高中英语学习材料（灿若寒星 *制作整理）模块质量测评五 (Module 5) (时间： 90 分钟满分： 120 分) 第一部分阅读理解 (共两节，满分 40 分) 第一节： (共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。A A new study shows that fat people in the United States suffer direct economic and social effects because of their size. The findings are from an 8－year study of about 100 000 people. The people studied were between the ages of 16 and 25 when the research began. The researchers who carried out the study say they consider the people fat if they are in the top of 5% of the measurement in which weight is connected with height. For example, fat women in the study were about 160 centimeters tall and weighed about 90 kilograms. Fat men in the study were about 175 centimeters tall and weighed 100 kilograms. The researchers say that more than 1 000 000 Americans are that big. The researchers found that fat young women were more likely to lose social and economic power even if they were from wealthy families. The fat women also were 20% less likely to get married and they earned an average of about $6 700 a year less than other women. The study showed less severe effect on fat men. They earned an average of about $ 3 000 a year less than other men. Fat men also were 11% less likely to get married. 1．From this passage we know fat people in America were ______. A．admiredB．respected C．unhealthy D．unpopular 2．Which of the following was NOT mentioned in this passage? A．The reason why fat people suffered. B．The cause that caused people to be fat. C．The standard of fat people. D．The number of fat people. 3．The underlined word “severe ” means ___...
