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The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place

Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-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.

Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain 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 go 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 gain comes without pain, 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. 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 think 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.

1.From Paragraph 1, we learn that     .

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     .

A. 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     .

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     .

A. are over-consumed

B. lack basic nutrients

C. are short of chemicals

D. provide too much energy

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】文章主要讲述了节食产品对人们心理以及身体的伤害。减肥的力量来自于心，不在于化学的力量。一旦我们认识到这一点，我们将能够更好地抵御饮食产品，从而防止来自使用他们的心理伤害。

1.推理判断题。根据“We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.”人们很容易受到节食产品的吸引，就不去思考节食产品对人们身心健康的影响，于是花钱买那些产品。可推知这些产品误导了人们。故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段“On one level,we are not allowing our brain 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 go straight for the scale instead.”在这一层面上，我们不允许我们的大脑承认我们的体重问题并不在于实际上失去重量，而在于控制高脂肪，高热量，不健康的消费。减肥产品让我们跳出思维的阶段直接去称重。可知人们非常重视他们的体重，不加思考地去购买节食产品。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据“.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.”每一次我们喝了零卡路里的饮料，我们下意识告诉自己不会增加体重。以及“and that life can be without resistance and struggle.”生活可以没有阻力和斗争。可推知节食产品给人以暗示：减肥是很简单的事。故选A。

4.细节理解题。根据“Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients.” 减肥食品可以间接地伤害我们的身体，因为食用它们而不是健康的食物意味着我们正在阻止我们的身体吸收基本的营养。以及“Diet products may not be nutritional,and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.”节食产品是没有营养的，并且减肥产品中的化学物质进入我们的身体是有潜在危险的。故选B。

【名师点睛】细节理解型：文章主题和中心思想的阐述往往需要大量细节信息的支持，这些细节对于理解全文内容至关重要，同时也是归纳和概括文章中心思想的基础。命题人往往会要求考生根据不同的要求阅读文章，以获得某些特定的信息，或准确地寻求所需的细节，并对细节进行直接或间接辨认和理解。文章细节的理解可以细化为：(1)一一对应型。答案与题目在表达形式和意义上直接吻合，一一对应，一目了然。属于浅层次的阅读试题，分数比例极少。(2)语言转述型。这是一类间接事实细节题，答案与题目在意义上充分运用了词义之间的转述关系，即正确选项是原文有关词语和句子的另类表达。属于中档难度题，分数比例较大。(3)语意理解型。这是一类深层事实细节理解题，答案与题目之间存在着一定的逻辑联系，这种联系需要建立在事实的基础上通过上、下文来进行判断、分析、归纳和整合，才能得出正确答案。属于较高难度的事实细节题，分数比例很大。(4)是非辨别型。这是一类综合事实细节题，出题形式常常是“三正一误”(三项正确，只有一项不符合原文内容)或“三误一正”(三项错误，只有一项符合原文内容)。(5)事实排序型。这是一类运用多项事实进行排序的事实细节题，要求根据动作发生的先后顺序、时间顺序或者句子之间的逻辑关系，找出事件发生、发展的正确顺序。例如：本文中的第3小题：

【解题剖析】此题属于细节理解中(3)语意理解型。这是一类深层事实细节理解题，答案与题目之间存在着一定的逻辑联系，这种联系需要建立在事实的基础上通过上、下文来进行判断、分析、归纳和整合，才能得出正确答案。根据“.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.”每一次我们喝了零卡路里的饮料，我们下意识告诉自己不会增加体重。以及“and that life can be without resistance and struggle.”生活可以没有阻力和斗争。可推知节食产品给人以暗示：减肥是很简单的事。