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About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight(减肥). 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(手术). 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.
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I can’t remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of (1)_____litter nearby and realized that(2)_____ was going to pick it up.
I live near a (3)_____ in Enshi, Hubei Province. I can walk there in three (4)_____! I (5)______ love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was so much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided I had to clean up the forest. I wanted to (6)______ happy going there again.
I made my (7)_____ trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes (8)_____ starting to pick up litter, my bag was full! It had cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers in it. From then on, I went to the forest four times a year to pick up the litter. I often (9) ______ there for three hours. It makes me feel 10)_____ to do something for the environment.
After each trip , I(11) _____all the litter that I’ve found. If (12)______ of it is recyclable(可回收的), I keep it. I can’t (13)_____ why people drop litter. But I will keep picking it (14)_____ they stop dropping it. I know I am only doing a small bit to help(15) ______, but I still think it is important.
A．see B．seeing C．look D．looking
A．no one else B．I C．everyone D．anyone
A．school B．forest C．river D．park
A．months B．hours C．days D．minutes
A．would B．do C．am used to D．used to
A．look B．feel C．make D．see
A．first B．third C．fourth D．fifth
A．after B．later C．before D．of
A．play B．go C．work D．sit
A．worried B．sad C．disappointed D．great
A．bury B．burn C．sell D．look at
A．many B．little C．any D．much
A．wonder B．ask C．hope D．understand
A．until B．as C．after D．when
A．myself B．the earth C．other D．the litter
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What’s the best thing to eat on a summer day? Many people would say ice cream. Yes, eating ice cream ___1 __ some fruit on top is a great way to cool down. But think before you eat. If your body is hot from playing sports, it’s not the best time to eat ice cream.
When your body is hot, a lot of ice cream may give your ___2 __ some problems, and you can get diarrhoea (腹泻). You can eat some ice cream afer you’ve cooled down a bit and had some tea. Just try not to eat too much all ___3__!
After dinner is another time people shouldn’t eat or drink anything cold. Drink something hot after you eat, and your stomach will digest (消化) your food better. If you love fruit, summer is a ___4 __ time for you. Go to the market and pick out the best fruit of the season . If you want to stay cool, oranges, bananas, pears and watermelons can ___5__.
In summer, germs（细菌） grow very fast and make your food ___6 __ bad quickly. Try hard to keep yourself and your home clean in summer. ___7 __ eat clean, fresh food. When you feel like ___8 __ a cold dish, put vinegar（醋） in it to disinfect (杀菌) it. If you can’t _9___ your food and want to eat it again next day, make sure you heat it enough to ___10 __ the germs in it. And when you put food in the fridge, make sure to keep the cooked food away from the uncooked food.A. ofB. with C. between
A. teeth B. stomach C. eyes
A. on time B. in time C. at once
A. spareB. safe C. great
A. helpB. grow C. choose
A. feelB. taste C. go
A. Never B. Sometimes C. Always
A. eating B. to eat C. drinking
A. finished B. finish C.eat
A. developB. kill C. hurt
When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could 1 this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my 2 I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “ 3 You are going to college (大学).” I was very 4 when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”
Two days later, 5 took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends 6 together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I 7 I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we 8 the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard (门卫) and one minute later we were 9 . I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was 10 . I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the 11 ?”
“Too bad,” I answered.
“And marriage(婚姻) is even 12 !” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard 13 I could get into a good college. I 14 studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our 15 to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
A．say B．do C．receive D．find
A．teacher B．friend C．father D．husband
A．Yes! B．No! C．Really? D．OK?
A．angry B．tired C．nervous D．surprised
A．he B．she C．it D．they
A．working B．studying C．singing D．farming
A．guess B．mean C．say D．hope
A．looked at B．returned to C．arrived at D．left for
A．outside B．inside C．back D．away
A．terrible B．wonderful C．funny D．special
A．workers B．guard C．building D．factory
A．better B．harder C．worse D．easier
A．but B．if C．so D．or
A．enjoyed B．stopped C．disliked D．minded
A．way B．idea C．plan D．trip
During my last year of junior high school, our teacher, Mrs Debby, gave us a ____1___. I was a hard-working student and I did well in all subjects. I was ____2_____ that I had nailed this test and breezed through (轻松答完) the questions___3____ I read the last one: ‘What is the ___4____ name of the woman who cleans the school?’
Of course I thought that ___5_____ have been a joke. I saw the cleaning woman every day. She was short and about 50 years old. She had dark hair. But ___6____ would I know her name? I had never talked with her before. In fact, I’d never ___7____ thought about talking to her. I looked at my paper and started to feel rather ___8____. Finally, I handed in my paper, leaving the last one____9___.
Before the quiz (随堂测验) ended, one student asked if the last question would be ___10___ in our grades. “Of course,” the teacher said, “In your life, you will meet many people. They are all ____11___. They deserve (理应得到) your attention and care, even if all you do is to____12___ and say hello.”
I’ve never___13____ that lesson. Everyone deserves my ___14_____ and I should get to know all of the people ___15____ work and live around me. That is, perhaps, the most important lesson of my life. I also later learned that the cleaning woman’s first name was Hannah.
A．match B．quiz C．contest D．game
A．worried B．excited C．confident D．nervous
A．until B．when C．after D．unless
A．last B．family C．full D．first
A．might B．must C．could D．would
A．what B．when C．how D．where
A．just B．nearly C．even D．almost
A．glad B．guilty C．surprised D．lucky
A．unseen B．unanswered C．unnoticed D．unchosen
A．counted B．valued C．amounted D．regarded
A．patient B．funny C．important D．necessary
A．watch B．smile C．talk D．feel
A．dreamed B．understood C．realized D．forgotten
A．attention B．love C．forgiveness D．sorrow
A．whose B．who C．which D．whom
A wise man was walking from one town to another with a few of his followers, and they happened to pass a lake. So they stopped there to 1 for a while, and the wise man said to one of his followers, “I am very 2 . Could you please 3 me some water from the lake?”
The follower walked to the lake 4 the wise man requested. Some people were washing clothes in the water, and right at that moment, several carts (手推车) started crossing the lake. 5 , the water became very muddy.
Then he went back and told the wise man that the water was very muddy and not 6 to drink.
After they had rested for about half an hour, the wise man again asked the 7 follower to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. As requested, the follower went to the lake. This time he found that all the mud had 8 to the bottom. The water was very 9 and looked fit to drink. So he 10 his water bottle and took it to the wise man.
The wise man took the water bottle and drank, then looked up at the follower. “See what you did 11 the water clean?” he said. “You let it be for a while and the mud settled down on its own, 12 you could get some clear drinking water. Your mind can also be like that lake when it is 13 by something. If you just let it be and give it a little time, it will most likely settle down on its own 14 being put in any effort at all to 15 it.”
A．rest B．look C．watch D．see
A．hungry B．thirsty C．happy D．sad
A．get B．give C．take D．bring
A．while B．before C．as D．until
A．However B．Instead C．In addition D．As a result
A．fit B．able C．important D．interesting
A．gone B．been C．settled D．lived
A．dirty B．clear C．fresh D．sweet
A．got B．finished C．reached D．filled
A．making B．to make C．made D．had made
A．so that B．in order to C．because D．when
A．woken B．left C．disturbed D．given
A．without B．with C．after D．like
A．prevent B．calm C．protect D．fix