"Nanny", "tyrant"—these were among the charges hurled at Michael Bloomberg, New York's mayor, when he proposed a ban on big fizzy-drink bottles last May. The billionaire shrugged and pushed forward. However even Mr Bloomberg must heed a court order. The American Beverage Association, which represents Coca-Cola and other soda companies, has sued. Mr Bloomberg's ban is due to start on March 12th, but a judge may intervene. Three years after Michelle Obama launched her Let's Move! campaign, the fight against childhood obesity faces a tactical problem. Recent years have been dipping obesity rates in a few places, including New York, Mississippi and Philadelphia. But 17% of American children are still obese. The question is how to speed up progress. Further bans look increasingly unlikely. Voluntary programs remain politically much easier. Mrs Obama has exhorted firms to take action. Many companies have. On March 6th the Partnership for a Healthier America, a business group, published a report praising its members for putting more grocers in poor areas and healthier foods at restaurants. Sixteen food and beverage companies have promised to slash a combined 1.5 trillion calories from their products by 2015. Their first progress report is due in June. The long-term effect of these efforts may be slim. For example, even if the food and drink firms keep their promise , they would cut just 14 calories from the average American's daily diet. Regulations might bring bigger change, but recent years suggest that such rules will come slowly, if at all. Congress did pass a law requiring healthier school lunches, though its effects are limited. Other attempts at national regulation have stalled. Four federal agencies studied voluntary guidelines to limit junk-food advertisements to children. Under pressure from Congress, the agencies dropped the effort. Obamacare requires that all restaurants and cinemas post the number of calories in their foods. The Food and Drug Administration proposed a rule for menus in 2011, but has yet to finalise the regulation. Cities and states are more likely to act than Congress (hardly a high bar) , but they face their own challenges. Last year the beverage lobby spent more than $2.8m to defeat a soda tax in the small city of Richmond, California. Even Mr Bloomberg, the anti-obesity crusade's most fervent warrior, can only do so much.

单选题 We know from the first paragraph that Michael Bloomberg is ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：该段首句提到：...Michael Bloomberg，New York's mayor，when he proposed a ban on big fizzy-drink bottles last May．由此可知Michael Bloomberg是纽约市长，同时也提倡禁止大瓶装汽水饮料。选项A“汽水企业的主管”纯属无中生有。选项B“纽约市法官”是对于最后一句“but a judge may intervene”的曲解。选项C“大瓶汽水饮料的提倡者”与原文的“ban on big fizzy-drink bottles”完全颠倒，故错误。而选项D“禁止垃圾食品和饮品的热心倡导者”符合原文的“ban on big fizzy-drink bottles”，故最后一项正确。

单选题 Michelle Obama's Let's Move' campaign aims at ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：本题简单。根据题干中的“Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Campaign”这几个关键词定位到第二段的首句：Three years after Michelle Obama launched her Let's Move! campaign，the fight against childhood obesity faces a tactical problem．可见答案是“childhood obesity”，即选项C中的“children obesity”。而选项A提到的问题为“obesity(肥胖问题)”，而非原文提到的“childhood obesity(儿童肥胖问题)”，故选项A答案过于笼统。而选项B中的“divorce rate”和选项D中的“racial discrimination”在原文都未被提及，故错误。

单选题 We learn from Paragraph 3 that ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：根据选项A定位到第三段第二、三两句：Mrs Obama has exhorted firms to take action．Many companies have．意为：奥巴马夫人忠告企业采取行动，许多企业照办了。即许多企业响应了奥巴马夫人的号召，即选项A是正确的。根据选项B中的Partnership for a Healthier America定位到第三段第四句：On March 6th the Partnership for a Healthier America, a business group...该句明确提到Partnership for a Healthier America是一个商业组织，而非政治组织，故选项B错误。根据选项C定位到第三段倒数第二句：The long-term effect of these efforts may be slim．其中提到：这些努力的长远效果可能是微弱的。其中“slim”一词与该项的“effective”意思是相反的，故该项错误。选项D错在“have cut down”，原文提到：Sixteen food and beverage companies have promised to slash a combined 1.5 trillion calories from their products by 2015．其中“by 2015”是关键，这与该项中的“have cut down”不符，故该项错误。

单选题 Four federal agencies dropped their efforts because of ______.

单选题 We can infer from the last paragraph that ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：根据选项A定位到最后一段第二句：Last year the beverage lobby spent more than $2.8m to defeat a soda tax in the small city of Richmond，可见在里士满汽水税被打败了，即里士满没有汽水税，选项A是正确的。选项B对应原文：Cities and states are more likely to act than Congress．这与该项中的“less likely”完全相反，故该项错误。选项C对应原文首句：Cities and states are more likely to act than Congress (hardly a high bar)，but they face their own challenges．文章提到各市和各州面临自身挑战，并没有比较谁面临的挑战更大或更小，故该项错误。该段提到了里士满的汽水税，也提到了Mr Bloomberg，但并没有提到是他帮助取消了汽水税。而根据文章首段，我们也得知Mr Bloomberg对于汽水是禁止的，对于向汽水征税(提高汽水价格从而降低销量)这一举措应该是支持的。故选项D错误。