Question

    Parents can cut the chances of their children getting fat simply by keeping them longer at table. Just three extra minutes at a family mealtime could help prevent child fatness. The reasons might lie in communication and the importance of a scheduled mealtime.

Dr Barbara Fiese said, “Children, whose families have a 20-minute meal over four times a week, weigh lighter than kids who leave the table after15 to 17 minutes. Over time, those extra minutes per meal add up and become really powerful.”

Researchers studied 200 family mealtimes, testing the influences of mealtime habits of families with children in primary school. They found that families, who said that shared mealtimes were an important part of family life and had special meaning for them, were less likely to have fat children. Similarly, families who talked more together and communicated more positively during the meal, were more likely to have healthy-weight children.

Teaching families how to make full use of family mealtimes was a wise idea. “This is something we can do and teach. It’s also important to recognize the increasing differences of families and their complex living schedules that may challenge(挑战) their abilities to plan ahead and set some time to communicate with each other,” said Dr Fiese.

Families in poorer US neighborhoods faced more problems, including poor chances of getting healthy food. But even so, regular high quality family mealtimes made a difference to the children’s weight. Dr Fiese said, “Three to four extra minutes per meal will make a healthy weight more possible.”

1.How long is reasonable for a family mealtime according to the text?

A.About 10 minutes. B.About 12 minutes

C.About 15 minutes D.About 20 minutes.

2.What’s the advantage of a longer family mealtime according to the text?

A.Children can better enjoy their meals.

B.Children can have a good rest while eating.

C.Children can communicate more during the time.

D.Children can have more time to choose what they like.

3.What does the author want to show in paragraph3?

A.The result of a study. B.Different eating habits.

C.Causes of child fatness. D.The importance of normal eating

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.Mealtime talk helps to lose weight

B.Healthy food makes normal weigh

C.Poorer families have thinner children

D.Longer family mealtimes help prevent child fatness

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了吃饭的用时问题。现在越来越多的孩子有肥胖的情况，家长们应该给孩子们更多的时间吃饭，那样可以帮助咀嚼和消化，才不会肥胖。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段第一句Dr Barbara Fiese said, “Children, whose families have a 20-minute meal over four times a week, weigh lighter than kids who leave the table after15 to 17 minutes. 芭芭拉•菲斯博士说：“孩子们的家人每周吃4次20分钟的饭，比15到17分钟后离开餐桌的孩子体重轻。”可知，对于家庭就餐来说20分钟的时间是合情合理的。故选D项。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句Similarly, families who talked more together and communicated more positively during the meal, were more likely to have healthy-weight children.同样地，那些在吃饭时更愿意交谈、交流更积极的家庭，更有可能有健康的体重孩子。可知，较长的用餐时间有利于多与孩子交流。故选C项。

3.推理判断题。根据第三段第一句Researchers studied 200 family mealtimes, testing the influences of mealtime habits of families with children in primary school.研究人员研究了200个家庭用餐时间，测试了小学有孩子的家庭用餐习惯的影响。可知，这段的主要目的是向我们展示一下一项研究结果。故选A项。

4.主旨大意题。根据第一段第一句Parents can cut the chances of their children getting fat simply by keeping them longer at table.父母只要让孩子长时间坐在餐桌上，就可以减少他们发胖的机会。可知，这篇文章主要讲的是更长的家庭用餐时间有助于防止儿童肥胖。故选D项。