This is not a diet. It's a simple way to lose weight. You don't have to give up the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits thin people have. Keep them, and you'll become thin. *Wake-up  When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, lean forward  until you feel sore  in your back. It will use up 10 calories. *Start with soup  Order a clear soup, and have it before the main food. In this way, you'll feel fuller, so you'll eat less when the main food comes. *An apple or more a day  Apples are full of fiber  and water, so your stomach will want less. Studies show that people who eat at least three apples or pears a day may lose weight. *Talk it up  Every time you use the cell phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important and standing up and walking around will burn up 50 or more calories. Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss. How many skills are there in the text for people to lose weight? A) Two B) Three C) Four D) Five
C

Like other student athletes, Ray Ray McElrathbey deals with schoolwork, practice and games. But after a long day of studying and working out on the football field, the prefix = st1 /ClemsonUniversityplayer can't relax with friends. Ray Ray has to make sure his 11-year-old brother, Fahmarr, gets a good dinner, does his homework and goes to bed.        Since taking responsibility for Fahmarr this August, "I've aged dramatically , " said Ray Ray. "I can't be running around at all hours, making 19-year-old decisions. " Ray Ray has temporary custody of Fahmarr. Their mother struggles with drug addiction , and they are not in touch with their dad.         Ray Ray didn't want to see his brother go into foster  care, where they both had spent time. The brothers now live together in an apartment near the campus in Clemson,South Carolina.        Clemson Tigers fans aren't the only people supporting Ray Ray.Sports Illustrated, ESPNandABCnews have featured the story. The brothers have received praise and many offers of help. But Ray Ray attends the university on a scholarship. Under the rules, he can't accept money or gifts. Coaches'family members can't even give Fahmarr a ride home from school.        This changed a few weeks ago, when the National Collegiate Athletic Association allowed Clemson to set up a trust fund  for Fahmarr. It will help provide for his basic needs, including food and clothing. But the brothers can give each other something that all the money in the world can't buy. Ray Ray says he hopes to instill  qualities of "strength and intelligence"in Fahmarr. He says having his brother around is "a great thing, knowing he will grow up right. " It can be inferred from the passage that  _  . A) Ray Ray must be the best player on his team B) like his brother, Ray Ray may enjoy little care from their parents C) ClemsonUniversitywill raise money for Ray Ray and his brother D) Ray Ray's brother must have a good academic performance
B

When doctors urge overweight kids to pick up more activities,reading probably isn't what they have in mind.    Yet a new study by fatness researchers at Duke University finds that the simple act of reading--depending on the choice of material--can cause weight loss in teenage girls. The study's experimental group included 31 fat girls aged 9 to 13,who took part in the Healthy Lifestyles Program at Duke Children's Hospital. The girls read a novel called Lake Rescue,whose protagonist   is an overweight teenager who struggles with low selfesteem,feelings of loneliness and teasing because of her size. A group of 33 girls read a different book called Charlotte in Paris,which did not have an overweight character,and another group of 17 girls read neither book. At the end of the sixmonth experiment,all the girls who read books had lost weight,but the girls who read Lake Rescue lost more. They lowered their body mass index (BMI) by 0.71,compared with 0.33 in the Charlotte group,an average 0.05 increase among the nonreaders. The idea behind the study,says Dr Sarah Armstrong,director of Healthy Lifestyles,was to find a way to encourage the girls without adopting the restrictive and often authoritative voice of so many other nutrition and diet programs. Lake Rescue was the perfect instrument,says Armstrong;it presents a likable character to whom the girls could relate and whom they could learn from. As the book progresses,its protagonist learns to make healthier lifestyle choices and finds an adviser to help keep her on track. Armstrong says," _ learns that she can become healthier,and the 'I can do it' feeling resonates   with the teenage girls." How many girls took part in the experiment? A) 31. B) 33. C) 64. D) 81.

D