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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
My grandmother Myra is very dedicated woman. Once she sets her mind on something, then there's no stopping her. In this case, that's a good thing because to do what she did requires extreme dedication.
She was born in Montreal, Canada. Her mother died of cancer in her forties and her father wasn't very supportive of her and her younger sister. Because of this, my grandmother became extremely close with her sister Rhea.
Early in her life, my grandmother was a little fat and she was picked on for it. Because she missed her mother so much, she turned to food for false love. Throughout the years she became more overweight. Like most people, my grandmother was not happy with her weight, but she never really did anything about it either. She had a close friend who once told her that she needed to do something about her weight if she didn't want to die. Her extra weight caused her to have health problems. She had a stroke and heart problems and spent many years in a wheelchair. My grandmother decided to join Weight Watchers and follow their plan, She started to see improvement. After a little while she completely refused to eat all fatty foods and sweets.
In the end she was very satisfied. She dropped over two hundred pounds and didn't need her wheelchair anymore. Because of the experience she went through, she helps other people to slim down. Also because she knows how it feels to be overweight, she's now a nutrition counselor (营养顾问). She knows more about food's effect on health than anyone I know.
My grandmother taught me an extremely useful lesson. Because of her dedication and perseverance (毅力), I've learned that no matter how tough a situation looks or how impossible it seems, do have a try.
56. According to the passage, the author's grandmother is such a woman EXCEPT that ________.
A. she is a person with a strong will
B. she has a close relationship with her sister
C. she is dedicated
D. she was unkind to her father
57. The underlined phrase "Weight Watchers" is most probably the name of ________.
A. a group of overweight people
B. an organization which helps people lose weight
C. a doctor who operates on patients
D. a supermarket selling all fatty foods and sweets
58. The meaning of the underlined sentence in the last paragraph is closest to "_________".
A. Where there is a will, there is a way
B. Actions speak louder than words
C. The best fish swims near the bottom
D. Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can
59. From the passage, we can infer that _________.
A. the author's grandmother was a teacher
B. the author admired her grandmother very much
C. the author's grandmother worked in Weight Watchers later
D. the author's grandmother hated her father very much
