第三篇　Obesity(肥胖) in the Western World

Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed at the 11th European Conference on the issue in Vienna Wednesday to Saturday. According to statements before the opening of the conference —— of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries 一 1. 2 billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are obese.

Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General Hospital said，“ Obesity is a chronic illness. In Germany，20 per cent of the people are already affected，but in Japan only one per cent. ” But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scientific discoveries and medication.

Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said, "We are living in the new age (but) with the metabolism(新陳代謝) of a stone-age man" “I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up on every comer. We have been overrun by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization. ”

Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said, “Eighty percent of all diabetics are obese，also fifty per cent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with adipose(脂肪的) tissue complaints. ” "Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one's weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure. ”

Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs. "Though the health insurance pays for surgery (such as reducing the size of the stomach) when the body-mass index is more than 40. That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.70 meters. One should start earlier. ”

Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school. “ Child obesity (fat deposits) correlates(與……相關) with the time which children spend in front of TV sets. ”

The consequences were only apparent later on. No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy for their population group.

41.Which of the following is true about obesi

A. People in Japan needn’t worry about obesity.

B. Obesity is a disease that lasts for a long time.

C.20% of the people in the world are overweight.

D.Obesity should be cured with new medication

42. Which of the following does Prof. Friendrich Hopichler probably agree?

A. Diabetes is mainly caused by obesity.

B. 50% of patients with high blood pressure complained about obesity.

C. The fast food supplied in American pizza shops is tasteless.

D. The more one weights, the more likely he is to suffer from heart disease.

答案：D

43.Hermann Toplak suggested that more money should be spent on_______.

A. health insurance

B. preventive programs

C. state health services

D. obesity-related surgeries

答案：B

44.Which of the following is most often accompanied by obesity?

A. Diabetes

B. High blood pressure

C. Stomachache

D. Adipose tissue complaints

答案：A

45.”The consequences” in the last paragraph result from people_____.

A. reducing their weight

B. eating fast food

C. getting obese

D. spending too much time in front of TV sets

答案：C

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