11. Both Collins and Baur believe that overweight parents 　　　　.

　 A. will come up with better solutions　　　　　

B. will help with their children’s education

　 C. should be more active in reducing weight　　　　　　

D. should carry out at least 10 years’ study

10. What is TRUE about the programs supported by the Prime Minister?

　 A. Debates on them will become less fierce.

B. They will be effective in dealing with obesity.

　 C. A large sum of money will be spent on them.　　　　　　　

D. They will influence people’s way of life.

9. What does the underlined phrase “juvenile obesity” mean?

　 A. Adult education.　 　　B. Childhood overweight.　

C. Parents’ influence.　 　D. Growing pains.

8. Women join the Red Hat Society because _______.

A. they want to stay young　　　　　　　　　

B. they would like to appear more attractive

C. they would like to have fun and live for themselves

D. they want to be more like their parents　 (答案: ADCBC)

　　　　　　　　　　 ( C )

　 Lack of parent willpower (毅力) may contribute more to juvenile obesity than under-exercising (缺乏锻炼) or overeating (饮食过度).

　 Research suggests that having overweight parents is a big influence upon a child’s weight, with one study finding that children with overweight parents were four times more likely to be overweight themselves.

　 The findings add heat to an already fierce political debate over childhood obesity. The Prime Minister, John Howard, last week decided that ＄116 millions be used for programs to deal with obesity, while the Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, recently announced that his party would move to protect children from unhealthy food advertisements.

Clare Collins, a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle, believes such programs will definitely (肯定) fail unless they influence the way of life of whole families. “If we can’t get parents to take action against their own weight problems, then we can’t expect to influence their kids,” she said.

　 However, Professor Louise Baur from the Children’s Hospital at Westmend, doubts whether adult education programs offer any solution (办法) to weight problems. “Many parents know they need to lose weight and they know it influences their kids, but they lack the willpower to do anything about it.”

　 The 10-year study of 150 American children found two-thirds of children with overweight parents became overweight. Only one in six children whose parents were of average weight became overweight.

　 The president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity, Associate Professor Gary Wittert, said parents needed help in doing their job and the Opposition Party’s policy might be on the right track (对头的).

　　 “We know that driving without a seat belt (安全带) is unsafe, so we make law against it,” he said.

“Obesity is a major public health concern(问题), so why shouldn’t we change the law regarding (关于) unhealthy food ads?”

7. Who set up the Red Hat Society?

A. Emily Cornette　 B. Ellen Cooper　 C. Jenny Joseph　 D. Joe Heywood

6. It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society are _______.

A. interested in raising money for social work

B. programmers who can plan well for their future

C. believers in equality between men and women

D. good at cooking big meals and taking care of others

5. From the text, we know that the “baby boomers” are a group of people who _______.

A. have gradually become more noticeable

B. are worried about getting old too quickly

C. are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend

D. tried living a different life from their parents when they were young

4. The underlined word “chapter” in paragraph 2 means _______.

A. one branch of an organization　　　　 　　　B. a written agreement of a club

C. one part of a collection of poems　　　　　 D. a period in a society’s history

3. The best title for this text would be _____.

A. Pets Help Attract Customers　　　　　　 B. Your Favorite Office Pets

C. Pets Join the Workforce　　　　　　　　　　 D. Busy Life for Pets　 (答案: ADC)

　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　( B )

The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society-a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.

“My grandmothers didn’t do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that,” said Emils Comette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society.

While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age (老了). But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers (生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people who refused their parents’ way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.

If you take into consideration feminism (女权主义), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable (必然的). In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple (紫色的) clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.

“The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn’t go,” said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998. When the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention.

“The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else,” Cooper said. “Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves.” This is why chapters are discouraged (不允许) from raising money (筹集善款) or doing anything useful. “We’re a ladies’ play group. It couldn’t be more simple,” added Cooper’s assistant Joe Heywood.

2. We know from the text that “BJ”_____.

A. works in the Global Hair Salon　　　　　　 B. often greets the passers-by

C. likes to sleep in the sun　　 　　　　　　　 D. is a two-year-old cat