单选题 Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
单选题
  • A. Obesity is to become a big problem.
  • B. Sugar is important for one's health.
  • C. Guidelines should be totally changed.
  • D. Low-fat is not good for one's health.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文] What's in store for your health in the next five years? We asked some experts what they see ahead for our health—perhaps in the next year and then in five years. According to Dr. Robert Lustig, a physician at UC San Francisco and author of books including "Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity and Disease", sometime this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is going to issue the 2015 Dietary Guidelines. These guidelines will differ significantly from those of the past. {{U}}The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has now publicly voiced the opinion that low-fat wasn't a good idea{{/U}}. Agricultural officials are making phone calls to nutritionists, saying, "Is this low-carbon living style real or full of rubbish?" {{U}}The fact that they're asking means that they're backing away from their long-held views, which were never based in science but rather in politics{{/U}}. This will set a new nutritional guideline into motion, which won't affect health next year but will shortly afterwards. About five years from now, insurance companies are going to look at the amount of money they are paying out in treatment for chronic diseases, and they will determine that prevention pays better than treatment. They're already talking "wellness" although they think that means "absence of illness," which is very shortsighted. {{U}}In five years, they'll realize they can make more money from healthy clients than sick ones, and they will finally invest in prevention of diseases{{/U}}. Q: What is the opinion of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on health? [解析] 四个选项均为完整的句子,根据关键词obesity,health,sugar,low fat等可以推测本题很有可能考查饮食与健康之间的关系。 本题属于推理判断题。短文中,膳食指南咨询委员会公开发表意见,指出低脂肪饮食不是个好主意。结合文章饮食与健康这一主题,可推断出委员会的观点是:低脂肪饮食不利于健康。选项中is not good for one's health是文中wasn't a good idea的同义转述,故答案为D。
单选题
  • A. Science.
  • B. Politics.
  • C. Nutrition.
  • D. Guidelines.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] Q: In what did agricultural officials base their long-held views? [解析] 四个选项都是名词。听音时要关注含有这些词的句子所传达的信息。 本题属于事实细节题。选项B的信息可以从never...but rather一句中提取。文中指出,农业部官员正放弃他们长期持有的观点,那些观点的形成从来不是基于科学而是基于政治考虑,故答案为C。
单选题
  • A. They will gain more profits from healthy customers.
  • B. They realize that talking "wellness" is very shortsighted.
  • C. They are unable to pay for treatment of chronic diseases.
  • D. They find that absence of illness is impossible to come true.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] Q: Why will insurance companies invest in prevention of diseases? [解析] 四个选项都是完整的句子。通过选项传递的信息可以推断出本题可能考查某个群体做某件事情的原因。 本题属于事实细节题。文中指出,在未来的五年里,他们(保险公司)会意识到与病人相比,他们能从健康的客户身上挣更多的钱,并最终投资疾病预防。选项中gain more profits是文中make more money的同义转述,故答案为A。