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【題目】A glass a day keeps obesity at bay. Alcohol has always been thought to cause weight gain because of its high sugar content, but new research suggests a glass a day could form part of a diet. Looking at past studies they found that, while heavy drinkers do put on weight, those who drink in moderation can actually lose weight.

A spokesman for the research team at Navarro University in Spain says,“Light to moderate alcohol intake, especially of wine, may be more likely to protect against, rather than promote, weight gain.”The Inter national Scientific Forum on Alcohol reviewed the findings and agreed with most of the conclusions, particularly that current data do not clearly indicate if moderate drinking increases weight.

Boston University’s Dr. Harvey Finkel found that the biologic mechanisms (生物學(xué)機(jī)制) relating alcohol to changes in body weight are not properly understood. His team pointed out the strong protective effects of moderate drinking on the risk of getting conditions like diabetes (糖尿病), which related to increasing obesity. Some studies suggest that even very obese people may be at lower risk of diabetes if they are moderate drinkers.

The group says alcohol provides calories that are quickly absorbed into the body and are not stores in fat, and that this process could explain the differences in its effects from those of other foods. They agree that future research should be directed towards assessing the roles of different types of alcoholic drinks, taking into consideration drinking patterns and including the past tendency of participants to gain weight.

For now there is little evidence that consuming small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis increases one’s risk of becoming obese. What’s more, a study three years ago suggested that resveratrol, a compound present in grapes and red wine, destroy fat cells.

【1】Who is the passage intended for?

A. Those who produce wine.

B. Those who have drinking habit.

C. Those who sell alcohol.

D. Those who wish to quit drinking.

【2】What does the phrase“in moderation”in the first paragraph refer to?

A. Excitedly. B. Carefully. C. Properly. D. Frequently.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A. Current data clearly show that moderate drinking increase weight.

B. Resveratrol is proved to increase the risk of becoming fat.

C. The specific roles of different types of alcoholic drinks are very clear.

D. The research found moderate drinking has a strong protective effect.

【4】What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A. How to do some easy experiments.

B. How to reduce the calories contained in wine.

C. How to make wine in a healthy way.

D. How to prove the finding mentioned above.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

【1】通讀全文，并根據(jù)文章第一句話A glass a day keeps obesity at bay判斷該文章主要是為了那些有飲酒習(xí)慣的人寫的。故選B。

【2】A．excitedly興奮地；B．carefully細(xì)心地，認(rèn)真地；C．properly合適地；D．frequently頻繁地。根據(jù)文章前文的heavy相對應(yīng)，應(yīng)是適當(dāng)飲酒的人。故選C。

【3】根據(jù)文章第二段的最后一句話排除A；根據(jù)文章最后一段排除B；根據(jù)文章的第四段的第二句話排除C；根據(jù)文章第二段的最后一句話可推斷選D。

【4】A如何做簡單的實(shí)驗(yàn)；B如何降低酒中的熱量；C如何健康飲酒；D如何證明前文提到的發(fā)現(xiàn)。根據(jù)文章最后一段的最后一句話What’s more，a study three years ago suggested that resveratrol，a compound present in grapes and red wine，destroys fat cells判斷下文將論證這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)。故選D。