大学英语进阶：Sports and Health

一、填空题

Directions:Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow.

Changetheformwherenecessary.

注意：请在答题处填入单词！需要时变换词形！

observeexclusivedefend

interviewcover

balancecombineapproach

deprivesolution

1、Thereisnosimpletothisproblem.

正确答案：solution

2、Shetookthewronginherdealingwiththem.

正确答案：approach

3、Theywereimprisonedandoftheirbasicrights.

正确答案：deprived

4、Haveyouanychangeslately?

正确答案:observed

5、Shethecuponherknee.

正确答案：balanced

6、Politiciansareskilledatthemselvesagainst

theircritics.

正确答案：defending

7、Hismotherhastold'TheTimes'abouthisdeathinan

___________interview.

正确答案：exclusive

8、Wearestilllookingforsomeonewhoallthe

necessaryqualities.

正确答案：combines

9、Muchofthecountryisbyforest.

正确答案:covered

10>Whichpostareyoubeingfor?

正确答案：interviewed

二、选词填空

Directions:Inthispartthereisapassagewithtenblanks.

Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalist

ofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthe

passagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Each

choiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.

注意：请在答题处填入相应的字母编号！字母一定要大写！

Afterleavingtheparty,Ithoughtaboutmypast

weight-losseffortsand1theydidn'tworkbecause

theyrequiredmetogiveupfoodsIloved.ThenIwould

2thinkaboutfoodandbinge,3thediet

altogether.IfItookacommon-sense4andate

smallerportionsofallfoods,Iwouldbeabletosatisfymy

hungerandnotfeel5.

Mybiggestchallengewasfindingawaytofitmypassion

forcookingintomyhealthier6.Atfirst,Itriedto

stayawayfromthekitchento7myselffromthinking

aboutfood.Theresult:FoodwasallIthoughtabout.Therehad

tobesomewayto8cookingwithhealthfuleating.

Ifoundthe9afterreadingseverallow-fatcookbooks.

Withsometrialanderror,Icould10myfavorite

foodsandmakethemlowinfat,yetdelicious.

A.observe

B.lifestyle

C.solution

D.quit

E.combine

F.adopting

G.prevent

H.realized

I.abandoning

J.constantly

K.defend

L.modify

M.life

N.approach

0.deprived

1、_______________

正确答案：H

2、______________

正确答案：J

3、______________

正确答案：I

4、______________

正确答案：N

5、______________

正确答案：0

6、______________

正确答案：B

7、________________

正确答案：G

8、______________

正确答案：E

9、______________

正确答案：C

10、

正确答案：L

三、单选题

Directions:Inthispartthereisapassagefollowedbysome

questionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemthereare

fourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Youshoulddecideonthe

bestchoice.

“Sugar,alcoholandtobacco,“economistAdamSmithonce

wrote,“arecommoditieswhicharenowherenecessariesoflife,

whichhavebecomeobjectsofalmostuniversalconsumption,and

whichare,therefore,extremelypopularsubjectsoftaxation.

〃

Twoandahalfcenturieson,mostcountriesimposesomesort

oftaxonalcoholandtobacco.Withsurgingobesitylevels

puttingincreasingstrainonpublichealthsystems,

governmentsaroundtheworldhavebeguntotoywiththeidea

oftaxingsugaraswell.

Whethersuchtaxesworkisamatterofdebate.Apreliminary

reviewofMexico'staxationfoundafallinpurchasesoftaxed

drinksaswellasariseinsalesofuntaxedandhealthierdrinks.

Bycontrast,aDanishtaxonfoodshighinfatswasabandoned

ayearafteritsintroduction,amidclaimsthatconsumerswere

avoidingitbycrossingthebordertoGermanytosatisfytheir

desireforcheaper,fattierfare.

Thefoodindustryhas,ingeneral,beenfirmlyopposedto

suchdirectgovernmentaction.Nonetheless,therenewedfocus

onwaistlinesmeansthatindustrygroupsareunderpressureto

demonstratetheirproductsarehealthyaswellastasty.

Overthepastthreedecades,theindustryhasmadesome

effortstoimprovethequalityofitsofferings.Forexample,

somedrinkmanufacturershavecuttheamountofsugarintheir

beverages.

Manyofthereductionsoverthepast30yearshavebeen

achievedeitherbyreducingtheamountofsugar,saltorfat

inaproduct,orbyfindinganalternativeingredient.More

recently,however,somecompanieshavebeeninvestingmoneyin

amoreambitiousundertaking:learninghowtoadjustthe

fundamentalmake-upofthefoodtheysell.Forexample,having

saltontheoutside,butnoneontheinside,reducesthesalt

contentwithoutchangingthetaste.

Whilereformulatingrecipes（酉己方）isonewaytoimprove

publichealth,itshouldbepartofamulti-sidedapproach.The

keyistorememberthatthereisnotjustonesolution.Todeal

withobesity,amixtureofapproaches一一includingreformulation,

taxationandadjustingportionsizes-willbeneeded.Thereis

nosilverbullet.

1、WhatdidAdamSmithsayaboutsugar,alcoholandtobacco?

()

A.Theywereprofitabletomanufacture.

B.Theywereinever-increasingdemand.

C.Theyweresubjecttotaxationalmosteverywhere.

D.Theywerenolongerconsiderednecessitiesoflife.

正确答案：C

2、Whyhavemanycountriesstartedtoconsidertaxingsugar?

()

A.Theyareundergrowingpressuretobalancetheirnational

budgets.

B.Theyfinditeverhardertocopewithsugar-inducedhealth

problems.

C.Thepracticeoftaxingalcoholandtobaccohasprovedboth

popularandprofitable.

D.Thesugarindustryisovertakingalcoholandtobacco

businessingeneratingprofits.

正确答案：B

3、WhatdowelearnaboutDanishtaxationonfat-richfoods?

()

A.Itdidnotworkoutaswellaswasexpected.

B.Itgaverisetoalotofproblemsontheborder.

C.ItcouldnotsucceedwithoutGermancooperation.

D.Itmetwithfirmoppositionfromthefoodindustry.

正确答案：A

4、Whatisthemorerecenteffortbyfoodcompaniestomakefoods

anddrinksbothhealthy