单选题
Anyone who has a fat friend or who is, perhaps,
himself more than ample, knows only too well how little provision our society
makes for such people. Even the daily round provides numerous problems and
snags. There are few pieces of clothing that can be bought off the peg, seats in
cinemas or theatres are so uncomfortable that few fat people attend them.
Fortunately good performances are rare. Home furniture is also hopelessly
inadequate. Then there are the problems of having a bath; the standard size of
bathtub just does not allow a fat person to take up a horizontal position but
demands him to stand or squat in it. In today's world, however, these are minor
worries in a culture where slimness is in fashion and all things desirable come
to the person with an attractively thin and delicate figure. Especially in
women, this attribute is a must if they are to compete in the marriage
market. In fact slimness is not necessarily either an ideal
condition from a physiological point of view or a natural characteristic. But
this is of little comfort to the fat man or woman living in our present society
obsessed by thinness. This fashion has been just another facet of the desire for
conformity; we have charts showing correct weights for each height, and there
are whole counters in many shops given over to the display of non-fattening
foods. The fat person is doubly unfortunate in that he cannot hide his non-
conformity, unlike so many of us who have perhaps more subtle forms of
eccentricity. In those cases where fatness is the result of over-eating, it is,
of course, a reaction to some form of inner conflict and a much less harmful one
than, say, alcoholism, drug addiction or suicide. Where the over weight is due
to some disorder of the body, the fat person is an all-round loser, for not only
has he a physical illness to cope with but is mocked for having it by many
people who should know better. Perhaps fashion will eventually
change to allow an ample frame to become acceptable, but at present it seems
that the pencil-slim models of the fashion salons are in safe jobs.
单选题
The author says that society
A. tries hard to help people take off weight
B. provides comfortable facilities for fat people
C. doesn't recognize the needs of fat people
D. makes ample provision for fat people
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】
单选题
The special problem of women in this matter is that______.
A. fatuess is out of fashion now
B. slimness makes them competitive in finding a husband
C. they can't take part in social activities
D. they become fat more easily than men
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】
单选题
It is of no comfort to the fat person that
A. fatness is not always a physiological problem
B. fatness gives a person a comfortable character
C. slimness is only in fashion for a short time
D. slimness is not always an ideal condition
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】
单选题
A fat person is especially unfortunate because
A. he is too big to hide
B. everyone can see his fatness
C. it is impossible for him to conform
D. he looks so different from others
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】
单选题
It can be inferred that the author
A. is really worried about fat people
B. thinks the society is unfair to fat people
C. thinks more non-fattening food should be available for fat people
D. is definitely sure that someday fat women will appear in fashion
salons