Many Americans are trying to lose weightSome eat less rood and hardly have any fats or sweetsOthers do running,  1  with machines, take medicine, or even have operationsSo you can see losing weight is  2  work, and it also costs a lot of money

But  3  do so many people in the US want to lose weight? Because they worry about their 4 For many people, looking nice means being thinOther people worry about their health as many  5  say overweight is not good

Most people want to find a faster and easier way to  6  fat, and books of this kind are very popularThese books  7  people how to lose weightEach year a lot of new books like these are writtenEach one says it can  8  help people take fat away

Losing weight can be  9 Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in CaliforniaMen and women  10  several hundred dollars a day at these health centersSo in the United States, losing weight may mean losing money, too

1Awork                      Brun                      Cexercise                       Dexperience

2Aeasy                           Bhard                     Cuseful                   Dhelpless

3Awhy                           Bhow                 Cwhen                    Dwhere

4Amoney                    Bhealth                  Clooks                     Dbodies

5Aofficials                  Bparents                 Cteachers                       Ddoctors

6Afix up                     Bput on                  Ctake off                  Dstay away

7Amake                      Bask                      Clead                      Dtell

8Anever                      Bhardly                   Cjust                       Deasily

9Acheap                     Bexpensive             Cimportant              Dnecessary

10Apay                       Blose                       Cmake                    Dwaste

One day,  John read an advertisement in a newspaperIt said, "WantedThe best salesman in the world" John thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job" "I' m the best salesman in the world," he said to the manager"Give me the job"

"You must prove you're the best," the manager said

"OK I will," John said

"Good" The manager took several boxes of sweets out of his desk"Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweetsIf yon can sell them all before the end of the week, yon can have the job, " said the manager

"That's easy, "John saidHe took the boxes of sweets and left the office

Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the sweetsBut he couldn't sell oneThe sweets were too bad for him to sellAt the end of the week he went back to the manager"I'm sorry, sir," he said, "I was wrong about myselfI'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is"

"Oh" said the manager"Who?"

"The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets"

1The manager told John             

Ahe could start work at once

Bhe was the best salesman in the world

Che wasn't a good salesman

Dhe must show he was the best salesman in the world

2John could get the job if                  

Ahe sold a thousand boxes of sweets

Bhe gave a way a thousand boxes of sweets

Che sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweets

Dhe bought a thousand boxes of sweets  from the manager

3Choose the right order (顺序) of the story

(1) John went to ask for the job

(2) John told the manager who the best salesman really was

(3) John read an advertisement in a newspaper

(4) John went to sell the sweets

A(1) (2) (3) (4)                                         B(4) (3) (2) (1)

C(3) (1) (4) (2)                                          D(3) (4) (1) (2)

4From this story we can know that              

AJohn didn't get the job                          BJohn was a good seller

Cthe manager was a good seller             Dthe advertisement was a good one

5John couldn't sell the sweets because                     

Ahe was not a good salesman                Bthe sweets were too bad

Che wanted to send them to his friends        Dnobody liked sweets

The Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival, which is the biggest festival in China

It usually comes in January or FebruaryWhere there are Chinese,  there is the Spring FestivalEach Chinese year has a nameWe may call it the Year of the Tiger, the Year of the Pig or the Year of the SnakeAnd the year of 2007 is called the Year of the PigThe year after it is the Mouse Year

People always spend a month before the festival in preparing for itPeople are busy shopping and cleaning their housesOn the eve there is a big family dinnerAll the family stay up late to welcome the New Year, watching the CCTV programs or playing cardsOn the first day of the Chinese New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their relatives(亲戚) and friends, saying "Happy New Year", "Good luck" and some other greetings to each otherIt often lasts to the Lantern Festival, which is also an important Chinese festival and people usually have sweet dumplings (yuanxiao)People always have a very good time, especially childrenChildren can usually get some money for the new year from their parents and the elder relatives

1We call the Chinese New Year               

Athe biggest festival                             Bthe Lantern Festival

Cthe Spring Festival                                 Dthe Year of the Pig

2The year of 2008 is the Year of the              

AMouse                BPig                 CSheep              DTiger

3"All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year" Here "stay up" means       

Ato go to sleep          Bnot to go to bed    Cto stand up       Dto have a good rest

4What do we know from paragraph (段落) 2?

AThe Spring Festival is celebrated only by Chinese people in China

BThe Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival, even when they are in foreign countries

CPeople celebrate the Spring Festival all over the world

DPeople who can speak Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival in the world

5What do people say when they meet on the Chinese New Year's Day?

AThey say "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year"

BThey say "Good luck" and "Good night" to each other

CThey say "Have a nice day" and "Good luck" only to their friends and relatives

DThey say many greetings, such as "Good luck" to each other

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