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1、2009年职称英语综合类AB级阅读理解EatHealthy    “Cleanyourplate!”and“Beamemberoftheclean-plateclub!”JustabouteverykidintheUShasheardthisfromaparentorgrandparent．often，itsaccompaniedbyanappeal：“JustthinkaboutthoseStarvingorphansinAfrica!”Sare，weshouldbegratefulforeverybiteoffood．Unfortunately

2、,manypeopleintheUStaketoomanybites3.Insteadofstaying“cleantheplate”，perhapsweshouldsavesomefoodfortomorrow．   Accordingtonewsreports，USrestaurantsarepartlytoblameforthegrowingbellies．Awaiterputsaplateoffoodinfrontofeachcustomer,withtwotofourtimestheamountrecommendedbythegovern

3、ment，accordingtoaUSATodaystory4.Americanstraditionallyassociatequantitywithvalueandmostrestaurantstrytogivethemthat．Theyprefertohavecustomerscomplainabouttoomuchfoodratherthantoolittle．   BarbaraRolls，anutritionprofessoratPennsylvaniaStateUniversity,toldUSATodaythatrestaurantp

4、ortionSizesbegantogrowinthe1970s，thesametimethattheAmericanwaistlinebegantoexpand.   Healthexpertshavetriedtogetmanyrestaurantstoservesmallerportions．Now,apparently,somecustomersareCallingforthistoo．TherestaurantindustrytrademagazineQSRreportedlastmonththat57percentofmorethan4

5、，000peoplesurveyedbelieverestaurantsserveportionsthataretoolarge；23percenthadnoopinion；20percentdisagreed．ButacloserlookatthesurveyindicatesthatmanyAmericanswhocan′taffordfinediningstillpreferlargeportions．Seventypercentofthoseearningatleast$150，000peryearprefersmallerportions

6、；butonly45percentofthoseearninglessthan$25，000wantsmaller.   It′snotthatworkingclassAmericansdon′twanttoeathealthy．It′sjustthat，afterlonghoursatlow-payingjobs，gettinglessontheirplatehardlyseemslikeagooddeal.Theylivefrompaychecktopaycheck，happytosavealittlemoneyfornextyear'sChr

7、istmaspresents． 词汇：orphann．孤儿bellyn．肚子nutritionn．营养waistlinen．腰围paycheckn．薪金支票 练习：1.ParentsintheUnitedStatestendtoasktheirchildren____.   A)tosavefood．   B)towashthedishes．          C)nottowastefood．D)nottoeattoomuch． 2.WhydoAmericanrestaurantsservelargeportions?   A)Because、A

8、mericansassociatequantitywithvalue． B)BecauseAmericanshavebig