单选题 "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 ______.

A.a director of a soda company
B.a judge of the New York City
C.an advocate of big fizzy-drink bottles
D.an enthusiast of banning junk food and drinks

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。选项与原文对比。根据首段首句的：...Michael Bloomberg, New York's mayor, when he proposed a ban on big fizzy-drink bottles last May.我们知道Michael Bloomberg是纽约市长，同时也提倡禁止大瓶装汽水饮料。A选项的a director of a soda company(汽水企业的主管)纯属无中生有；而B．a judge of the New York city(纽约市法官)是对于最后一句but a judge may intervene的曲解。而C．an advocate of big fizzy．drink bottles(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D．an enthusiast of banning junk food and drinks(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D项正确。

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

A.fighting against the problem of obesity
B.solving the problem of high divorce rate
C.handling the problem of children obesity
D.addressing the problem of racial discrimination

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。选项与原文对比。本题简单。根据题干的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提到的是obesity(肥胖问题)，而非原文提到的childhood obesity(儿童肥胖问题)，故A答案过于笼统，排除。而B的divorce rate和D的racial discrimination在原文都未提及，故也可排除。

单选题 We learn from Paragraph 3 that ______.

A.many firms have answered Mrs. Obama's call
B.Partnership for a Healthier America is a political organization
C.the efforts of the food and drink companies may seem effective in the long term
D.sixteen food and drink companies have cut down 1.5 trillion calories from their products

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。选项与原文对比。根据第三段第二、三两句：Mrs. Obama has exhorted firms to take action. Many companies have.奥巴马夫人呼吁企业采取行动，许多企业照办了。即许多企业响应了奥巴马夫人的号召，故A是正确的。我们再来看看B选项，根据选项中的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B选项错误。再看选项C，原文倒数第二行提到：The long-term effect of these efforts may be slim.(这些努力的长远效果是不显著的。)其中slim一词与该项的effective是相反的，故C项错误。最后看看D项，D项错在have cut down，原文说的是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，这与该项的have cut down不符，故错误。

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

A.the pressure from the public
B.the pressure from Congress
C.the requirement from Obamacare
D.the requirement from the Food and Drug Administration

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

A.in the city of Richmond there is no soda tax
B.cities and states are less likely to take action
C.cities and states face less challenges than Congress
D.Mr. Bloomberg helps to cancel soda tax in Richmond

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。选项与原文对比。根据最后一段第二句：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，也就是说，里士满没有汽水税，故选项A是正确的。B原文：Cities and states are more likely to act than Congress，这与该项的less likely完全相反，故B错误。C原文首句：Cities and states are more likely to act than Congress (hardly a high bar), but they face their own challenges. 文章说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C错误。D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。故该项错误。