“Cleanyourplate!”JustabouteverykidintheUShasheardthisf...

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 “Clean your plate!” Just about every kid in the US has heard this from a parent. Often, it is accompanied by an appeal: “Just think about those starving orphans in Africa!” Sure, we should be grateful for every bite of food. Unfortunately, many people in the US take too many bites. Instead of staying “clean the plate”, perhaps we should save some food for tomorrow.     According to news reports, US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies. A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer, with two to four times the amount recommended by the government, according to a USA Today story. Americans traditionally associate quantity with value and most restaurants try to give them that. They prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather than too little.     barbara Rolls, a nutrition professor at Pennsylvania State University, told USA Today that restaurant portion sizes began to grow in the 1970s, the same time that the American waistline began to expand.     Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions. Now, apparently, some customers are calling for this too. The restaurant industry trade believed restaurants serve portions that are too large; 23 percent had no opinion; 20 percent disagreed. But a closer look at the survey indicates that many Americans who can’t afford fine dining still prefer large portions. 70 percent of those earning at least ＄150,000 per year prefer smaller portions; but only 45 percent of those earning less than＄25,000 want smaller.     It’s not that working class Americans don’t want to eat healthy, It’s just that, after long hours at low-paying jobs, getting less on their plate hardly seems like a good deal. They live from paycheck to paycheck, happy to save a little money for next year’s Christmas presents. 57. “Clean your plate!” in the first paragraph means ______.   A. to wash the plate                                                    B. not to eat too much   C. not to waste the food                                              D. to help the starving orphans ican restaurants serve large portions because ______.   A. Americans are good at eating                                    B. Americans value the amount   C. the restaurants want people to keep healthy               D. the government recommends the amount happened in the 1970s?   A. The government recommended serving small portion.   B. Americans began to realize the importance of health.   C. Health experts persuaded restaurants to serve large portion.   D. People in the United States began to gain weight. 60. What does the survey indicate?   A. Many poor Americans want large portions.   B. 20 percent Americans want smaller portions.   C. 70 percent Americans earn at least ＄150,000 per year.   D. 45 percent Americans earn less than ＄25,000 per year.

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