Peter is thirteen. He is   1  Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often   2  newspapers. He does his best to know where and when a football match will be.

Now Peter is having lunch. He is   3  the radio, too.  He is very happy   4  there will be a nice football match on TV at four   5  this afternoon. He wants   6  it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. It’s   7  for him to find a way.

“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher   8  the phone. “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请假).”

“Oh, I’m   9  to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But   10  is that?”

“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone , you mean to be  16 . When you put one finger in front of your  17 , you mean“Be quiet.”

Yet , people in different countries may use different sign languages.

Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could speak  18 Italian. One day while he was walking in the street , he felt  19 and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came , the Englishman  20 his mouth , put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way , he  21 to say , “Bring me something to eat.”But the waiter brought him a lot of things to  22 . First tea , then coffee , then milk , but no food. The Englishman was  23 that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was  24  to leave the restaurant when another man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was  25 enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. At last the Englishman had his meal in the same way.

Millions of Americans are trying to lose weight（减肥）．Some people eat less food，__1__ do running，exercise with machines，take medicines，or even have operations（手术）．So losing weight is __2__ work，and it costs a lot of money．But __3__ do so many people want to lose weight?

Many people worry about their looks of bodies．__4__ many people，looking nice also mean to be thin．Other people worry about their health as many doctors say overweight（超重）is not good．Most people want to find a __5__ and easier way to lose weight and this kind of books is very popular．These books tell people how to lose weight．Each year，a lot of new books like these are __6__．Each book says it can __7__ help people lose weight．

Men and women spend several hundred dollars a day losing weight at the health centers．People live there for one week or two taking exercise，eating different foods．Food there may be just a little．All the work is for loosing weight．After 4 days on the program，one woman called Mrs. Walt __8__ five pounds（2.27 kg）．At $400 a day，it took her $320 to lose each pound．But she said she was still __9__ to do so．

Health centers，books，medicines，operations，running and exercise machines all __10__ a lot of money．So in the United States，losing weight may mean losing money．

1．A．other                     B．another                C．others

2．A．good                     B．hard                    C．easy

3．A．why                      B．when                   C．how

4．A．As                        B．In                        C．For

5．A．worse                   B．harder                  C．faster

6．A．written                  B．bought                 C．taken

7．A．easy                      B．hardly                  C．easily

8．A．lost                       B．lose                     C．loses

9．A．angry                    B．glad                     C．sorry

10．A．have                    B．want                    C．need

从A、B、C、D中找出与画线部分相同的选项。

1．I’m sure we won’t be late．Take it easy，please．

A．Lose no time                                           B．Don’t hurry

C．Be on time                                                 D．Have a nice time

2．He didn’t study hard．so he failed the exam．

A．missed                 B．forgot                  C．didn’t pass             D．lost

3．His words make me tense．

A．happy                  B．glad                     C．relaxed                 D．nervous

4．By now the foreigner has leaned about l 000 Chinese words．

A. Till                       B．so far                         C．By then                  D．Since then

5．Lucas walks to his office at times．

A．some time            B．sometime             C．sometimes              D．some times

选出划线部分读音不同的字母。

A．nice             B．give              C．by               D．night