— _______. I have a lot of homework to do.

先通读下面短文，掌握大意，然后在所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

    About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight(减肥). That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat 1 food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines (机器), take medicines, or even have operations （手术）.2 you can see losing weight is 3 work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But 4 do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?

    Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body. For many people, looking nice also means to be 5. Other people worry about their health as many doctors 6 overweight is not good.

    Most people want to find an 7 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 8. Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

    Losing weight can be 9. Some overweight people go to health centres, like La Costa in California. Men and women 10 some hundred dollars a day at these health centres. People live there for one week or two,11 exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work for losing weight.12 4 days on it, one woman , Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $ 400 a day, she spent $ 320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still 13 to do so.

    Health centres, books, medicines, operations, running and exercise machines all 14 a lot of money. So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing15 too.

    Miss White is in Beijing on vacation. Here is her hotel card. Have a look at it and answer the questions.

    Two men are walking in the park. One is Mr. Brown, a worker, the other is Mr. Black. Mr. Brown is going to a chair. It is beside the road. Mr. Black is after him. Mr. Brown finds Mr. Black. Now Mr. Black begins to walk fast, because he wants to get to the chair before Mr. Black. Now Mr. Black begins to walk fast too, because he also wants to get to the chair first. Then they both run .Mr. Black runs faster than (比) Mr. Brown. So he gets to the chair first and sits down on it. Mr. Brown runs after Mr. Black. When he gets to the chair, he sees Mr. Black sitting on it. He is sorry to show a notice(通知)with the words "Wet Paint(油漆未干)”to Mr. Black . Now Mr. Black knows why Mr. Brown is going to the chair.

    It is good to keep animals in zoos. Zoos are places for people to see many different kinds of animals from all over the world. Without zoos, most people would never see a real tiger or bear. Secondly, zoos look after the animals very well. The animals are always given food and cleaned on time. In the wild, it is not always possible for an animal to find food, so sometimes it goes hungry. Thirdly, Zoos protect the animals. They give them safe place to live in. In the wild, some kinds of animals are in danger. If there is no zoos, there would be fewer kinds of animals in the world.

    However, some people think it is unnatural(非自然的) and unfair to keep wild animals in cages. Some cages are too small for many animals such as bears and tigers. They always look not happy in cages. Wild animals should look for their own food. Anyone would not feel happy if he isn't allowed(允许) to go outside his home and animals don't like it either.

      Xiao Feng，a student is from China. But she is crazy about American music. And she is only free on Saturday.

      Windy, a Beijing University student comes from England. She wants to know what happened in China in the past.

      Fan Fan is a 13-year-old boy. Tomorrow is his mother's birthday, but he isn't sure what he should buy for her.

      Dan Dan, a 16-year-old student comes from a poor family. She goes to school from Monday to Friday. And she is looking for a part-time job.

      Xia Mei is a dance lover. She can give a wonderful Chinese dance, but she wants to learn more.

    In England, people often talk about the        because there may be four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is        just like in spring.       (a) hour later clouds come back. And then it rains        (heavy). In the afternoon the sky will        fine. The sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of the day.

    In England, you can        have summer in winter,      have winter in summer. So in winter you can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes you should take warm       (cloth) with you.

    When you go to England, you will see a person usually        (take) an umbrella or a raincoat with them on a       (sun) morning, but you should not laugh at them. If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you'll regret (后悔)later in the day.

Smith 夫妇的孩子Alex 已经一个星期没有回家了，他的父母很为他着急。请您为他们写一则寻人启事。

    Have you seen a girl anywhere？