出相应的调整,降低食物的热量,调整食物的分量等。可见本文为普通的报道性文章,阅读对象应该是经常光顾快餐店的顾客们。从本文可以看出,快餐店的经营者们已经对市场变化做出了及时的调整,本文没有对快餐店的经营给出专业性的建议,因此读者对象不是经营者们;本文是对快餐的危害、快餐企业的自救行为进行客观说明,没有倾向性,因此读者群也应该是一个广泛的群体,其他选项仅局限于某一类人,这与全文基调不符。