I hate being overweight. My husband said he didn’t mind, but I knew he still hoped I had a beautiful body. Everything from my waist(腰部) to my legs was overweight. Finally, just after Christmas last year, I decided that something had to be done.

I met Dr. Wallace, and she told me I had to stop eating fast foods. It was very hard for me because I was eating them three of four times a week:pizza,hamburgers,whatever I could get. But I said to myself at the start that I would try my best to do it—and I did. I even gave up the booze—something I used to have two glasses of it with dinner.

My best friend, Rachel Waterman, said I had to walk 10,000 steps every day. That was very hard for me at the beginning. I was used to driving everywhere, but I started to walk everywhere instead. I walked in the morning before work,and I usually took a walk in the park with my husband after work. Now I never go to bed until I’ve done my 10,000 steps.

Six months has passed, and I made it. Last week, my husband bought me an MP4 as a gift.  the weight is wonderful—I feel like a different person now, and I can buy my favorite clothes in the shops. I am so proud of myself because everyone thought I wouldn’t be able to make it including myself.

I love my new body, and I’ll never let myself go back into my old ways.

1. When did the woman decide to lose her weight?

A. After she had a baby.               B. After Christmas last year.

C. Before Christmas last year.       D. When she got a gift from her husband.

2. The underlined word “booze” in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A. wine                B. meat                C. vegetables         D. fast foods

3. What can make the woman overweight according to this passage?

A. Pizza, vegetables and wine.      B. Pizza, hamburgers and wine.

C. Pizza, vegetables and water.     D. Pizza, hamburgers and tea.

4. Why did the woman’s husband get an MP4 for her?

A. Because it was Dr. Wallace’s suggestion. B. Because her husband liked it.

C. Because it was a gift for her success in losing weight.D. Because she asked her husband for it several times.

5. Who helped the woman lost her weight?

A. Dr. Wallace.                                 B. Her husband.

C. Rachel Waterman.                        D. All of the above.


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Do you think that French fries are really French? French fries are called “pommes frites” in France and they are not from France. French fries come from Belgium(比利时)originally. French fries are made of potatoes, and they are cut and fried. The fried potatoes are called French fries because they were first seen by Americans in Belgium, but they were fried in the French way. The French way is to fry potatoes twice with a small pause in the middle.

During World War I, there were a lot of hungry American soldiers in Northern France and Belgium. They ate French fries in Belgium. After the war was over, the soldiers went back home to America. However, they missed French fries so much that they made French fries at home. That’s how French fries were first introduced to America.

French fries were called Belgian fries once, but the name was finally changed to French fries. Sometimes French fries are just called fries.

French fries are one of the most popular potato foods in America. American fast food restaurants such as McDonald’s and Burger King have French fries on their menus. French fries are freshly fried, and usually served with hamburgers.

If you visit any fast food restaurant in America and order a hamburger, you will probably hear “You want fries with that?” Why don’t you think about the history of French fries a little while, and say “Yes, please. Thank you.”

 1. What are French fries made of?

 2. Where do French fries originally come from?

 3. Why are the fried potatoes called French fries?

 4. Who first introduced French fries to America?

5. What does the underlined “that” in the last paragraph refer to?

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