“ I’d like to be at a healthier weight , ” a friend told me . “ But we just don’t have the money to buy expensive diet foods and there isn’t enough money to join a gym .” Many people feel that way—that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because of their high cost . Don’t lose hope ! We’ll be looking at ways to make healthy choices without spending too much money .
First you don’t need to buy the expensive pre-prepared “ diet foods . ” Back in the early 1970s when I started housekeeping , 90% of the food I bought was ingredients . Very few things were preprocessed（预处理的）. Now 90% of the food you find in the store is quick food . That’s a bad thing .
Quick foods like boxed “ just add hamburger ” meals have had the fiber removed to make them faster to prepare . Take a look at the label on that box . It often has low numbers listed under “ fiber ” because fiber takes longer to digest . If the low fiber meal is digested , the result is that your body begins to store fat . Besides , your body is short of nutrients（营养物质）. You will be driven to eat more to try to make up for the low quality of the food you are eating .
And then there are the chemicals the producers add to the quick meals to make them palatable . If not , the stuff would taste like cardboard and you wouldn’t enjoy it . However , these chemicals certainly aren’t good for your health .
What’s the answer ? Buy whole ingredients and give up the expensive , low nutrition , processed foods . Do the cooking yourself and you will have control over what is in your food —and it will cost less , too

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   People who find it hard to get a healthier weight think ______.

   1. A.
      they had too much diet foods
   2. B.
      they didn’t make a detailed plan
   3. C.
      they have no time to do exercise in gym
   4. D.
      they can’t afford diet foods and to exercise in gym
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   The author doesn’t like quick food mainly because______.

   1. A.
      it contains too much fat
   2. B.
      it makes people eat less
   3. C.
      it has low fiber
   4. D.
      it takes longer to digest
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   The underlined word “ palatable ” in Paragraph 4 probably means “______”

   1. A.
      fresh
   2. B.
      delicious
   3. C.
      healthy
   4. D.
      simple
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   The author suggests in the text that people should______.

   1. A.
      control the amount of food
   2. B.
      eat more processed foods
   3. C.
      cook food for themselves
   4. D.
      choose cheap ingredients
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   Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage ? （①="Paragraph" 1,
   ②="Paragraph" 2 ,…⑤="Paragraph" 5）

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      ①/②③④/⑤
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      ①②/③④/⑤
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      ①②③/④/⑤
   4. D.
      ①/②③/④⑤

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　　For many 1 , a house is the most important thing 2 . In fact, about 60% of the population 3 rent their homes from other people, 4 have their own homes. But prices 5 all the time, and many young people have not enough money 6 a house. They live in small flats or in their parents' house, even when they 7 .

　　Prices are 8 high in the Southeast of England. In the North, and Scotland, prices are quite 9 , but in London a house with two bedrooms 10 $40,000. A 11 house can 12 $60,000 or more. That's a lot of money for 13 and they have to 14 for several years to get the money. 15 they need a deposit (定金) ---- usually 10% of the price of the house.

　　Young people often 16 old houses, perhaps more than a hundred years old, because they are not so expensive. But they 17 spend a lot of time and money 18 and decoration. Even British town has several “Do-It-Yourself” shops, 19 people can buy the things they need 20 the job around the house.

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　　For many 1 , a house is the most important thing 2 . In fact, about 60% of the population 3 rent their homes from other people, 4 have their own homes. But prices 5 all the time, and many young people have not enough money 6 a house. They live in small flats or in their parents' house, even when they 7 .

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