Ⅰ阅读理解 Let’s face it.No one drinks diet soda for the taste.People drink diet soda in the hope that it will help them lose weight or at least keep them from gaining it.Yet it seems to have exactly the opposite effect, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Texas said those who drank two or more diet sodas a day had waist size increases that were six times greater than those who didn’t drink diet soda.“What we saw was that the more diet sodas a person drank, the more weight they were likely to gain,” said Sharon Fowler. The study was based on data from 474 participants in a large, ongoing research project, where the participants were followed for nearly 10 years. While the findings are surprising, they also offer some explanations. Nutrition expert, Melanie Rogers, who works with overweight patients in New York, has found that when patients are switched from regular to diet soda, they don’t lose weight at all.“We weren’t seeing weight loss necessarily, and that was confusing to us,”said Rogers. So why would diet soda cause weight gain？ No one knows for sure yet, but it could be that people think they can eat more if they drink diet soda, and so over?compensate for the missing calories. A related study found some sweeteners(甜味剂) raised blood sugar levels in some mice.“Data from this and other potential studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners may be risky,” said Helen P.Hazuda, professor at the University of Texas’s school of medicine.“They may be free of calories, but not of consequences.” 1.People drink diet soda to . A.enjoy its taste B.stay in fashion C.achieve weight loss D.gain more energy 2.The new study suggests that drinking diet soda . A.causes people to become heavier B.helps people to be healthier C.makes people much thinner D.offers people more calories 3.We can learn from the passage that . A.regular soda makes people lose more weight B.diet soda drinkers tend to eat more food C.diet soda does help reduce calories D.most blood diseases come from diet soda 4.The underlined word “They” in the last paragraph probably refers to . A.sweeteners B.diet sodas and artificial sweeteners C.sodas D.diet soda drinkers and sweetener takers The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history that has so far killed almost 1,000 people in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria in West Africa has caused fear around the world. The outbreak is unprecedented（空前的） both in infection numbers and in geographic scope. Officials from the World Health Organization （WHO） said earlier this month the outbreak “is moving faster than our efforts to control it”, reported CNN. So far, the battle against the virus doesn't appear to be slowing down. The Ebola virus is terrifying no matter where it strikes: It’s a disease with no cure that causes headaches and fever, severe diarrhea（腹泻）, vomiting and bleeding and has been known to kill up to 90 percent of its victims. It is understandable ... ...
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