Question

Parents Model Healthy Eating

It should come as no surprise that the more stressed parents are at work, the greater the burden on their family is. 1. After all, the more time parents spend working, the less time and energy they have to plan and prepare healthful meals.

For years, most studies have focused on the role of working mothers while fathers were ignored. They didn’t look at the family as a whole. 2., adds a new wrinkle（褶皱）to the relationship between work stress and family nutrition.

Mom’s work related stress is still a central factor in low well families eat because they typically do most of the food shopping and cooking. 3. The study found that when mom or dad experience high levels of work related stress, their families are eating one-and-a-half fewer family meals per week, and the parents themselves report eating fewer fruits and vegetables, more fast food, and are less likely to eat breakfast regularly.

It’s worth nothing that the study looked mainly at low income families who belonged to ethnic（民族的）or minority groups. 4. But the implications are wide ranging.

5. Teaching kids, especially teenagers, to help with grocery shopping and to cook actual meals, instead of just putting a frozen pizza in the microwave, could be an important piece of the puzzle in helping families improves their eating habits.

A. And the role of fathers in particular

B. But dad’s work related stress has a large impact, too.

C. Yet, the kids’ stress may influence the families’ nutrition, too.

D. So the findings don’t necessarily apply directly to other types of families.

E. When it comes to family nutrition, the entire family plays a role even kids.

F. It’s also probably not a surprise that this can negatively affect a family’s nutrition.

G. It is parents who give their kids a good model to develop a good eating habit.

Answer

1.F

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.E

【解析】这篇文章主要讲了父母塑造了健康的饮食，当提到家庭营养，全家人都扮演着角色，甚至是孩子们。

1.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。After all, the more time parents spend working, the less time and energy they have to plan and prepare healthful meals. 这里提到父母的工作时间越长，他们准备健康饮食的时间和精力就越少，所以前面会说他们消极地影响着家庭的营养，这也不足为怪了，所以选F。

2.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。For years, most studies have focused on the role of working mothers while fathers were ignored. They didn’t look at the family as a whole中提到父亲的家庭角色经常被忽视，可知这里意思是特别是父亲们扮演的角色，所以选A。

3.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。在The study found that when mom or dad experience high levels of work related stress, their families are eating one-and-a-half fewer family meals per week, and the parents themselves report eating fewer fruits and vegetables, more fast food, and are less likely to eat breakfast regularly. 中捕捉到关键词related stress可知这里意思是和压力有关系的父亲的工作会产生更大的影响，所以选B。

4.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。It’s worth noting that the study looked mainly at low income families who belonged to ethnic or minority groups. 这里提到了不同类型的家庭，所以可知这里意思是所以这个调查结果并不直接适用于其他类型的家庭，所以选D。

5.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据Teaching kids, especially teenagers, to help with grocery shopping and to cook actual meals, instead of just putting a frozen pizza in the microwave, could be an important piece of the puzzle in helping families improves their eating habits. 这里提到了全家人在家庭营养中扮演着角色的问题，可知这里意思是当提到家庭营养，全家人都扮演着角色，甚至是孩子们，所以选E。