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5、Glynis Davis:

    I first piled on the pounds when I was pregnant(怀孕) and I couldn’t lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target was 10 stone and I lost 2 stone 2lbs in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I'd lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year... but it didn't happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. I'd lost the willpower and tried to convince myself that the odd bag of crisps didn't make any difference - but the scales don't lie.

Roz Juma:

To be honest, I never weigh myself any more - I've learned to be happy with myself. It seemed ridiculous to feel guilty about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My philosophy is simple: You shouldn't be thinking too much about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming about a super-thin body. This is obviously the size I'm meant to be and, most of all, I'm happy with it.

Lesley Godwin:

I was very happy after winning Young Slimmer of the Year. I'd look in the mirror unable to believe this slim creature was me. That might have been my problem - perhaps I didn't relate to my reflection any more. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are on you. I feel a failure because I've put on weight again... I find it shameful and embarrassing.

Julia Minifie:

I'm a compulsive eater. I can't control my urges and I really love cakes. When I'm slim I feel like a million dollars - and when I'm not I get very depressed. Over the years I'd tried and failed with just about every diet. I was determined I'd never put the weight back on, but at some stage along the line I lost my resolution, and it started to creep on again... Certainly I will face the same problem in the future.

Ros Langford:

Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I'd always been about 8 stone, but the joy to be a housewife went straight to my to my waist and I put on 2 stone in a year. Every so often I try to go on a diet... I'm really good for a few days, then end up eating the children's leftovers or gorging on chocolate - my weakness. I'd like to be slim, but right now my priorities are the children and home. I may be more motivated when the kids are older.

1．What do you think the five women are all talking about?

  A．Different diets they prefer.

  B．Their different ways to keep themselves slim.

  C．Their own slimming matter.

  D．Their same attitude towards keeping slim.

2．What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 “I didn’t relate to my reflection any more.” Mean?

  A．I didn’t imagine myself to be such a slim creature.

  B．I didn’t look in the mirror any more.

  C．I didn’t ever keep myself slim.

  D．I didn’t pay any attention to my figure from then on.

3．Which of the following best described each of the five women’s attitudes toward slimming?

1．Glynis Davis	A．I put on weight soon after I got married.
2．Roz Juma	B．Facts speak louder than words.
3．Lesley Godwin	C．The heavier, the merrier.
4．Julia Minifie	D．Fame doesn’t necessarily mean success.
5．Ros Langford	e. I like myself as I am.
	f. I’m constantly at war with my weight.

      A．1-b; 2-c; 3-f; 4-a; 5-d                       B．1-b; 2-e; 3-d; 4-f; 5-a

    C．1-b; 2-e; 3-c; 4-f; 5-a                        D．1-b; 2-f; 3-c; 4-d; 5-e

4．Where are these short passages most likely to be taken from?

  A．Talks on the air.                                   B．Magazines for children.

       C．Advertisements on the wall.                  D．News on TV.