阅读理解 To write his 2010 book, The 5-Factor World Diet, nutritionist Harley Pasternak traveled to the healthiest countries around the world to learn more about what made their meals extra nourishing. He noted that Japanese people ate a wonderful variety of seaweeds, and that Chinese people tried to include at least five different colors in every meal. Pasternak also came away with some valuable observations about how different the North American way of life was, compared with many other countries. For starters, American eat much bigger portions than people in other countries. "We don’t prioritize eating seasonally or locally, and we also add lots of salt, sugar and thickening agents to our foods," explained Pasternak. Contrast that to the healthy Mediterranean, Nordic and Okinawan diets listed in Pasternak’s book. They all seem to stick to the ethos (特质) of regional, seasonal produce. For example, a traditional Mediterranean diet includes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and olive oil as the main components of nutritional intake. Fish, chicken and red wine make moderate appearances, while red meat, salt and sugar are used much less often. The benefits of a traditional Mediterranean diet have been studied since the 1970s, and researchers have found that living that olive oil life can help people lose weight, lower their heart disease risk and reverse diabetes. Most other healthy eating cultures also make meals an event—say, multiple courses around the family table, or a glass or two of red wine at a long lunch—as opposed to hastily wolfing down handfuls of cereal above the kitchen sink and calling it dinner. Each of the healthy eating cultures has its own unique feature. But Pasternak did take note of one unifying factor in all of the healthy societies he observed. "The only overlapping feature in most of these healthy countries is that they all walk way more than the average American," said Pasternak. "So really, regardless of what you’re eating, if someone’s walking four miles more than you each day, they’re going to be a lot thinner and live a lot longer than you."

单选题 What characterizes Japanese and Chinese foods?

单选题 What is typical of Americans in the way of eating?

单选题 What features in Mediterranean, Nordic and Okinawan diets?

单选题 What do people in most healthy eating cultures have in common?

单选题 Compared with the average American, people in healthy societies

单选题 What is the finding of the new study?

单选题 What was the purpose of psychologist Myriam Bechtoldt’s experiment?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】题目询问心理学家米里亚姆.贝赫托尔特的实验目的。第2段总体描述了实验过程，而第3段第1句则表明了实验结果：在实验情境下，情商和压力呈正相关关系，情商越高，压力越大。由此可推知实验的目的是测试情商对压力的影响。第3段第2句是根据实验结果得出的研究结论，即有些人可能因为情绪敏感度太高(too emotionally clever)，反而害到自己。由这两句关于实验结果的说明可知，实验的根本目的是评估情商(对情绪的敏感、感知)的影响，因此B项“评估情绪敏感的影响”符合原文表述，其中emotionally clever是原词复现，故选B项。

单选题 What does the finding of Myriam Bechtoldt’s study indicate?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】题目询问米里亚姆.贝赫托尔特的研究结果说明了什么。第3段第2句指出，研究结果表明情绪敏感度太高反而害到自己。该句涉及for one’s own good这个固定表达，有两种意思，一是“为了自己的利益”，二是“给自己造成伤害”，本文中取第二种意思。D项“人们可能被高情商所累”的表述与原文意思一致，故选D项。

单选题 What do we learn about emotional intelligence from a number of studies?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】题目询问从大量情商研究中可以了解到什么。题干中的a number of studies对应第4段最后一句自9several studies。该句指出，情商可用于操纵他人从而谋取个人利益。C项中的take advantage of it与该句的be used to manipulate others相对应，benefit themselves则对应原文的for personal gains，故选C项“有些人可能会用它谋取个人利益”。

单选题 What does the author suggest sensitive individuals do?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】题目询问作者给情绪敏感人士的建议。最后一段倒数第2句先是指出情绪敏感的特点；随后在最后一段最后一句中，作者用remember开头的祈使句提出自己的建议：你不用为别人的感受负责(not responsible for how other people feel)。A项“避免用别人的感受给自己造成负担”与之意思一致，故选A项。