Question

About 70，000，000 Americans are trying to lose weight.This is almost one out of every three people in the United States.Some people eat 1food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running exercise with machines，take medicines，or even have operations.2you can see losing weight is 3work，and it will also cost a lot of money.But4do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?
Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body.For many people，looking nice also means to be5.Other people worry about their health as many doctors6overweight is not good.
Most people want to find a faster and 7way 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 are8.Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.
Losing weight can be expensive.Some overweight people go to health centers，like La Costa in California.Men and women9several hundred dollars a day at these health centers.People live there for one week or two，taking exercise，eating different foods.Meals there may be just a little.All this works for losing weight.104 days on the program，one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds(2.27kg).At 400 dollars a day, she spent 320dollars to lose each pound.But she said she was still glad to do so.
Health centers，books，medicines，operations，running and exercise machines all get a lot of money.So in the United States，losing Weight may mean losing money too。

1. 1.
   1. A.
      less
   2. B.
      more
   3. C.
      nice
   4. D.
      fast
2. 2.
   1. A.
      For
   2. B.
      So
   3. C.
      Or
   4. D.
      And
3. 3.
   1. A.
      good
   2. B.
      useful
   3. C.
      hard
   4. D.
      easy
4. 4.
   1. A.
      why
   2. B.
      what
   3. C.
      how
   4. D.
      when
5. 5.
   1. A.
      high
   2. B.
      short
   3. C.
      thin
   4. D.
      fat
6. 6.
   1. A.
      talk
   2. B.
      say
   3. C.
      speak
   4. D.
      tell
7. 7.
   1. A.
      dearer
   2. B.
      harder
   3. C.
      shorter
   4. D.
      easier
8. 8.
   1. A.
      taken
   2. B.
      given
   3. C.
      written
   4. D.
      copied
9. 9.
   1. A.
      pay
   2. B.
      cost
   3. C.
      take
   4. D.
      have
10. 10.
    1. A.
       Before
    2. B.
       Until
    3. C.
       After
    4. D.
       At

Answer 1

ABCAC BDDAC
1.eat less food意思是少吃饭。
2.此题考查连词so表示结果。
3.众所周知，减肥是一项艰苦的工作。
4.由下文内容可知美国人为什么减肥。
5.根据下文提示，好看意味着苗条，故选C
6.重点考查四个“说”的区别，因强调说的内容，故选B。
7.很多人想寻找一个既快捷又简单的减肥方式，故选D。
8.此题考查被动语态，意思是“被复制”。
9.pay表示支付。
10.此题考查介词的用法，after…之后。