Text 2 Marion Nesde's he8vyweight criticism against Coca-Cola and PepsiCo comes at an odd moment for the industry.Americans are drinking fewer sugary sodas-in 2012 production was 23%below what it had been a decade earlier.Even sales of diet drinks are losing their fizz,as consumers question.the merits of artificial sweeteners.From one angle,it would seem that health advocates such as Ms Nestle have won.Yet in America companies still produce 30 gallons of regular fizzy drinks per person per year.In many counLries,particularly developing ones,consumpLion is on the rise.Ms Nestle,a professor at New York Universily,is both inspired by recent progress and dissatisfied with it.That is no surlmse.Her first book,Food Politics,remains a bible for those who complain about the power of food companies.In her new book she atiacks the industry's most widely consumed,least healthy product.Soda Poluics,she says,is a book"to inspire readers to action".As a rallying cry,it is verbose.When readers leam on page 238 that she will pick up a panicular subject in chapter 25,it is with no litde dismay that they realize they are only on chapter 17.But what the author wanis most is to craft a detailed guide to the producers'alleged violation,and how to stop them.Ms Nesde says she would have no complaint with sweet fizzy drinks if they were sipped occasionally,as a treat.However,for millions of people in many counUies,they are not.In Mexico companies sold 372 cans of fizzy drinks per person in 2012.About half of Americans do not dnnk them Rgularly,but those who do are disproportionately poor,less educaled,male,Hispanic or black.10%of Americans down more than four cans a day.Drinking a lot of sweet fizzy drinks is plainly unhealthy.Unlike a Big Mac,they have no nutritional value;nor do their calories satisfy hunger.One large study found that for each can added to a person's daily diet,the risk of diabeies jumped by 22%.There are also links beLween sugar and heart disease,stroke and cancer.Drinking lots of sodas imposes clear costs on individuals,Ms Nestle argues,but it has a broader cost,too.American taxpayers subsidize corn production and let the poor use government food vouchers to buy fizzy drinks.More important,taxpayers foot the health biU for those who develop chronic disease.
In the book Soda Politics,Marion Nesde____
- A.called for food companies to adopt some measures
- B.criticized the food industry and the unwise consumers
- C.called on consumers to take action against unhealthy food
- D.intended to write a detailed guide to the producers'violation
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细节题。根据关键词Soda PolUics定位到第二段：Soda Polirics，she says，is a book“to inspire readers to action”．其中she指代Marion Nestle，故答案句为：to inspire readers to action“激励读者采取行动”。该句上一句提到：In her new book she attacks the industry’8 most widely consumed，least healthy product.综合两句我们知道Marion Nesde鼓励读者对不健康食品采取行动。选项[A]called for food comparues to adopt some measures“号召食品公司采取一些措施”：该项与答案句inspire readersto action毫无关系，文章强调读者／消费者采取行动，而非食品公司，该项属于偷换概念。[B]criticized the food industry and the unwise consumers“批判食品行业和不明智的消费者”；文章提到she attacks the industry's most widely consumed，least healthy product，但是并没有提到Nestle批判消费者，后半句纯属无中生有。[C]called on consumers to take action against unhealihy food“呼吁消费者对不健康食品采取行动”；该项与答案句inspire readerstoaction相符。其中called on“呼吁”=inspire“鼓励”；consumers“消费者”=readers“读者”；take action“采取行动”=action“行动”。故该项表述正确。[D]intended to write a detailed guide to the producers'violation“打算写下有关生产商过失的详细指南”；该项与答案句无关，故排除。综上本题选择[C]。
