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Many Americans are trying to lose weight．Some eat less rood and hardly have any fats or sweets．Others do running, 1 with machines, take medicine, or even have operations．So you can see losing weight is 2 work, and it also costs a lot of money．
But 3 do so many people in the US want to lose weight? Because they worry about their 4 ．For many people, looking nice means being thin．Other people worry about their health as many 5 say overweight is not good．
Most people want to find a faster and easier way to 6 fat, and books of this kind are very popular．These books 7 people how to lose weight．Each year a lot of new books like these are written．Each one says it can 8 help people take fat away．
Losing weight can be 9 ．Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in California．Men and women 10 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers．So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing money, too．
1．A．work B．run C．exercise D．experience
2．A．easy B．hard C．useful D．helpless
3．A．why B．how C．when D．where
4．A．money B．health C．looks D．bodies
5．A．officials B．parents C．teachers D．doctors
6．A．fix up B．put on C．take off D．stay away
7．A．make B．ask C．lead D．tell
8．A．never B．hardly C．just D．easily
9．A．cheap B．expensive C．important D．necessary
10．A．pay B．lose C．make D．waste
查看习题详情和答案>>The novel describes a young boy named Tom Sawyer growing up in a small town along the Mississippi River. He explores the countryside on a riverboat with his friends, falls in love with girls, starts secret clubs and searches for treasure. Twain’s idea of childhood is magical – a time of imagination, wonder and, of course, adventure.
More importantly, through the eyes of Tom Sawyer, Twain cleverly makes fun of US culture. For example, Tom hates going to church, and Twain uses scenes of Tom there to mock religion and its old traditions.
Twain’s writing is full of these kinds of critical (批判的) points about culture and politics. That’s why he is so loved in the US – he wasn’t afraid to state his opinions, and he did so clearly.
He also believed strongly in women’s right to vote in elections and gave a famous speech on the subject, called “Votes for Women”, in 1901.
“Tom was a great hero once more – the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” Twain writes in Tom Sawyer. But he could just as well be describing himself.
小题1:According to the writer, after reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you are likely to think__________.
| A．it’s not worth all the praise |
| B．it’s as wonderful as you imagined |
| C．it’s better to read it with teachers |
| D．it’s even better than you imagined |
| A．A brief description of the novel. |
| B．Where Twain’s idea of childhood comes from. |
| C．How naughty and adventurous Tom Sawyer is. |
| D．What makes Tom Sawyer’s adventures so wonderful. |
| A．make changes to | B．make fun of |
| C．give reasons for | D．give examples of |
| A．He supported women’s right to vote. |
| B．He wrote bad things about US wars abroad. |
| C．He criticized American culture and society clearly and cleverly. |
| D．He showed readers a magical childhood that everyone would love. |