Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, on-fat diet, vegetable diet…We are surrounded by the word“diet”everywhere we look and listen.We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us.We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically(身体上).
Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically.On one level, we are not allowing our brains to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods.Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and so straight for the scale(秤)instead.All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word“diet”in food labels.
On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects.Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results.Diet products make people believe that gaincomeswithoutpain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause.Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分), Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products.Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.
Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously thnk about buying them.Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals.Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them.
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From Paragraph 1, we learn that _________.
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A.
diet products fail to bring out people’s potential
B.
people have difficulty in choosing diet products
C.
diet products are misleading people
D.
people are fed up with diet products
(2)
One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _________
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try out a variety of diet foods
B.
hesitate before they enjoy diet foods
C.
pay attention to their own eating habits
D.
watch their weight rather than their diet
(3)
In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain”probably means _________.
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A.
losing weight is effortless
B.
it costs a lot to lose weight
C.
diet products bring no pain
D.
diet products are free from calories
(4)
Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products _________.
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are over-consumed
B.
lack basic nutrients
C.
are short of chemicals
D.
provide too much energy
(5)
Which of the following show the structure of the passage?
CP:Central Point P:Point SP:Sub-point(次要点) C:Conclusion
A car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for you.Eating the right kind of food is very important.It can help your body grow strong to take care of what you eat.
There are four main food groups altogether.The dairy group has food like milk, cheese and sour milk.The other three groups are the meat and fish group, the fruit and vegetable group, and the bread and rice group.Each meal should have at least one food from all four main groups.With all these food together, you will be given enough energy during the day.
It is easy to get into bad eating habits.You may eat your breakfast in a hurry to get to school on time.Or you may not have time for a good lunch.It may seem easy to finish your supper with fish and chips all the time.But you will find yourself tired in these days and you can not think quickly.
Watch what you eat will help your body remain healthy and strong.It is also good to take some exercise.It will help you eat more if you take a walk or play games in the open air.Having a good eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health.
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Which of the following diets do you think is the best one?
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Corn, fish, cream and pork.
B.
Eggs, tomatoes and chicken.
C.
Milk, bread, cabbages and beef.
D.
Rice, beancurd, apples, fish and chicken.
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Which of the following is a good eating habit?
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Going to school without any breakfast.
B.
Finishing your lunch in a very short time.
C.
Eating fish and chips for supper all the time.
D.
Having at least one food from all four groups in each meal.
(3)
In this passage the writer mainly tells us that ________.
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right kind of food with exercise will keep you healthy
B.
taking exercise can keep your body strong
C.
every person needs food to grow well
D.
enough energy helps people think more quickly
(4)
The underlined word “dairy” in the second paragraph means ________.