Question

Including the following food or fruit in your breakfast makes you healthier and full of energy.

Grapefruit

“Even if you changed nothing else about your diet, eating half a grapefruit before each meal may help you lose up to a pound a week, ”says Patricia Bannan, author of Eat Right When the Time Is Right, “Researchers found that when obese people ate half a grapefruit before each meal, they dropped an average of 3. 5 pounds over 12 weeks, ”she says.

Tart Cherry

Tart cherries have been shown to benefit heart health as well as body weight in a study on obese rats, A 12-week study by the University of Michigan found that rats fed tart cherries showed a 9 percent belly fat reduction. Moreover, the researchers noted that the cherry consumption had great ability to alter the expression of fat genes. Enjoy them during breakfast to kick your morning off right.

Sweet Potato

Sweet potatoes are packed with nutrients and ean help you burn fat. They are high in fiber and have a low glycemic index（血糖指数）， which means they re absorbed slowly and keep you feeling full longer. Min Chen likes to use them to whip up a sweet potato hash. “I love any kind of this dish because it provides rich vitamins, minerals and fiber. It is very filling, which helps keep appetite and portions under control as the day goes on, ”she says.

Bell Pepper

Green, red or yellow, fresh or frozen, peppers are never a bad companion for your eggs. Thanks to their high vitamin C content, eating them can help burn stored fat. Studies also indicate that vitamin C helps muscles process a fatty acid called carnitine that’s essential to muse growth and recovery.

1.Which food or fruit is beneficial to the patients who suffer from heart diseases?

A. Grapefruit    B. Sweet potato

C. Tart cherry    D. Bell pepper

2.What benefit do these food and fruit have in common

A. Making people live longer.

B. Makine muscles grow strong-

C. Helping control glycernic index

D. Helping people lose weight.

3.In which part of newspaper can you read the text?

A. Education.    B. Health

C. Agriculture.    D. Technology

Answer

1. C

2. D

3. B

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了四种有益健康的食物和水果，以及各自的特点和好处。

1.细节理解题。由文章介绍Tart Cherry一段中的第一句“Tart cherries have been shown to benefit heart health….”（车厘子被证明有益于心脏健康），也就是说对于有心脏健康问题的人吃车厘子是有好处的。故选C。

2.细节理解题。在文章第一段第一句提到“eating half a grapefruit before each meal may help you lose up to a pound a week”（每顿饭前吃半个葡萄柚就可能帮你一周减掉一磅）；第二段第一句“rats fed tart cherries showed a 9 percent belly fat reduction”（喂食车厘子的老鼠腹部脂肪减少了9%）；以及第三段中提到了“Sweet potatoes are packed with nutrients and ean help you burn fat”（红薯富含营养可以帮助你燃烧脂肪）；第四段第二句“……eating them can help burn stored fat”（吃甜椒可以帮助燃烧储存的脂肪），四种水果和食物都提到了有减重和燃烧脂肪的作用，因此他们的共同的好处就是D（帮助人们减肥）。故选D。

3.判断推理题。本文主要介绍了四种水果和食物的特点，以及对人们健康方面的好处。因此应位于报纸的“Health”版面。故选B。