A new University of Graz study concludes that vegetarians(素食者) are more often ill and have a lower quality of living than meat-eaters. According to the German press release, vegetarians “have cancer and heart attacks more often”. The release also says that they show more psychological disorders than meat eaters. Consequently, the report writes, they are a greater burden on the health care system.

According to the press release the scientists evaluated data from the Austrian Health Interview Survey (AT-HIS), which is also part of an important and valuable EU survey (European Health Interview Survey).

The scientists examined a total of 1320 persons who were divided up into 4 groups . All groups were comparable with respect to gender, age, and so cio-economic status. The study also accounted for smoking and physical activity. Also the BMI was within the normal range for all four groups. The only thing that really was different among the four groups was the diet. The four groups were: vegetarians, meat-eaters with lots of fruit and veggies, little meat-eaters and big meat-eaters.

The press release states that the results contradict the common cliché that meat-free diets are healthier. Vegetarians have twice as many allergies as big meat-eaters, and they showed 166% higher cancer rates . Moreover, the scientists found that vegans had a 150% higher rate of heart attacks. In total the scientists looked at 18 different chronic illnesses. Compared to the big meat-eaters, vegetarians were hit harder in 14 of the 18 illnesses.

In the analysis, the University of Graz found that vegetarians were also twice as likely to suffer for anxiety or depressions than big meat-eaters. That result was confirmed by the University of Hildesheim, which found that vegetarians suffered significantly more from depressions, anxiety, psychosomatic complaints and eating disorders. The University of Graz scientists also found that vegetarians are impacted more by illnesses and visit the doctor more frequently.

Big meat-eaters were also found to have a “significantly better quality of life in all categories”, the study found. The four categories examined were: physical and psychological health, social relationships and environment-related life quality.

12. What was the difference between the four groups in the experiment?

A.Gender, age and socio-economic status.

B.Smoking and physical activity.

C.Diet.

D.BMI.

13. What does the underlined phrase “the common cliché” refer to?

A.Vegetarians have twice as many allergies as big meat-eaters.

B.Vegetarians were hit harder in 14 of the 18 illnesses.

C.Vegans had a higher rate of heart disease.

D.Meat-free diets are healthier.

14. It can be inferred from the passage that a man who eats more meat tends to _______.

A.show a higher cancer rate.

B.have a higher rate of psychological disorders.

C.have a better relationship with others.

D.suffer more from anxiety or depression.

15. What would be the best title for the passage?

A.Are Vegetarians Healthier

B.A Better Quality of Life Is Important

C.Take Care of the Health Care System

D.Are You Impacted More by Illnesses

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What will you do if you can’t eat everything bought in the canteen? 16 According to a survey, what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people.

17  . According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year, which could feed 200 million people.

Food waste, which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries. In the West, for instance, consumerism, the belief that it’s a good thing to use a lot of goods and services, is often to blame for food waste.    18 . Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. On campus, a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue. Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil (辛劳) others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat.

19  . There are over 925 million hungry people in the world, most of whom live in underdeveloped countries and areas. They don’t have enough food to eat. Many children die for lack of nutrition each year in some African countries. And farmers work very hard to grow the crops.  20 . It’s also important that everyone should think about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste.

A.Students’ waste is extremely serious.

B.Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food.

C.Students can never realize the serious food crisis.

D.So there’s no excuse that we should waste our food.

E. But canteen waste is merely the tip of the iceberg.

F. Compared with them, some live in a different world.

G. China, in turn, features its own eating cult ure.