I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed   36 I like, drinking tea and   37   those thick newspapers that are brought  38  the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way, I can catch up with all the   39  I haven’t got time to read during my work time.

When I   40  the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is   41  of the week. There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to   42  and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays, so there is no danger of   43    by the telephone.

  44 spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair   45  boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and   46   when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.  

Then there’s the   47 ahead of me. Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema   48   a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh, there are   49   pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting    50 .

1. There _________ （be）no one here a moment ago.

2. He _______（watch）TV and  I ______（read）an interesting book last night.

3. _________ （be）it cold in your city yesterday?

4.How many people ________（be ）there in your class last term?

5.It ________（be）hot yesterday and most children _______（be）outside.

6.There ________（be）a football match on TV yesterday evening

7.There ____________ a telephone call for you just now.（be）

8.There __________ not enough people to pick apples that day.（be）

9.There ______any hospitals（醫(yī)院）in my hometown（家鄉(xiāng)）in 1940.（be not）

10.There ____________ enough milk at home last week, wasn’t there?

About 70，000，000 Americans are trying to lose weight．This is almost one out of every three people in the United States．Some people eat  1  food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running exercise with machines，take medicines，or even have operations.2 you can see losing weight is  3  work，and it will also cost a lot of money．But  4 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  5 ．Other people worry about their health as many doctors 6  overweight is not good．
Most people want to find a faster and  7  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  8  ．Each one says it can easily help people take fat away．
Losing weight can be expensive．Some overweight people go to health centers，like La Costa in California．Men and women 9 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers．People live there for one week or two，taking exercise，eating different foods．Meals there may be just a little．All this works for losing weight． 10 4 days on the program，one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds(2.27kg)．At 400 dollars a day, she spent 320dollars to lose each pound．But she said she was still glad to do so．
Health centers，books，medicines，operations，running and exercise machines all get a lot of money．So in the United States，losing Weight may mean losing money too。

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1.They are __________ （enjoy） the school trip now.

2. There ____________________ （be） a football match on TV this evening.

3. —What’s on the plate?       —There__________ （be） some meat on it.

4. People are getting __________ （dress） now.

5. Look! Sam is __________ （take） a photo of the new shop.

6. Let’s __________ （meet） at our school gate.

7. Would you like __________ （go） shopping with me?

8. We are going to__________ （swim） after supper.

9. ____________ your sister ____________ （watch） TV every evening?

10. Scott is busy ____________ （make） dinner.