A fad diet is a diet that suddenly becomes popular, usually because it promises people that they will lose a lot of weight overnight. Although dieters may really show weight loss from a fad diet, they will almost certainly get back the weight if their usual eating habits (习惯) remain unchanged. Moreover, fad diets continuously call for special products of questionable value or for “health foods” that may cost twice as much as supermarket(超市) foods. Worse yet, certain fad diets don't include nutrients(营养)good for health. People have been known to become very ill as a result of following medically unhealthy diets.

 The worse fact of fad diets, though, is that they keep people who are over-weight or sick from receiving the medical care that they truly need.

 

1. The word “fad” in the first sentence means ______.

  A. new     B. wonderful     C. popular quickly     D. loved by people

2. From the text we know that ______.

  A. people refuse to accept fad diets                    B. fad diets can help people to lose weight

  C. a man can lose weight after eating a fad diet    D. fad diets are now welcomed by people

3. In the writer's opinion, fad diets______.

  A. are very helpful       B. are not healthy diet   C. won't cost much       D. include lots of nutrients

4. A fad dieter has to ______.

  A. spend more money    B. lose much weight  C. keep his usual eating habits  D. go to doctors very often

5. The last paragraph tells us ______.

   A. that fad dieters are often overweight

   B. fad dieters need medical care if they are overweight or sick

  C. how fad dieters get sick       

  D. overweight or sick fad dieter can’t get medical care in time

     Children of America are getting fatter every time. 13% of the children at the age of 6 to 11 are overweight(too fat).

     When we look at children's lives today in the USA, we can see the root(origin)of the problem--sports and foods. Young children like sports but they don't have enough around the start of high school. That's especially true for girls. Meanwhile, to make matters worse, schools are becoming much more interested in sports teams. So children are not able to get enough exercise just when they need it the most. There is also the food problem. Children get most of their calories(热量) at restaurants or parties or somewhere else away from home. They often drink too many Cokes. Parents have a lot of fears about telling a child he needs to lose weight-- they are afraid it will push a child into an eating disorder. Some parents fear that pushing children to lose weight means their children will think they're not good enough, or not loved because of their weight. Parents need to come to terms with the fact that the family is very important to the children. The most useful program for children is called "family weight control". This is good news. Mom and Dad, even if they don't have weight problems, have to go through the same program as their children and learn how to get some exercise and how to eat healthily.     

      

11. Why are American children getting fatter? The writer thinks

   A. parents also have weight problem as their children

   B. children drink too many Cokes

   C. schools are more interested in sports teams

   D. children have less exercise and eat unhealthily

12. The writer wants to tell parents that

   A. overweight children are not loved by people

   B. children are afraid to lose weight when they have to

   C. family members can help overweight children a lot

   D. girls don't like to exercise

13. The writer thinks if mother or father is on the same program as their children, _______.

    A. "family weight control" will be successful

    B. it will make the children eat much more

    C. their children will not eat better

    D. parents will feel sorry about themselves

14. Which of the following is NOT the root of overweight problem?

    A. Higher-calorie.                          B. Less sports.

    C. Family weight control.              D. higher-fat foods.

15. What does “come to terms with” probably mean in the passage?

    A. ignore        B. give in to          C. get away with           D. do research into

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