Question

How Smartphone Adds to Your Weight

Using a smartphone at mealtimes can lead to an expanding waistline. Researchers have found that men and women consumed 15% more calories when looking at their phones while eating. 1. The groundbreaking study suggests that staring at a phone screen may distract (分心) dinners from how much food and what they are actually eating.

“It may prevent the correct understanding of the brain over the amount of food ingested,” said researchers who filmed 62 volunteers eating alone.

The volunteers, aged 18 to 28, were divided in to three groups and invited to help themselves to a choice of food — ranging from healthy options to soft drinks and chocolate — until they were satisfied. 2. On average, the volunteers ate 535 calories without the distraction of a smartphone but 591 when using a mobile. Those in the sample who were classed as overweight ate 616 calories while using their phones. When in possession of their mobiles, the volunteers also consumed 10 percent more fatty foods. 3.

“Smartphone use during a meal increased calorie and fat intake,” said Márcio Gilberto Zangeronimoa, a lead author of the study — carried out at the Federal University of Lavras in Brazil and University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands. He added: “Tablets and smartphones have become the main ‘distracters’ during meals, even early in childhood. 4.A distracter prevents the brain correctly understanding the amount of food accepted.”5. A more detailed analysis can be found in the journal.

A.They also eat more fatty food.

B.They also ate more when reading a magazine.

C.Distracted or hurried eating can add to weight gain.

D.The study is published in Physiology And Behavior.

E.It is important to pay attention to how this may impact food intakes.

F.Hunger isn’t the only thing that influences how much we eat during the day.

G.They were recorded eating with no distractions, using a smartphone or reading a magazine.

Answer

1.A

2.G

3.B

4.E

5.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍用餐期间使用手机会使人们分心，让大脑无法正确判断摄取的食物量，从而导致人们摄入更多的卡路里，增加体重。

1.由上一句“Researchers have found that men and women consumed 15% more calories when looking at their phones while eating.”可知，研究者已经发现男人和女人吃饭的时候看着手机，会摄入15%更多的卡路里。选项A“They also eat more fatty food.”表示的是他们也吃更多的油腻食物，they指代的是上一句“men and women”，eat和上一句的“consumed”相呼应，more fatty food和上一句的“15% more calories”相呼应，选项A符合语境。故选A。

2.由后一句“On average, the volunteers ate 535 calories without the distraction of a smartphone but 591 when using a mobile.”可知，平均下来，没有使用手机分心的志愿者摄入535卡路里，单数当使用手机的时候，摄入591卡路里。选项G“They were recorded eating with no distractions, using a smartphone or reading a magazine.”表示的是他们被按照没有分散物，使用手机或者读杂志进行记录食物摄入情况，“no distractions”和后一句的“without the distraction of a smartphone”相呼应，“using a smartphone”和后一句的“when using a mobile”相呼应，选项G符合语境。故选G。

3.由前一句“When in possession of their mobiles, the volunteers also consumed 10 percent more fatty foods.”可知，当专有他们的手机时候，这些志愿者也会摄入10%更多的油腻食物。选项B“They also ate more when reading a magazine.”表示的是当读杂志的时候，他们也会吃的更多。They指代的前一句“the volunteers”，also ate more和前一句的“also consumed 10 percent more”相呼应，when reading a magazine和前一句的“When in possession of their mobiles”结构相呼应，选项B符合语境。故选B。

4.由后一句“A distracter prevents the brain correctly understanding the amount of food accepted. ”可知，一个干扰物会阻止大脑正确地理解所摄取的食物数量。表示的是干扰物为什么会让人摄取更多食物。选项E“It is important to pay attention to how this may impact food intakes.”表示的是：关注这个干扰物可能是如何地影响食物摄取是非常重要的，由此可见，后一句是对选项E的解释说明。故选E。

5.由后一句“A more detailed analysis can be found in the journal.”可知，一个更详细的分析可以在该杂志看到。选项D“The study is published in Physiology And Behavior.”表示的是这个研究在《生理学与行为》杂志上发表。后一句中的“the journal”指代的是选项D中的“Physiology And Behavior”。后一句的“can be found”和选项D中的“is published”相呼应，后一句的“A more detailed analysis”是对选项D中的“The study”具体说明，选项D符合语境。故选D。