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 (習慣) 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(營養(yǎng))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.
小題1:The word “fad” in the first sentence means ______.
A.newB.wonderful
C.popular quicklyD.loved by people
小題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(chǎn) man can lose weight after eating a fad diet
D.fad diets are now welcomed by people
小題3:In the writer's opinion, fad diets______.
A.a(chǎn)re very helpful
B.a(chǎn)re not healthy diet
C.won't cost much
D.include lots of nutrients
小題4: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

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:A
本文是關(guān)于健康飲食一篇短小的說明文。
小題1:猜測詞義題。根據(jù)第一句意思這種飲食突然變得受歡迎。應(yīng)該是一種新型的飲食。
小題2:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)2,3行的Although dieters may really show weight loss from a fad diet可以知道這種飲食的確能減肥。
小題3:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后三行這種飲食并不是一種健康的飲食。
小題4:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段的they keep people who are over-weight or sick from receiving the medical care that they truly need.得知答案為A。
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