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The Fat Problem That Men Face
It is a pleasure to see men of a certain age worrying about their weight. Listening to them is not such a pleasure. Because the men are new at the game, they don't hesitate to discuss the fat problem incessantly. However, women of the same age do not discuss the fat problem, especially not in mixed company. They prefer to face the problem with quiet dignity. Discussing the problem might only draw attention to some stray body part that may be successfully tucked away under an article of clothing.
The age at which a man begins to explore the fat problem can vary. The actual problem can manifest itself in the early 30's, but broad-range discussion usually starts later. There are early nonverbal symptoms. I've watched the rugged journalist who shares my apartment sneak by with a Diet Coke. His shirts are no longer neatly tucked in to display a trim waist. Recently he has begun to verbalize his anxiety. He tells me, with a sheepish grin, that he is taking his suits to Chinatown to have them "ailored."
Still-older men have lost their dignity and rattle on unabashedly. Often, wives and children play important roles in their fat-inspection rituals. Take my oldest brother, a former college football player, as an example. His daughter says that several times a day he will stand at attention and call out, "Fat, medium or thin?" She knows the correct answer: medium. Thin would be an obvious stretch, and fat may not get her that new video. According to his wife, he stands in front of the mirror in the morning (before the day's meals take their toll), puts his hands behind his head and lurches into a side bend, then clutches the roll that has developed and says, "Am I getting fatter?"
His wife is expected to answer, "You look like you may have lost a few pounds."
And then there are the ex-husbands, a pitiful group. They are extremely vocal. When I go to the movies with one, he confides that he is suffering from great hunger because he is dieting. He hasn't eaten since the pancakes and sausages he wolfed down that morning. He pauses in his monologue while he buys his popcorn. After the movie, we sprint to a restaurant, where he again pauses to devour a basket of bread. Before he orders his chaste salad and soup, he grows plaintive. Do I think he's fat?
16. Men of a certain age are always ready to talk about their fat problem.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
17. Women of a certain age do not discuss the fat problem, especially in the presence of men.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
18. Men usually begin to worry about their weight when they are nearly 40.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
19. The journalist used to drink Diet Coke and tuck his shirts in order to keep trim.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
20. Men older than the journalist never hesitate to talk about their fat problem yet would be displeased if their family members tell them the truth.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
2 I. My oldest brother's daughter would not tell her father he is fat because she loves him so much that she cannot bear to upset him.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
22. The ex-husbands are pitiful because they have got no wives to sympathize with their fat problem.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
【答案解析】
16.A。文章第一段說看到某一年齡段的男士們為他們的體重而擔心是一件有趣的事情，而聽他們談論這件事就不那麼有趣了。因為這些男士們在這個問題上還是新手，他們會毫不遲疑地、沒完沒了地談論發胖的。故選A。
17.A。文章第一段第三句話說某一年齡段的女士們不談論發胖的問題，尤其是在既有女士也有男士的社交場合。因此，在男士面前，女士們也不會談論此問題。故選A。
18.B。文章第二段第一句話說男士們開始為發胖的`問題而擔心的年齡各不相同，因此該題說男士們通常在接近四十歲的時候開始為體重的問題而擔心是不正確的。故選B。
19.B。由文章第二段第四句和第五句話可推測出，過去那位記者身材纖細，因此他過去並不喝無糖的健怡可樂。而且過去他常把襯衫紮在褲子中是為了顯示自己纖細的腰部，而不是為了保持纖細的體型。故選B。
20.A。文章第三段第一句話說比那位記者還要年長一些的男士們在發胖的問題上已經喪失了自尊，總是喋喋不休地談論自己的體重。接著作者以自己的大哥為例說明儘管如此，他們還是不希望聽到自己的妻子和孩子說自己胖。故選A。
21.B。文章第三段說作者大哥的女兒不願告訴父親他很胖，原因是他想取悅父親，以便得到自己想要的東西，比如一盒新錄影帶，而不是因為怕父親傷心。故選B。
22.C。文章最後一段提到離了婚的男士們在發胖這個問題上最令人同情，但並沒有提到是因為身邊沒有妻子同情他們。故選C。
