Question

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 1food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running exercise with machines，take medicines，or even have operations.2you can see losing weight is 3work，and it will also cost a lot of money.But4do 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 be5.Other people worry about their health as many doctors6overweight is not good.
Most people want to find a faster and 7way 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 are8.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 women9several 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.104 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。

1. 1.
   1. A.
      less
   2. B.
      more
   3. C.
      nice
   4. D.
      fast
2. 2.
   1. A.
      For
   2. B.
      So
   3. C.
      Or
   4. D.
      And
3. 3.
   1. A.
      good
   2. B.
      useful
   3. C.
      hard
   4. D.
      easy
4. 4.
   1. A.
      why
   2. B.
      what
   3. C.
      how
   4. D.
      when
5. 5.
   1. A.
      high
   2. B.
      short
   3. C.
      thin
   4. D.
      fat
6. 6.
   1. A.
      talk
   2. B.
      say
   3. C.
      speak
   4. D.
      tell
7. 7.
   1. A.
      dearer
   2. B.
      harder
   3. C.
      shorter
   4. D.
      easier
8. 8.
   1. A.
      taken
   2. B.
      given
   3. C.
      written
   4. D.
      copied
9. 9.
   1. A.
      pay
   2. B.
      cost
   3. C.
      take
   4. D.
      have
10. 10.
    1. A.
       Before
    2. B.
       Until
    3. C.
       After
    4. D.
       At

Answer 1

ABCAC BDDAC
1.eat less food意思是少吃飯。
2.此題考查連詞so表示結果。
3.眾所周知，減肥是一項艱苦的工作。
4.由下文內容可知美國人為什么減肥。
5.根據(jù)下文提示，好看意味著苗條，故選C
6.重點考查四個“說”的區(qū)別，因強調說的內容，故選B。
7.很多人想尋找一個既快捷又簡單的減肥方式，故選D。
8.此題考查被動語態(tài)，意思是“被復制”。
9.pay表示支付。
10.此題考查介詞的用法，after…之后。