練習(xí)：
1. What determines your weight?
A)Your working manner.
B)Your eating habit.
C)Your life style.
D)Your genes.
2. What did Jules Hirsch do in his study?
A)He let the eight fat people skip supper.
B)He let the eight fat people skip breakfast.
C) He let the eight fat people run every morning and evening.來源：考試大
D)He gave the eight fat people a liquid formula providing 600 calories a day.
3. What happened to the eight fat people after they left .the hospital?
A)They went mad.考試論壇
B)They killed themselves
C) They were back to normal weight.
D)They attempted suicide.
4. What did Ethan Sims make his subjects do?www.ＥxamdＡ.CＯM
A)Battle their genetic inheritance.
B)Increase their weight,
C)Stay at home.
D)Lower their weight.
5. What did scientists think was true?
A)Each person has a fixed weight range.
B)Each person has a weight range of 9 kg.
C)Each person wants to control his weight.
D)Each person wants to eat to his heart's content.
答案與題解：
1. D 問題問的是：什么決定了你的體重？A說的是: 你的工作方式。 B說的是: 你的吃飯習(xí)慣，C說的是：你的生活風(fēng)格。D說的是：你的基因。正確答案是D。第一段中有這么一句話：Your genes, not your life habits, determine your weight and your body constantly tries to maintain it.你的基因而不是你的生活習(xí)慣決定了你的體重，因此你的身體總是試圖保持它。
2. D 問題問的是: Jules Hirsch在他的研究中做了什么？ A說的是: 他讓八個胖子不吃晚飯。B說的是：他讓八個胖子不吃早飯。C說的是：他讓八個胖子早晚都跑步。D說的是：他給八個胖子一種每天提供600熱卡的流食配方。D是正確的。第三段有這么一句話： They were given a liquid formula providing 600 calories a day. 他們被給予一種流食配方，每天提供600熱卡。來源:考試大
3. C 問題問的是：八個胖子出院后怎么啦？A說的是：他們發(fā)瘋了。B說的是：他們自殺了。C說的是：他們又回到了原來的體重。D說的是：他們試圖自殺。C是正確的。第四段的最后一句話是這樣的：But months after the study ended, they were back to normal weight and stayed there. 研究結(jié)束幾個月后，他們的體重又回到了原來的樣子并保持不變。
4. B 問題問的是：Ethan Sims讓他的調(diào)查對象干什么？A說的是：跟他們的基因遺傳物作斗爭。B 說的是：增加他們的重量。C說的是：呆在家里。D說的是：減少體重。第四段有一個句子是這么說的：Ethan Sims, of the University of Vermont, got prisoners to volunteer to gain weight. Vermont大學(xué)的 Ethan Sims 讓犯人自愿增加體重?？梢夿是正確的答案。
5. A 問題問的是：科學(xué)家認(rèn)為什么是對的？A說的是：每個人的體重都有一個適當(dāng)?shù)姆?。B說的是：每個人的體重幅度是9公斤。C說的是：每個人都想控制自己的體重。D說的是：每個人都想吃得高興。正確答案是A。最后一段的第一句話是這么說的：The findings also provide evidence for something scientists thought was true – each person has a comfortable weight range.結(jié)論還證實(shí)了科學(xué)家認(rèn)為是正確的一點(diǎn)，即每個人的體重有一個適當(dāng)?shù)姆取?BR>
1. What determines your weight?
A)Your working manner.
B)Your eating habit.
C)Your life style.
D)Your genes.
2. What did Jules Hirsch do in his study?
A)He let the eight fat people skip supper.
B)He let the eight fat people skip breakfast.
C) He let the eight fat people run every morning and evening.來源：考試大
D)He gave the eight fat people a liquid formula providing 600 calories a day.
3. What happened to the eight fat people after they left .the hospital?
A)They went mad.考試論壇
B)They killed themselves
C) They were back to normal weight.
D)They attempted suicide.
4. What did Ethan Sims make his subjects do?www.ＥxamdＡ.CＯM
A)Battle their genetic inheritance.
B)Increase their weight,
C)Stay at home.
D)Lower their weight.
5. What did scientists think was true?
A)Each person has a fixed weight range.
B)Each person has a weight range of 9 kg.
C)Each person wants to control his weight.
D)Each person wants to eat to his heart's content.
答案與題解：
1. D 問題問的是：什么決定了你的體重？A說的是: 你的工作方式。 B說的是: 你的吃飯習(xí)慣，C說的是：你的生活風(fēng)格。D說的是：你的基因。正確答案是D。第一段中有這么一句話：Your genes, not your life habits, determine your weight and your body constantly tries to maintain it.你的基因而不是你的生活習(xí)慣決定了你的體重，因此你的身體總是試圖保持它。
2. D 問題問的是: Jules Hirsch在他的研究中做了什么？ A說的是: 他讓八個胖子不吃晚飯。B說的是：他讓八個胖子不吃早飯。C說的是：他讓八個胖子早晚都跑步。D說的是：他給八個胖子一種每天提供600熱卡的流食配方。D是正確的。第三段有這么一句話： They were given a liquid formula providing 600 calories a day. 他們被給予一種流食配方，每天提供600熱卡。來源:考試大
3. C 問題問的是：八個胖子出院后怎么啦？A說的是：他們發(fā)瘋了。B說的是：他們自殺了。C說的是：他們又回到了原來的體重。D說的是：他們試圖自殺。C是正確的。第四段的最后一句話是這樣的：But months after the study ended, they were back to normal weight and stayed there. 研究結(jié)束幾個月后，他們的體重又回到了原來的樣子并保持不變。
4. B 問題問的是：Ethan Sims讓他的調(diào)查對象干什么？A說的是：跟他們的基因遺傳物作斗爭。B 說的是：增加他們的重量。C說的是：呆在家里。D說的是：減少體重。第四段有一個句子是這么說的：Ethan Sims, of the University of Vermont, got prisoners to volunteer to gain weight. Vermont大學(xué)的 Ethan Sims 讓犯人自愿增加體重?？梢夿是正確的答案。
5. A 問題問的是：科學(xué)家認(rèn)為什么是對的？A說的是：每個人的體重都有一個適當(dāng)?shù)姆?。B說的是：每個人的體重幅度是9公斤。C說的是：每個人都想控制自己的體重。D說的是：每個人都想吃得高興。正確答案是A。最后一段的第一句話是這么說的：The findings also provide evidence for something scientists thought was true – each person has a comfortable weight range.結(jié)論還證實(shí)了科學(xué)家認(rèn)為是正確的一點(diǎn)，即每個人的體重有一個適當(dāng)?shù)姆取?BR>