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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    food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicine, or even have operations.    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 as many doctors     overweight is not good.

Most people want to find a (an)     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          . Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

Losing weight can be     . Some overweight people go to health centres, like La Costa in California. Men and women     several hundred dollars a day at these health centres. People live there for one week or two,     exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work for losing weight.     4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $ 400 a day, she spent $ 320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still     to do so. Health centres, books, 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        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. thin            D. fat

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

7.A. dearer       B. harder              C. shorter        D. easier

8.A. taken           B. given              C. written        D. copied

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

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

11.A. making       B. taking            C. playing       D. using

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

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

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

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

 

1.A 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.D 8.C 9.B 10.A 11.B 12.C 13.D 14.A 15.D 【解析】 试题分析:这篇短文主要讲述的是美国有三分之一的人正在努力减肥,他们想尽了一切办法去减轻体重,同时也令他们耗费了不少的金钱。 1.A考查副词及语境理解。less:更少的,more:更多的,nice:好的,fast:快的。根据语境可知,这里指的是为了减肥,有些人只吃更少的食物。故应选A。 2.B考查连词及语境理解。For:为了,表示目的;So:因此,表示顺承;Or:或者,表示选择;And:而且,表示并列。根据语境,这里是从上文得知下面这个结论。表示顺承。故应选B。 3.C考查形容词及语境理解。good :好的,useful:有用的,hard:困难的,easy:容易的。根据语境可知,这里指的是减肥令人们不得不做很多令人痛苦的事。即这是一项艰苦的工作。故应选C。 4.A考查疑问词及语境理解。Why:提问原因为什么,what:提问事物是什么,how:提问方式、方法怎么样,when:提问时间什么时候。联系下文可知,这里指的是人们减肥的原因,应用why。故应选A。 5.C考查形容词及语境理解。high:高的,short:矮的,thin:瘦的, fat:胖的。根据语境可知,这里指的是现在很多人都认为想要让自己看上去漂亮就得瘦,正是这种观点促使很多人要减肥。故应选C。 6.B考查动词及语境理解。talk:表示谈论,常与to或with连用;say:说,强调的是说的内容; speak:表示说某种语言,或表示对某人说,这时与to连用;tell:告诉,常接动词不定式作宾语或宾语补足语。根据语境,这里直接接说话的内容,故应该选B。 7.D考查比较级及语境理解。dearer:更贵的,harder:更难的,shorter:更短的,easier:更简单的。根据语境可知,这里指的是人们都希望减肥能够既快又简单。故应选D。 8.C考查动词及语境理解。taken:拿走,given:给予,written:写,copied:复制。根据语境可知,这里指的是因为很多人都想减肥,所以就有人写这方面的书籍来吸引减肥者。故应选C。 9.B考查形容词及语境理解。cheap:便宜的,expensive:昂贵的,easy:容易的,safe:安全的。根据语境可知,这里指的是减肥有时是一件很昂贵的事。故应选B。 10.A考查动词及语境理解。pay:花费,主语通常是人;cost:值、花费,主语通常是物;take :表示“花费”时,主语常用it;have:表示拥有。根据语境可知,这里主语是人,故应选A。 11.B考查动词及语境理解。根据语境可知,这里指的是“做锻炼”。take exercise是固定短语,表示“锻炼”。结合选项可知应选B。 12.C考查介词及语境理解。Before:在……之前,In:在……以内,After:在……之后, At:在……时间地点。根据语境可知,这里指的是4天之后。故选C。 13.D考查形容词及语境理解。sorry:对不起的,angry:生气的,sad:伤心的,glad:高兴的。根据语境可知,这里指的是虽然昂贵,但她还是很乐意去做。故应选D。 14.A考查动词及语境理解。need:需要,have:拥有,use:使用,get:取得。根据语境可知,这里指的是所有这些减肥的项目都是需要花费很多钱的。故应选A。 15.health :健康,time:时间,food:食物,money:金钱。根据语境可知,这里指的是减肥也就意味着失去了很多金钱。故应选D。 考点:健康保健类短文。
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