A conference on obesity (肥胖症) was recently held in Vienna. Two thousand
experts from more than fifty countries attended the conference. According to
statistics, 1.2 billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are too
fat. Obesity is rapidly becoming a new cause of suffering.
Professor Friedrich hopichler of Salzberg said: "we are living in the new age
but with the metabolism (新陈代谢) of a stone-age man. I have just been to the
United States. It is really terrible. A pizza (比萨饼) shop is appearing on every
corner. We have been occupied by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization."
Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer.
Hopichler said: "Eighty percent of all diabetics (糖尿病人) are too fat, also fifty
percent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty percent with fatty
tissue complaints. Ten percent more weight means thirteen percent more risk of
heart disease. Reducing one's weight by ten percent leads to thirteen percent
lower blood pressure." Another expert Hermann Toplak said that
the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs.
"The health insurance pays for surgery (such as reducing the size of the
stomach) when the body-mass index (身体质量指数) is more than 40. That is equivalent
to a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.60 meters. One should start
earlier." Toplak said that prevention should begin in school.
"Child obesity has a close relation with the time which children spend in front
of TV sets."
单选题
How many people are suffering from obesity in the world?
A. 250,000,000.
B. 25,000,000.
C. 1,200,000,000.
D. 120,000,000.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】
单选题
The United States is cited as a country where ______.
A. obesity is not a problem at all
B. you can find many new things
C. terrible things happen all the time
D. it is easy to buy fast food
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】
单选题
According to the article, obesity is associated with all the following
EXCEPT ______.
A. high blood pressure
B. fatty tissue complaints
C. stomachache
D. heart disease
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】
单选题
Hermann Toplak suggested that more money should be spent on ______.
A. surgery
B. fat people
C. preventive programs
D. state health services
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】
单选题
In Toplak's opinion, the more time a child spends watching TV ______.