Imagine you are doing this reading in this text on the computer; what else are you doing? Maybe you’re eating a sandwich or drinking a cup of Starbucks. Should you eat while reading?
There aren’t many believable numbers, but we do know the number of people who eat while sitting in front of some type of screen is growing. A recent study found that 33 percent of families always have the TV on during meal times and another 27 percent people have it on at least half the time. Another 10 percent may be texting, emailing or talking on a cell phone while eating.
Any type of these behaviors is bad, considering the following evidence:
A Canadian study found that children who watch more than three hours of cartoons a day are 50 percent more likely to be fat than children who watch fewer than two hours. The researchers concluded that more than 60 percent of overweight incidents can be connected with screen watching too much.
A three-week study found that adults who usually play with smartphones less burned 119 more calories per day.
One Chicago researcher found that people eat more potato chips while reading online than when they have the laptop turned off.
There has been very little investigation(調(diào)查) into eating with your eyes staring at a screen or reading a book, but it is likely that his mindless eating is related to weight gain. Simply speaking, your brain has no idea what is going on with your mouth because it is occupied by other things. You don’t notice how full your stomach is, and you often don’t even notice the taste or the act of chewing and swallowing, as a result of which, developing an adapted dietary habit is a must.
小題1:The author answers the question raised in the first paragraph with ________.
A．stories and explanationsB．examples and investigations
C．a(chǎn)n argument and evidenceD．facts and descriptions
小題2:Which of the following statement is true?
A．Being focused while eating is a good way to have a good figure.
B．Adults’ weight is not affected by their eating habits.
C．There exist many investigations into eating while reading.
D．This text must be found on a website.
小題3:What can be the best title of this passage? 
A．How Should You Lose Weight?
B．Should You Do Other Things While Eating?
C．Healthy and Unhealthy Eating Habits
D．TV and Eating
小題4:What will the author probably continue to write?
A．Express healthy eating ways.
B．Give more useful investigations into eating.
C．Describe the study about the old who watch less TV while eating.
D．Tell the proper ways to watch TV.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:A 

試題分析：文章大意：本文主要通過研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，吃飯的時(shí)候做其它事情會影響健康。
小題1:C推理判斷題。文章第一段提出問題“在電腦做閱讀你還會做什么”，并回答了問題的目的是引出文章的論點(diǎn)和論據(jù)。故C正確。
小題2:A推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段加拿大的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)可知：吃飯的時(shí)候集中注意力是保持健康的好方法。故A正確。
小題3:B主旨大意題。本文主要通過研究吃飯的時(shí)候做其它事情會影響健康，故用標(biāo)題Should You Do Other Things While Eating?故B正確。
小題4:A推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段尤其最后一句developing an adapted dietary habit is a must.可以推斷出下面一段可能寫“健康飲食的方法”。故A正確。
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