About70000000Americansaretryingtoloseweight(减肥).Thatisalmost1outofevery3peopleintheUnitedStates.Somepeopleeat1foodandtheyhardlyhaveanyfatsorsweets.Othersdorunningexercisewithma

　　 About70000000Americansaretryingtoloseweight(减肥).Thatisalmost1      outofevery3 peopleintheUnitedStates.Somepeopleeat1      foodandtheyhardlyhaveanyfatsorsweets.Othersdorunningexercisewithmachinestakemedicinesorevenhaveoperations.2      youcanseelosingweightis3      workanditwillalsocostalotofmoney.But4      dosomanypeopleintheUnitedStateswanttoloseweight?

　　ManypeopleintheUnitedStatesworryabouttheirlookofthebody.Formanypeoplelookingnicealsomeanstobe5      Otherpeopleworryabouttheirhealthasmanydoctors6      overweightisnotgood.

　　Mostpeoplewanttofindan7      waytotakeofffatandbooksofthiskindareverypopular.Thesebookstellpeoplehowtoloseweight.Eachyearalotofnewbooksliketheseare8      .Eachonesaysitcaneasilyhelppeopletakefataway.

　　Losingweightcanbe9      SomeoverweightpeoplegotohealthcenterslikeLaCostainCalifornia.Menandwomen10      severalhundreddollarsadayatthesehealthcenters.Peoplelivethereforoneweekortwo11      exerciseeatingdifferentfoods.Mealstheremaybejustalittle.Alltheseworkforlosingweight.12      4daysontheprogrammeonewomancalledMrs.Warrenlost5pounds(2.27kg).At$400adayshespent$320toloseeachpound.Butshesaidshewasstill13      todoso.

　　Healthcentersbooksmedicinesoperationsrunningandexercisemachinesall14      alotofmoney.SointheUnitedStateslosingweightmaymeanlosing15      too.

　　( )1.A.less   B.more   C.nice   D.fast

　　( )2.A.For   B.So   C.Or   D.And

　　( )3.A.good   B.useful   C.hard   D.easy

　　( )4.A.why   B.what   C.how   D.when

　　( )5.A.high   B.short   C.thin   D.fat

　　( )6.A.talk   B.say   C.speak   D.tell

　　( )7.A.dearer   B.harder   C.shorter   D.easier

　　( )8.A.taken   B.given   C.written   D.copied

　　( )9.A.cheap   B.expensive   C.easy   D.safe

　　( )10.A.pay   B.cost   C.take   D.have

　　( )11.A.making   B.taking   C.playing   D.using

　　( )12.A.Before   B.In   C.After   D.At

　　( )13.A.sorry   B.angry   C.sad   D.glad

　　( )14.