On this beautiful island, people wander daily into danger, swinging two-litre flasks of sugary drinks such as Coca-Cola as they step out of their cars, buying local fast food from the back of a van for lunch and queueing at KFC in the evening. The blessings of the modern convenience world have been visited upon small islands, with the result that more than half their people are dying prematurely from heart and lung conditions, cancer, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Blame is being laid at the door of the food industry.
According to the author, the blessings of the modern world consist of__.
A.better access to professional medical services
B.greater exposure to unhealthy food choices
C.convenient ocean transportation for islands
D.more death out of communicable diseases
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On this beautiful island, people wander daily into danger, swinging two-litre flasks of sugary drinks such as Coca-Cola as they step out of their cars, buying local fast food from the back of a van for lunch and queueing at KFC in the evening.
参考译文：在这个美丽的岛屿上，人们每天都徘徊在危险中，晃着两升装的含糖饮料（如可口可乐）下车，从货车车厢购买当地的快餐作午餐，晚上则在肯德基排队。
第二句：
The blessings of the modern convenience world have been visited upon small islands, with the result that more than half their people are dying prematurely from heart and lung conditions, cancer, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
参考译文：小岛屿享受到了便利的现代世界的眷顾，其结果是半数以上的人因心脏病、肺病、癌症、糖尿病和其他非传染性疾病而过早死亡。
第三句：
Blame is being laid at the door of the food industry.
参考译文：食品工业被认为难辞其咎。
According to the author, the blessings of the modern world consist of__.
根据作者的说法，现代世界的福祉包括__。
A.better access to professional medical services
（能更好地获得专业医疗服务）
B.greater exposure to unhealthy food choices
（更能接触和选择不健康的食物）
C.convenient ocean transportation for islands
（海岛的海上交通十分便利）
D.more death out of communicable diseases
（传染病导致更多的死亡）
答案选B。
根据题干的关键词blessings of the modern world直接定位到第二句话，发现作者描述的都是一些疾病，再往前看第一句，是在说小岛上的人吃很多垃圾食品，其实这个时候答案就出来了，这种现代社会的便捷反而让小岛的人们，更容易的接触到了不健康的饮食，所以答案是B。
A选项，没有谈到医疗服务，倒是说到了很多过早的死亡；
C选项，文章没谈到，而且一般来说，小岛都是交通不太便利的，需要坐船或者飞机才能到达，新鲜食物的运送也就更麻烦；
D选项，没谈到，原文第二句说的是非传染病。
island n. 岛
wander into 徘徊于
swinging v. 摇摆
litre n. 升
flasks n. 长颈瓶
sugary adj. 含糖的
step out 走出去
van n. 面包车
queueing at 排队于
blessings n. 福
modern convenience 现代便利
upon prep. 之上
prematurely adv. 过早地
lung conditions 肺部疾病
cancer n. 癌症
diabetes n. 糖尿病
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) 非传染性疾病
Blame is being laid at 指责被归咎于
巴巴多斯有白色的沙滩和温暖的碧蓝海水，但一个巨大的问题正困扰着这个岛国天堂。你可以称之为“肥胖”，也可以叫它“心脏病、糖尿病和高血压”，或者也可以说它是后殖民时代食品和糖业巨头的捕补。和世界的其他56个发展中岛国一样，巴巴多斯不能为其人口生产足够的新鲜食品，且气候危机的加深令淡水愈加稀缺，风暴愈加频繁，收成则随之锐减。所以这些岛国不能不高度依赖进口，它们90%的食物都非本土生产。而这些进口食品大多是高热量、低营养价值的超加工食品。高糖高盐高热量的饮食结构令其居民饱受疾病之苦，25岁以上的人群中40%都有高血压，20%罹患二型糖尿病。相比之下，英国的数字只有30%和10%。专家们估计，对于加勒比海地区，心脑血管及糖尿病消耗的经济资源几乎占国民生产总值的10%。
原文标题：The fightback against Big Sugar（反击糖业巨头）
Source:https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jun/08/barbados-fights-big-sugar-for-survival-of-its-people-diabetes
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