A teenager who starved herself in an attempt to resemble her idol, Miranda Kerr. But her desire to look like Victoria's Secret models left her in hospital.

Christie, now 18, from New South Wales, Australia, was once a talented long-distance runner and competed in the state and Sydney regionals.

But eventually she became too weak to walk. Christie, a worker, said: "I was a big fan of Miranda Kerr and I like the fact that she was very tall and very slim. I loved her stomach.

She said: "I always wanted to be one of the Victoria's Secret models and I would watch their shows and read their books.

"I would read the magazines and what they would eat and their diet plans ."It made me feel like what I was doing was normal because other people were doing it. All that mattered was losing weight.

But by the time she was 16, Christie's weight had dropped to five stone, and she accepted she had a serious problem. Christie said: "I realized that I was smaller than Miranda. One moment I liked it and then I didn't like it at all.

Christie said: "I spent my 17th birthday in hospital because I was so weak. When I was sick I knew I wouldn't be able to achieve any of the things I wanted to do and that was my turning point - that was why I wanted to change.

"I just want to be healthy for the first time in my life and just live a happy life and eat when I'm hungry to actually nourish my body."

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1.How old is Christie?

A 16

B 17

C 18

D 19

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第2段第1句“Christie, now 18, from New South Wales, Australia”可知。

2.What’s Christie’s job ?

A A runner.

B A worker

C A doctor

D A manager

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第3段第2句“ Christie, a worker”可知。

3.Why does she lose weight?

A Because she is too fat.

B Because she is not healthy.

C Because she wants to be a model.

D Because her mother wants her to be thinner.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第4段第1句“She said: "I always wanted to be one of the Victoria's Secret models and I would watch their shows and read their books..” 可知。

4.What does the underlined word it refer to?

A the magazine

B the food

C smaller than Miranda

D the hospital

解析：选C。C 词义猜测题。根据第6段第2句“that I was smaller than Miranda”可知。

5.From the passage, we can learn_______.

A losing weight is very important.

B doing some exercise is necessary for us.

C health is the most important for us.

D how to be a good model.

解析：选C。C 主旨大意题。 从最后1段“I just want to be healthy for the first time in my life and just live a happy life and eat when I'm hungry to actually nourish my body”.可知。健康才是最要的。