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A lot of Americans are trying to lose weight(減肥). That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat ________food and they don’t have any fat or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicine (藥), or even have operations(手術(shù)). ________ you can see losing weight is ________ work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But ________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 ________ . Other people worry about their health because many doctors ________ overweight (體重超重)is not good.

Most people want to find an easy way to take off fat, and books of this kind are very 42 . These books tell people how to lose weight. Each book says it can easily help people take fat ________ .

Losing weight can be ________ . Some overweight people go to health centres. Men and women ________ several hundred dollars a day exericising at these health centres. People live there for one week or two, taking exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work for losing weight. ________ four days at the health center, one woman called Mrs. Green loses 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $ 400 a day, she spends $ 320 to lose each pound(磅). But she says she is still ________ to do so.

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

1.A. less (更少的) B. more C. nice D. fast

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

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

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

5.A. high B. short C. slim D. fat

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

7.A. funny B. much C. popular D. hard

8.A. out B. away C. down D. in

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

10.A. cost B. spend C. take D. have

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

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

13.A. books B. food C. sweets D. health

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

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

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