A man calls a company and orders their 5-day/10-pound weight loss program.  The next day,  there’s a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous(艷麗的),  athletic,  19-year-old girl dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck.  She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company.  The sign reads,  “If you can catch me,  you can have me. ” Without a second thought,  he takes off after her.  A few miles later out of breath,  he finally gives up.  The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens.  On the fifth day,  he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 pounds as promised.

He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20-pound program.

The next day there’s a knock at the door and there stands the most beautiful woman he has never seen in his life.  She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, “If you catch me,  you can have me. ”

Well, he’s out of the door after her like a shot.  This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck.  So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape.  Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 pounds as promised.

He decides to go for broke(全力以赴)and calls the company to order the 7-day/50-pound program.

“Are you sure? ” asks the representative on the phone.  “This is our most rigorous program. ”

“Absolutely, ” he replies,  “I haven’t felt this good in years. ”

The next day there’s a knock at the door,  and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads,  “If I catch you,  you are mine! ! ! ” He lost 63 pounds that week.

61. How many pounds did the man lose in all?

A. 80 pounds.                                          B. 70 pounds.

C. 30 pounds.                                           D. 93 pounds.

62. Which of the following is TRUE of the man?

A. He didn’t like the traditional ways of losing weight.

B. He was very fat before he took the weight loss programs.

C. He liked the man more than the two beautiful women.

D. He wasn’t satisfied with the results of the weight loss programs.

63. What does the underlined word “rigorous” refer to?

A.  tough                                                       B.  easy

C.  effective                                            D.  instructive

64. Why did the girls and the guy do so:  wearing nothing but running shoes and a sign around their necks?

A. It is so cool like that.

B. Their boss orders them to do so.

C. Try to inspire the man to run as fast as he can.

D. The man likes to see it.

65. Where can we most probably read this text?

A.  In a research paper.                                   B.  In a short story.

C.  In a travel magazine.                          D.  In a student’s book.

61.【解析】選D。數(shù)字計(jì)算題。把三次減肥結(jié)果加在一起：10+20+63=93 pounds。

62.【解析】選B。判斷正誤題。A項(xiàng)沒有提到；C項(xiàng)意思與原文內(nèi)容相反；D項(xiàng)完全錯誤；B項(xiàng)的說法是正確的，他在減肥前確實(shí)很胖。

63.【解析】選A。詞義猜測題。從工作人員問話的口氣和實(shí)際情況判斷，最后一次減肥活動與上兩次相比應(yīng)該是“最嚴(yán)酷的”。

64.【解析】選C。推理判斷題。由文章內(nèi)容可推知，減肥公司的職員這樣做是想激勵對方快跑以達(dá)到減肥的目的。

65.【解析】選B。推理判斷題。本文是一篇幽默故事，故出自于a short story 是合理的。

【文章大意】大學(xué)生怎么穿著才得體，專家就此提出了一些建議。

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