Millions of Americans are trying to lose weight减肥).Some people eat less food__1__ do runningexercise with machinestake medicinesor even have operations手术).So losing weight is __2__ workand it costs a lot of moneyBut __3__ do so many people want to lose weight?

Many people worry about their looks of bodies__4__ many peoplelooking nice also mean to be thinOther people worry about their health as many doctors say overweight超重is not goodMost people want to find a __5__ and easier way to lose weight and this kind of books is very popularThese books tell people how to lose weightEach yeara lot of new books like these are __6__Each book says it can __7__ help people lose weight

Men and women spend several hundred dollars a day losing weight at the health centersPeople live there for one week or two taking exerciseeating different foodsFood there may be just a littleAll the work is for loosing weightAfter 4 days on the programone woman called Mrs. Walt __8__ five pounds2.27 kg).At $400 a dayit took her $320 to lose each poundBut she said she was still __9__ to do so

Health centersbooksmedicinesoperationsrunning and exercise machines all __10__ a lot of moneySo in the United Stateslosing weight may mean losing money

1Aother                     Banother                Cothers

2Agood                     Bhard                    Ceasy

3Awhy                      Bwhen                   Chow

4AAs                        BIn                        CFor

5Aworse                   Bharder                  Cfaster

6Awritten                  Bbought                 Ctaken

7Aeasy                      Bhardly                  Ceasily

8Alost                       Blose                     Closes

9Aangry                    Bglad                     Csorry

10Ahave                    Bwant                    Cneed

Jeff Keith has only one legWhen he was 12 years oldJeff had cancerDoctors had to __1__ most of is right legEvery day Jeff puts on a plastic legWith the plastic legJell can skiride a bicycleswimand play soccerHe can also run

Jeff made a plan with his friends who have plastic legstooThey decided to run across America__2_ twenty-twoJeff Keith ran across the USA from the east to the westHe ran 3200 milesJeff __3_ thirty-six pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs He stopped in different cities on the way to Los AngelesIn every city people gave Jeff money for the American Cancer SocietyThe American Cancer Society used the money to know more about cancer

On the way to Los AngelesJeff talked to people about __4__Jeff is disabledbut he can do many thingsHe finished college and is studying to be a lawyerJeff says“People can do anything they want to doI want people to know thatI ran __5__ for disabled peopleI ran for everybody

1Atake off                 Bput off                 Ccut off

2AAt the end of                 BAt the age of        CBy the end of

3Awore out               Bwore                   Cbroke

4ALos Angeles           Bcancer                 Clegs

5Anot only                 Bonly                     Cno longer

Vickers was very stingyHe hated spending moneyWhenever he had to buy somethinghe always wanted to pay less moneyeven for the cheapest thingsIf he wanted to buy a bottle of beerfor exampleand the shopkeeper asked for $2Vickers would say“Make it $1.9 and I'll buy it

Although the shopkeepers didn't like Vickerssometimes they had to agree with himThey thought“If I make it $1.9the man will be happyand it won’t hurt me very much” In this wayVickers saved a few cents美分here and a few cents thereand he had saved several hundred dollars by the end of the year

One day he had a bad toothache and had to go to see the dentistThe dentist looked at the tooth and said“This tooth will have to come out

“How much will I have to pay?” Vickers asked

“Forty dollars” the dentist said

“Forty dollars!” Vickers thought it was much too expensive“How long will it take you to pull out the tooth?” he said

“About two minutes” the dentist said

Vickers could not believe what he was hearing“Forty dollars for two minutes’ work!” he shouted“That's robbery抢劫).

“You are right” the dentist said with a smile“Thank you for telling meLet me spend half an hour on thatwill you?”

“OKbut I'll pay only-thirty-five dollars!” he answered

1The word “stingy” means ________ in Chinese

A.吝啬的             B.刻薄的                C.贫穷的

2The shopkeepers ________

Agave Vickers more than what he wanted

Bdidn't like Vickers                                    Cusually made the price high

3Then dentist thought Vickers was ________

Alovely                  Bsilly                     Cfriendly

4If Vickers wanted to buy a bottle of beer that was $2how much would he like to pay?

A$1.9                 B$2                    C$2.1

5From this storywe know that Vickers ________

Ausually had a toothache                           Bwas very poor

Cdidn’t like spending money

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