让肥胖者变得更胖：消极评价也有“功劳”
Studies find that fat people will be fatter if someone tells them they are fat. If you tell someone he is fat, he will worry about it. Then, he might eat more to relax himself, or eat the wrong food.
Now, please do not hurt fat people anymore. Say something nice to them!
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1.Telling fat people they are fat will _________.
A make them relax
B make them eat more
C make them eat the wrong food
D both B and C
解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第一段“If you tell someone he is fat, he will worry about it. Then, he might eat more to relax himself, or eat the wrong food.”可知如果你告诉某人他很胖，他就会担心。然后，他可能会吃更多的东西来放松自己，或者吃错误的食物。故选 D。
2.How many people were studied by scientists at the University of Liverpool?
A 14,000
B 20,000
C 6,000
D 45
解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“Scientists at the University of Liverpool studied 14,000 people in the UK and 6,000 in the US.”可知该研究调查了1.4 万英国人和 6 千美国人，一共 2 万人， 故选 B。
3.Who might be studied by the first study?
A Amy, 51 years old.
B Mike, 20 years old.
C Tony, 13 years old.
D ane, 54 years old.
解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据第二段第二句“These people are from 15 years old to 45 years old.”可知第一个研究的研究对象是 15 到 45 岁的人，故 B 项符合文意，故选 B。
4.What is Jan Kiecolt-Glaser’s idea?
A Eating wrong food makes us fatter.
B Fat people are often more worried.
C Worry makes us eat more food.
D Eating makes people relax.
解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第三段“And we are more likely to eat the wrong type of foods when we are worried. From his study, that also makes people fatter.”可知 Jan Kiecolt-Glaser 认为当我们焦虑的时候，我们更有可能吃错误的食物，这也会让人变胖，即吃错误的食物也会让人变胖，故选 A。
5.The writer wants to tell us that _________.
A time is money
B seeing is believing
C it’s never too old to learn
D never hurt fat people by words
解析：选D。D 目的意图题。根据最后一段可知，作者呼吁人们再也不要伤害肥胖者了，对他们说些好话，即不要用话语伤害肥胖者了，故选 D。