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About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight(减肥). That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines (机器), take medicines, or even have operations (手术). you can see losing weight is work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But do 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 be . Other people worry about their health as many doctors overweight is not good.

Most people want to find an 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 . Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

Losing weight can be . Some overweight people go to health centres, like La Costa in California. Men and women some hundred dollars a day at these health centres. People live there for one week or two, exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work for losing weight. 4 days on it, one woman , Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $ 400 a day, she spent $ 320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still to do so.

Health centres, books, medicines, operations, running and exercise machines all a lot of money. So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing 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. dear B. hard C. short D. easy

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

When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck!” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?

In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.

Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn’t happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so ifyou make a wish, it will come true.

Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit’s foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit!”

People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year—they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole of good luck.

1.Which thing is mentioned in the oldest good luck tradition?

A. A falling leaf

B. A rabbit’s foot

C. A shooting star

D. A cheerful wish from friends

2.According to Paragraph 3, we know that ______.

A. people can see a shooting star on a rainy night.

B. shooting stars can often be seen

C. people believe that it’s unlucky to see a shooting star.

D. your wish may come true if you see a shooting star.

3.British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because ______.

A. the leaves fall in autumn.

B. there are so many leaves to catch.

C. they want to have a whole year of good luck.

D. the leaves can bring them a lucky month.

4.In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “them” refers to(指)______.

A. leaves B. people C. trees D. years

5.The passage is mainly about ______.

A. how to wish upon a star

B. things that bring good luck

C. British people love leaves

D. which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest

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