Eating disorder is ve ry common now. "When I first wrote about this. the problem was pretty much hidden … I didn't expect it to get as bad as it is." Susie Orbach, an international authority(权威)on eating disorders, said.

Orbach must at times think the anti-diet message of her book “fat is a Feminist Issue(女权主义问题)”has been lost since it was written more than 20 years ago.

Girls, boys, old people --even the famously well-rounded female population of Fiji are falling victims(牺牲品) to fat fear.

"If anything, the situation has got much, much worse. We now have kids as young as eight and women in old people's homes worried about the way they look." Orbach said.

Even though it has been proved that repeated dieting results in a little more than regaining most of the lost weight, constant dieting has become a way of life for many women. 48 per cent of British women aged 25 to 35 were on some kind of diet and 20 per cent of young women dieted all or most of time. Some of them said they would pop a pill to give them their beautiful shape, even if it meant risking    

their health. Worldwide, 70 million people have an eating disorder. Most are women, but men are increasingly affected, too.

More than half the women and two thirds of the men in Britain weigh too much. while in the United States more than one quarter of adults and about one in five children are overweight. The idea that female beauty is a very thin body could be changed, if clothing factories and magazines showed images(形象) of women of all shapes instead of selecting skeletal-like models and stick-thin actress.

But that is easier said than done.  

To get the message across, Orbach is also considering talking to pop stars such as Victoria Beckham and Geri Halliwell, both of whom have admitted__________________.

1.What’s the best title of the passage?

2.Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

Lots of women has chosen constant dieting as part of thir life despite the fact that constant dietting leads to the lost weight being regained.  

3.Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(within ten words)

4.Are you in favor of dieting ?And why?(within 30 words)

5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate. I stood up to  36   when a gentle hand   37   my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady looking up at me with a   38   .

She said, “Hi. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a  39   ?” I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze (an act of pressing).

“Why are you in college at such a young,    40   age ?”I asked. “I always dreamed of having a   41    experience and now I’m getting   42  !” she told me.

Later, we became close friends. Every day we would leave class together and she   43   her wisdom and   44    with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a (an)    45   icon（偶像） and she easily made friends wherever she went.

At the  46  of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. When she was   47   , frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her  48  and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we  49  old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying   50  , being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find  51    every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you   52   .”

One week after graduation Rose died   53   in her sleep. Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to（悼念）the wonderful woman who taught us by    54   that it’s never too late  to  55   all you can possibly be.

1.A. look around        B. look back            C. look down       D. look up

2. A. hit           B. felt                 C. touched              D. knocked

3. A. surprise          B. smile            C. wonder           D. pleasure

4. A. hand          B. welcome              C. hug                  D. gift

5.A. innocent       B. golden           C. happy            D. valuable

6. A. college           B. junior high school   C. senior high school   D. primary school

7.A. it             B. that                 C. one              D. them 

8. A. shared            B. told                 C. learned              D. debated

9. A. course            B. experience      C. degree           D. happiness

10. A. old          B. great                C. campus          D. outgoing

11.A. end           B. middle      C. beginning    D. top   

12.A. invited           B. appearing    C. speaking         D. introduced

13.A. nose              B. face             C. throat           D. eyes 

14.A. look          B. prove            C. grow         D. stay   

15.A. healthy       B. young        C. cheerful         D. rich    

16.A. humor         B. goals            C. dreams       D. jokes

17.A. lose              B. fail         C. die              D. disappoint

18. A. hopefully        B. peacefully  C. fortunately D. bitterly

19. A. experience       B. example       C. pleasure   D. courage

20. A. be           B. achieve      C. gain             D. do

I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18, when the 31  rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles home. On the  32  was Marty Bandera, a literary agent to whom I had sent a draft(草稿) of my novel three weeks earlier. “ I have a couple of 33 ,” Bandera said.

“First, how old are you?” “I’m 48,” I replied.

“Are you in good 34 ?” “Yes, excellent. What’s this about?”

“I’ve sold your novels 35 one and a half million dollars.”

I sat down in 36 . I had written over fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been 37 by the publishers. I suppose many people would have been 38 , but not me. Each time, I just 39 writing another one. My husband advised me to find something else to do, but I refused to 40 . Seeing this book 41 was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It’s a mystery story (like all the others) and it was on the best-seller 42 two weeks after publication!

I got my first lesson in story 43 from my grandmother. She used to read me stories. She was the one who gave me a 44 of words. She sparked(激发) my 45  and she has been a 46  influence on me. I always had stories running through my 47  and as soon as I could write I 48  them down on paper.

I married young and I have three children, but I never stopped writing, 49  novels between doing the diapers(婴儿的尿布) and dishes. I am writing another novel now. Yes, my 50 has changed my life。

The first day of school we were interested to get to know a new classmate.I looked around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.I found a little old lady with a warm smile.

She said,“Hi ! I’m Rose.I’m 87 years old.Can I give you a hug?”I laughed and I heartily responded,“Of course!”

“Why are you in college at such a young,innocent(天真无邪的)age?”I asked.

She jokingly replied,“I’m here to meet a rich husband,get married,have children, and then travel around.”

“Not seriously,”I asked.I was curious why she took on this challenge at this age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”she told me.We became instant friends.

Over the year,Rose became a campus icon(偶像) and she easily made friends wherever she went.She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from the other students.

At the end of the semester,we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.Here are the secrets to staying young.You have to laugh and find humor every day.You’ve got to have a dream.When you lose your dreams,you die.Unfortunately we have many people like this walking around?”she said.

“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.Anybody can grow older.That doesn’t take any talent or ability,”she added.“But growing up requires finding the opportunity in change.Have no regrets.The elederly usually don’t regret what they did,but rather things they did not do.”

One week after graduation that year,Rose died peacefully in her sleep.She taught us by example that__________________.

1.Why was Rose in college at 87? Because        .

2.According to the passage,Rose loved to do the following EXCEPT       .

3.According to what Rose said,we can know that to stay young you must not     .

4.According to the last paragraph but one we know         .

5.Which of the following can be used to fill in the blank at the end of the passage?

— Are you in favour of Tom’s suggestion________we work around the clock to meet the deadline?
— No. But ______ Jimmy suggested to me sounds practical.