Question

Teenagers are under a lot of pressure to be thin. They resort to starving, vomiting and eating only diet foods to try and be thin. Television is a big influence on them. They watch shows like Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place and feel they need to look as thin as the actresses on these shows. Society is brainwashing young people into believing that being thin is important and necessary.
Diet commercials are constantly appearing on our television screens telling us that once we lose weight, we will be happy. While you’re standing at the grocery store you are surrounded by magazines claiming to have the newest and best diet. Each month another new diet appears claiming to be the diet to end all diets. If diets really worked, then why are there so many of them? The reason a new diet pops up each month, is that last’s month’s diets did not work. The truth of the matter is that DIETS DON’T WORK.
The diet and fashion industries are not totally to blame for society’s obsession with thinness. We are the ones keeping them in business. We buy into the idea that we can attain the “ideal” body image. We allow ourselves to believe the lies being thrown at us constantly. We are throwing away our hard earned money trying to live up to the standards that society has set for us. It’s unfortunate, but in today’s society, people have forgotten that it’s what’s inside a person that counts, not what’s on the outside. We need to start loving and accepting each other for who we are, not what we look like.
Once again, I would like to stress the fact that diets don’t work. Eating three healthy meals a day, a few snacks and doing moderate exercise, will allow your body to go to its natural set point. Next time you decide that you are going to start another diet because you feel you are too fat, stop, sign up for a self-esteem class instead. That would be money well spent.
【小题1】What are Beverly Hills 90210 and Meltrose Place ?

A．Fashion shows.	B．Two famous place in America.
C．Popular TV shows.	D．Two TV channels.

【小题2】According to the author, which of the following statements is NOT true ?

A．Our society is flooded with diet commercials.

B．The latest diet is necessarily better than all the previous ones.

C．People in North America become crazy over Dieting.

D．All diets are useless in fact

【小题3】Why are there so many diets popping up according to the second paragraph?

A．Because teenagers are under a lot of pressure to be thin.

B．Because there are more and more fat teenagers.

C．Because the diets have no effect.

D．Because teenagers are fascinated by the newest and best diet.

【小题4】We can infer from this passage that __________ .

A．if your diet doesn’t work, the only thing you can do is to accept your body image .

B．attending a self-esteem class will help you keep fit.

C．we shouldn’t pay attention to the size of our body.

D．what’s inside a person is much more important than his/her appearance.

【小题5】What’s the function of the last paragraph in the whole text ?

A．persuasion

B．summarization

C．argumentation

D．description

Answer 1

【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】B

解析试题分析：本文介绍了现在的减肥节食产品层出不穷，实际上所有的这样的产品都是无用的。真正美丽的不是外在的东西，而是人的内在美。
【小题1】C 细节题。根据第一段3,4行They watch shows like Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place and feel they need to look as thin as the actresses on these shows.说明这是一种电视节目，故C正确。
【小题2】B 推理题。根据第二段最后3行If diets really worked, then why are there so many of them? The reason a new diet pops up each month, is that last’s month’s diets did not work. The truth of the matter is that DIETS DON’T WORK.可知并不是新的产品比旧的有效。如果这些新的产品有效，就不会有后面的更新的产品出现了。故B项说法是错误的。
【小题3】C 细节题。根据第二段中最后2行The reason a new diet pops up each month, is that last’s month’s diets did not work. The truth of the matter is that DIETS DON’T WORK.说明这些产品实际上都没有作用。故C项正确。
【小题4】D 推断题。根据第三段中最后3行in today’s society, people have forgotten that it’s what’s inside a person that counts, not what’s on the outside. We need to start loving and accepting each other for who we are, not what we look like.可知最重要的不是外在的东西，而是人们的内在美。故D项正确。
【小题5】B 推理题。根据文章最后一段第一句Once again, I would like to stress the fact that diets don’t work.说明本段是起一个归纳总结的作用，最后再次说明这些节食的产品都是无用的。故B正确。
考点：考查社会现象类短文阅读
点评：本文介绍了现在的减肥节食产品层出不穷，实际上所有的这样的产品都是无用的。真正美丽的不是外在的东西，而是人的内在美。本文要求考生在阅读理解整体语篇的基础上，把握文章的真正内涵。要吃透文章的字面意思，从字里行间捕捉有用的提示和线索，这是推理的前提和基础;要对文字的表面信息进行挖掘加工，由表入里，由浅入深，从具体到抽象，从非凡到一般，通过分析、综合、判定等，进行深层处理，符合逻辑地推理。不能就是论事，断章取义，以偏概全。要忠实于原文，以文章提供的事实和线索为依据。