Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

THE NEW WAY TO BURN FAT
People who want to lose weight are being offered a startling new way to burn fat. Wouldbe slimmers are flocking to a spa in Hong Kong (26) _______ promises to reduce their waistlines by smearing them with Chinese herbs, dousing them with alcohol (27) _______ then setting light to them, all for £78 a session. The spa claims that the intense heat of the fire penetrates deep tissue, increasing circulation and helping the body to absorb the herbal concoction which works to detoxify the body and break down fat. It boasts that the results are (28) _______, with customers recording losses of up to 15 centimetres of fat after the first session.
Karen Chu, owner of The Life of Life Healing Spa in Hong Kong's busy Causeway Bay district, says that about 100 customers have successfully undergone the treatment, and there have been no (29) _______. 'About half the customers come here for the Aqua-Fire treatment,' she said. 'It is perfectly safe. You are protected from the flame by wet towels. We have never had (30) _______ complaints or problems.'
(Adapted from Ready for Advanced by Roy Norris, Amanda French with Miles Hordern)