完形填空About70,000,000Americansaretryingtoloseweight(减肥).Thatisalmost1outofevery3peopleintheUnitedStates.Somepeopleeat1foodandtheyhardlyhaveanyfatsorsweets.Othersdorunning,exercisewithmachines,takemedicines,orevenhaveoperations.2youcanseelosingweightis3work,anditwillalsocostalotofmoney.But__4dosomanypeopleintheUnitedStateswanttoloseweight?ManypeopleintheUnitedStatesworryabouttheirlookofthebody.Formanypeople,lookingnicealsomeanstobe5.Otherpeopleworryabouttheirhealthasmanydoctors6overweightisnotgood.Mostpeoplewanttofindan7waytotakeofffat,andbooksofthiskindareverypopular.Thesebookstellpeoplehowtoloseweight.Eachyearalotofnewbooksliketheseare8.Eachonesaysitcaneasilyhelppeopletakefataway.Losingweightcanbe9.Someoverweightpeoplegotohealthcentres,likeLaCostainCalifornia.Menandwomen10severalhundreddollarsadayatthesehealthcentres.Peoplelivethereforoneweekortwo,11exercise,eatingdifferentfoods.Mealstheremaybejustalittle.Alltheseworkforlosingweight.__12__4daysontheprogramme,onewomancalledMrs.Warrenlost5pounds(2.27kg).At$400aday,shespent$320toloseeachpound.Butshesaidshewasstill__13__todoso.Healthcentres,books,medicines,operations,runningandexercisemachinesall__14__alotofmoney.SointheUnitedStates,losingweightmaymeanlosing__15__too.1.A.lessB.moreC.niceD.fast2.A.ForB.SoC.OrD.And3.A.goodB.usefulC.hardD.easy4.A.whyB.whatC.howD.when5.A.highB.shortC.thinD.fat6.A.talkB.sayC.speakD.tell7.A.dearerB.harderC.shorterD.easier8.A.takenB.givenC.writtenD.copied9.A.cheapB.expensiveC.easyD.safe10.A.payB.costC.takeD.have11.A.makingB.takingC.playingD.using12.A.BeforeB.InC.AfterD.At13.A.sorryB.angryC.sadD.glad14.A.needB.haveC.useD.get15.A.healthB.timeC.foodD.money名师点评这篇文章讲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。答案简析1.A。为了减肥，有些人只吃很少的食物。2.B。根据上文，得知下面这个结论。所以选so表示因果关系。3.C。减肥令人们不得不做很多令人痛苦的事，故是一项艰苦的工作。4.A。下文讲的是人们减肥的原因，所以选why。5.C。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。6.B。这四个词当中只有say可以直接加说话内容。7.D。人们都希望减肥能够既快又简单。8.C。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。9.B。根据下文得知减肥有时是一件很昂贵的事。10.A。在表示花钱的几个动词中，只有pay和spend的主语为人，这里没有spend,故选pay。11.B。takeexercise意思是“锻炼”。12.C。13.D。虽然昂贵，但她还是很乐意去做。14.A。所有这些减肥的项目都是需要花费很多钱的。15.D。综上所述，减肥也就意味着失去了很多金钱。
