Four out of ten women who diet end up heavier than when they started watching their waistline, 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 percent 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 were currently on a diet and one in five women said they were 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’ polishing off（吃光）their children's leftovers was another common cause of weight gain.
小題1:Which of the following might be the best title for this article?
A．Diet: a tricky path to weight loss
B．Important things for successful diet
C．Four in ten women gain weight on diets
D．Obesity: problem for 61.4% adults in UK
小題2:In the UK, women who go on a diet ________. 
A．a(chǎn)re all overweight or obese
B．a(chǎn)ll fail because they are not persistent enough
C．a(chǎn)re likely to gain weight again after reaching their ideal weight
D．end up heavier than when they start to diet
小題3:The underlined word “triggers” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.
A．effectsB．causesC．examplesD．imagination
小題4:Which of the following is NOT the reason why many people stop dieting very soon?
A．The pressure they put on themselves to lose weight quickly.
B．Colleagues who give them fatty lunches and snacks.
C．Leftovers of children’s taken by their mothers.
D．Reflections they see in the mirror.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D 

試題分析：本文為新聞，報道了最新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)：靠節(jié)食減肥的女人在停止節(jié)食后又會出現(xiàn)增肥的現(xiàn)象。
小題1:主旨大意題。本文為新聞，報道最新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，而該文的導(dǎo)語是第一段第一句，故根據(jù) Four out of ten women who diet end up heavier than when they startedwatching their waistline 可知選A
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段所介紹的研究結(jié)果可知，靠節(jié)食減肥的女人在達(dá)到她們的理想體重以后有可能出現(xiàn)反彈現(xiàn)象，即有可能重新增肥，故選C
小題3:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第四段 Other popular reasons include comments by friendsor relatives or their other half 可推斷畫線詞即為 reasons 的近義詞，故選B
小題4:A 項符合最后一段 Many blamed pressure theyput on themselves to lose weight too quickly for the weight gain which leaves themwith a bigger appetite than normal；B 項符合最后一段 Others blamed colleagues whotuck into fatty lunches and snacks unaware of the effect it has on the dieter；C項符合最后一段 mothers who polish off their children’s leftovers剩飯was anothercommon cause of weight gain。由此判斷余下的D項不符合文意，故選D
點(diǎn)評：這篇文章考查推理題和句意理解，題目要我們理解有些重點(diǎn)的句子。集中考查了句意理解題，要求考生有較強(qiáng)的細(xì)節(jié)理解能力。
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