2022年职称英语考试理工类阅读理解模拟题：A New Start.docx

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1、文本为Word版本，下载可任意编辑2022年职称英语考试理工类阅读理解模拟题：A New Start After Christmas comes the anti-Christmas. If the festive season is all about filing up on the things you like that are bad for you, then the new year is the “detox season - when people across the westem world adopt special diets to lose weight and g

2、et rid of the vague feeling that they have spent the last few weeks poisoning themselves.But are detox diets really necessary? After all, the body itself gets rid of unwanted substances. That”s what the liver and kidney are for.“The detox fad - or fads, as there are many methods - is an example of t

3、he capacity of people to believe in and pay for magic despite the lack of any sound evidence. says Martin Wiseman, professor of human nutrition at the University of Southampton in the UK.Most of the pills, juices, teas and oils that are sold for their detoxifying effects on the body have no scientif

4、ic foundation for their claims, according to the research. People would be better off having a glass of water and going to bed early.Detox diets may be magic rather science, but they are the kind of magic which many people want to perform. That may have something to do with the western diet in gener

5、al.Scientists and dieticians argue that the benefits people feel are not due to their body getting rid of excessive toxins but are due to changing from what is likely to have been a poor diet.Having fewer headaches, for example, is probably the result of being fully hydrated due to drinking so much

6、water and better skin may be due to eating more fruit and vegetables.Detox diets may also be dangerous, as they may deprive vulnerable groups - pregnant women, for instance, or growing teenagers of the kind of nutrients they need.Yet their popularity continues to rise. This may be something to do wi

7、th the way that food works within many western cultures. Generally, a country”s food develops along with its economy and society. Food becomes part of a persons cultural identity.In some countries, this link has been broken. In the UK, for example, rapid industrialization in the 18th and 19th centur

8、ies saw millions of people move from the countryside to the towns interrupting the development of a national cuisine. The United States, a country of immigrants from many different places, has found it hard to develop a national cuisine. In both places, comparatively few people cook for themselves a

9、nd food supply is dominated by big processing and agribusiness companies.Detox diets are more popular in these countries than in places like France and Italy, where strong links between food and national culture remain, and where far more people regularly cook for themselves instead of buying processed foods. 第 3 页 共 3 页