Question

What Is Emotional Eating?

Emotional eating is when people use food as a way to deal with feelings instead of satisfying hunger.1.Have you ever finished a whole bag of chips out of boredom or downed cookie after cookie while preparing for a big test? But when done a lot — especially without realizing it — emotional eating can affect weight, health, and overall well-being.

Not many of us make the connection between eating and our feelings.

2.One of the biggest myths about emotional eating is that it’s caused by negative feelings. Yes, people often turn to food when they’re stressed out, lonely, sad, anxious, or bored. But emotional eating can be linked to positive feelings too, like the romance of sharing dessert on Valentine’s Day or the celebration of a holiday feast. Sometimes emotional eating is tied to major life events, like a death or a divorce. 3.

Emotional eating patterns can be learned: A child who is given candy after a big achievement may grow up using candy as a reward for a job well done. 4.It’s not easy to “unlearn” patterns of emotional eating. But it is possible. And it starts with an awareness of what’s going on.

We’re all emotional eaters to a degree. But for some people emotional eating can be a real problem, causing serious weight gain or other problems. The trouble with emotional eating is that once the pleasure of eating is gone, the feelings that cause it remain. 5.That’s why it helps to know the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger.

Next time you reach for a snack, wait and think about which type of hunger is driving it.

A. Believe it or not, we’ve all been there.

B. If a crying boy gets some cookies, he may link cookies with comfort.

C. One study found that people who eat food like pizza become happy afterwards.

D. And you often may feel worse about eating the amount or type of food you like.

E. Understanding what drives emotional eating can help people take steps to change it.

F. Boys seem to prefer hot, homemade comfort meals, while girls go for chocolate and ice cream.

G. More often, though, it’s the countless little daily stresses that cause someone to seek comfort in food.

Answer

1.A

2.E

3.G

4.B

5.D

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。本文讲述了情绪化进食是用吃来排解心中的情绪，但并非都是消极的情绪。情绪化进食对健康有危害，所以要注意控制。

1.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据下句Have you ever finished a whole bag of chips out of boredom or downed cookie after cookie while preparing for a big test?（你曾有过准备考试前是否因为无聊而吃完一大袋薯片。）可知，A项Believe it or not，we've all been there．（信不信由你，我们都曾这样过。）符合上下文逻辑，故选A。

2.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据上句Not many of us make the connection between eating and our feelings.可知，我们中没有多少人把饮食和感情联系在一起；根据后句One of the biggest myths about emotional eating is that it's caused by negative feelings.可知，情绪饮食最大的误解是它是由负面情绪引起的。E项Understanding what drives emotional eating can help people take steps to change it.(了解驱使情绪进食的因素可以帮助人们采取措施改变情绪。)符合上下文逻辑，故选E。

3.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据上句Sometimes emotional eating is tied to major life events，like a death or a divorce.可知，有时情绪化的饮食与重大的生活事件有关，比如死亡或离婚。G项More often, though, it’s the countless little daily stresses that cause someone to seek comfort in food.（然而，更多的时候，每天都有无数的压力促使人们去寻求食物的安慰。）符合本段文意。故选G。

4.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本段用小孩子的举例，前一句说如果小时候孩子被用糖果奖赏，长大就容易保持这样的习惯，B项If a crying boy gets some cookies, he may link cookies with comfort.(相应地说如果孩子在哭的时候得到饼干作为安慰，那就会把饼干和安慰联系在一起)是对上文的进一步解释，故B项符合题意。

5.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本段讲这样做的危害，D 选项也是讲危害。后面的that's why 支撑了D选项的观点。上句“The trouble with emotional eating is that once the pleasure of eating is gone, the feelings that cause it remain.”（情绪化进食的麻烦是一旦没有了吃的乐趣，但想吃东西的感觉还在。）这样的话，你经常会因为吃了你喜欢的食物而感到不舒服。因此D项And you often may feel worse about eating the amount or type of food you like.是上文发展的结果。故选D。