吉林省白山市2014高考英语二轮基础训练（1）及答案
【深圳市2014高考英语综合能力测试题（9）】
I learned about eating disorders (失调) from a guest speaker. She is a nurse and is also an expert on eating disorders, so she knows how bad they are.
I learned that these diseases are known as anorexia（厌食）and bulimia (易饿)．Anorexics eat so little that they become dangerously thin. For example, a woman may begin to diet if someone tells her, “You are fat.” So she will feel uneasy about herself. She gets worried about herself, and eats less and less each day. Then she becomes an anorexic. Bulimics eat huge amounts of food, which makes them feel sick. These diseases are bad for the body. It takes sufferers three to five years to recover. Sometimes people can die.
Why do some people have eating disorders? Because they think if they become thin, they will become beautiful. Therefore, they develop eating disorders. Another reason is the influence of fashion magazines. There are a lot of magazines in the world. There are a lot of thin models in these magazines. They are very thin and look nice, but this guest speaker asked us, “Do you think this is normal?” Her answer was no. She said that in the real world, people have different body types. Also, she said sometimes pictures are not real because they are
