Question

Glynis Davis:

I first piled on the pounds when I was in the family way and I couldn¡¯t lose them afterwards£®Then I joined a slimming club£®My target was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds 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 willpower and tried to believe that the old bag of fish and chips didn¡¯t make any difference---but the scales don¡¯t lie£®

Roz Juma:

To be honest, I never weigh myself any more£®I¡¯ve learnt to be happy with myself£®It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips£®My idea is simple£®You shouldn¡¯t be too much thinking about food and dieting£®Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a super thin body£®This is obviously the size I¡¯m meant to be and, most of all, I¡¯m happy with it£®

Lesley Codwin:

I was very happy at winning Young Slimmer of the year£®I¡¯d look in the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problem¡ªperhaps from then on I didn¡¯t pay any attention to myself£®Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though£®Because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you£®I feel a complete failure because I¡¯ve put on weight again£®

Ros Langfod:

Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I¡¯d always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant housework went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year£®Every so often I try to go on a diet¡­ I¡¯m really good in a few days, then end up having the children¡¯s leftovers or eating happily chocolate¡ªmy weakness£®I¡¯d like to be slim, but right now my duty is the children and home£®I might take more exercise when my kids are older£®

67£®What do you think the four women were talking about?

¡¡¡¡¡¡ A£®Their own slimming matter£®¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B£®Their life after marriage£®

¡¡¡¡¡¡ C£®Tex books for students£®¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D£®Different diets they prefer£®

68£®Where are these short passages most likely to be taken from?

¡¡¡¡¡¡ A£®Talks on the air£®¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B£®Advertisements on the wall£®

¡¡¡¡¡¡ C£®Books in a library£®¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D£®Magazines for children£®

69£®What does the underlined word ¡°scales¡± possibly mean?

¡¡¡¡¡¡ A£®The coach in the slimming club£®¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B£®Some tool to measure weight£®

¡¡¡¡¡¡ C£®Glynis Davis¡¯ dear husband£®¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D£®The salesperson in a food shop£®

70£®Which of the following best describes each of the four women¡¯s attitudes towards slimming?

¡¡¡¡¡¡ ¢Ù Glynis Davis¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ a£®I put on weight soon after I got married£®

¡¡¡¡¡¡ ¢Ú Roz Juma¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ b£®Frame doesn¡¯t necessarily mean success£®

¡¡¡¡¡¡ ¢Û Lesley Codwin¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ c£®Facts speak much louder than words£®

¢Ü Ros Langfod¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ d£®I like myself as I am, and to be what you are£®

¡¡¡¡¡¡ A£®¢Ù-a; ¢Ú-d; ¢Û-b; ¢Ü-c¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B£®¢Ù-c; ¢Ú-b; ¢Û-d; ¢Ü-a

¡¡¡¡¡¡ C£®¢Ù-c; ¢Ú-d; ¢Û-b; ¢Ü-a¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D£®¢Ù-a; ¢Ú-b; ¢Û-c; ¢Ü-d

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