Question

    The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment. These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature.

David Tillman, a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, America, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how a diet affected health. He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s. He found that as nations industrialized (工业化), population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet.

The Western diet is high in sugar, fat, oil and meat. By eating these foods, people began to get fatter and sicker. David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk of noninfectious(不传染的) diseases like diabetes (糖尿病) and heart disease.

Unfortunately when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these health problems, especially in developing countries in Asia. China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20­year period. And that is happening all across the world, in Mexico, in Nigeria and so on.

And, a diet bad for human beings is also bad for the environment. As the world's population grows, more forests and tropical areas will become farmlands for crops or grasslands for cattle. We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now.

Mr. Tillman calls the link among the diet, the environment and human health “a trilemma” — a problem offering a difficult choice. He says one possible solution is leaving the Western diet behind.

1.According to the passage, more greenhouse gas might be given off in the future from ______.

A.transportation B.developing countries

C.agriculture D.developed countries

2.David Tillman believes that ______.

A.the diet, the environment and human health are closely connected

B.the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes

C.people in tropical areas are more likely to have diabetes

D.traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet

3.The main purpose of the passage is to ______.

A.call on us to protect the environment

B.warn us of the risk of the Western diet

C.remind us of the importance of health

D.advise us to have a balanced diet

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

【解析】

本文是说明文。随着全球化进程的加快，西方的饮食习惯也层层逼近社会的每个角落，本文主要对这是否对我们的饮食健康和环境造成影响进行了分析。

1.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now.（未来农业产生的温室气体很可能比现在所有交通工具产生的温室气体还要多）可知，未来更多的温室气体将来自农业而不是交通。故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据最后一段中的Mr. Tillman calls the link among the diet, the environment and human health “a trilemma” — a problem offering a difficult choice.（蒂尔曼称饮食、环境和人类健康之间的联系是“三难选择”——这是一个很难选择的问题）可知，David Tilman认为饮食、环境和人类健康是密切相关的。故选A。

3.推理判断题。根据全文及最后一段He says one possible settlement is leaving the Western diet behind.（他说，一个可能的解决办法是把西方饮食抛在脑后）可知，全文主要讲随着全球化进程的加快，西方的饮食习惯对我们的饮食健康和环境造成了影响。有一种可能的解决办法就是不再采纳西方的饮食方式，由此可见写本文的目的是警告我们西方饮食的危险。故选B。