2022儿童健康英语六级阅读练习儿童健康英语六级阅读练习Childrenaregettingsofat-theymaybethefirstgenerationtodiebeforetheirparents.anexpertclaimedyesterday.Today'syoungstersarealreadyfallingpreytopotentialkillerssuchasdiabetesbecauseoftheirweight.Fattyfast-fooddietscombinedwithsedentarylifestylesdominatedbytelevisionsandcomputerscouldmeankidswilldietragicallyyoung,saysProfessorAndrew第1页共10页Prentice.fromtheLondonSchoolofHygiene&TropicalMedicine.Atthesametime.theshapeofthehumanbodyisgoingthroughahugeevolutionaryshiftbecauseadultsaregettingsofat.HereinBritain.latestresearchshowsthattheaveragewaistsizeforamanis36-38inchesandmaybe42-44,inchesby2032.Thiscompareswithonly32.6inchesin1972.Women'swaistshavegrownfromanaverageof22第2页共10页inchesinl920to24inchesintheFiftiesand30inchesnow.Oneofthemajorreasonswhychildrennowareatgreaterriskisthatwearegettingfatteryounger.IntheUKalone.morethanonemillionunder-1.6sareclassedasoverweightorobese-doublethenumberinthemid-Eighties.Oneintenfour-year-oldsarealsomedicallyclassifiedasobese.Theobesitypandemic-anextensiveepidemic-whichstartedmtheUS,hasnowspreadtoEurope.Australia,CentralAmericaandtheMiddleEast.第3页共10页Manynationsnowrecordmorethan20percentof-theirpopulationasclinicallyobeseandwelloverhalfthepopulationasoverweight.Prof.Prenticesaidthechangeinourshapehasbeencausedbyaglutofeasilyavailablehigh-energyfoodscombinedwithadramaticdropintheenergyweuseasaresultoftechnologydevelopments.Heisnotaloneinhisconcern.Onlylastweekonemedicaljournalrevealedhowobesitywasfuellingariseincancercases.Obesityalsoincreasestheriskfactorfor第4页共10页strokesandheartdisease.Anaveragelyobeseperson'slifespanisshortenedbyaroundnineyearswhileaseverelyobesepersonbymanymore.Prof.Prenticesaid:"Sowillparentsoutlivetheirchildren.asclaimedrecentlybyanAmericanobesityspecialist?"Theanswerisyes-andno.Yes,whentheoffspringbecomegrosslyobese.ThisisnowbecominganalarminglycommonoccurrenceintheUS.Suchchildrenandadolescentshaveagreatlyreducedqualityoflifeinterms第5页共10页ofboththeirphysicalandpsychosocialhealth.SosayNotothatdoughnutandburger.1.ProfessorAndrewPrenticesayskidswilldieyoungbecauseoftheir__________________.2.InBritain,overweightorobeseunder-16sinthemid-Eightieswere___________________today.3.Whatshouldberesponsibleforthechangeinourbodyshapeaccordingtothepassage?4.Theriskofsomediseasessuchascancer.strokesand第6页共10页heartdiseasemaybecomegreaterdueto_____________.5.Whatdoestheauthorsuggestwedobysaying"sayNotothatdoughnutandburger"?答案：1.[fattyfast-fooddietsandsedentarylifestyles/unhealthylifestyles][定位]依据kidswilldieyoung查找到第1段第3句。解析：题干出现在原文中mean的后面，因此答案应当在mean前面查找。本题可运用原词答题，也可用unhealthylifestyles进行第7页共10页归纳总结。2.[halfasmanyas][定位]依据under-16s查找到第2段倒数第3句。解析：原文破折号后面的double表明现在英国16岁以下的超重或肥胖人数是80年头中期的两倍，题目问的是80年头中期的状况，因此需填入halfasmanyas，表示80年头中期的人数是现在的一半。3.[High-energyfoodsandadropintheenergyweuse.//High-energyfoodsandlessenergyweconsume.]第8页共10页[定位]依据changeinourbodyshape查找到第3段最终1句。解析：题目中的responsiblefor表明白原文的因果关系，关键是对causedby后面的成分进行提炼得出答案。4.[obesity/overweight][定位]依据题干中的`疾病名称查找到第4段第2、3句。解析：原文说到obesity(肥胖)导致癌症病人的增加，还会导致中风和心脏病危急因素的增加，因此答案为obesity或其同义词overweight。5.[Leadahealthylife.//Donottryunhealthy/junk第9页共10页food.][定位]文章最终一句。解析：上文提到，从身体健康和社会心理健康而言，儿童和青少年的生活质量下降了，由此可知我们应当拒绝炸面包圈和汉堡包等不健康的食品，或者说我们应当过一种健康的生活。本文来源：网络收集与整理，如有侵权，请联系作者删除，谢谢！第10页共10页
