2022-2023学年湖北省部分高中联考协作体高二（上）期中英语试卷 一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共37.5分） A If you wish to lose weight，there are so many fitness programs and weight loss diets to choose from.Here are some plans that might help you achieve this. The Diet Solution Program is based on a scientific approach.The weight loss diet is not a quick fat loss method，which stresses that losing weight is never a quick process.This makes the program one of the safest dieting plans that you can turn to today. Fat Burning Furnace brings a new approach to the weight loss problem.The program comes with a large and detailed set of workout exercises that are specifically designed to in-crease and improve your metabolic rate （代谢速率）.Fat Burning Furnace uses workouts that are about 20-30 minutes.They train the whole body and don't require special equipment，which is good because you don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on running machines or other fit-ness machines. Fat Loss 4 Idiots is a diet-based weight loss program.The guide is dead against weight loss drugs.Moreover，because it's a diet-based program that aims to help you lose weight，you won't need to spend any money on gym equipment. Xtreme Fat Loss Diet is designed around a special dieting and exercising routine that is made up of several special fitness and diet programs.This dieting and exercising routine is repeated 5 times，each needing 5 days.These days make up a unique combination of a special workout technique and eating plan that will help you improve your leptin （消瘦素）.Leptin controls the rate and degree of hunger that the body experiences，and helps to reduce the physical desire for food. 1. Why is The Diet Solution Program one of the safest dieting plans？ _____ A. It mainly depends on weight loss drugs. B. It is a method that is based on science and has a slow process. C. It can help people lose weight quickly. D. It needs working out. 2. Which word can best describe both Fat Burning Furnace and Fat Loss 4 Idiots？ _____ A. Disappointing. B. Cheap. C. Hard. D. Interesting. 3. How long do people need to improve leptin if they choose Xtreme Fat Loss Diet？ _____ A. 2 days. B. 5 days. C. 7 days. D. 25 days. B Aleeda Rodriguez Pedrasa has one of the most unusual jobs in the world.She gets paid by the Cuban government to make sure that a statue of John Lennon，a famous British musician，always has a pair of glasses on when tourists come to take a picture with it. In the year 2000，on the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's death on December 8th，Cuba set up a bronze（青铜的）statue of the famous musician with his name carved（刻着）on it in the Havana Park. The statue of John Lennon quickly became a major tourist attraction，but also a target for thieves who loved nothing more than to steal the artist's symbolic round glasses.In the beginning，the government would replace the stolen glasses with new ones，but the new pair wouldn't last long. About two years ago，after seeing that L ... ...
