3. Look at these ______! I took them in Paris. (photo)

2. Kevin is ______ in stamp collection. (interest)

1. My father likes French food, while my mother prefers ______ food. (Italy)

About 70 000 000 Americans are trying to lose weight.That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States.Some people eat　 15　 food and they hardly have any fats or sweets.Others do running,exercise with machines,take medicine,or even have operations.　 16　 you can see losing weight is 　17　 work,and it will also cost a lot of money.But 　18　 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　 19　 .Other people worry about their health as many doctors　 20　 overweight is not good.

Most people want to find a faster and　 21　 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　 22　 .Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

Losing weight can be 　23　 .Some overweight people go to health centres,like La Costa in California.Men and women　 　24　 several hundred dollars a day at these health centres.People live there for one week or two,　 25　 exercise,eating different foods.Meals there may be just a little.All this works for losing weight.　 26　 four days on the programme,one woman called Mrs Warren losts 5 pounds (2.27 kg).At $400 a day,she spent $320 to lose each pound.But she said she was still　 27　 to do so.

Health centres,books,medicines,operations,running and exercise machines all　 28　 a lot of money.So in the United States,losing weight may mean losing　 29　 too.

15.A.less　　　　　

B.more　　　　

C.nice　　　　　

D.fast

答案：A　 “少食”与后面所提到的“锻炼”都是减肥的措施。

16.A.For

B.So

C.Or

D.And

答案：B

17.A.good

B.useful

C.hard

D.easy

答案：C　 通过上文讲述，可见减肥并非易事。

18.A.why

B.what

C.how

D.when

答案：A

19.A.high

B.short

C.thin

D.fat

答案：C　 本句的含意是“美就是苗条、瘦身”。

20.A.talk

B.say

C.speak

D.tell

答案：B　 speak(表达讲某种语言时，才是及物动词)与talk是不及物动词，不能跟宾语。而tell要跟宾语从句，必须用“tell sb.(that)...”这种方式。

21.A.dearer

B.harder

C.shorter

D.easier

答案：D

22.A.taken

B.given

C.written

D.copied

答案：C　 本句是被动语态。

23.A.cheap

B.expensive

C.easy

D.safe

答案：B　 本段主要讲述去健康中心是要交费的，价格不菲。

24.A.pay

B.cost

C.take

D.have

答案：A　 表示付款。cost表示花钱时，主语是物。

25.A.making

B.taking

C.playing

D.using

答案：B

26.A.Before

B.In

C.After

D.At

答案：C

27.A.sorry

B.angry

C.sad

D.glad

答案：D　 尽管在减肥中心吃的少，花钱多，但是从but...still可以看出她仍乐此不疲。

28.A.need

B.have

C.use

D.get

答案：A

29.A.health

B.time

C.food

D.money

答案：D　 减肥是要破费的。

14.Go and greet the manager with the name of Gorge Brown.(变成同义句)

Go and greet the manager ________Gorge Brown.

答案：named

13.I like swimming,but I like skating better.(合为一句)

I________skating________swimming.

答案：prefer,to

12.I can’t understand this English song.I’m listening to this song.(用定语从句合成一句)

I can’t understand the English song________I’m listening ________.

答案：that/which，to

11.The boy who’s looking for his mother has stayed here for hours.(对划线部分提问)

________ ________has stayed here for hours?

答案：Which boy

10.Everyone likes the book________people can get much knowledge about the life of animals from.

A./

B.who

C.where

D.when

答案：A　 关系词在从句中作宾语，可以省略。在本句中，假如将from放在关系词前时，关系词不可省略，并且必须用which。