2025年昆明衛生職業學院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調整）一、單選題(共50題)1、材料Iwassaidtobetheworststudentinmyclass,andmyfamilythoughtIwashopeless.Ihadto（1）gradesix.Atthattimeanewteacher,MissSadia,cametoourschool.

Onedayafterclass,she（2）thatIwasstayingaloneduringthelunchbreak.Shecametomeandbegantotalktome.Itwasjusta（3）conversation.Afterthatday,shegavemeparticular（4）anditmademefeelspecial.Istartedtoworkhardbecauseshegavemethefeel-ingthat（5）believedme,andmy（6）startedtoimproveinhersubject.

Monthslater,shemovedintoahousenearmy（7）.Wewouldwalkhometogetherafterschool.Herconstantsupporthelpedme,（8）inmystudies,asIknewshewould（9）mygradesbothinhersubjectandtheothersubjects.Ifinally（10）secondinmyclass.

Then,aftergradesix,shestartedtoslowlydriftaway(疏遠)（11）stillkeptaconstantcheckonme.BythetimeIwasingradeseven,we（12）spoke,butbythenIhadbecomethe（13）inmyclass.WhenIleftmyschool,Iwas（14）withher,assheneveransweredthe（15）whenIcalledher.

ThenIgraduatedandwenttoagooduniversity.Onefineday,ourpaths（16）again.Imetheratawedding.Icouldnot（17）askingher,“Whydidyoustoptalkingtome?”

“Youareacleverboy.Iwantedyoutobeatree（18）onyourownroots,notdependingonothers.NowhereyouareandIfeel（19）ofyou.Youareyourinspirationanddonotneedto（20）ashoulder,”shesaid.Icouldnotsayanything,butIsmiled.I’llalwaysthankher.第19空填（）。(1分)A、sadB、proudC、goodD、ashamed正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查形容詞詞義辨析。sad意為“傷心的”;proud意為“驕傲的”;good意為“好的”;ashamed意為“羞愧的”。結合上文作者取得的成績可知，此處指老師為作者感到驕傲。故選B。2、Theirparentsarewaiting（）abus.(1分)A、toB、atC、onD、for正確答案選項：參考答案：D3、Animalsareourclosefriends.Wearesupposed________them.

(1分)A、toprotectB、protectingC、protectD、toprotecting正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意:動物是我們親密的朋友。我們應該保護它們。besupposedtodosth應該做某事，故為toprotect。故選A。4、Pleasegiveme（）appletoeat.(1分)A、moreoneB、onemoreC、thefirstmoreD、morethe正確答案選項：參考答案：B5、-Wouldyoupleaseshowmethewaytothecitylibrary?-Sticktotheroaduntilyoureachthesecondcrossroads.________.

(1分)A、TakeiteasyB、Youcan’tmissitC、Don’tgetmewrongD、Youbet正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查情景交際。Takeiteasy別著急。Youcan’tmissit.你不會錯過它。Don’tgetmewrong.你搞錯了，別誤會我。Youbet.當然，肯定地。句意：--您能指給我去市圖書館的路嗎？--沿著這條路走到第二個十字路口。你不會錯過的。B項符合情景。6、—Wouldyoulikemetobringyouacupofhotcoffee?—________.

(1分)A、Idon'tlikecoffeeB、Yesplease.C、It'sapleasure.D、YesI'dliketo.正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意:——要我給你拿一杯熱咖啡嗎?——好的,勞煩。考查交際用語。Idon'tlikecoffee.我不喜歡咖啡;Yes,please.好的，勞煩;It'sapleasure.不用客氣;Yes,I'dliketo.是的，我很樂意。問句是主動提供幫助，答句接受幫助，所以答句是對問句有禮貌的回應,故選B7、—Canyouspeakalittlelouder?Ican______hearyou.—OK.

(1分)A、exactlyB、reallyC、clearlyD、hardly正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析——你能更大點兒聲講話嗎?我幾乎聽不到你。——好的。A、exactly確切地;B、really真正地;C、clearly明確地;D、hardly幾乎不。故選D。8、Thepostofficeis________thebank________theschool．

(1分)A、between;andB、between;orC、next;toD、across;from正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析between：(空間上或時間上)在…中間9、—（）yourmotherfreeatweekends?—No.She（）hasmuchhouseworktodo.(1分)A、Does;alwaysB、Does;seldomC、Is;seldomD、Is;always正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查一般疑問句和頻度副詞。句意為：“-----你媽媽周末空閑嗎?------不空閑。她總是有很多家務要做。”根據“atweekends”可知要用一般現在時，主語yourmother接動詞第三人稱單數形式，free是形容詞，要用be動詞，所以第一空填is。根據答語“No.”可知她總是很忙，所以用頻度副詞always。故選D。10、—MyiPadhasgonewrong.I'llhaveit（）.—Whydon'tyouhaveUncleWang（）it?Nobodycanifhecan't.(1分)A、repair;repairedB、repair;repairingC、repairing;repairedD、repaired;repair正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查過去分詞。句意為：“——我的iPad出問題了，我要去修理它。—-為什么不讓王叔叔修理?如果他不能的話，沒有人可以。”havesth.done意為“使某物被做”,表被動。第一個空格前的it指iPad,與repair是邏輯上的動賓關系，即“被修理”,應用過去分詞表被動；havesb.dosth.意為“讓某人做某事”,have為使役動詞，后接省略to的不定式作賓補。第二個空格處的UncleWang和repair是邏輯上的主謂關系，即“修理”。故選D。11、Over100countriesandorganizations________warmsupporttotheBeltandRoadinitiative(倡議)since2013.

(1分)A、offerB、haveofferedC、offeredD、willoffer正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析

考查時態。句意：自2013年以來，超過100個國家和組織對一帶一路倡議給予了熱情的支持。根據句意和句中since2013可知，句中動作開始于過去并持續到現在，應用現在完成時，句式為主語+has/have+動詞過去分詞，句子主語Over100countriesandorganizations為可數名詞復數形式，與have連用，offer意為自愿給予，動詞詞性，過去分詞為offered，故空格處應用haveoffered。故選B項。12、_____peoplegotoSanyaonholidayeverywinter.

(1分)A、AlotB、LotC、MillionD、Millionsof正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析數以百萬的人們每年冬天都去海南島度度假。固定搭配millionsofpeople上百萬的人，想用lot的話應該是Alotofpeoplemillion表示百萬,當表示概數的時候,millionsof+可數名詞復數形式,如milionsofpepeople;當表示具體的數目時,基數詞+million+可數名詞復數,如twomilionpeople.點評，本題考查數詞的用法,基礎題,掌握hundred,thousand,milion等數詞的的用法是解題的關鍵。13、從下面單詞中找一個括號部分讀音不同的單詞。（）(1分)A、(g)ateB、(g)ameC、oran(g)eD、be(g)in正確答案選項：參考答案：C14、—What’stheterriblenoise

—It’sJohn.He________theviolin.

(1分)A、practicedB、ispracticingC、waspracticingD、haspraticed正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意：——那可怕的聲音是什么？——是約翰。他正在練習小提琴。

考查現在進行時。根據“What’stheterriblenoise

”可知，此處表示動作正在發生，用現在進行時，故選B。15、Veryloudmusicisbad________ourhearing.

(1分)A、toB、forC、withD、at正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析非常響亮的音樂對我們的聽力有害。對某人/物有好/壞處”通常用begood/badfor...，所以選B16、Theweathermansaidit________thenextday.

(1分)A、rainB、shouldrainC、rainsD、wasgoingtorain正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析氣象員說第二天要下雨。語句本來是過去時態，要用過去將來時。17、—Excusemesir,whereisRoom301?—Justaminute.I’llhaveBob______youtoyourroom.

(1分)A、showB、showsC、toshowD、showing正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查have做使役動詞的用法。句意：--打擾一下，301房間在哪？--稍等。我讓鮑勃帶你去你的房間。have做使役動詞，后面可以接賓語+賓語補足語，have后的賓語補足語可以用不帶to的不定式，現在分詞，過去分詞。這句話里Bob和show之間是主動關系，所以用不帶to的不定式，選A。18、Ishallneverforgetthoseyears____Ilivedonthefarmwiththefarmers.

(1分)A、whenB、whereC、whichD、that正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查定語從句。句意：我永遠不會忘記我和農民們在農場生活的那些年。這里含有一個定語從句，關于詞在從句中作時間狀語，所以用關系副詞when，選A。19、Thereisagreatdealofevidence_______thatmusicactivitiesengagedifferentpartsofthebrain.

(1分)A、indicateB、indicatingC、toindicateD、tobeindicating正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查非謂語動詞。句意：有大量證據表明，音樂活動時會調用大腦的不同部位。本題為therebe句型主語為evidence，indicate作定語，修飾evidence，而evidence與indicate

之間構成主動關系，用現在分詞indicating做定語修飾evidence，故選B。20、Ihavealotofhomework___today.

(1分)A、todoB、doneC、doingD、do正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析我今天有很多作業要做havesthtodo有一些事要做，這里todo做后置定語，修飾前面的不定代詞。21、（）professorand（）doctorhasleftforBeijing.(1分)A、A;aB、The;theC、The;aD、The;/正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析[題干分析]第一空表示特指,用定冠詞the;第二空,根據has可知主語是一個人,故此處用professoranddoctor表示“教授兼醫生'。22、Thesolution,ofcourse,wastoplanttreessotheanimalscouldseekshelterduringthedaytime.Heturnedtothe_________departmentforhelpbutwastoldthatnothingwouldgrowthere.

(1分)A、laborB、policeC、forestD、finance

正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查名詞詞義辨析。句意:他向森林部門求助，但被告知那里什么也不長。Alabor勞動；Bpolice警察；Cforest森林；Dfinance財政，金融。根據前一句中的”Thesolution,ofcourse,wastoplanttrees”可知，Molai想要種樹，所以他應該向”森林”部門求助。故選C。23、Sittingatthebackoftheroombutinfrontofsomeoldmenandwomen______averyshygirlwithtwobrighteyes.

(1分)A、wasB、wereC、areD、being正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查主謂一致。句意：一個有兩只明亮眼睛的害羞女孩坐在房間的后面，一些老年人在前面。本句為倒裝句，主語是averyshygirlwithtwobrighteyes.核心主語是averyshygirl，為單數，全句為過去時，故選A。24、-Whodidyougotothemovie（）?-Nobody.Iwentalone.(1分)A、withB、aboutC、forD、from正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查介詞。句意為：“你和誰去看的電影?沒有人。我自己去的。”gotothemoviewithsb.意為“和某人一起去看電影”。故選A。25、______?——Quitewell，thankyou.

(1分)A、WhatdoyoudoB、WhatdoyouthinkofitC、HowareyougettingonwithyourEnglishD、HowdoyoufindbookswrittenbyCaoWenxuan正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析—你的英語進展如何？—很好，謝謝。A你是做什么工作的?B你覺得怎么它怎么樣?C你的英語進展如何？D你如何找到曹文軒寫的書？結合語境“很好，謝謝”可知，應該問“你的英語進展如何？”故選C26、一Mom,Itookmypartner'smathbookhomebymistake.WhatshouldIdo?一Well,youshouldcallher______youcansaysorrytoher.

(1分)A、asifB、sothatC、eventhoughD、eversince正確答案選項：參考答案：B27、材料IfyouarelearningEnglishbecauseyou'regoingtotravelinEnglandandwishtobe（1）there,don'ttrytospeakEnglishperfectly,（2）ifyoudoso,noonewillunderstandyou.InLondonninety-nineineveryhundredpeoplespeak（3）English.Youmaysaythat（4）theydon'tspeakEnglishwellthemselves,theycan（5）understanditwhenitiswellspoken.They（6）whenthespeakerisEnglish.Butwhenthespeakerisa（7）,thebetterhespeaks,the（8）itistounderstandhim.

Noforeignercan（9）stressthesyllables(音節)andmakethetone（10）andfallinquestionand（11）exactlyasa（12）does.（13）thefirstthingyouhavetodoistospeakwithastrong（14）accent,andspeakbroken,thatis,Englishwithoutany（15）.TheneveryEnglishpersonyou（16）willatonceknowyouareaforeigner,andtrytounder-standyouandbereadyto（17）you.Hewillnot（18）youtobepoliteandusegram-maticalphrases.Hewillbe（19）byhisclevernessinmakingoutyour（20）andbeingabletotellwhatyouwanttoknow.第12空填（）。(1分)A、nativeB、foreignerC、childD、reporter正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查名詞詞義辨析。native意為“本地人”;foreigner意為“外國人”;child意為“小孩”;reporter意為“記者”。空格處與前面的foreigner對比，指的是外國人說英語不會像英國本土人在音調上注意得那么好。故選A。28、BeforeyougotoCanada,youneedtolearnmore（）it.(1分)A、fromB、inC、byD、about正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查介詞。句意為：“在你去加拿大之前，你需要了解更多關于它的事情。”learnabout是固定搭配，意為“了解；學習”。故選D.29、—（）isitfromBeijingtoNewYork?—Morethan30,000miles.(1分)A、HowfarB、HowoftenC、HowlongD、Howmuch正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查特殊疑問詞。句意為：“---從北京到紐約多遠?------三萬多英里。”Howfar意為“多遠”,是對距離進行提問。根據答語“Morethan30,000miles.”可知是詢問的距離，所以應用Howfar進行提問。故選A。30、---Haveyoufinishedyourprogram?---I’mafraid____Iforgotaboutit.

(1分)A、probablyB、naturallyC、extremelyD、totally正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：—你完成項目了嗎？—恐怕我已經完全忘了。Aprobably可能地；Bnaturally自然地；Cextremely極其地；Dtotally完全地。根據I’mafraid可知，D恐怕我已經完全忘了。故選D項。31、從下列選項中找出其括號部分與所給單詞括號部分讀音相同的選項。（）s(a)tellite(1分)A、s(a)fetyB、m(a)nyC、n(a)vyD、m(a)gazine正確答案選項：參考答案：D32、Theposition,however,____youareapplying,isnotquiteawell-paidone.

(1分)A、thatB、whichC、forwhichD、towhich正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析C考查非限制性定語從句。However為插入語，先行詞為Theposition，定語從句中的短語applyfor意為申請，所以應填forwhich，此時which做applyfor的賓語。故選C。33、—MayIuse（）Englishdictionary?（）islefthome.-Certainly,hereyouare.(1分)A、yours;MineB、yours;MyC、yours;MineD、your;Mine正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查物主代詞。句意為：“—-我可以用你的英語詞典嗎?我的詞典落在家里了。—-當然，給你。”第一個空后有名詞Englishdictionary,所以用形容詞性物主代詞；第二個空后沒有名詞，所以用名詞性物主代詞。故選D。34、材料Do

you

know

how

to

study

better

and

make

your

study

more

effective?

We

all

（1）thatChinesestudentsusuallystudyhardforlonghours.Thisisverygood,butitdoesn't（2）alot,foraneffectivestudentmusthaveenoughsleep,enoughfoodandenoughrestandenough（3）Everydayyouneedtogooutforawalkor（4）somefriendsofsomeniceplaces.It'sgoodfor（5）.

Whenyou（6）toyourstudies，yourmindwillberefreshed(清醒)andyou'lllearn（7）andstudybetter.HeretakesEnglishlearning（8）anexample.Firstyoumakealotofprogressandyoufeel（9）.Thenyourlanguagestudyseemstostay

（10）andyoumaygiveup.Thiscan（11）fordaysorevenweeks,yetyouneedn'tgiveup.Atsomepointyourlanguagestudywill（12）takeanotherbigjump.

Everythingwillbe（13）foryou.Ifyougetenoughsleep,food,restandexercise,studyingEnglishcanbeveryeffectiveand（14）Don'tgiveupalongtheway.Learnslowlyandyou're（15）togetgoodresults.

第(10)選（）(1分)A、strange

B、different

C、difficult

D、thesame正確答案選項：參考答案：D35、（）you（）shapeyourlifeandyourfuture.Weshouldwaitfornoone.(1分)A、Itis;whoB、It;thatC、Itis;whichD、Itwas;who正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查強調句。句意為：“是你塑造了你的生活和未來。我們不應該等任何人。”強調句結構：“Itis/was+被強調部分+that/who+句子其他成分.”根據謂語動詞shape可知此處用一般現在時。故選A。36、Tomthinks（）Jack.(1分)A、differentwithB、differentlyC、differentlyfromD、differentform正確答案選項：參考答案：C37、Alotofaccidentshappenbecausepeoplearetoo________intheireverydaylife.

(1分)A、carefulB、carelessC、awfulD、useless正確答案選項：參考答案：B38、EveryoneexceptTomandJohn____therewhenthemeetingbegan.

(1分)A、areB、isC、wereD、was正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析這道題一是考時間狀語從句的主從句時間一致性，二是考be動詞的過去式。從題上看，從句部分用了begin的過去式began，所以主句部分也應用過去式，本句主語為everyone謂語應用be動詞的過去式was。故選D。39、Theoldmanputonhisglasses____seebetter.

(1分)A、onpurposeB、inorderthatC、soasD、inorderto正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析

考查目的狀語的用法：inorderto和soasto都可以做目的狀語，inorderthat后面應該接從句，onpurpose是故意地，句意是：為了看的更好，老人把眼鏡帶起來。選D。40、-Tom,whichsubjectdoyoulike（）,mathsorEnglish?-Maths.(1分)A、wellB、betterC、bestD、thebest正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查副詞的比較級。句意為：“----Tom,你比較喜歡哪個科目，數學還是英語?---數學。”根據比較的對象mathsorEnglish可知是兩者之間的比較，應用比較級。故選B。41、材料Considerthesesituations:Youhavejustreadanexcellentbookandwanttotellafriendaboutit.Youhaveseenanexcitingmovieandwantto（1）yourinstructortogotoseeit.Youhaveheardaninspiringlecture,andwantto（2）yournewfoundknowledgewitharoommatewhodidn'tattendthelecture.

Howtogivethistypeof（3）?Youcouldtelleverythingyou（4）aboutthebook,movie,orlecture,butyouwillprobablyjustwanttoselectthe（5）pointsandtellthesetoyourlistener.This,ofcourse,iscalledsummarizing.

Tocreateagoodsummary—onethatisbothaccurateandbrief—youneedtofollowtwosteps.First,（6）informationbyreading,takingnotes,orlisteningcarefullysothatyoursummaryisasbriefaspossiblebutstillaccurateand（7）.Youraudiencewillhelpyoudecidehowthoroughyouneedtobe.Ifyougiveyoursummaryto（8）perhapsforanexamination,itwillneedtobeextremelycomplete

（9）accurate.Youwillneedtokeepinmindany（10）yourinstructormighthavegivenyouduringthelecturetoindicatewhatheorsheconsidersespeciallyimportant.Ifyouaresummarizingamovieforafriend,youcanbelessthorough.Partofthetaskofsummarizingisknowingwhattoincludeandwhattoleaveout.

第(3)選（）(1分)A、knowledge

B、information

C、instruction

D、technology正確答案選項：參考答案：B42、—________didyougolastsummer?

—IwenttoBeijing.Itwaswonderful.

(1分)A、WhatB、WhereC、WhoD、When正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析你上個暑假去哪里了？我去北京了，那里很棒。what什么；where哪里；who誰；when什么時候。43、材料Thinkaboutwhatyouliketowearontheweekend.

There’sagoodchancethatyouliketoputonapairofbluejeans.Atanymoment,abouthalfoftheworld’spopulationiswearingjeans.Butaccordingtoanewstudy,ourloveforjeansmaybebadforEarth.Denim（牛仔布）mightbeputtingsomeseaanimalsindanger.Everytimewewashourjeans,tinybitsofdenimwillflowoutofourwashingmachines,downintotheworld’srivers,lakesandoceans.Youmightwonder:Isn’tdenimmadeofcotton,anaturalmaterial?Howcanitbecomeadangertonature?Well,intheprocessofmakingjeans,denimistreatedwithmanytypesofman-madechemicals.Someimproveitsdurability（耐用性）andfeel;othersgivejeanstheirbluecolor.ScientistsstudiedtheGreatLakesinAmericaandtheArcticOceaninnorthernCanada.

Theyfounddenimwasteinallofthesamples（樣本）theyhadcollected.

Itisfearedthattheharmfulchemicalsindenimhavespreadfarandwide.Scientistsaren’tyetsurehowthesechemicalsmightharmanimals.Inthestudy,thescientistsalsowashedjeanstoseehowmanybitsofdenimeachpairwoulddropperwash.Theanswerwasfrightening:About50,000.Notallofthemmaketheirwayintotheenvironment.Wastewatertreatmentplantsholdback83to99percentofthem.Thismaysoundprettygood,However,onepercentof50,000bitsarestill500perwash.Nowthinkaboutthenumberofjeansaroundtheworldandthetimeseachofthemgetswashed.

Asaresult,alargeamountofdenimwastestillgetsintotheenvironment.Doesthismeanweshouldn’twearjeans?ProbablynotWeneedtobuyfewerjeansandonlywashthemwhenwetrulyneedtodoit,saysSamAthey,oneofthescientists.Youdon’tneedtowashyourjeansafterhavingwornthemonlyacoupleoftimes.WhatshouldwedoaccordingtoSamAthey’swords?______

(1分)A、Wearenotsupposedtowearjeans.

B、Weneedtowashourjeanseveryday.C、Weshouldbuyfewerjeansandwashthemfewertimes.

正確答案選項：參考答案：C44、Sheprefer________forawalkratherthan________athome.

(1分)A、togo；stayB、goingto；stayC、go；stayingD、togo；staying正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析prefer…ratherthan意為“更喜歡……而不是……”，ratherthan后應接動詞原形．她寧愿去散步也不愿呆在家里。45、材料

Telephone,television,andradioallhelppeoplecommunicatewitheachother.

Becauseofthis,ideasandnewsofeventsspreadquicklyallovertheworld.Forexample,withinseconds,peoplecanknowtheresultsofanelectioninanothercountry,Newsofnaturaldisastersuchasanearthquakecanbringhelpfromdistantcountries.Withinhours,helpisontheway.Becauseofmoderntechnology,informationtravelsfaster.

Howhasthisspeedofcommunicationchangedtheworld?Tomanypeople,theworldhasbecomesmaller.Ofcoursethisdoesnotmeanthattheworldisactuallysmallerthanbefore,Itmeansthattheworldseemssmaller,Allnewswascarriedonshipsthattookweeksorevenmonthstocrosstheoceans.IntheseventeenthcenturyittooksixweeksfornewsfromEuropetoreachAmerica.Thistimedifferenceaffectedpeople'saction.Forexample,onebattleintheWarof1812betweenEnglandandtheUnitedStatescouldhavebeenavoided.Apeaceagreementhadalreadybeensigned.PeacewasmadeinEngland,butthenewsofpeacetooksixweekstoreach

America.Duringthissixweeks,thelargeandseriousBattletoNewOrleanswasfought.Manypeoplelosttheirlives.Theywouldnothavediedifnewshadcomeintime.Inthepast,communicationtookmuchmoretimethanitdoesnow.Therewasagoodreasonwhytheworldseemedsomuchlargerthanitdoestoday.

Newsspreadsfasternowbecauseof_.(1分)A、

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worldD、a

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agreement正確答案選項：參考答案：B46、Hehas_______hereforabouthalfanhour.

(1分)A、comeB、beenC、gotD、arrived正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析他在這里已經大約半個小時了。arrive，come，get都是瞬間動詞，不可以跟for一起構成一段時間的狀語47、材料

Formanyyears,Iwasconvincedthatmysufferingwasduetomysize.Ibelievedthatwhentheweightdisappeared,itwouldtakeoldwounds,hurtsandrejectionswithit.

Manyweightconsciouspeoplealsomistakenlybelievethatchangingourbodieswillfixeverything.Perhapsourworstmistakeisbelievingthatbeingthinequalsbeingloved,beingspecialandbeingcherished.Wefantasizeaboutwhatitwillbelikewhenwereachthelongawaitedgoal.Weworkveryhardtorealizethisdream.Then,atlast,wefindourselvesthere.

Butweoftengainbackwhatwehavelost.Evenso,wecontinuetobelievethatnexttimeitwillbedifferent.Nexttime,wewillkeepitoff.Nexttime,beingthinfinallyfulfillitspromiseofeverlastinghappiness,self-worth,and,ofcourse,love.

Ittookmealongwhiletorealizethattherewassomethingmoreformetolearnaboutbeauty.Beautystandardsvarywithculture.InSamoaawomanisnotconsideredattractiveunlesssheweighsmorethan200pounds.Moreimportantly,ifit'shappinessthatwewant,whynotputourenergythereratherthanonthesizeofourbody?Whynotlookinside?M