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OnedaylastSeptember,asBritneySpearswasabouttoboardaflighttoLosAngelesfromLondon,abluebottlefelloutofherpurse.Shequicklyputitbackin,butnotbeforethecamerarecordedtheevent.NeitherSpearsnorherspokesmanwaswillingtocommentonthecontentsofthebottle,butthenextmorningLondon’sDailyExpresspublishedapageofpicturesundertheheadline“EXCLUSIVE:POPPRINCESSSPOTTEDATAIRPORTWITHPOTOFSLIMMINGTABLETS.”SpearswasapparentlycarryingZantrex-3,oneofthemostpopularweight-losspillsnowsoldintheUnitedStates.Thepill,whichissoldataboutfiftydollarsforamonth’ssupply,containsahugeamountofcaffeine,somegreentea,andthreecommonSouthAmericanherbsthatalsoactasstimulants(兴奋剂).IthittheU.S.marketlastMarchandhashadasuccessthatwouldbehardtooverstate.Millionsofbottleshavebeensold,andduringtheChristmasseasonitwasdisplayedinthewindowsofthenation’slargestchainofvitaminshops,G.N.C.(Itissohighlysoughtafterthatmanyofthestoreskeepitinlockedcounters.)Zantrex-3isalsosoldatCVS,RiteAid,Wal-Mart,andotherchains,andoverthetelephoneandontheInternet.Ifyoutype“Zantrex”intoGoogle,morethanahundredthousandpiecesofinformationaboutitwillappear.Atanymoment,therearescoresofpeoplesellitoneBay. PerhapsthemostinterestingthingaboutthesuccessstoryofZantrex-3,however,isthatitisfarfromunique.Therearehundredsofsimilarproductsonthemarkettoday,andtheyareboughtbymillionsofAmericans.AndthoughZantrex’sproducermakessomeexcitingstatements(“themostadvancedweightcontrolcompound(化合物)period”),sodothepeoplewhosellStacker2andAnorexalongwiththosewhosellCarbEliminatorandFatEliminator.Almostallofthesecompoundssuggestthattheycanhelppeopleloseweightandregainlostenergy,andoftenwithoutdiet,exercise,oranyothereffort. 51.BritneySpearsisa/an______. A.dancer B.singer C.athlete D.chemist 52.Whichofthefollowingisalsoakindofweight-losspill? A.CVS &nbs 龙翀回答：
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51.答案B。细节信息题。从第1段的大写部分“…POPPRINCESSSPOTTEDATAIRPORTWITHPOTOFSLIMMINGTABLETS.”可以知道B选项是正确答案。52.答案D。细节信息题。根据第1段的“Zantrex-3isalsosoldatCVS,RiteAid,Wal-Mart,andotherchains,”以及第2段的“…sodothepeoplewhosellStacker2andAnorexalongwiththosewhosellCarbEliminatorandFatEliminator.”可以知道D选项是正确答案。53.答案C。理解句子结构及推测词义题。从IthittheU.S.marketlastMarchandhashadasuccessthatwouldbehardtooverstate.的前半部分可以知道Zantrex-3是美国市场很畅销的减肥类商品；根据构词法可以知道后半部分的overstate有“夸张、夸大事实”的意思，而wouldbehardtooverstate可以理解为“难以夸张、夸大”的意思，因此划线部分的意思可以直译为“难以夸大/夸张的成功”或理解为“怎么夸张都不过份的成功”，C选项所含有的句型cannot…too亦是此意。54.答案A。从第2段的1、2、3句可以知道A选项是正确答案，其他选项均与文章的信息不一致。55.答案C。A选项只包含了文章的部分信息；B选项侧重Zantrex-3获得成功的方式，而文章并没有这方面的信息；D选项与文章中的信息相反；从整体来看，文章是以Zantrex-3为引子，引出减肥或瘦身类商品当今在美国很流行的话题，即第1段是引入，第2段开始切入主题，第2段的第2句可以看做是主题句。C选项与主题句的意思一致，因此应该是该题的答案。
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