Generations of Americans have been brought＿＿＿＿26to believe that a good breakfast is important for health. Eating breakfast at the＿＿＿＿27of the day, we have all been28,is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car ＿＿＿＿ 29starting a trip.
But for many people the thought of food first in the morning is by ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿30pleasures. So ＿＿＿＿ 31 all the efforts, they still take no ＿＿＿＿ 32. Between 1978 and 1983, the latest years for which figures are ＿＿＿＿ 33, the number of people who didn' t have breakfast increased ＿＿＿＿ 3433 percent--from8.8 million to 11.7 million＿＿＿＿35the Chinese hased Market Research Corporation of America.
For those who feel pain of＿＿＿＿ 36about not having breakfast, ＿＿＿＿37, there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years ＿＿＿＿ 38that, for adults especially, there may be nothing ＿＿＿＿ 39with omitting breakfast. "Going ＿＿＿＿ 40breakfast does not affect ＿＿＿＿41. "Said Arnold E. Bendoer, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London,＿＿＿＿42does giving people breakfast improve performance.
＿＿＿43evidence relating breakfast to better health or＿＿＿44 performances is surprisingly inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not＿＿＿45"The literature," says one researcher, Dr. Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, "is poor. "
26. A．about
B．into
C．up
D．from
27. A．start
S．end
C．morning
D．begin
28. A．said
B．believed
C．reported
D．told
29. A．after
B．before
C．when
D．as
30. A．some
B．any
C．no
D．all
31. A．despite
B．in spite
C．though
D．however
32. A．brunch
B．breakfast
C．lunch
D．supper
33. A．available
B．used
C．got
D．estimated
34. A．with
S．at
C．by
D．from
35. A．from
B．according to
C．through
D．out of
36. A．guilt
B．happiness
C．sadness
D．eagerness
37. A．however
B．therefore
C．whereas
D．but
38. A．indicate
B．report
C．announce
D．declare
39. A．wrong
B．right
C．correct
D．incorrect
40. A．without
B．with
C．from
D．out of
41. A．performance
B．health
C．heart
D．brain
42. A．not
B．neither
C．either
D．nor
43. A．Science
B．Scientist
C．Scientific
D．Scientists
44. A．better
B．good
C．well
D．worse
45. A．people
B．men
C．humans
D．adults
参考译文
所有的美国人从小就被灌输的一个信念是：早饭吃好对健康很重要。我们一直被告诫在每天的开始吃早饭是十分必要的，这就好像是在旅程开始前在家用车里加满油一样。
可是，很多人仍然不喜欢早上吃东西。不管人们怎样宣传鼓励，他们还是不吃早饭。据美国驻中国的市场研究机构现有的最近几年的数据显示，在1978年到l983年之间，不吃早餐的人数上升了33％，即从880万人上升到1，170万人。
然而，仍然有好消息给那些因不吃早饭而有愧疚感的人。过去几年的研究表明，不吃早饭并不会产生不良后果，对成年人尤其如此。曾就职于伦敦伊丽莎白女王学院营养学系的阿诺德•E•本杜尔教授指出：“不吃早饭并不会影响人们的表现，”吃早饭也不会使人们表现得更好。
关于吃早饭有益健康或是使人表现更好的科学证据极其不足，而且大部分研究都是关于儿童而不是成年人的。其中一位研究人员，得克萨斯州立大学的欧内斯图•波利特说：“这些文献证据不足。” |
