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How Men Face the Fat ProblemIt is a pleasure to see men of a certain age worrying about th

How Men Face the Fat Problem

It is a pleasure to see men of a certain age worrying about their weight. Listening to them is not such a pleasure. Because the men are new at the game, they don't hesitate to discuss the fat problem incessantly. However, women of the same age do not discuss the fat problem, especially not in mixed company. They prefer to face the problem with quiet dignity. Discussing the problem might only draw attention to some stray body part that may be successfully tucked away under an article of clothing.

The age at which a man begins to explore the fat problem can vary. The actual problem can manifest itself in the early 30's, but broad-range discussion usually starts later. There are early nonverbal symptoms. I've watched the rugged journalist who shares my apartment sneak by with a Diet Coke. His shirts are no longer neatly tucked in to display a trim waist. Recently he has begun to verbalize his anxiety. He tells me, with a sheepish grin, that he is taking his suits to Chinatown to have them "tailored. "

Still-older men have lost their dignity and rattle on unabashedly. Often, wives and children play important roles in their fat-inspection rituals. Take my oldest brother, a former college football player. His daughter says that several times a day he will stand at attention and call out, "Fat, medium or thin？" She knows the correct answer: medium. Thin would be an obvious stretch, and fat may not get her that new video. According to his wife, he stands in front of the mirror in the morning (before the day's meals take their toll), puts his hands behind his head and lurches into a side bend, then clutches the roll that has developed and says, "Am I getting fatter. His wife is expected to answer, "You look like you may have lost a few pounds. "

And then there are the ex-husbands, a pitiful group. They are extremely vocal. When I go to the movies with one, he confides that he is suffering from great hunger because he is dieting. He hasn't eaten since the pancakes and sausages he wolfed down that morning. He pauses in his monologue while he buys his popcorn. After the movie, we sprint to a restaurant, where he again pauses to devour a basket of bread. Before he orders his chaste salad and soup, he grows plaintive. Do I think he's fat？

Men of a certain age are always ready to talk about their fat problem.

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

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The Fat Problem that Men Face It is a pleasure to see men of a certain age worrying about

The Fat Problem that Men Face

It is a pleasure to see men of a certain age worrying about their weight. Listening to them is not such a pleasure. Because the men are new at the game, they don't hesitate to discuss the fat problem incessantly. However women of the same age do not discuss the fat problem, especially not in mixed company. They prefer to face the problem with quiet dignity. Discussing the problem might only draw attention to some stray body part that may be successfully tucked away under an article of clothing.

The age at which a man begins to explore the fat problem can vary. The actual problem can manifest itself in the early 30's, but broad-range discussion usually starts later. There are early nonverbal symptoms. I've watched the rugged journalist who shares my apartment sneak by with a Diet Coke. His shirts are no longer neatly tucked in to display a trim waist. Recently he has begun to verbalize his anxiety. He tells me, with a sheepish grin, that he is taking his suits to Chinatown to have them "tailored".

Still-older men have lost their dignity and rattle on unabashedly. Often wives and children play important roles in their fat-inspection rituals. Take my oldest brother, a former college football player. His daughter says that several times a day he will stand at attention and call out, "Fat, medium or thin？" She knows the correct answer: medium. Thin would be an obvious stretch, and fat may not get her that new video. According to his wife, he stands in front of the mirror in the morning(before the day's meals take their toll),puts his hands behind his head and lurches into a side bend, then clutches the roll that has developed and says, "Am I getting fatter？ " His wife is expected to answer, "You look like you may have lost a few pounds."

And then there are the ex-husbands a pitiful group. They are extremely vocal. When I go to the movies with one, he confides that he is suffering from great hunger because he is dieting. He hasn't eaten since the pancakes and sausages he wolfed down that morning. He pauses in his monologue while he buys his popcorn. After the movie, we sprint to a restaurant, where he again pauses to devour a basket of bread. Before he orders his chaste salad and soup, he grows plaintive. Do I think he's fat？

Men of a certain age are always ready to talk about their fat problem.

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

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根据以下材料，回答题The Fat Problem That Men FaceIt is a pleasure to see men of a certain a

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The Fat Problem That Men Face

It is a pleasure to see men of a certain age worrying about their weight. Listening to them is not such a pleasure. Because the men are new at the game， they don"t hesitate to discuss the fat problem incessantly. However， women of the same age do not discuss the fat problem， especially not in mixed company. They prefer to face the problem with quiet dignity. Discussing the problem might only draw attention to some stray body part that may be successfully tucked away under an article of clothing.

The age at which a man begins to explore the fat problem can vary. The actual problem can manifest itself in the early 30"s， but broad-range discussion usually starts later. There are early nonverbal symptoms. I"ve watched the rugged journalist who shares my apartment sneak by with a Diet Coke. His shirts are no longer neatly tucked in to display a trim waist. Recently he has begun to verbalize his anxiety. He tells me， with a sheepish grin， that he is taking his suits to Chinatown to have them "ailored."

Still-older men have lost their dignity and rattle on unabashedly. Often， wives and children play important roles in their fat-inspection rituals. Take my oldest brother， a former college football player， as an example. His daughter says that several times a day he will stand at attention and call out， "Fat， medium or thin？" She knows the correct answer: medium. Thin would be an obvious stretch， and fat may not get her that new video. According to his wife， he stands in front of the mirror in the morning （before the day"s meals take their toll）， puts his hands behind his head and lurches into a side bend， then clutches the roll that has developed and says， "Am I getting fatter？"

His wife is expected to answer， "You look like you may have lost a few pounds."

And then there are the ex-husbands， a pitiful group. They are extremely vocal. When I go to the movies with one， he confides that he is suffering from great hunger because he is dieting. He hasn"t eaten since the pancakes and sausages he wolfed down that morning. He pauses in his monologue while he buys his popcorn. After the movie， we sprint to a restaurant， where he again pauses to devour a basket of bread. Before he orders his chaste salad and soup， he grows plaintive. Do I think he"s fat？

Men of a certain age are always ready to talk about their fat problem. 查看材料

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

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听力原文：When someone says, "Well, I guess I'll have to go and face the music", it does no

听力原文： When someone says, "Well, I guess I'll have to go and face the music", it does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. [32] It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this or that. Sour music, indeed, but it has to be faced. The phrase "to face the music" is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the expression come from？ [33] The first information came from the American writer James Fenimore Cooper. He said--in 1851--that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on stage. After they got their cue to go on, they often said, "It's time to go to face the music". And that is exactly what they did--face the orchestra which was just below the stage.

[34] An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. So, "to face the music" came to mean having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you had no choice. The other explanation comes from the army. Men had to face inspection by their leader. [35]The soldiers worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean and shiny enough to pass inspection？ Still, the men had to go out, and face the music of the band, as well as the inspection. What else could they do？

(7)

A．Your boss's order.

B．Your leader's inspection.

C．Something unpleasant to be experienced.

D．Sour pop music.

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下列各 A．It’s hardly breaking news that junk food is bad for us．But just how bad—and just

how much food companies know about the addictive(添加剂) components of certain foods，and just how much they deliberately target the most vulnerable consumers knowing they are doing damage-is still being discovered．The New York Times offers the latest installment in this weekend’s magazine with an article about the science of junk food addiction． B．Nearly everything written about food in the mainstream media relies on the san2e narrative：Obesity is bad．That kind of reporting is part of what’s keeping us sick．There’s no denying the fact that the American public has gotten larger in recent decades．Along with getting fatter，weve also seen a rise in illnesses like．heart disease and certain cancers．Instead of focusing on how our health is hurting．most of the media coverage uses the term “obesity”．making the story more about weight than about health—to the point where it’s become an accepted truth that“fat”equals “unheaithy”． C．That’s not actually the case．though．While “the obesity epidemic” may be a convenient catch．all for the illnesses and health problems related to our food chain．it’s a lazy term and an inaccurate one．Are we actually worried about public health？ 0r are we offended by fat bodies that don’t meet our thin ideals？In all seriousness：what good does a focus on body size actually do？ D．If we’re actually concerned about health．then we should focus on health．The addictive qualities of our food, the lack of oversight (监督). the high levels of chemicals and the government subsidies (补贴) to make prices lower making the worst foods the most accessible should concern us and spur us to action. Nutrient-deficient (营养缺乏) chemically-processed "food" in increasingly larger sizes is bad for all of our bodies, whether were fat or thin or somewhere in between. So is the culture in which fast food is able to thrive. Americans work more than ever before; we take fewer vacation days and put in longer hours, especially since the recession hit. The US remains the only industrialized country without national paid parental leave and without compulsory annual vacation time; we also have no federal law requiring paid sick days. 85% of American men and 66% of women work more than 40 hours per week. In Norway, for comparison, 23% of men work more than 40-hour weeks, and only 7% of women. E．Despite all this work, American income levels remain remarkably divided into the poorest and the richest, with the richest few controlling nearly all of the wealth. In one of the wealthiest countries on earth, one in seven people rely on federal food aid, with most of the financial benefits going to big food companies who are also able to produce cheap, nutritionally questionable food thanks to agricultural subsidies. The prices of the worst foods are arificially depressed, the big food lobbies have enormous power, and the biggest loser is the American public, especially low-income folks wbo spend larger proportions of their income on food but face systematic impediments (妨碍) to healthy eating and exercise. F．With demanding work days, little time off and disproportionate amounts of our incomes going toward things like health insurance and childcare that other countries provide at a lower cost, is it any surprise that we eat fast-food breakfast on our laps in the car and prefer dinner options that are quick and cheap？ G． Reforming our food system requires major structural changes, not just saying no to put down that bag of chips. We need to push back against corporate interests. Food companies are incredibly" good at positing themselves as crusaders (拥护者) for personal choice and entities simply dedicated to giving the public what it wants. Somehow, big food companies have convinced us that drinking a 32oz soda is a matter of personal liberty, and that the government has no place in regulating how much liquid sugar can be sold in a single container. H．In fact, we know-and they certainly know-that human beings are remarkably bad at judging how much were eating. Food companies use that information to encourage over-consumption, and to target certain consumers who tend to have less disposable income to invest in healthy food poor people, people of color, kids. I． Food is a social justice issue that has disproportionately negative impacts on groups already facing hardship. That should be an issue for every socially conscious person. But when looking at the large number of problems caused not only by our big food industry but by the policies that enable them and our cultural norms that incentivize poor health choices, too many people simply turn "obesity" into the boogeyman(恶巫) . Doctors even blame fatness for all sorts of medical conditions and people dont get proper treatment. Fat women go to the doctor less often for routine cancer screenings, and patients report doctors focusing on their weight and ignoring real medical problems like broken bones and asthma (哮喘). J．On the policy side, promoters of laws that incentivize health or push back on corporate food interests such as Michelle Obarnas Lets Move ! initiative, bans on extra-large sodas, and extra SNAP benefits at farmers markets inevitably target " obesity" in their campaigns. That strategy has the effect of maligning (诽谤) the beauty of certain bodies instead of encouraging everyone to be healthier and countering the enormous influence of big companies. As a result, many people who should be the natural allies of health-promoting initiatives are put off by the shaming fat language. K．"Obesity epidemic" language has also fed into the idea of body size and eating habits as social group. Thinner kale (甘蓝) eating elite liberals in the Northeast are trying to force-feed cabbage to heavier real Americans in the South and Midwest. No one wins with that kind of cultural polarization. L．Yes, lets push back against big food companies and question their outsized influence in Washington and in our daffy lives, and lets focus on making healthy food more widely accessible. Lets realize that the challenges extend beyond just what we eat. Lets fight for the humane (仁爱的) work policies that will make us all healthier. M．But lets do that because public health is all of our concern, not because its culturally easy to point the finger at fat people. Giving every member of a society the chance to be as healthy as possible is a moral good. It saves money and it saves lives. So lets do it the right way and the most effective way without lazily relying on the word "obesity". As a social justice problem, food negatively impact on groups who already have had a difficult life.

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Men older than the journalist never hesitate to talk about their fat problem, yet would be

displeased if their family members tell them the truth.

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

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Men older than the journalist never hesitate to talk about their fat problem yet would be

displeased if their family members tell them the truth.

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

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第8题

Great men never give up ______ difficulty.A．in a face ofB．in face of theC．in the face ofD．

Great men never give up ______ difficulty.

A．in a face of

B．in face of the

C．in the face of

D．in the face of the

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The text is mainly about ______.A．how to face difficult time in lifeB．how the author's fat

The text is mainly about ______.

A．how to face difficult time in life

B．how the author's father taught him by the father's own example

C．how the author was discouraged in a political campaign

D．how the author's father set up a great tree blown down in a storm

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根据材料请回答 31～35 题 How to Extend Your LifeWe all age at different rates.Heredity（

根据材料请回答 31～35 题

How to Extend Your Life

We all age at different rates.Heredity(遗传)clearly plays an important part.But re-cent research studies by gerontologists (研究老年医学的专家) indicate that life-style. may be equally significant in determining who will remain youthful.

As a rule, single men and women have shorter lives than married ones.Studies shove that those who have been widowed(寡居的), especially men, have a longer life expectancy(平均寿命)if they remarry soon.Both men and women seem to have a greater resistance to disease and death when their marriage is undamaged.According to a 1960 study, women who have borne three children have the lowest mortality rates(死亡率).Those who have borne four or more have the highest.Childless women and those with only one child gen-erally do not live as long as mother of two or three, according to University of Chicago so-ciologists Evenly M.Kitagawa and Philip M.Hauser.

Sleep also affects the aging rates significantly.It is impossible to say how much sleep is ideal.Some people seep five hours a night; others seem to require eight or nine.Scien-tists agree that consistency(一致性)in sleeping pattern is more significant; it is better to get six hours； sleep every night than ten hours one night and three the next.

While it is true that very few people who enjoy a long life are fat, this does not mean that every pound you gain is going to shorten your life.In fact, an ongoing study in Fram-ingham, Mass, has shown that during at least 30 years of middle life, leanness(消瘦)was a higher factor for mortality than fatness.What is known is that weight extremes(极端)in either direction are definitely unhealthy.Weighing 20 percent more or less than you should weigh can, in certain case, be a life shortener.

The benefits of regular exercise are indisputable(无可争辩的).Men engaged in ener-getic and persistent physical labor have fewer heart attacks.But many researchers believe that exercise need not be very strong to keep you in shape, The first principle of any life-extension program, then, is to enjoy every moment of the life you have- whether it lasts one more year or a hundred.As the philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau put it: "Teach him to live rather than to avoid death.Life is not breath but action, the use of our senses, mind, faculties, and every part of us which makes us conscious of our being."

第 31 题 Which of the following is NOT beneficial to the lengthening of life？

A．You should keep a good sleep habit.

B．You should do physical exercises on a regular basis.

C．You should try and remain neither too lean nor too fat.

D．You should take part in a guided life-extension program.

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