6．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 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 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 oursel ves 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 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 harm that comes from using them．
65．From Paragraph 1，we learn thatC．
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
66．One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend toD．
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
67．In Paragraph 3，"gain comes without pain"probably meansA．
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
68．Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such productsB．
A．are over-consumed B．lack basic nutrients
C．are short of chemicals D．provide too much energy．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者向我們講述了我們的生活中充斥著各種各樣的減肥產品，然而減肥產品不僅在身體上而且在心理上都給人們帶來了危害．減肥需要堅強的決心和實際的努力鍛煉，而減肥產品基本沒有什么營養(yǎng)還會讓人覺得減肥很簡單，作者通過這些告訴我們應該向減肥產品說不．
解答 65．C 細節(jié)理解題，根據第一段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．可知現在減肥產品鋪天蓋地，并指出有關減肥產品的宣傳對消費者造成了誤導，減肥產品對人們的心理和生理都有危害，故選C．
66．D 細節(jié)理解題．根據第二段Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale （秤） instead．可知減肥產品使得人們只關注體重上的變化而不關注飲食，故選D．
67．A 語句理解題，根據第三段Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain，and that life can be without resistance and struggle．可知減肥產品對消費者的另一個心理影響是使他們認為減肥可以"不勞而獲"，即通過減肥產品可以使減肥不需要耗費體力，也不用忍受痛苦，故選A．
68．B 細節(jié)理解題．根據 第四段Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients．可知我們服用的減肥產品會導致人們基本營養(yǎng)成分的缺失，說明這些減肥產品缺少營養(yǎng)成分，故選B．
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