首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Britons are the fattest people in Europe, with one of the world’s fastest obesity(肥胖症)growth rates, according to a leading inter
Britons are the fattest people in Europe, with one of the world’s fastest obesity(肥胖症)growth rates, according to a leading inter
admin
2016-06-02
80
问题
Britons are the fattest people in Europe, with one of the world’s fastest obesity(肥胖症)growth rates, according to a leading international think-tank. The UK comes top out of 20 European Union nations, with almost one in four people so fat they could face an early grave. Levels of fatness in Scottish children are second worst in the world, behind the US, while children in England are eighth worst. Overall, in a study of citizens of the 33 richest countries, the UK is fifth behind the US, Mexico, Chile and New Zealand.
Developed nations are getting fatter, warns the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)which produced the report. The Paris-based watchdog(监督机构)claims the growing costs of healthcare and wasted resources are making obesity a top priority for many governments.
Report author Franco Sassi, a former London School of Economics lecturer, puts the blame on modern lifestyles. He said that food is much cheaper than in the past, in particular food that is not particularly healthy, and people are changing their lifestyles. They have less time to prepare meals and are eating out more in restaurants. There is a frightening increase in the epidemic(流行病). We’ve not reached the destination yet.
According to a report, the lifespan of an obese person is up to 10 years shorter than that of a normal-weight person—the same loss of lifespan incurred by smoking. It shows 24 percent of men were rated obese and 25 percent of women in 2008 in the UK. In addition, 42 percent of men are overweight and 32 percent of women, meaning that up to two in three people have their health put at risk by their weight. In Scotland, latest figures show 35 percent of 12 to 15-year-olds are overweight or obese, compared with 29 percent of children aged 5 to 17 in England.
Why do many governments pay top attention to the problem of obesity?
选项
A、Developed countries are getting fatter and fatter.
B、Fatness can increase the costs of healthcare and wasted resources.
C、Many governments are warned by the OECD.
D、Fatness can cause a lot of social problems to the governments.
答案
B
解析
第二段第二句提到,一个总部设在巴黎的经济合作与发展组织宣称,因为造成医疗保健费用的不断增加和资源的浪费,肥胖问题已成为许多国家政府亟待解决的问题,由此可知,政府之所以关注肥胖问题在于肥胖对资源的浪费,所以B)与原文意思相符,为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/pH5K777K
本试题收录于:
浙江省大学英语三级题库大学英语三级分类
0
浙江省大学英语三级
大学英语三级
相关试题推荐
Musicmeansdifferentthingstodifferentpeopleandsometimesevendifferentthingstothesamepersonatdifferentmomentsof
TheInternethasbeenthegreatesttechnologicalchangeofthelast50years.Ithaschangedthecultureallovertheworld.’To
—Howdidyourjobinterviewgo?—________TheinterviewerseemedinterestedinwhatIsaidwhilehewaslistening,buthedid
A、Five.B、Four.C、Three.A每年的复活节期间,英国都会举行牛桥(牛津大学和剑桥大学)划船比赛。目前这一大学赛事已呈国际化趋势,文中信息告知在两条龙舟上只有5位英国学生,其余选手均来自其他国家。
Ifasked,"Whatarehealthdecisions?",mostofuswouldanswerintermsofhospitals,doctorsandpills.Yetweareallmaking
Topicsforcompositionshouldbe______totheexperiencesandinterestsofthestudents.
Mencannotmanufacturebloodasefficientlyaswomencan.Thismakessurgeryriskierformen.Menalsoneedmoreoxygenbecause
A、Speakveryloudly.B、Askquestionsfrequently.C、Varytone,volume,andspeedofspeech.D、Limitthespeechtofifteenminutes
A、Askthewomanforhelp.B、Pressthebuttonsonebyone.C、Readtheoperatingmanual.D、Giveacloseinspectiontothemachine.
A、Askthewomanforhelp.B、Pressthebuttonsonebyone.C、Readtheoperatingmanual.D、Giveacloseinspectiontothemachine.
随机试题
德育计划
患者,男,53岁。晨起吃两个油煎荷包蛋后突发右上腹阵发性绞痛4小时来急诊。胆道疾病手术后,患者饮食要求为
国际贸易中最主要的运输方式是()。
进口传感器在向海关申报时,应使用下列何种报关单()。报关员报关行为不规范而被海关记5分的情形有()。
下列关于商业票据特点的表述中,正确的是()。
设立股份有限公司公开发行股票,应当向国务院证券监督管理机构报送募股申请和下列()文件。
反映股份公司普通股每股市价与普通股每股利润之间比率的指标是()。
五星级饭店应有至少()问(套)可供出租的客房。
人力资源保障部可能正在拟订工资支付统一法规,除了重申“按劳分配”外,还将明确增加“同工同酬”。公众普遍理解是,无论正式工还是劳务派遣工,只要从事相同内容工作、付出等量劳动,就应该获得同级别的工资待遇。这一事件属于()的例子。
A、Shecanusehiscar.B、Shecanborrowsomeoneelse’scar.C、Shemustgethercarfixed.D、Shecan’tborrowhiscar.D
最新回复
(
0
)