few articles, I walk both of my dogs.They both love walk time and I love to walk them.The neighbours have got used to seeing us take our morning walk.They wave, walk out, and pet the dogs and then we move on.

　　I started out at 160 pounds and I'm getting closer to 130 pounds.I am proud of the fact that I have lost so much weight.My husband is proud, too.I am looking forward to comfortably fitting myself into a Size 8 and maybe even finally dropping to a Size 6.

　　语篇解读：作者最胖时体重达160磅，在医生的建议下，她开始遛狗，成功地减轻了体重。

　　1．The writer wrote this passage to ________.

　　A．explain why she became fat

　　B．share how she lost weight

　　C．advise us to raise a dog

　　D．tell us to enjoy our life

　　解析：选B　作者意图题。通读全文，可知作者主要是讲她利用遛狗的方法成功地减了肥，即她是如何成功减肥的，故选B。

　　2．The underlined word "freaking" in Paragraph 1 shows the writer was getting ________.

　　A．excited　　　　　 　B．interested

　　C．angry D．frightened

解析：选D　词义猜测题。根据画线词前面的"but her words made me fear getting fat"可知，作者体重达110磅时她已经开始担心会变胖了，而体重达130磅时，她终于开始"害怕"了。

　　3．What size of jeans is the writer probably taking now?

　　A．A Size 6. B．A Size 8.

　　C．A Size 10. D．A Size 12.

　　解析：选C　推理判断题。根据第二段的"my weight increased to 160 pounds and I noticed my jeans were then a Size 12"可知，作者160磅时穿的是12号的牛仔裤，根据末段的"looking forward to comfortably fitting myself into a Size 8"可知作者想穿8号的，又根据末段的"I'm getting closer to 130 pounds"可知，她现在是130磅，由此可推断她现在所穿的可能是10号的牛仔裤。

　　4．After reading the passage, we know the writer lost weight mainly through ________.

　　A．eating healthily

　　B．training her dogs

　　C．walking her dogs

　　D．working out in the gym

解析：选C　细节理解题。通读全文可知，作者主要是通过遛狗的方法来达到减肥的目的的。