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 四、完形填空.

       About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight. That is almost one out of every three people in the United States. Some people eat 1 food and they hardly (几乎不) have any fat or sweets. Others do running,exercise with machines,take medicines,or even have operations (手术) .So you can see losing weight is 2 work,and it will also cost a lot of money. But 3 do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?

       Many people in the United States worry about their look of the bodies. For many people,looking nice also means being 4 . Other people worry about their health as many doctors say being overweight is not good.

       Most people want to find a faster and 5 way to take off fat,so books of this kind are very popular. These books tell people how to lose weight. There are a lot of new books like this. Each one says it can easily help people take 6 away.

        Losing weight can be expensive. Some overweight people go to health centers 7 La Costa in California. Men and women pay several hundred dollars a day at these health centers. People live there for one week or two,8 exercise,eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work is for losing weight. After 4 days on the program,one woman called Mrs Warren lost 5 pounds (2. 27 kg) . At $400 a day,she spent $320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still 9 to do so.

        Health centers,books,medicines,operations,running and exercise machines all 10 a lot of money. So in the United States,losing weight may mean losing money.

() 1. A. nice   B. fast   C. more   D. less

() 2. A. good   B. hard   C. easy   D. useful

() 3. A. why   B. what   C. when   D. how

() 4. A. high   B. short   C. thin   D. fat

() 5. A. dearer   B. harder   C. shorter   D. easier

() 6. A. fat   B. water   C. energy   D. meat

() 7. A. for   B. to   C. like   D. in

() 8. A. taking   B. playing   C. take   D. play

() 9. A. angry   B. sad   C. glad   D. sorry

() 10. A. have   B. want   C. cost   D. buy

Answer 1

四、 1—5  DBACD    6—10  ACACC