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About 70,000,000 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 fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicines, 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 is not good.

Most people want to find a(n) way to take off fat, and books of this kind are very . 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. Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $ 400 a day, she spent $ 320 to lose each pound(磅). 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. funny B. much C. popular D. hard

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

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

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

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

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