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Americans used to stand tall as the people with the highest average height in the world. However, since the middle of this centu
Americans used to stand tall as the people with the highest average height in the world. However, since the middle of this centu
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2010-08-04
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问题
Americans used to stand tall as the people with the highest average height in the world. However, since the middle of this century, several Scandinavian (斯堪的那维亚的) countries have moved ahead and now have taller citizens on average than the United States.
"One of the keys to understanding why America is falling behind other countries in terms of stature has to do with access to health care, particularly for children," said Richard Steckel, a professor of economics and anthropology at Ohio state university.
"I suspect there are pockets of poverty in the United States where the lack of medical programs and nutritional programs may be factors in poor health, and the reason some people aren’t growing as tall as they might."
"I think the countries that have surpassed the United States have done well in reaching nearly everyone with complete health and nutrition services."said Steckel. "The success of the Scandinavian countries in health care shows up in many measures, not just height, such as mortality rates(死亡率) and life expectancy(寿命)."
Immigration to the United States of people with shorter average heights -- such as Asian -- can’ t explain why other countries have moved ahead in average height, according to Steckel. "In the past half century, the change in ethnic (种族的) composition hasn’t been enough to make a significant difference in the country’s average height."
Steckel said he first began investigating height as an alternative way to measure the standard of living -- a traditional area of research for economists.
Research has shown that average height is significantly associated with a country’s per capita (人均) income. But studying height has some advantages, Steckel said. For example, researchers have records of average height that go further back in history than do records of national income. Height also tells a slightly different story about the standard of living because it measures consumption of basic necessities, rather than output. Moreover, because growth occurs mostly in childhood, it allows researchers to look at how resources are allocated within families.
"Studying height captures some things about the standard of living that income leaves out," Steckel said, "Economists need to take a multiple approach to studying the standard of living."
Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude towards measuring the standard of living by studying height?
选项
A、Approving.
B、Indifferent.
C、Objective.
D、Humorous.
答案
C
解析
观点题。该题问“作者对通过研究身高来衡量生活水准这个做法持什么态度?”综观全文,我们发现:除了第一段引言以外,其余七段均提及了 Richard Steckel (俄亥俄州立大学经济学和人类学教授)的名字,甚至直接引用了这位教授的原话。文中自始至终没有出现一句作者评价。由此,我们可以确定文章作者只不过在客观地报道某一位研究人员的发现和观点。故,[C] Objective(客观的)为该题答案,[B] Indifferent(不关/b的,冷漠的)不是答案,理由是作者对“通过研究身高来评估生活水平”的观点至少还足感兴趣的。
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