Many college-bound freshmen are worrying about more than just who their roommate
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Many college-bound freshmen areworrying about more than just who their roommates will be this fall. They mayalso be nervous about the well-known fact that they are likely to gain weightthis school year. Or will they? While many of us remember the extra weight thatshowed up right around the start of our college careers, we are not alwaysclear on how much weight we realize gained or why.
Many nutrition experts and psychologiststhink that it is the change in environment and the stress of a new beginningthat cause the typical college freshmen to gain extra pounds. As students starta new stage of their lives, many eat to deal with the stress of change orloneliness. Often, college students are making meals or choosing foodsindependently for the first time in their lives. If they live in the collegedormitory, they have a wide variety of foods to select from that may be higherin calories and fatter than the foods they consumed living at home. Inaddition, college social events usually center around food. I clearly remembersitting in my dorm cafeteria for two or three hours on a Saturday morningsocializing with my new friends. Instead of eating only one meal, we wouldstart with breakfast, eat throughout the duration of our socializing, andfinish with lunch. Food also makes an appearance after late-night parties, aspart of a school day, or simply to break the monotony(单调 ).
So will this year's typical freshmen reallygain 15 pounds? According to a 2006 Tufts University study, students enrollingin college this fall will gain weight, but maybe not the assumed 15 pounds.Based on the students surveyed, the study found that men can expect to gain anaverage of 6 pounds and women an average of 4.5 pounds during the freshmanyear.
1.According to the passage, it is obviousthat __________.
| A．the foods the freshmen had at home may be healthier than those in the dorm cafeteria |
| B．to break the monotony, the students should start with breakfast, and finish with lunch |
| C．the students should eat to deal with the stress of change or loneliness in new situations |
| D．the boys may gain less pounds than the girls during the first year in the college |
2. Nutrition experts and psychologiststhink that __________.
| A．students should get used to the stress of change through foods they had at home |
| B．the new environment and the stress have something to do with the students' extra pounds |
| C．students should know in what way they gain so much weight |
| D．choosing foods independently can make people lose weight naturally |
3.From the writer's experience, the writerthinks that ____________.
| A．foods in the dorm cafeteria are all higher in calories and fatter |
| B．the best way to break the monotony is through breakfast, lunch and supper |
| C．students in college will gain an average of about 5.25 pounds every fall |
| D．social events in the college are usually celebrated around food |
4.This passage is mainly about______________.
A how and why the freshmen gain extrapounds
B. the experience of the freshmen in thecollege
C. the freshmen with trouble in a newenvironment
D. the views of the nutrition experts andpsychologists about gaining weight
试题答案
【答案】
1.A
2.B
3.D
4.A
【解析】略