- A.The US government recommended the amount of food a restaurant gave to a customer.
- B.Health experts persuaded restaurants to serve smaller portions.
- C.The United States produced more grain then needed.
- D.The American waistline started to expand.
- A.Many poor Americans want large portions.
- B.Twenty percent Americans want smaller potions.
- C.Fifty seven percent Americans earn $150,000 per year.
- D.Twenty three percent Americans earn less than $25, 000 per year.
- A.they work long hours.
- B.they live from paycheck to paycheck
- C.they don't want to be healthy eaters.
- D.They want to save money for their children.
- According to newsreports, US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies(肚子). A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer, with two to four times the amount recommended(推荐)by the government, according to a USA Today story. American
- Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professorat Pennsylvania State University, told USA Today that restaurant portion sizes began to grow in the 1970s, the same time that the American waist line began to expand.
- Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions. Now, apparent1y, some customs are calling for this too. The restaurant industry trade magazine QS Rreported last month that 57 percent of more than 4,000 people surveyed believe
- It's not that working class Americans don't want to eat healthy. It's just that, after long hours at low-paying jobs, getting less on their plate hardly seem like a good dea1. They live from paycheck(薪水)to paycheck, happy to save a little mone
- A.to save food
- B.to wash the dishes
- C.not to waste food
- D.not to eat too much
- A.Because Americans associate quantity with value
- B.Because Americans have big bellies
- C.Because Americans are good eaters
- D.Because Americans are greedy
- A.Japan.
- B.South Korea
- C.Britain.
- D.France
- A.cultural values
- B.teaching methods
- C.class size
- D.money spent
- A.time spent on a subject correlates with academic success
- B.educational achievements correlate with the money spent
- C.large classes contribute to poor educational achievement
- D.culture is not a deciding factor in school performance