Question

    How to eat healthfully can be especially complex for working women who often have neither the desire nor the time to cook for themselves (or for anyone else).Registered dietitian(营养专家) Barbara Morrissey suggests that a few simple rules can help.

“Go for nutrient dense foods that contain a multiple of nutrients, ”she suggests, “For example, select whole wheat bread as a breakfast food, rather than coffee and cake.Or drink orange juice rather than orange drink, which contains only a small percentage of real juice------the rest is largely colored sugar water. You just can't compare the value of these foods, the nutrient dense ones are so superior,” she emphasizes.

Morrissey believes that variety is not only the spice of life; it's the foundation of a healthful diet. Diets which are based on one or two foods are not only virtually impossible to keep up the strength, they can be very harmful, she says, because nutrients aren’t supplied in sufficient amounts or balance.

According to Morrissey, trying to find a diet that can cure your illnesses, or make you a super woman is a fruitless search. As women, many of us are too concerned with staying thin, she says, and we believe that vitamins are some kind of  magic cure to replace food.

“We need carbohydrates(碳水化合物) protein and fat---they are like the wood in the fireplace. The vitamins and minerals are like the match, the spark, for the fuel,”she explains, "We need them all, but in a very different proportion. And if the fuel isn’t there, the spark is useless.”

1.From the first paragraph we know that working women ______.

A. think cooking is especially complicated

B. are likely to eat healthfully

C. are busy and not interested in cooking

D. do not share the same views with registered dietitians

2.In Paragraph 4, the underlined phrase means  ______.

A. a diet serving as medicine

B. a search for a diet without fruits

C. a research on a fruitless diet

D. an effort with no results

3.Many women take it for granted, according to the passage that ______.

A. lack of variety in diets leads to staying thin

B. staying thin and healthy are both possible

C. a balanced diet can result in being fat

D. vitamins are some kind of substitutes for food

4.By the sentence"if the fuel isn't there,the spark is useless"in Paragraph 5, the author means ______.

A. carbohydrates, protein and fat are  enough to support a human life

B. vitamins and minerals are virtually of no value

C. carbohydrates, protein and fat are as important as vitamins and minerals

D. without carbohydrates, protein and fat,vitamins and minerals are of no use

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.D

【解析】

本文是饮食健康类短文，如何进行健康饮食对于职业女性来说尤其复杂，因为她们通常既没有愿望也没有时间为自己(或其他人)做饭，在文中营养专家给出了几点建议。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段第一句How to eat healthfully can be especially complex for working women who often have neither the desire nor the time to cook for themselves (or for anyone else). 如何健康饮食对于职业女性来说尤其复杂，因为她们通常既没有愿望也没有时间为自己(或其他人)做饭。故选C。

2.词义猜测题。根据fruit水果，结果实。fruit加上否定后缀less，fruitless无果实的；search研究。也就是研究没有结果。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段As women, many of us are too concerned with staying thin, she says, and we believe that vitamins are some kind of magic cure to replace food.可知，她说，作为女性，我们很多人都太在意保持苗条，我们相信维生素是某种神奇的疗法，可以替代食物。故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据第五段if the fuel isn't there,the spark is useless.如果没有燃料，火花就没用了。根据We need carbohydrates(碳水化合物) protein and fat---they are like the wood in the fireplace. The vitamins and minerals are like the match, the spark, for the fuel. 我们需要碳水化合物、蛋白质和脂肪——它们就像壁炉里的木头。维生素和矿物质就像火柴一样，是燃料的火花。也就是说没有碳水化合物、蛋白质和脂肪，维生素和矿物质是没有用的。故选D。