2012年职称英语考试卫生类C级真题及参考答案

　　第四部分：阅读理解(第31~45题，每题3分，共45分)

　　下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项

第一篇Eat healthy

　　"Clean your plate!" and "Be a member of the clean-plate club1!’’ Just about every kid in the US has heard this from a parent or grandparent. Often, it’s accompanied by an appeal： “Just think about those starving orphans in Africa!2" Sure, we should be grateful for every bite of food. Unfortunately, many people in the US take too many bites3. Instead of staying "clean the plate", perhaps we should save some food for tomorrow.

　　According to news reports, US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies. A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer, with two to four times the amount recommended by the government, according to a USA Today story.4 Americans traditionally associate quantity with value and most restaurants try to give them that. They prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather than too little.

　　Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professor at Pennsylvania State University; told USA Today that restaurant portion sizes began (o grow in the 1970s, the same time that the American waistline began to expand.

　　Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions. Now, apparently, some customers are calling for this too. The restaurant industry trade magazine QSR reported last month that 57 percent of more than 4,000 people surveyed believe restaurants serve portions that are too large; 23 percent had no opinion; 20 percent disagreed. But a closer look at the survey indicates that many Americans who can’t afford fine dining still prefer large portions. Seventy percent of those earning at least $150,000 per year prefer smaller portions; but only 45 percent of those earning less than $25,000 want smaller.

　　It’s not that working class Americans don’t want to eat healthy. It’s just that, "after long hours at low-paying jobs, getting less on their plate hardly seems like a good deal.5 They live frompaycheck to paycheck, happy to save a little money for next year’s Christmas presents.

　　31、Parents in the United States tend to ask their children

　　A.to save food for tomorrow

　　B.to wash the dishes clean

　　C.not to waste food at meals

　　D.not to eat too much at meals

　　32、American restaurants serve large portions because Americans

　　A.value quantity

　　B.have big bellies

　　C.want enough nutrition

　　D.are mostly rich

　　33、what happened in America in the 1970S?

　　A.The restaurants began to serve smaller portions

　　B.Health experts advised people to eat less

　　C.May American tried to get slim

　　D.the America waistline started to expand

　　34、what does the survey indicate?

　　A.Low-income American prefer large portions

　　B.20 percent Americans want smaller portions

　　C.57 percent Americans earn $150.000 per year

　　D.23 percent Americans earn less than $25.000per year

　　35、which of the following is NOT true of walking class Americans?

　　A.they don’t have the habit of saving money

　　B.they live from paycheck to paycheck

　　C.they work long hours

　　D.the want to be healthy eaters

　　参考答案：31 c 32 A 33 D 34 A 35 A