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  3. No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess of Windsor embodies much of the odd spiri

No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess of Windsor embodies much of the odd spiri

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问题     No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is deemed as such a virtue.
    The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Consequently,I have been on a diet for the better-or worse-part of my life. Being rich wouldn’t be bad either,but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millions of dollars.
    Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin,and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not repellent? All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating,and excessive eating is one of Christianity’s seven deadly sins. However,until quite recently,most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups,wealth was a     symbol of probable salvation and high morals,and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.
    Today the opposite is true. We have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat-or even only somewhat overweight-is bad because it implies a lack of moral strength.
    Our obsession (迷恋)with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before,and that,in many cases,being overweight correlates with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These diseases,however,may have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem-too much fat and a lack of fiber-than a weight problem.
    The real concern,then,is not that we weigh too much,but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to weight. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually hazardous if those who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be pure vainglory(虚荣).
In human history,people’s views on body weight_____.
选项 A、changed from time to time
B、led to different moral standards
C、varied between the poor and the rich
D、were closely related to their religious beliefs
答案A
解析 推断题。第三段最后一句和第四段前两句形成对比。前者的过去式表明那是过去的事，后者的时间状语today和谓语时态表明现在的情况。B项因果颠倒，因为从文中可以看出，是道德准则的不同导致了对胖瘦的不同观点，而非相反；C项明显不对；D项有一定迷惑性，因为第三段最后一句有个“religious”。考生要明白，形成对比的不是"religious"和非"religious"，而是过去和"today"，故A对D错。
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