Eat  Healthy

    "Clean your plate!" and "Be a member of the clean-plate club¹!’’ Just about every kid in the UShas heard this from a parent or grandparent. Often, it"s accompanied by an appeal： “Just think about those starving orphans in Africa!²" Sure, we should be grateful for every bite of food. Unfortunately, many people in theUStake too many bites³. 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. 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.⁴ 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 (o 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.⁵ They live from paycheck to paycheck, happy to save a little money for next year"s Christmas presents.

词汇：

orphan /"ɔːf(ə)n/ n.孤儿

nurition /njʊ"trɪʃ(ə)n/ n.营养

belly /"belɪ/ n.肚子

waistline /"weɪs(t)laɪn/ n.腰围

paycheck/"pe,tʃɛk/ n.薪金支票

注释：

1. Be a member of the clean -plate club!做清盘俱乐部的成员

2. Just think about those starving orphans inAfrica!只要想想在非洲挨饿的孤儿们！

3. take too many bites 吃得太多

4. 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.根据《今日美国》刊登的一个故事,服务员给每个顾客一盘饭菜,其量是政府推荐的2至4倍。

What happened in the 1970s?

A:The US government recommended the amount of food a restaurant gave to a customer. 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

假设现在的CPI是400，1970年的CPI是100，今天100元的购买力相当于（）。

A:1970年的25 B:1970年的40 C:1970年的60 D:以上都不正确

A:1960～1965年 B:1965～1970年 C:1975～1980年 D:1970～1975年

在1950至1970年间，德国教师的数量持续增加，然而却低于全国总人口的增长速度。
以下哪项与上述情况相冲突( )

A:在1950年至1970年间，德国大学生毕业后从事教师职业的比例有所增加 B:在1950年至1970年间，德国教师在总人口中的比例保持不变 C:在1950年至1970年间，德国针对教师的经费投入比以前增加了将近3倍 D:在1950年至1970年问，德国教师在同龄人中所占比例由10%下降至9%

若在“tEmployee”表中查找所有出生日期在“1970-1-1”和“1980-1-1”之间的记录，可以在查询设计视图的准则行中输入( )。

A:Between #1970-1-1# And #1980-1-1# B:Between "1970-1-1" And "1980-1-1" C:"1970-1-1" And "1980-1-1" D:#1970-1-1# And #1980-1-1#

若在“tEmployee”表中查找所有出生日期在“1970-1-”和“1980-1-1”之间的记录，可以在查询设计视图的准则行中输入( )。

A:Between#1970-1-1#And#1980-1-1# B:Between"1970-1-1"And"1980-1-1" C:"1970-1-1"And"1980-1-1" D:#1970-1-1#And#1980-1-1#

在1950至1970年间，德国教师的数量持续增加，然而却低于全国总人口的增长速度。 以下哪项与上述情况相冲突？

A:在1950至1970年间，德国大学生毕业后从事教师职业的比例有所增加 B:在1950至1970年间，德国教师在总人口中的比例保持不变 C:在1950至1970年间，德国针对教师的经费投入比以前增加了将近3倍 D:在1950至1970年间，德国教师在同龄人中所占比例由10%下降至9%

自1970年至1985年的15年间，该公司航运营业税收增长最快的是哪几年？（）

A:1970～1973 B:1974～1977年 C:1978～1981年 D:1982～1985年