Question

Four out of ten women who diet end up heavier than when they started watching their waistline（腰圍）, a study revealed today. The research also showed that a large percentage of women start noticing the pounds creeping back on just 21 days after reaching their ideal weight.
Yesterday, Dr Ian Campbell of the Jenny Craig weight management program said: “In the UK 61.4 per cent of adults are overweight or obese. Successful weight management requires a long-term commitment in order to lose weight successfully and for good. Dieting can be a real challenge so setting realistic goals and remaining focused on them is important. Otherwise as this research shows, women could end up heavier than when they started.”
The “Food: Body: Mind” report was publicized by Jenny Craig who quizzed 2000 women aged between 18 and 65 who diet regularly on their attitudes, beliefs and behaviors around weight loss. Six in ten said they are currently on a diet and one in five women said they are on a “continuous diet”.
It found the most common triggers to start dieting was seeing their “reflection in the mirror”, preparing for a summer holiday or unflattering photos posted on social networking sites. Other popular reasons include comments by friends or relatives or their other half.
However, the study showed that one in ten give up within one day, while almost a fifth manage to make it to a week or more. The average is ten days. Many blamed pressure they put on themselves to lose weight too quickly for the weight gain, which leaves them with a bigger appetite than normal. Others blamed colleagues, who tuck into fatty lunches and snacks unaware of the effect it has on the dieter, while mothers who polish off their children's leftovers（剩飯）was another common cause of weight gain

1. 1.
   Which of the following might be the best title for this article?
   1. A.
      Three reasons to fail in dieting
   2. B.
      Important things for successful diet
   3. C.
      Obesity: problem for 61.4% adults in UK
   4. D.
      Four in ten women gain weight on diets
2. 2.
   In the UK, women who go on a diet ______.
   1. A.
      are all overweight or obese
   2. B.
      are likely to gain weight again after reaching their ideal weight
   3. C.
      all fail because they are not persistent enough
   4. D.
      end up heavier than when they start to diet
3. 3.
   The underlined word “triggers” in Paragraph 4 probably means______.
   1. A.
      effects
   2. B.
      examples
   3. C.
      causes
   4. D.
      imagination
4. 4.
   Which of the following is NOT the reason why many people quit dieting very soon?
   1. A.
      The pressure they put on themselves to lose weight quickly
   2. B.
      Colleagues who give them fatty lunches and snacks
   3. C.
      Reflections they see in the mirror
   4. D.
      Leftovers of children’s taken by their mothers
5. 5.
   In which column of the newspaper do you probably find the passage?
   1. A.
      Health
   2. B.
      Economy
   3. C.
      Sports
   4. D.
      Education

Answer 1

DBCCA
試題分析：本文講述了很多人在節(jié)食一段時間以后體重就迅速反彈，文章分析了具體的原因。
1.D 主旨大意題。根據文章主題段第一段1,2句Four out of ten women who diet end up heavier than when they started watching their waistline（腰圍）, a study revealed today.可知D項內容就是文章的中心思想。故D正確。
2.B 細節(jié)題。根據第一段最后一句The research also showed that a large percentage of women start noticing the pounds creeping back on just 21 days after reaching their ideal weight.可知很多節(jié)食的人在一段時間以后體重都反彈了。故B正確。
3.C 推理題。根據本句It found the most common triggers to start dieting was seeing their “reflection in the mirror”,可知人們開始節(jié)食的主要原因就是看到自己在鏡子里的情況。故該詞是指原因。故C正確。
4.C 細節(jié)題。根據文章最后一段Many blamed pressure they put on themselves to lose weight too quickly for the weight gain, which leaves them with a bigger appetite than normal. Others blamed colleagues, who tuck into fatty lunches and snacks unaware of the effect it has on the dieter, while mothers who polish off their children's leftovers（剩飯）was another common cause of weight gain.可知ABD三項都是文章中列出的主要原因。只有C項不是。
5.A 推理題。本文是關于人們的節(jié)食減肥的話題，故使用報紙里的健康類的話題。故A正確。
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點評：本文講述了很多人在節(jié)食一段時間以后體重就迅速反彈，文章分析了具體的原因。文章基本上是考查細節(jié)題，對此類題型考生可以首先從問題中找到關鍵詞，然后以此為線索，運用略讀及查閱的技巧在文中迅速尋找這一細節(jié)，找到后再把這一部分內容仔細閱讀一遍，仔細比較所給選項與文中細節(jié)的細微區(qū)別，在準確理解細節(jié)的前提下，最后確定最佳答案。