Question

    Before you learned how to walk or talk, you learned how to snack. It started as a handful of Cheerios (面包圈) on your high chair tray (高脚椅), then some Goldfish Cookies after school. In fact, many teens snack as often as four times a day.

The top snack picks for teens are factory made desserts, salty snacks, candies, and fruit drinks. While unprocessed food like strawberries or cheese can give you what your body needs. Those aren’t the foods that are the easiest to get your hands on. Have you looked at the vending machine (投币式自动售货机) or local convenience store recently? They’re not exactly filled with oranges or hard boiled eggs.

One reason: There’s less money to be made on real food, so companies have invented “snack food”, which are cheaper to make and take years to go bad.

Still, you buy them anyway. It’s hard not to, thanks to billions of dollars spent on snack-food marketing. You can see ads for these between-meal snacks everywhere— whether they’re TV ads or ads on a phone app. “Everywhere you go, you see ads to snack on the wrong kinds of foods.” says Margo Wootan. “The reason is simpler: The more you eat. the more money food companies make.”

EATING WRONG FOOD

You love chips and cookies. But they’re full of man-made materials and lack of nutrients (营养素) you need like iron.

Do it right: Junky snacks are OK sometimes, but always include fruit or vegetables with every meal or snacks.

REDUCING PROTEIN

Your store’s snack shelf is filled with things that are heavy on fat hut light on protein (蛋白质), a nutrient that’s especially filling. So you end up eating more, but still feeling unsatisfied.

Do it right: Stay satisfied between meals by adding a healthy protein to your snacks, like a hard-boiled egg or cheese.

1.The first paragraph implies (暗示) that ________.

A.eating snacks is becoming our habit

B.snacks are the favourite food of babies

C.a teen usually eats four kinds of snacks at a time

2.Which is NO!’ included in the top snack picks for teens?

A.Salty snacks. B.Cheese. C.Fruit drinks.

3.Why isn’t there real food in vending machines?

A.Because it won’t bring more money for companies.

B.Because it isn’t what your body really needs.

C.Because it can’t be easily kept fresh.

4.From the passage, we can know that ________.

A.Margo Wootan supports the ads on snacks

B.Margo Wootan doesn’t mind the ads on snacks

C.Margo Wootan is against the ads on snacks

5.What might be the most suitable title for the passage?

A.Are you snacking to death?

B.Are you losing yourself in eating snacks?

C.Are you interested in keeping fit?

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

短文大意：本文关注的是健康饮食，介绍了青少年最喜欢的零食和对正确吃零食的建议

1.

题意：第一段暗示吃零食正在成为我们的习惯。考查段意理解。根据“In fact, many teens snack as often as four times a day事实上，许多青少年一天吃四次零食”，可知吃零食正在成为我们的习惯，eating snacks is becoming our habit符合题意，故选A。

2.

题意：哪一种不是青少年最喜欢的零食？考查细节判断。根据“The top snack picks for teens are factory made desserts, salty snacks, candies, and fruit drinks青少年最喜欢的零食是工厂制作的甜点、咸味点心、糖果和水果饮料”，可知不包括cheese（奶酪），故选B。

3.

题意：为什么自动售货机里没有真正的食物？考查细节理解。根据“One reason: There’s less money to be made on real food, so companies have invented ‘snack food’, which are cheaper to make and take years to go bad原因之一是：在真正的食品上赚的钱少了，所以公司发明了‘零食’”，可知Because it won’t bring more money for companies（因为它不会给公司带来更多的钱）符合题意，故选A。

4.

题意：从文章中我们可以得知，Margo Wootan反对零食广告。考查细节理解。根据“Do it right: Stay satisfied between meals by adding a healthy protein to your snacks, like a hard-boiled egg or cheese. 无论您走到哪里，都可以看到有问题食物的零食广告”，可知Margo Wootan反对零食广告，Margo Wootan is against the ads on snacks符合文意，故选C。

5.

题意：这篇文章最合适的标题是什么？考查标题归纳。根据短文内容，介绍了青少年最喜欢的零食和对正确吃零食的建议，可知Are you losing yourself in eating snacks（你是不是沉迷于吃零食）符合题意，故选B。