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

A. Adult education.　　 B. Childhood overweight

C. Parents’ influence　　 D. Growing pains

4．The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is 　　　　　.

A．Australia 　　　　　　 B．New Zealand　　　　

C．the Maldives　　　　 D．the United States

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　Lack of parent willpower may contribute more to juvenile obesity than under-exercising or overeating.

　Research suggests that having overweight parents is a big, influence ( 影响) 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(争论)over childhood obesity. The Prime Minister, John Howard, last week decided that $116 million 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 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 Westmead, doubts whether adult education programs offer any solution 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(政策) might be on the right track.

　"We know that driving without a seat belt is unsafe, so we make law against it,” he said."Obesity is a major public health concern, so why shouldn’t we change the law regarding unhealthy food ads?"

3．Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not 　　　　.

A．agree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions

B．sign an agreement with Tuvalu

C．allow Tuvaluans to move to the US

D．believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real

2．According to scientists ,the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is 　　　　　.

A．greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations

B．higher surface water temperatures of the sea

C．continuous global warming　　　　　　　　　

D．rising sea levels

1．The text is mainly about 　　　　　.

A．rapid changes in earth’s temperature　 　B．bad effects of global warming

C．moving of a country to a new place　　　 D．reasons for lowland flooding

5．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

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　You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation(撤离)of an island nation-the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.

During the 20th century ,sea level rose 8-12 inches. As a result .Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has polluted the country’s drinking water.

　Paani Laupepa , a Tuvaluan government official ,reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years .Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.

Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions(导致温室效应的气体排放),which are a main cause of global warming . “By refusing to sign the agreement ,the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years,” Laupepa told the BBC.

Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries .

Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable (易受影响的)to rising sea levels .Maumoon Gayoon ,president of the Maldives ,told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.

4．Who set up the Red Hat Society ?

A．Emily Cornette .　　B．Ellen Cooper .　

C．Jenny Joseph . 　 D．Joe Heywood .

3．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

2．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

1．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