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1、2012年职称英语考试试题之冲刺试题第五套第2部分：阅读判断TheFatProblemthatMenFaceItisapleasuretoseemenofacertainageworryingabouttheirweight.Listeningtothemisnotsuchapleasure.Becausethemenarenewatthegame,theydon’thesitatetodiscussthefatproblemincessantly.Howeverwomenofthesameagedonotdiscussthefatproblem,especiallynot
2、inmixedcompany.Theyprefertofacetheproblemwithquietdignity.Discussingtheproblemmightonlydrawattentiontosomestraybodypartthatmaybesuccessfullytuckedawayunderanarticleofclothing.Theageatwhichamanbeginstoexplorethefatproblemcanvary.Theactualproblemcanmanifestitselfintheearly30’s,butbroad-range
3、discussionusuallystartslater.Thereareearlynonverbalsymptoms.I’vewatchedtheruggedjournalistwhosharesmyapartmentsneakbywithaDietCoke.Hisshirtsarenolongerneatlytuckedintodisplayatrimwaist.Recentlyhehasbeguntoverbalizehisanxiety.Hetellsme,withasheepishgrin,thatheistakinghissuitstoChinatowntoha
4、vethem“tailored”.Still-oldermenhavelosttheirdignityandrattleonunabashedly.Oftenwivesandchildrenplayimportantrolesintheirfat-inspectionrituals.Takemyoldestbrother,aformercollegefootballplayer.Hisdaughtersaysthatseveraltimesadayhewillstandatattentionandcallout,“Fat,mediumorthin?”Sheknowsthec
5、orrectanswer:medium.Thinwouldbeanobviousstretch,andfatmaynotgetherthatnewvideo.Accordingtohiswife,hestandsinfrontofthemirrorinthemorning(beforetheday’smealstaketheirtoll),putshishandsbehindhisheadandlurchesintoasidebend,thenclutchestherollthathasdevelopedandsays,“amIgettingfatter?”Hiswifei
6、sexpectedtoanswer,“youlooklikeyoumayhavelostafewpounds”.Andthentherearetheex-husbandsapitifulgroup.Theyareextremelyvocal.WhenIgotothemovieswithone,heconfidesthatheissufferingfromgreathungerbecauseheisdieting.Hehasn’teatensincethepancakesandsausageshewolfeddownthatmorning.Hepausesinhismonol
7、oguewhilehebuyshispopcorn.Afterthemovie,wesprinttoarestaurant,whereheagainpausestodevourabasketofbread.Beforeheordershischastesaladandsoup,hegrowsplaintive.DoIthinkhe’sfat?1.Menofacertainagearealwaysreadytotalkabouttheirfatproblem. A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentione
