单选题 .  A federal judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit against the Coca-Cola company which argued that Diet Coke misled people to believe the drink would help them lose weight.
    The case was brought by Shana Becerra who said that she had bought and drank Diet Coke because she believed it would contribute to weight loss and healthy weight management. She alleged that Diet Coke had the opposite effect, citing studies that she claimed showed sweeteners with no nutritional value like those used in Diet Coke cause weight gain and increased risk of certain diseases.
    Although Coca-Cola's arguments against the suit were not adequate, Judge William Alsup said the prosecutor failed to show that consumers were likely to be deceived by the advertising.
    Alsup dismissed the case became Becerra had not met the requirement that "members of the public are likely to be deceived". "In supermarkets, Diet Coke is displayed next to regular soft drinks and is not sold in the health-food section. Reasonable consumers would understand that Diet Coke merely deletes the calories usually present in regular Coke, and that the caloric reduction will lead to weight loss only as part of an overall sensible diet and exercise regimen (养生法) dependent on individual metabolism," Alsup said in the decision.
    Alsup said the studies cited by Becerra suggest a correlation between Diet Coke-type drinks and weight gain, but they do not suggest causation. He added that one of the studies even says that weight gain is "due to the behavior of consumers, rather than the effects of nonnutritive sweeteners." Alsup also rejected the idea that Diet Coke advertising would suggest to consumers that the soft drink led to weight loss as "reasonable consumers understand that advertising will feature healthy and attractive consumers enjoying the subject products and will not star the unhealthy and unfit."
    The decision on Tuesday, said that the prosecutor has until March 22 to file a motion to amend the complaint. A spokesperson for the Coca-Cola company said they were content with the fact that the court dismissed prosecutor's baseless complaint.1.  What was the lawsuit against? ______
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 由题干中的the lawsuit against定位到第一段。
   推理判断题。定位段指出，加利福尼亚州一位联邦法官驳回了一项对可口可乐公司的控诉，该控诉指出，健怡可乐误导消费者，让他们认为这款饮料会帮助他们减肥。由此可见，这项控诉是说可口可乐公司旗下的一款产品(健怡可乐)有误导消费者的嫌疑，这与A项描述一致，故答案为A。
[参考译文] 加利福尼亚州一位联邦法官驳回了一项对可口可乐公司的控诉，该控诉指出，健怡可乐误导消费者，让他们认为这款饮料会帮助他们减肥。
   提出控诉的人名叫莎娜·拜瑟拉，她说她之所以购买并饮用健怡可乐，是因为她相信健怡可乐有助于减肥以及健康的体重管理。她指控健怡可乐起到了相反的作用，她援引了一些研究，声称这些研究表明，像在健怡可乐中使用的那些毫无营养价值的增甜剂导致体重上升以及患某些疾病的风险增加。
   尽管可口可乐公司针对这项诉讼的辩护并不充分，威廉·阿尔苏普法官还是认为原告无法证明消费者有可能受到该广告的欺骗。
   阿尔苏普驳回这个案子的原因是拜瑟拉没能达到“公众成员们有可能受到欺骗"这一要求。“在超市里，健怡可乐与常规的软饮料摆放在一起，而不是在健康食品区售卖。理性的消费者应该能够明白，健怡可乐只不过是减少了常规可乐里的卡路里，而卡路里的减少会减轻体重仅仅是基于个人新陈代谢的整体理性饮食和锻炼养生法中的一部分，"阿尔苏普在判决中这样说道。
   阿尔苏普认为，拜瑟拉所援引的研究表明了健怡可乐类型的饮料与体重增加之间的关联，却没有表明因果关系。他补充道，其中的一个研究甚至认为体重的增加“取决于消费者的行为，而非没有营养的增甜剂的作用。"阿尔苏普还否决了健怡可乐广告暗示消费者软饮料能够减重的观点，因为“理性的消费者明白，广告都是用健康、有吸引力的消费者做主演来享用主题产品，而不会用不健康、身材走样的人做主演。"
   周二的判决表明，原告必须在3月22日之前提出动议来修改控诉。可口可乐公司的一位发言人声称，他们对法院驳回原告无根据的控诉这一事实感到满意。