“ I’d like to be at a healthier weight , ” a friend told me . “ But we just don’t have the money to buy expensive diet foods and there isn’t enough money to join a gym .” Many people feel that way—that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because of their high cost . Don’t lose hope ! We’ll be looking at ways to make healthy choices without spending too much money . First you don’t need to buy the expensive pre-prepared “ diet foods . ” Back in the early 1970s when I started housekeeping , 90% of the food I bought was ingredients . Very few things were preprocessed (预处理的). Now 90% of the food you find in the store is quick food . That’s a bad thing . Quick foods like boxed “ just add hamburger ” meals have had the fiber removed to make them faster to prepare . Take a look at the label on that box . It often has low numbers listed under “ fiber ” because fiber takes longer to digest . If the low fiber meal is digested , the result is that your body begins to store fat . Besides , your body is short of nutrients (营养物质). You will be driven to eat more to try to make up for the low quality of the food you are eating . And then there are the chemicals the producers add to the quick meals to make them palatable . If not , the stuff would taste like cardboard and you wouldn’t enjoy it . However , these chemicals certainly aren’t good for your health . What’s the answer ? Buy whole ingredients and give up the expensive , low nutrition , processed foods . Do the cooking yourself and you will have control over what is in your food —and it will cost less , too . 小题1:People who find it hard to get a healthier weight think . A.they had too much diet foods B.they didn’t make a detailed plan C.they have no time to do exercise in gym D.they can’t afford diet foods and to exercise in gym 小题2: The author doesn’t like quick food mainly because . A.it contains too much fat B.it makes people eat less C.it has low fiber D.it takes longer to digest 小题3:The underlined word “ palatable ” in Paragraph 4 probably means “ ”. A.fresh B.delicious C.healthy D.simple 小题4:The author suggests in the text that people should . A.control the amount of food B.eat more processed foods C.cook food for themselves D.choose cheap ingredients 小题5:Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage ? (①='Paragraph' 1, ②='Paragraph' 2 ,…⑤='Paragraph' 5) A.①/②③④/⑤ B.①②/③④/⑤ C.①②③/④/⑤ D.①/②③/④⑤