About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight. That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat ___36__ food and they hardly(几乎不) have any fats or sweets. Others do running ,exercise with machines, take medicines, or even have operations(手术). ___37___ you can see losing weight is __38___ work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But ___39__ do many people in the United States want to lose weight?

Many people in the United States are worried about their look of the body. For many people， looking nice also means to be____40____ . Other people worry about their health as many doctors ___41____ overweight is not good.

Most people want to find an____42___ 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 ___43___. Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

Losing weight can be ___44___ . Some overweight people go to health centres， like La Costa in California. Men and women ____45____several hundred dollars a day at these health centres. People live there for one week or two，____46____ exercise， eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work for losing weight. ____47___ 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 ____48____ to do so.

Health centres， books， medicines， operations， running and exercise machines all ___49__ a lot of money. So in the United States， losing weight may mean losing ___50__ too.

  36. A. less            B. more         C. nice           D. fast

  37. A. For            B. So           C. Or             D. And

  38. A. good           B. useful        C. hard           D. easy

  39. A. why            B. what         C. how           D. when

  40. A. high           B. short         C. thin            D. fat

  41. A. talk            B. say          C. speak          D. tell        

  42. A. dearer          B. harder        C. shorter         D. easier

  43. A. taken          B. given         C. written          D. copied

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

  45. A. pay           B. cost          C. take            D. have

  46. A. making        B. taking        C. playing         D. using

  47. A. Before        B. In            C. After           D. At

  48. A. sorry          B. angry         C. sad            D. glad

  49. A. need          B. have          C. use            D. get

  50. A. health        B. time           C. food           D. money

A: What’s the matter with you, young man?
B: Oh, doctor. I’m not feeling well. (46)________ I think I will die.
A: Die? I don’t think so. Take it easy.（放轻松）(47)____________
B: Ahh... I must have a terrible illness.
A: Em... (48)_________ I am sure you will be all right soon.
B: But I really feel very terrible. What should I do now?
A: (49)__________ ___ 
B: Is that all?
A: You should drink more water and you shouldn’t eat spicy（辣的）food.
B: (50)______________
A: No, you needn’t

A: What’s the matter with you, young man?

B: Oh, doctor. I’m not feeling well. (46)________ I think I will die.

A: Die? I don’t think so. Take it easy.（放轻松）(47)____________

B: Ahh... I must have a terrible illness.

A: Em... (48)_________ I am sure you will be all right soon.

B: But I really feel very terrible. What should I do now?

A: (49)__________ ___ 

B: Is that all?

A: You should drink more water and you shouldn’t eat spicy（辣的）food.

B: (50)______________

A: No, you needn’t

If you often have a cold, headache or backache, there is something wrong with your health. Eating healthy food   43  good for our health. Tofu（豆腐）, milk, vegetables are healthy for us.

Tofu is a kind of traditional（传统的）   44  food. We often   45  it in China. Now more and more people   46  other countries think tofu is good for health,  47 . They also like eating it.

Milk is   48  kind of healthy food. Every day you should   49  one or two glasses of milk. It can   50  us strong.

Vegetables are very important. You should eat   51  them. There are vitamin(维他命) A, B, C, D , E and so on in them.

As we know, it’s important   52  a balanced diet(均衡饮食). We must have the right kinds of food. We should also eat some pork, chicken and beef. We should eat more fruit and vegetables but less meat.