职称英语考试

试题来源：2008年职称英语等级考试真题（卫生类C级）
【单选题】

第二篇 Stop Eating Too Much
     “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 (孤儿) 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 (营养) 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 (腰围) 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 believed restaurants served portions that were too large; 23 percent had no opinion；20percent 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 $1 50,000 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 (薪金支票) to paycheck, happy to save a little money for next year’s Christmas presents.
36. Parents in the United States tend to ask their children
     A. to save food for tomorrow.            
    B. to wash the dishes.               
    C. not to waste food.
    D. not to eat too much.
37. Why do American restaurants serve large portions?
    A  Because Americans associate quantity with value.
    B  Because Americans have big bellies.
    C  Because Americans are good eaters.
    D  Because Americans are too weak.
38. What happened in the 1 970s?
    A The US government called on its people to reduce their weight.
    B Health experts persuaded restaurants to serve smaller portions.
    C The United States produced more grain than needed.
    D The American waistline started to expand.
  
39. What does the survey indicate?
    A  Many low-income Americans want large portions.
    B Twenty percent of Americans want smaller portions.
    C  Fifty--seven percent of Americans want large portions.
    D  Forty--five percent of Americans want smaller portions.
40. Which of the following is NOT true 0f working class Americans?
    A. They work long hours.
    B. They live from paycheck to paycheck.
    C. They don’t want to be healthy eaters.
    D. They want to save money for presents.

网考网参考答案：C、A、D、A、C
大数据分析：根据网考网与考试题库的统计分析，该试题：
22%的考友选择了A选项
43%的考友选择了B选项
18%的考友选择了C选项
17%的考友选择了D选项
考友解析与评论：
 · 像这种考试，没什么技术含量，全靠运气。
 · 这个答案与百度百科里面的内容不符合
 · 我全答错了