Directions: Read the texts from an article, For five
questions, match each rule (1 to 5) to one of the statements (A to G) given
below. Mark your answer on your ANSWER SHEET.
Abbey You can always recognize dieters from the sour
expression on their faces. They spend most of their time turning their noses up
at food. They are forever consulting calorie charts, gazing at themselves in
mirrors, and leaping onto weighing-machines in the bathroom. They spend a
lifetime fighting a losing battle against spreading hips, protruding tummies and
double chins. What a miserable lot dieters are! Marlin I
began making some dietary and lifestyle changes during my second year of college
and have been eating this way ever since. I like the way I feel when I don’t eat
animal foods so much more than the pleasure I used to get from eating them. I
have much more energy; I need less sleep; I feel calmer; I can maintain an ideal
body weight without worrying about how much I eat, and I can think more
clearly. Maggie During my first year of college, I gained
forty pounds when I began throwing the javelin. For the next twenty years, I
carried all of this extra weight and kidded myself that I was in good shape
since that’s what I weighed in college. Now that I’ve lost all that extra
weight, I feel great! People say all the time, "Well, how do you live without
eating cheeseburgers or this or that" and I say, "You just don’t. It’s not even
an option." It’s not that hard once you get on it. Belinda If
you are on a diet, you’re always hungry. You can’t be hungry and happy at the
same time. All the horrible concoctions you eat instead of food leave you
permanently dissatisfied. A complete food it may be, but not quite as complete
as juicy steak. So at least three times a day you will be exposed to temptation.
How miserable to watch others tucking into piles of mouth-watering food while
you munch a water biscuit and sip unsweetened lemon juice! And if hunger just
proves too much for you, in the end you will lash out and devour five huge
guilt-inducing cream cake sat a sitting. Then things will turn out to be even
worse. Wood I went on diet when my doctor told me that my blood
pressure tended to be high. Only at that time did I realize the danger of being
overweight. Since I began making dietary changes in 1982, eating this way has
become increasingly accepted. I don’t feel I’ve lost something after dieting.
Instead, I’ve got something valuable. That is good health. Now
match each of the schools to the appropriate statement. Note:
there are two extra statements. [A] Being on a diet is a torture. [B] I
feel better with vegetarian food. [C] I lost weight after dieting. [D] I
began dieting for the sake of health. [E] Dieting enables people to enjoy
life more. [F] Dieting simply causes endless worries. [G] Dieting does
more harm than good to one’s health. ( ) Maggie