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 本文属于说明文阅读，作者向我们讲述了我们的生活中充斥着各种各样的减肥产品，然而减肥产品不仅在身体上而且在心理上都给人们带来了危害．减肥需要坚强的决心和实际的努力锻炼，而减肥产品基本没有什么营养还会让人觉得减肥很简单，作者通过这些告诉我们应该向减肥产品说不．
解答 65．C 细节理解题，根据第一段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．可知现在减肥产品铺天盖地，并指出有关减肥产品的宣传对消费者造成了误导，减肥产品对人们的心理和生理都有危害，故选C．
66．D 细节理解题．根据第二段Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale （秤） instead．可知减肥产品使得人们只关注体重上的变化而不关注饮食，故选D．
67．A 语句理解题，根据第三段Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain，and that life can be without resistance and struggle．可知减肥产品对消费者的另一个心理影响是使他们认为减肥可以"不劳而获"，即通过减肥产品可以使减肥不需要耗费体力，也不用忍受痛苦，故选A．
68．B 细节理解题．根据 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．可知我们服用的减肥产品会导致人们基本营养成分的缺失，说明这些减肥产品缺少营养成分，故选B．
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