阅读下面短文，根据所给的首字母，在空白处填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思完整。

About 70, 000, 000 Americans are trying to lose weight（减肥）, That is almost one of every three people in the United States．Some people eat l  1    food and they hardly have fat or sweets．Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicine, or even have operations．So you can see losing weight is h  2   work, and it will also cost a lot of money．But why do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?

Many people in the United States worry about their look of the bodies, For many people, looking nice also means to be t  3  ．Other people worry about their health as many doctors say overweight is not good．

Most People want to find a faster and e  4   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 w  5  ．Each one says it can easily help people take fat away．

Losing weight can be expensive．Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in California．Men and woman p  6   several hundred dollars a day at these health centers．People live there for one week or two t  7   exercise, eating different foods, Meals there may be just a little．All these work is for losing weight．After 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5pounds （2.27kg）．At $400 a day, she spent $320 to lose each pound．But she said she was still g  8   to do so．

Health centers, books, medicine, operations, running and exercise machines all n  9   a lot of money．So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing m  10  ．

Mr. Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr. Smith asked her, “But how did you spend all that money?” She answered, “I don’t know.” So one Friday evening, Mr. Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife, “Please write down how you spend the money.” Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr. Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. “I have done what you told me,” she said gladly. She had written “Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr. Smith.” on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote, “Tuesday, I have spent it all.”

1. Mrs. Smith always spent all the money       .

A．the next day

B．in four days

C．in a week

D．on next Wednesday

2. Mr. Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her       

A．to do homework	B．to have a look
C．to write down how she spent the money	D．to draw a picture on it

3.Mrs. Smith was        to do what Mr. Smith asked her to.

A．happy

B．sad

C．sorry

D．excited

4. Mr. Smith gave his wife money        a week.

A．once

B．twice

C．three times

D．four times

5. The story tells us that Mrs. Smith was not very       .

A．glad

B．tall

C．careful

D．good

 

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。

Kitty was a student in a small town. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not e   1.   .

She went s   2.   after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for about forty minutes, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and she d   3.   to take a black one. She thought, “Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any c   4.   .” So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her classes finished.

On her way home on the train she felt h   5.   , so she went to the buffet car (餐车). She left the umbrella on her seat and left. But when she remembered it and r  6.   for it, it was gone. Kitty began to cry. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what was the matter. She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother was gone, and she had to get off at the next station. After the three passengers h   7.   this, they asked her for her mother’s a    8.   so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake (弄错) and brought it b   9.   .

And now a week passed. Kitty got a letter from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely g   10.   , but why do you send me three black umbrellas?”

 

Mr Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr Smith asked her," But how did you spend all that money?" She answered, "I don't know . "So one Friday evening, Mr Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife ,"Please write down how you spend the money . "Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. "I have done what you told me ,"she said gladly. She had written "Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr Smith. "on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote ,"Tuesday, I have spent it all. "

1.Mrs Smith always spent all the money ____.

A. the next day B. in four days C. in a week D. on next Wednesday

2.Mr Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her____

A. to do homework

B. to have a look

C. to write down how she spent the money

D. to draw a picture on it

3.Mrs Smith was ____ to do what Mr Smith asked her to .

A. happy   B. sad  C. sorry   D. excited

4.Mr Smith gave his wife money ____ a week.

A. once  B. twice　C. three times  D. four times

5.The story tells us that Mrs Smith was not very ____.

A .glad B. tall C. careful D. Good

 

Wang Ling, a middle school girl, felt angry with her parents after getting a boy’s phone call. “A classmate called me to discuss homework. We talked for just a few minutes before my parents got mad,” said the girl. “They asked whether I liked the boy. I’m sad Ididn’t, but they wouldn’t believe me.”
Wang’s trouble is not strange at all because puppy love becomes a big headache for both parents and schools. They worry that puppy love will be bad for their study. Her school makes it a rule not to allow any talk or any physical contact between one boy and one girl alone.
Many students say they understand why parents and teachers are so nervous about puppy love. But some think they are going too far. “We have our own thoughts and we know what to do with it.” said Wang Ling.
Another girl, Jiang Ting, liked making friends with boys. “Boys and girls can learn from each other,” she said. “My mother asks me to study hard. However, she never stops me from making friends with boys.” Once Jiang Ting told her mother she might fall in love with a boy. Her mother let Jiang make her own decision. Soon Jiang found that she didn’t like him any more because the boy was not as good as what she had thought before. And she did worse and worse in her subjects because she spent much on it. At last she understood the worry from school and most parents about puppy love.
【小题1】What’s the right meaning of the underlined word “physical contact” in the second paragraph?

A．物理联系

B．相互接触

C．身体接触

D．独自相处

【小题2】What can we learn from the article?

A．Wang Ling told her mother she might fall in love with a boy.

B．Jiang’s mother doesn’t care about her at all.

C．Puppy love will be bad for student’s study.

D．Puppy love becomes a problem for all students.

【小题3】From the last paragraph, we know ____________.

A．Jiang doesn’t like making friends with students.

B．Jiang can’t make a decision for herself

C．Jiang worked hard and she did not bad in her subjects.

D．Jiang understood her parents’worry at last