Question

    Are you getting enough protein（蛋白质）? The question provides its own answer: If you are worrying about the amount of protein in your diet, then you are almost certainly eating more than enough.

You merely need to visit a western supermarket today to see that many people regard protein as some kind of excellent medicine — one food companies are profitably adding to anything they can. “When the Box says ‘Protein’, Shoppers say ‘I’ll take it’” was the headline of a 2013 article in The Wall Street Journal.

The intensity of our protein obsession can only be understood as part of a wider series of diet battles that go back half a century. If we now thirst for protein as if it were water, it may be because the other two macronutrients — fats and carbohydrates — have each in turn been made to seem poisonous (有毒的) in the public mind.

In the current nutrition wars, protein has emerged as the last macronutrient left standing. David L. Katz, an American doctor and public health scholar who is the director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center said, “First they told us to cut fat. But instead of whole grains and lentils, we ate low-fat junk food.” Then food marketers heard the message about cutting carbohydrates and sold us protein-enriched junk foods instead.

For decades now, there has been a tendency to think about what we eat and drink in terms of nutrients, rather than read whole ingredients in all their complexity. A combination of diet fads and clever marketing has got us here. It doesn’t matter whether we fixate on “low fat” or “low carbohydrates” or “high protein” — we are making the same old mistakes about nutrition in a new form.

1.How does the author begin the article?

A.By raising a question.

B.By giving an assumption.

C.By describing a phenomenon.

D.By illustrating a typical case.

2.How many kinds of macronutrients does food provide us with according to paragraph 3?

A.Two B.Three

C.Four D.Five

3.What is the author’s attitude towards protein according to the text?

A.Cold. B.Crazy.

C.Sensible. D.Critical.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述人们受市场营销的影响，在饮食中对于蛋白质等营养素的痴迷，实质上并未改变我们的饮食，作者告诉我们应该从食物实际整体所含成分之复杂的角度来考虑我们的饮食。

1.细节理解题。根据文章开头“Are you getting enough protein（蛋白质）?”可知，作者通过提出一个问题来引出文章，故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据文章“If we now thirst for protein as if it were water, it may be because the other two macronutrients — fats and carbohydrates — have each in turn been made to seem poisonous (有毒的) in the public mind.” 如果现在我们渴望蛋白质的程度，就仿佛它是水一样，那可能是因为其他两大主要营养素——脂肪和碳水化合物——已经在公众的脑海中，先后被渲染成了似乎有毒的形象。可知蛋白质，脂肪和碳水化合物总共三个营养素，故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“For decades now, there has been a tendency to think about what we eat and drink in terms of nutrients, rather than read whole ingredients in all their complexity. A combination of diet fads and clever marketing has got us here. It doesn’t matter whether we fixate on “low fat” or “low carbohydrates” or “high protein” — we are making the same old mistakes about nutrition in a new form.” 近几十年来，人们倾向于从营养素的角度，而不是从食物实际整体所含成分之复杂的角度来考虑我们的饮食。正是各类饮食习惯的风潮以及精明的市场营销策略的结合使我们走到今天这般田地。无论我们是沉迷于“低脂”或者“低碳水”又或者“高蛋白”的概念——我们其实只是在以新的形式重复相同而老套的营养学错误。可见作者不赞同沉迷于营养素，所以他对蛋白质是持批判的态度，故选D。