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 was another common cause of weight gain.
【小題1】Which of the following might be the best title for this article?

A．Three reasons to fail in dietingB．Important things for successful diet
C．Four in ten women gain weight on dietsD．Obesity: problem for 61.4% adults in UK
【小題2】In the UK, women who go on a diet __________.
A． are all overweight or obese
B． all fail because they are not persistent enough
C． are 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．effects B．causesC． examplesD．imagination
【小題4】Which of the following is NOT the reason why many people quit 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】C
【小題1】C
【小題1】B
【小題1】D

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　　The tea gardens in Sri Lanka are actually large estates．The best tea usually comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plants．The plants are about one metre apart．The plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres high．Pruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leaves．

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　　Processing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires great care and skill．There are various methods of processing depending on the type of tea required．For black tea ,the young green leaves are first spread out o shelves to dry．This process removes much of its water and the leaves become soft．After this ,the leaves are passed through heavy rollers．This operation will press the leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste．Then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment under wet conditions．Fermentation develops the rich taste of black tea．The fermented leaves are then dried with a hot-air blower until they become rolled-up black leaves．The final step is to sort and grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world．

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B．

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What is the writer's purpose in writing the passage?

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are about one metre apart. The plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres high. Pruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leaves.

It is from these shoots that the best tea is got.

Practically all the tea pickers are women. The estates prefer to employ women pickers

because they are more careful. Their thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new

shoots from the plant, which are the parts used for processing tea. The pickers carry large

baskets into which they throw their pickings. A skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14

kilogrammes of tea leaves a day. Usually new shoots can be picked from the plants about

every ten or fifteen days.
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are various methods of processing depending on the type of tea required .For black tea ,the

young green leaves are first spread out o shelves to dry. This process removes much of its

water and the leaves become soft. After this ,the leaves are passed through heavy rollers .This operation will press the leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste .Then the

leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment under wet conditions. Fermentation

develops the rich taste of black tea .The fermented leaves are then dried with a hot air blower until they become rolled up black leaves .The final step is to sort and grade them before the

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