考研英语阅读理解精读：UNIT 12 TXET 4

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　　TEXT 4

　　Kids heading back to enlightened schools this fall may find nutrition and exercise on the agenda even in math class. In an effort to reverse the alarming increase of obesity in children, some schools have found ways to encourage healthful lifestyle changes without emphasizing the negative—too much body weight. Planet Health, developed by Harvard University researchers and now used in hundreds of schools throughout the country, integrates obesity prevention lessons into the science, math, and social studies curricula, for example. Students come to appreciate the importance of reducing TV time by calculating during math class the amount of their lifetime they've spent in front of the set. In gym, they decide on goals for subbing in physical activity instead.

　　The program costs only about $15 per student annually, a bargain, considering the payoffs: A 2005 study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine found that middle-school girls who had Planet Health in their schools were half as likely to purge or use diet pills as those in schools without it. "It really focuses on the positive, and that's why we think it's protective against these dangerous behaviors," says study author Bryn Austin, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

　　A second program adopted by 7,000 elementary schools nationwide, the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH), similarly puts the focus on good health habits instead of weight. In class, students use a traffic-light system to identify "go," "slow," and "whoa" foods and take breaks to do jumping jacks. In the cafeteria, fruits, vegetables, low-fat milk, and whole-grain starches are labeled with green-light tags, and pizza gets a yellow light. Gym activities are designed to keep students constantly moving. "Every kid gets a ball to dribble or a hula hoop; there's no lining up and waiting to take a turn," says Phil Nader, professor of pediatrics emeritus at the University of California—San Diego, who helped develop CATCH.

　　A three-year study comparing CATCH schools with others without the program found that CATCH increased the proportion of gym class spent in motion, from 40 percent to 50 percent, and reduced the consumption of fat in schools from 39 percent of total calories to 32 percent. A second study found that the program prevented the growth in number of overweight <http://usnews.healthline.com/adamcontent/overweight?utm_medium=usnews&utm_campaign=article&utm_source=hlinks&utm_term=overweight> students that normally occurs from grade 3 to grade 5. CATCH students in El Paso, Texas (with one of the highest obesity rates in the nation), held the line between those grades, but in schools without the program, the share of overweight girls increased from 26 percent to 40 percent and of overweight boys from 29 percent to 39 percent.

　　Glen Cove Elementary School, near El Paso in Ysleta, was one of the first schools to adopt CATCH, and parents there have learned to eat better and exercise more along with their kids. "We have a day where everyone comes to fly kites and Wellness Wednesdays where family members run around for 20 minutes with their kids," says physical education teacher Ben Avalos, who brought the program to Glen Cove in 1998. "Parents also tell me their kids have gotten them to throw out the 'whoa' foods in the house." Avalos uses walking sticks, pogo sticks, and Chinese yo-yos in gym class—and nobody relaxes on the sidelines.

　　1. The study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine shows_____

　　[A] that girls who had Planet Health were less obese than those who had not.

　　[B] that girls who had Planet Health were of a healthier lifestyle than those who had not.

　　[C] that girls who had Planet Health were more confident than those who had not.

　　[D] that girls who had Planet Health were more used to control weight in positive means than those who had not.

　　2. The word “whoa” (Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means_____

　　[A] fast.

　　[B] stop.

　　[C] pause.

　　[D] no.

　　3. In the CATCH, Pizza is a kind of _____food.

　　[A] dangerous

　　[B] yellow-light

　　[C] highly-nutritious

　　[D] less healthy

　　4. According to the second study of comparing CATCH schools with others without the program, CATCH students in EL Pasco_____

　　[A] were not growing weight from grade 3 to grade 5.

　　[B] were perceived from normal weight growth from grade 3 to grade 5.

　　[C] were not growing weight from grade3 to grade 5.

　　[D] were losing to overweight from grade 3 to grade5.

　　5. Which one of the following statements is TRUE of Glen Cove Elmentary School?

　　[A] The school adopt CATCH in order to change lifestyle of the school children’s family.

　　[B] The school applied CATCH to the school children’s parents.

　　[C] The school wanted to help children to form good health habits with the help of their parents.

　　[D] The CATCH school children also teaches their family how to live healthily

　　文章剖析：

　　这篇文章介绍了目前在学校实施的一些防治肥胖的营养项目。、二段讲述“行星健康”项目；第三段讲述“儿童健康合作方法”项目的内容；第四、五段讲述实施“儿童践看合作方法”的成效。

　　词汇注释：

　　payoff n. 报酬pediatric n. 小儿科的

　　purge v. 使腹泻jacks n. 抓子游戏

　　starch n. 淀粉                               dribble v. 运球

　　hula hoop n. 呼拉圈                     emeritus adj. 名誉退休的

　　难句突破：

　　(1)Planet Health, developed by Harvard University researchers and now used in hundreds of schools throughout the country, integrates obesity prevention lessons into the science, math, and social studies curricula, for example.

　　[主体句式] Planet Health integrates …into…

　　[结构分析] 这是一个简单句，developed…and now used…是过去分词结构作定语修饰主语。

　　[句子译文] “行星健康”是哈佛大学研究者们的成果，目前已经在全国的上百家学校推行，该项目将防止肥胖课程与科学、数学、社会学等课程结合了起来。

　　(1)A three-year study comparing CATCH schools with others without the program found that CATCH increased the proportion of gym class spent in motion, from 40 percent to 50 percent, and reduced the consumption of fat in schools from 39 percent of total calories to 32 percent.

　　[主体句式] A three-year study found that CATCH increased… from…to… and reduced …

　　[结构分析] 这是一个复合句，谓语是两个并列的成分；主语中，comparing… with…是用来修饰study的。

　　[句子译文] 旨在比较实施“儿童健康合作方法”学校和未实施该方法的学校的一项研究发现，“儿童健康合作方法”增加了体育课活动的比例，即从40%提高到50%，同时也降低了学生的肉类食用，即从39%降到了32%。

　　[答案] D

　　[难度系数] ☆☆☆☆

　　2.[分析]推理题。第二段中提到，该研究发现有“行星健康”锻炼的中学女孩服用些药或减肥药的几率是没有该项目的学校的女孩的一半，她们之所以不服用泻药就是因为她们不胖，再结合上面提到的“行星健康”是防止肥胖的，可以推断，接受了这种锻炼的女孩子们控制体重的方式更加的健康和积极，因此D选项是正确答案。B选项的错误在于文中只说明了女孩们控制体重的方式更加健康，但没有涉及到她们全面的生活方式，选项的表述过于宽泛。A和C选项在文中则没有明确表述。

　　[答案]B

　　[难度系数] ☆☆

　　[分析] 推理题。第三段提到用红绿灯系统来标示食物，前面的两种食物为“通行”、“减速”，分别是红、黄灯表示的意思，那么剩下的就应该是红灯了， 红灯意思为“停止”，因此，选项B正确答案。

　　[答案]D

　　[难度系数] ☆☆☆

　　[分析] 推理题。第三段提到，批萨是用黄灯来标示的，黄灯意思是“减速”，就是该食物没有健康食物那么有利于人的身体，但也不至于是不健康的食品，选项中D最为符合。B是干扰选项，考生不能看到就立刻选择该选项，而是要加以分析。

　　[答案]C

　　[难度系数] ☆☆☆☆

　　[分析] 细节题。第四段提到，一般从三年级到五年级学生超重的数量会上升，但该项目却压制了这种上升，而“hold the line”意思为“保持不变”，可以推断，实施了该项目的学生从3年级到5年级超重学生的数量没有增加，也就是说他们的体重在增长，但是却没有想着超重的方向发展，而是正常的增长。因此选项C最为符合这个意思。其余三个选项都与这个意思不符合。

　　[答案]D

　　[难度系数] ☆☆☆

　　[分析]推理题。最后一段提到在该小学实施了CATCH后，家长们也在孩子的带动下健康饮食和多做运动了，学校还另外举行了带动家长的活动。但是该学校采取CATCH面向的还是学生，因此选项中D是正确的陈述。

　　参考译文：

　　今年秋天孩子们返回学校时会发现数学课上居然也有营养和锻炼科目。一些学校为了改变儿童肥胖不断增加的现状，找了一些鼓励健康生活方式的方法，但是也不过分强调肥胖。“行星健康”是哈佛大学研究者们的成果，目前已经在全国的上百家学校推行，该项目将防止肥胖课程与科学、数学、社会学等课程结合了起来。学生们在数学课上通过计算自己一生在电视前花费的时间就会明白减少看电视时间的重要性。在体育馆里，他们可以自己设立体育活动的目标。

　　参与该项目的每个学生每年只需要花费约15美元，这是考虑成本的一个较便宜的估价：2005年发表在《儿童与青少年医学档案》的一项研究表明，实施“行星健康”中学的女孩服用泻药或减肥药的几率为没有实施该项目学校的学生数量的一半。“该项目关注好的方面，这也就是为什么我们认为它可以预防危险行为。”该研究的作者，哈佛医学院儿科助理教授Bryn Austin说道。

　　另一个项目“儿童健康合作方法”目前已在全国7000所小学采用，该项目注重良好的健康习惯而不是体重。在课上，学生用红绿灯系统来标示“通行”、“减速”、“停止”食物，课间可以玩抓子游戏。在自助餐厅里，水果、蔬菜、低脂牛奶、全麦淀粉都用绿灯标签标示，而比萨则用黄灯标示。体育馆运动的设计目的就是要让学生一直不停地运动。“每个孩子都保证有球或呼拉圈玩；不需要排队，也不需要等着轮流玩。” 圣地亚哥加州大学儿科荣誉教授Phil Nader说道，他协助研发了“儿童健康合作方法”。

　　旨在比较实施“儿童健康合作方法”学校和未实施该方法的学校的一项研究发现，“儿童健康合作方法”增加了体育课活动的比例，即从40%提高到50%，同时也降低了学生的肉类食用，即从39%降到了32%。另外一个研究表明该项目减少了三年级到五年级之间的超重学生数量的上升。德克萨斯埃尔帕索城参加“儿童健康合作方法”的学生（该城市学生在全国肥胖比率居前）在从三年级到五年级保持体重没变，但是没有实施该项目的学校里，超重女生从26%增加到了40%，男生从29%增加到了39%。

　　Ysleta埃尔帕索附近的格伦科夫小学是采取“儿童健康合作方法”的学校，家长们也在孩子的带动下健康饮食、多做运动。“我们确定了一个风筝日，每个人都来放风筝；还有‘健康星期三’，在这一天家庭成员和孩子们一起跑20分钟。”体育老师Ben Avalos说道，他于1998年将该项目引入了格伦科夫小学。“家长也告诉我孩子们让他们把那些‘停止’食品扔掉。”Avalos在体育课上使用了手杖、弹簧单高跷和中国游拉线盘让学生运动，没有人是在一旁闲着的。

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