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About 70000000 Americans are trying to lose weight. This is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat __1__ food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicines, or even have operations. __2__ you can see losing weight is __3__ work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But __4__ 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 __5__. Other people worry about their health as many doctors __6__ overweight is not good.
Most people want to find a faster and __7__ way 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 are __8__. Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.
Losing weight can be __9__. Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in California. Men and women __10__ several hundred dollars a day at these health centers. People live there for one week or two, __11__ exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All this works for losing weight. __12__ 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds(2.27kg). At ＄400 a day, she spent ＄320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still __13__ to do so.
Health centers, books, medicines, operations, running and exercise machines all __14__ a lot of money. So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing __15__ too.
1. A. lessB. moreC. niceD. fast（ ）
2. A. ForB. SoC. OrD. And（ ）
3. A. goodB. usefulC. hardD. easy（ ）
4. A. whyB. whatC. howD. when（ ）
5. A. highB. shortC. thinD. fat（ ）
6. A. talkB. sayC. speakD. tell（ ）
7. A. dearerB. harderC. shorterD. easier（ ）
8. A. takenB. givenC. writtenD. copied（ ）
9. A. cheapB. expensiveC. easyD. safe（ ）
10. A. payB. costC. takeD. have（ ）
11. A. makingB. takingC. playingD. using（ ）
12. A. BeforeB. UntilC. AfterD. At（ ）
13. A. sorryB. angryC. sadD. glad（ ）
14. A. needB. haveC. useD. get（ ）
15. A. healthB. timeC. foodD. money（ ）
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