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学而思网校初中英语：阅读理解(42)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.have学而思网校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。