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　　Fighting Fit

　　Fine Fitness, the health and fitness club operator, announced an impressive set of results yesterday: (19) a 38-per-cent jump in annual pre-tax profits, the company claimed that it had (20) none of the problems (21) last week by its rival, Top Fit .According to Samantha Collier,the chief executive, Fine Fitness (22) strong and is on (23) to reach its target of 100 clubs within three years, its strategy unaffected by the apparent (24) down of the economy.

　　The company opened 12 new clubs in the past year; (25) its total to 51. They have (26) to be highly successful, with people joining in large numbers, especially in the 25-to-40 age range. Even the more (27) clubs are still seeing sales growth, along with rising retention (28) of more than 70 per cent. This can be seen as clear (29) of the appeal of Fine Fitness.

　　Ms Collier admitted that as there were (30) too many companies competing with one another; there would almost certainly be (31) in the health-and-fitness-club sector of the market She predicted that, within a relatively short time, there might be only about three major companies still in (32).However, she declined to say which these were likely to be.

　　Profits rose by £6.3 million, although there was a fall in gross margins from 31 per cent to 28.6 per cent because of higher insurance premiums, extra management costs and start-up expenses for the company's new (33) in Spain.

　　19 A Stating B Reporting C Remarking D Informing

　　20 A taken B felt C experienced D caught

　　21 A released B issued C opened D revealed

　　22 A stays B remains C maintains D keeps

　　23 A track B direction C way D line

　　24 A falling B breaking C cutting D slowing

　　25 A bringing B putting C getting D mounting

　　26 A shown B resulted C proved D demonstrated

　　27 A installed B formed C established D confirmed

　　28 A rates B standards C proportions D volumes

　　29 A witness B sign C display D evidence

　　30 A purely B merely C simply D barely

　　31 A union B consolidation C alliance D combination

　　32 A trade B office C commerce D business

　　33 A trial B venture C proposal D speculation