People around the world drink about 180 billion liters of soda a year. That translates to more than 29 liters per person. Experts say the amount of carbonated soft drinks we consume(消費(fèi)) is growing. New research from the American Heart Association finds that drinking soda, even diet soda, may significantly increase your risk for heart disease. Dr. Ramachandran Vasan led the study. "Drinking just one or more sodas a day may not be as innocuous as people think."
In a large study of 9,000 people, doctors discovered that those who drank one or more sodas a day had a 30% increased risk for obesity(肥胖), a 25% increase in the risk for abnormal(非正常的) blood sugar levels, and a 32% increase in the odds of having low levels of good cholesterol(膽固醇).
All of these factors increase the risk for heart disease. And there was no difference in the results for those who drank diet soda over regular soda. It’s something that surprised even the researchers.
Critics of the study say diet soda may not be the cause of increased risk of heart disease. Connie Diekman is president of the American Dietetic Association. "It does not conclusively say that this will cause that."
In other words, it could be that unhealthy people like soda. Dr. Vasan found those who drink soda generally tend to have greater caloric intake. They eat more saturated fat and trans fats. They also eat less fiber and exercise less. Diet soda drinkers may also share this unhealthy lifestyle. Dr. Vasan agrees that the link he found between heart disease risk and diet soda needs additional study.
小題1: What does the underlined word “innocuous” in the first paragraph probably mean?
A．popular.B．harmless.C．effective.D．risky.
小題2: According to the study, which of the following is true?
A．Only people who overdrink sodas have high risk for heart disease.
B．In the study, about one quarter of people have high blood level.
C．Both regular and diet sodas can probably increase the risk for heart disease.
D．Dr. Vasan is the leader of the American Heart Association.
小題3: What can be inferred from the passage above?
A．All the experts agree with the results of the study.
B．Sodas of any kind are certain to increase the risk for heart disease.
C．People have expected the results of the research.
D．More studies are needed to prove the results.
小題4:How does the writer present the passage?
A．By comparing opinions.B．By giving advice.
C．By showing facts.D．By discussing information.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A    

試題分析：文章介紹美國健康協(xié)會(huì)的一項(xiàng)新研究，表明喝蘇打水甚至是低熱量的蘇打水也會(huì)增加心臟病的危險(xiǎn)，但是也有人認(rèn)為低熱量的蘇打水不會(huì)導(dǎo)致健康的危害。
小題1:猜詞題：從第二段的描述In a large study of 9,000 people, doctors discovered that those who drank one or more sodas a day had a 30% increased risk for obesity(肥胖),……，可知Dr. Ramachandran Vasan 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的這個(gè)調(diào)查，所以他認(rèn)為一天一杯蘇打水不象人們想的那樣是無害的，“innocuous”=harmless，選B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：New research from the American Heart Association finds that drinking soda, even diet soda, may significantly increase your risk for heart disease. 還有第三段的句子：And there was no difference in the results for those who drank diet soda over regular soda.可知美國健康協(xié)會(huì)的新研究表明喝蘇打水甚至是低熱量的蘇打水也會(huì)增加心臟病的危險(xiǎn)，選C
小題3:推理題：從文章最后一句話：Dr. Vasan agrees that the link he found between heart disease risk and diet soda needs additional study.可知Vasan博士認(rèn)為這項(xiàng)研究的結(jié)果還需要進(jìn)一步證明。選D。
小題4:寫作手法題：文章介紹蘇打水可能造成的健康危害，給出了研究人員的觀點(diǎn)，但是也列出了反對(duì)的觀點(diǎn)，所以文章是通過對(duì)比不同的觀點(diǎn)呈現(xiàn)的，選A
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