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Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body. For many people, looking nice also means to be 5 . Other people worry about their health as many doctors 6 overweight is not good. Most people want to find a faster and 7 way to take off fat, and books of this kind are very popular. These books tell people how to lose weight. Each year a lot of new books like these are 8 . Each one says it can easily help people take fat away. Losing weight can be9. Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in California. Men and women 10 severalhundred dollars a day at these health centers. People live there for one week or two, 11 exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All this works for losing weight. 12 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $ 400 a day, she spent $ 320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still 13 to do so. Health centers, books, medicines, operations, running and exercise machines all 14 a lot of money. So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing 15 too. ( )1. A less B. more C. nice D. fast ( )2. A For B. So C. Or D. And ( )3. A good B. useful C. hard D. easy ( )4. A why B. what C. how D. when ( )5. A. high B. short C. thin D. fat ( )6.A talk B. say C. speak D. tell ( )7. A. dearer B. harder C. shorter D. easier ( )8. A taken B. given C. written D. copied ( )9. A cheap B. expensive C. easy D. safe ( )10.A pay B. cost C. take D. have ( )11. A making B. taking C. playing D. using ( )12. A Before B. In C. After D. At ( ) 13.A sorry B. angry C. sad D. glad ( )14. A need B. have C. use D. get ( )15. A health B. time C. food D. money 二.阅读理解。 A good reader is very much like a driver. He must change his reading speed (速度 ) to fit( 适应) what he is reading and what he is reading for, just as a driver does to fit the road situation(状况 ). A good reader may read at 1,000 WPM(每分钟---词 ) when he looks for something for a report in the library. But once he finds what he needs, he may slow down to 100 WPM. A good reader may read newspapers and story books at 600 WPM. But he may read his science or maths books at 150 WPM. Just as a driver has a wide change of driving speed, so a good reader has a wide change of reading speed. ( )1. The writer thinks that a good reader can____. A. read at 1,000 WPM B. read as fast as he can C. spend more time reading D. change the reading speeds as he needs ( )2. ____ decides the speed of reading. A. How many books he is reading B. What he is reading for C. Where he is reading D. When he is reading ( )3. a good reader may read fastest____. A. when he reads newspapers and story books A. when he reads something most useful to him B. when he is trying to work out a maths problem C. when he is trying to find something for his report ( )4. The word “once” in the passage means____. A. one time B. only C. as soon as D. (责任编辑：admin) |