B．They may feel good about themselves and then eat less than usual.

　　C．They may continue writing and decide to become a professional writer.

　　D．They will never have meals at night to make them­ selves lose weight.

　　答案　B

　　解析　细节理解题。根据文章最后一段第二句"Maybe when one of the women...she felt good about herself and didn't eat to make herself feel better."可知选B。

　　22．What were the females required to do in the study?

　　A．The overweight women wrote about the value most important to them.

　　B．Only the control group was given a list of impor­ tant values.

　　C．Both groups ranked the values in order of impor­ tance to them.

　　D．Each woman was weighed three times in the process of the study.

　　答案　C

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第二段第三句"Each woman ranked the values in order of how important they were to her."可知选C。

　　23．Which of the following people may lose weight according to the new study?

　　A．Mary who wrote about her own adventure.

　　B．Catherine who described her illness in her writing.

　　C．Shirley who wrote how much she loved her children.

　　D．Alice who complained her boss in her diary.

　　答案　C

　　解析　推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后一句可知，通过写下使自己感觉良好的东西，可以达到减肥的目的，因此选C。

　　24．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

　　A．Women Values Losing Weight

　　B．Losing Weight Is Very Simple

C．Writing Benefits Women a Lot