Many facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting wor

Many facts suggest that children areoverweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors. I feelthere are a number of reasons for this.

Some people blame the fact that we aresurrounded （包围） byshops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, atlow prices. This has turned out a whole generation of grown-ups who seldom cooka meal for themselves. If there were fewer of these restaurants, then probablychildren would buy less take-away food.

There is another argument that blamesparents for allowing their children to become overweight. I agree with this,because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start tovisit fast food shops. If children are given fried chicken and chocolate ratherthan healthy food, or are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will gofor sweet and salty foods every time, and this will carry on throughout theirlives.

There is a third reason for this situation.Children these days take very little exercise. They do not walk to school. Whenthey get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers and playcomputer games. Not only is this an unhealthy pastime（消遣）, it also gives them time toeat more unhealthy food．What they need is to go outside and play active games or sports.

The above are the main reasons for thisproblem, and therefore we have to encourage young people to be more active, aswell as steering them away from fast food shops and bad eating habits.

1.According to the text, what kind ofchildren may eat more unhealthy food?

2.The author thinks that children arebecoming overweight because

3.The word "steering" underlinedin the last sentence most probably means _______.

4.The main purpose of the text is to_________.

试题答案

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】略