Many Americans are trying to lose weight．Some eat less rood and hardly have any fats or sweets．Others do running,  1  with machines, take medicine, or even have operations．So you can see losing weight is  2  work, and it also costs a lot of money．

But  3  do so many people in the US want to lose weight? Because they worry about their 4 ．For many people, looking nice means being thin．Other people worry about their health as many  5  say overweight is not good．

Most people want to find a faster and easier way to  6  fat, and books of this kind are very popular．These books  7  people how to lose weight．Each year a lot of new books like these are written．Each one says it can  8  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．So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing money, too．

1．A．work                      B．run                      C．exercise                       D．experience

2．A．easy                           B．hard                     C．useful                   D．helpless

3．A．why                           B．how                 C．when                    D．where

4．A．money                    B．health                  C．looks                     D．bodies

5．A．officials                  B．parents                 C．teachers                       D．doctors

6．A．fix up                     B．put on                  C．take off                  D．stay away

7．A．make                      B．a(chǎn)sk                      C．lead                      D．tell

8．A．never                      B．hardly                   C．just                       D．easily

9．A．cheap                     B．expensive             C．important              D．necessary

10．A．pay                       B．lose                       C．make                    D．waste

What would you do if a stranger gave you some medicine and said it would keep you thin or help you do well on exams? Would you  1  it?

Sometimes this takes place at some schools in the south．  2  those strangers want to give the students is drugs．Drugs can be  3  that changes the way your mind or body works． Students at a Foreign Language School learn to keep themselves 44  by saying“no”．

From this month，students in other schools are also learning about drugs．"Because teenagers don't know much about drugs，they might want to try them，" Mr. Zhang，the director of a certain Drug Control Center，said．

A sixteen-year-old boy named Peng Fei was an excellent student  5  he tried drugs．One day，some older boys told him it would be fun．After taking drugs only once，he found it very  6  to stop．He began to spend all his time and money   7  drugs．In the end，he started  8  from school and stealing．

In China，drugs are becoming a bigger problem for teenagers．One   9   people in China were using illegal（不合法的）drugs last year and  10  of them were young people．There were 10，000 drug users under 16．

Students now begin to take trips to Rehabilitation Centers（戒毒所）  11  kids with problems．

A Junior 3 student，Wang Xin  12   when she visited a center in Guangdong last term．

"I just wanted to cry when I   13  all the sad stories about drug users．"She said．

Here is a piece of good advice on  14  drugs : Never try them， 15  you are curious（好奇的）．

1．A．follow               B．take                C．bring               D．sell

2．A．How                 B．Why               C．What              D．When

3．A．a(chǎn)nything             B．nothing            C．everything         D．things

4．A．safely               B．safety              C．unsafe           D．safe

5．A．before               B．a(chǎn)fter              C．a(chǎn)s soon as        D．while

6．A．easy                B．easily              C．hard                    D．hardly

7．A．with                B．in               C．for              D．on

8．A．escapes             B．escaping           C．escaped          D．escape

9．A．million               B．million of          C．millions of         D．million's

10．A．none              B．most              C．each               D．few

11．A．visit               B．to talk about        C．to meet          D．interviewing

12．A．shocked            B．was shocked      C．was shocking     D．shock

13．A．found              B．saw             C．heard            D．wrote

14．A．keep away          B．keeping off       C．to keep off         D．keeping away

15．A．a(chǎn)s long as        B．unless             C．but               D．even if

“Hi! John．” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I’m going to have a dance performance（表演） tonight．I hope you’ll come．Here is the ticket．Don’t forget!” Then she  1  in a hurry．

 “What? Dance? Is that  2  ? ” I asked myself．Mary was not such kind of girl．She was quite  3   one．I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes．In fact, she really did not know    4  to dress up．What a terrible thing!

“I should go to, I must go to．” I thought．

I arrived at the hall with the ticket, fond my  5   and sat down．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would have a  6   time before her turn, for I had no sense of art,   7   her performance was worth watching, no matter how ling I would wait．

Time went  8  , I tried my best not to fall asleep．

Just then, came the  9  , “Let’s welcome the next exciting dance – Latin!”

Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible,  10  to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared．She  11  with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying…I could  12  believe my eyes．

After all the performance ended, I  13  her at the gate．

“Hi!” She stood in front of me with her crystal（水晶） shoes．“How do you feel?”

“Fantastic!” I answered．

“Ha, ha．I knew  14  would be．” She could not hide her excitement, laughing  15   a child．

At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．

1． A． came                B． jumped               C． left                D． moved

2． A． possible             B． lucky             C． funny              D． careful

3． A． modern             B． common           C． perfect              D． careful

4． A． why               B． where             C． when                 D． how

5． A． seat                B． room              C． gate                  D． way

6． A． great               B． short               C． hard                      D． relaxing

7． A． or                 B． so                 C． but               D． and

8． A． quickly             B． slowly             C． safely             D． easily

9． A． words             B． sentences          C． sounds                    D． cries

10． A． hoping           B． fearing           C． planning            D． hating

11． A． walked           B． skated            C． danced                    D． stood

12． A． seriously          B． hardly              C． nearly              D． certainly

13． A． waited for        B． looked for         C． paid for            D． cared for

14． A． I                 B． you                 C． she               D． it

15． A． as               B． like              C． for                D． at