Eat Healthy （健康饮食）
"Clean your plate!" and "Be a member of the clean-plate -club!" Just about every kid in the US has heard this from a parent or grandparent. Often，it's accompanied by an appeal:" Just think about those starving orphans in Africa!" Sure, we should be grateful for every bite of food. Unfortunately, many people in the US take too many bites. Instead of staying "clean the plate", perhaps we should save some food for tomorrow.
According to news reports, US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies（肚子）. A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer, with two to four times the amount recommended by the government, according to a USA Today story. Americans traditionally associate quantity with value and most restaurants try to give them that. They prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather than too little.
Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professor at Pennsylvania State University, told USA Today that restaurant portion sizes began to grow in the 1970s, the same time that the American waistline began to expand.
Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions. Now, apparently，some customers are calling for this too. The restaurant industry trade magazine QSR reported last month that 57 percent of more than 4,000 people surveyed believe restaurants serve portions that are too large; 23 percent had no opinion; 20 percent disagreed. But a closer look at the survey indicates that many Americans who can't afford fine dining still prefer large portions. Seventy percent of those earning at least $150,000 per year prefer smaller portions; but only 45 percent of those earning less than $25,000 want smaller.
It's not that working class Americans don't want to eat healthy. It's just that，after long hours at low-paying jobs，getting less on their plate hardly seems like a good deal. They live from paycheck to paycheck ，happy to save a little money for next year's Christmas presents.
练习：
1. Parents in the United States tend to ask their children
A to save food for tomorrow.
B to wash the dishes clean
C not to waste food at meals
D not to eat too much at meals
32. American restaurants serve large portions because Americans
A value quantity.
B have big bellies.
C want enough nutrition.
D are mostly rich.
33 What happened in America In the 1970s?
A The restaurants began to serve smaller portions.
B Health experts advised people to eat less.
C Many Americans tried to get slim.
D The American waistline started to expand.
34 What does the survey indicate?
A Low-income Americans prefer large portions.
B 20 percent Americans want smaller portions.
C 57 percent Americans earn $150, 000 per year.
D 23 percent Americans earn less than $25, 000 per year.
35 Which of the following is NOT true of working class American?
A They don't have the habit of saving money.
B They live from paycheck to paycheck.
C They work long hours.
D They want to be healthy eaters.
网考网参考答案：C、A、D、A、A
网考网解析：进入考试题库查看解析
大数据分析：根据网考网与考试题库的统计，该试题：
28%的考友选择了A选项
15%的考友选择了B选项
21%的考友选择了C选项
36%的考友选择了D选项
考友解析与评论：
· 我觉得C、A、D、A、A也不对
· 有歧义的题
· 我做了好几遍答案都是C、A、D、A、A
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