We know that sugary sodas aren’t good for our bodies. Now it turns out that they may not be good for our minds, either. A new study of more than 260,000 people has found a link between sweetened soft-drinks and depression, and diet sodas may be making matters worse.
Americans drink far more sodas than people in other countries— as much as 170 liters per person per year. But the impact of this study isn’t limited to the United States. “Sweetened drinks, coffee and tea are commonly consumed worldwide and have important physical consequences. And they may have important mental-health consequences as well,” study author Dr Honglei Chen said in a statement.
The study studied 263,925 people between the ages of 50 and 71. Researchers followed their consumption of drinks like soda, tea coffee, and other soft drinks from 1995 to 1996 and then. 10 years later, asked them if they had been diagnosed with depression since the year 2000. More than 11,3000 of them had.
Participants who drank more than four servings of sodas per day were 30 percent more likely to develop depression than participants who did not drink sodas at all. People who stuck with fruit punch(雞尾酒), had a 38 percent higher risk than people who didn’t drink sweetened drinks. And all that extra sugar isn’t the actual problem. Researchers say that the artificial sweetener aspartame may be to blame.
The study found a link but could not surely determine whether sodas and other sweet soft drinks cause depression. Still, the results “are consistent with a small but growing body of evidence suggesting that artificially sweetened beverages may be linked to poor health outcomes.”
But there’s a bright side for those who can’t live without their daily sodas. Adults who drank coffee had a 10 percent lower risk of depression compared to people who didn’t drink any coffee, according to the study. “Our research suggests that cutting out or down on sweetened diet drinks or replacing them with unsweetened coffee may naturally help lower your depression risk,” said Chen.
小題1:What has the new study of more than 260,000 people found?
A．Sugary sodas aren’t good for the physical health of old people.
B．Americans have a special tooth for sweet foods.
C．Sweetened soft-drinks may increase the risk of depression.
D．Sweetened soft-drinks have important physical consequences.
小題2:What do we know about the process of the study?
A．About twenty-six thousand people participated in it.
B．The oldest participants were below 80 when the study was over.
C．Most of the participants had depression when the study was over.
D．The study lasted more than ten years from the beginning to the end.
小題3:We infer that the underlined word “aspartame” in Paragraph 4 refers to something that _____.
A．can reduce the harm of sweetened drinks
B．is used to reduce the risk of depression
C．is mainly used to make fruit punch
D．is used to make something .sweet
小題4:It is implied in the passage that ______.
A．more research is needed to confirm the new findings
B．the new findings aren’t consistent with any previous findings
C．cutting one’s sodas intake will surely reduce one’s depression
D．the new findings won’t have an impact on people’s drinking habits
小題5:What should you drink in order to reduce the risk of depression?
A．Sodas.
B．Unsweetened coffee.
C．Sugary coffee.
D．Fruit punch.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要通過一項(xiàng)為期十年的研究,講述了含糖軟飲料對于健康的危害,但是想要確認(rèn)這種危害還需要進(jìn)一步的研究.
小題1:根據(jù)第一段A new study of more than 260,000 people has found a link between sweetened soft-drinks and depression, and diet sodas may be making matters worse.及下文描述,可知甜味軟飲料可能增加抑郁癥的危險(xiǎn).故選C.
小題2:根據(jù)短文第三段from 1995 to 1996 and then. 10 years later, 描述,可知這項(xiàng)研究持續(xù)了十年的時(shí)間.故選D.
小題3:聯(lián)系前文the artificial sweetener 人工甜味劑,可知此處指的是,用來讓某物甜的東西.故選D.
小題4:根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第二段The study found a link but could not surely determine whether sodas and other sweet soft drinks cause depression. 描述,可知為了確認(rèn)這些新發(fā)現(xiàn),需要做更多的研究.故選A.
小題5:這篇短文主要講述的是甜味軟飲料的危害,選項(xiàng)ACD都屬于甜味軟飲料,故選B,無糖咖啡.
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