A. strict B. diet C. a visit D. hurry E. hid

My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a 【1】. He started his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate and sweets. Yesterday I paid him 【2】. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh didn't lose weight at all. He led me into his room and hurriedly 【3】 a large parcel under his desk. He was very embarrassed for sure. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then took out the parcel which contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets. He explained that his diet was so 【4】 that he had to reward himself occasionally.