A. The good life is a greater risk than the bad life.

B. Starvation is taking more people's lives in the world.

C. WHO report shows people's unawareness of food safety.

D. Overweight issue remains unresolved despite WHO's efforts.

2. Why does the author think that people have no excuse for being overweight?

A. A lot of effective diet pills are available.

B. Body image has nothing to do with good food.

C. They have been made fully aware of its dangers.

D. There are too many overweight people in the world.

3. The example of Finland is used to illustrate________.

A. the cause of heart disease

B. the fashion of body shaping

C. the effectiveness of a campaign

D. the history of a body­conscious country

4. Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. Actions or Excuses?

B. Overweight or Underweight?

C. WHO in a Dilemma

D. No Longer Dying of Hunger

高考英语阅读理解真题3

Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870, it was experiencing an economic (经济的) boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy，came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn't pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango(探戈舞) came into being.

At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and streets. At that time there were many fewer women than men, so if a man didn't want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women. Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.

In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning. This interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞) to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters. After tango dancers from Argentina arrived in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public as they performed their exciting dance in cafes. Though not everyone approved of the new dance, saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.

The popularity(流行) of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America. It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador，and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.

1. The origin of the tango is associated with________.

A. belly dancers B. American soldiers

C. a Spanish city D. the capital of Argentina

2. Which of the following is true about the tango?

A. It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.

B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most.

C. It was often danced by two males in the beginning.

D. A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.

3. Before World War I, the tango spread to ________.

A. America B. Japan

C. France D. South Korea

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A. How to Dance the Tango

B. The History of the Tango

C. How to Promote the Tango

D. The Modern Tango Boom专题十六推理判断