About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight(重量). That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat __16___ food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, or even have operations. __17___ you can see losing weight is __18___ work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But __19___ 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 _20____ . Other people worry about their health as many doctors __21___ overweight is not good.

Most people want to find a faster and __22___ 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 __23___ . Each one says it can easily help take fat away.

Losing weight can be __24___ . Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in California. Men and women __25___ several hundreds dollars a day at these health centers. People live there for one week or two, __26___ exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All this works for losing weight. __27___　 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs Warren lost 5 pounds. At $ 400 a day, she spent $ 320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still __28___ to do so.

Health centers, books, medicines, operations, running and exercise machines all __29___ a lot of money. So in the United States, losing weight means losing __30___, too.

16. A. less　　 B. more　　 C. nice　　　 D. fast

17. A. For　　　 B. So　　　 C. Or　　　　 D. And

18. A. good　　 B. useful　 C. hard　　　 D. easy

19. A. why　　　 B. what　　 C. how　　　　 D. when

20. A. high　　 B. short　　 C. thin　　　 D. fat

21. A. talk　　 B. say　　　 C. speak　　 D. tell

22. A. dearer　 B. harder　 C. shorter　 D. easier

23. A. taken　　 B. given　　 C. written　　 D. copied

24. A. cheap　　 B. expensive C. easy　　 D. safe

25. A. pay　　　 B. cost　　　 C. take　　 D. have

26. A. making　 　B. taking　　 C. playing　 D. using

27. A. Before　 　B. In　　　　 C. After　　 D. At

28. A. sorry　 　B. angry　　 C. sad　　　 D. glad

29. A. need　　 　B. have　　　 C. use　　　 D. get

30. A. health 　B. time　　　 C. food　　 D. money

15. --Will he drop maths?

--No, he’ll never give it up no matter _____ 　difficult it is.

　 A. how　　 B. what　　 C. which　　　 D. who

14. –The light in the office is still on.　　　

–Oh, sorry, I forgot _____ it off.

　 A. close 　　B. turn　　 C. to close　　 D. to turn

13. --David, do you know when _____ ?　

--In half an hour.

A.　　 the football match has started

B.　　 will the football match start

C.　　 the football match will start

D.　　 shall we start the football match

12.I have never heard of ___ wonderful piece of music before.

　A. such　　 B. such a　　 C. so　　 D. so a

11. The boy is _____ to carry the heavy box.

　 A. so strong　 B. too strong　 C. strong enough　 D. enough strong

10. We students should _____ more time _____ our lessons.

　A pay, for　 B cost, in　　 C spend, on　　 D take, to

9. --What do you think of the story?　　　　　

　-- _____

　 A. That’s OK.　　　　　　　 B. It’s very interesting.　

　 C. That will be fine　　　　 D. That’s very kind of you.

8. –He’s been surfing for two years.

–_____ .

　 A. So is she　 B. So she is　 C. So she has　 D. So has she

7. That is _____ I couldn’t come yesterday.

　A because　　　 B why　　　 C how　　　　　 D what