泉州市2014高考英语文章突破一轮训练（11）及答案
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Four out of ten women who diet end up heavier than when they started watching their waistline(腰围), a study revealed today. The research also showed that a large percentage of women started 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 longterm 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 2,000 women aged between 18 and 65 who diet regularly on their attitudes, beliefs and behaviors around weight loss. Six in ten said they were on a diet then 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 their children’s leftovers(剩饭)was another common cause of weight gain.
()11.Which of the following might be the best title for this article?
A．Three reasons to fail in dieting
B．Important things for successful diet
C．Obesity—a problem for 61.4% adults in the UK
D．Four in ten women gain weight on diets
()12.Women who go on a diet ________.
A．are all overweight or obese
B．are likely to gain weight again after reaching their ideal weight
C．all fail because they are not persistent enough
D．all end up heavier than when they start to diet
()13.The underlined word “triggers” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.
A．effectsB．examples
C．causes
D．imagination
()14.Which of the following is NOT the reason that 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．Reflections they see in the mirror.
D．Leftovers of children’s taken by their mothers.
()15.In which column of the newspaper do you probably find the passage?
A．Health.
B．Economy.
C．Sports.
D．Education.
(二)
本文为资讯，报道了最新的研究发现：靠节食减肥的女人在停止节食后又会出现增肥的现象。
11．D 主旨大意题。本文为资讯，报道最新的研究发现，而该文的导语是第一段第一句，故根据Four out of ten women who diet end up heavier than when they started watching their waistline可知选D。
12．B 细节理解题。根据第一段所介绍的研究结果可知，靠节食减肥的女人在达到她们的理想体重以后有可能出现反弹现象，即有可能重新增肥，故选B。
13．C 词义猜测题。根据第四段Other popular reasons include comments by friends or relatives or their other half可推断画线词即为reasons的近义词，故选C。
14．C 细节理解题。此题可采用排除法。 A项符合最后一段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；B项符合最后一段Others blamed colleagues, who tuck into fatty lunches and snacks unaware of the effect it has on the dieter；D项符合最后一段mothers who polish off their children’s leftovers(剩饭)was another common cause of weight gain。由此判断余下的C项不符合文意，故选C。
15．A 推理判断题。本文的话题是：靠节食减肥的女人在停止节食后又出现增肥现象。此话题属健康范畴，故选A。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。