food means hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken and pizza. If you have a "sweet tooth", you might think of
apple pies or chocolate cakes. It"s true that Americans do eat those things. But are those the only kind of food
you can find in America?
Except for Thanksgiving turkey, it"s hard to find a typical (典型的) "American" food. The United States
is a land of immigrants (移民). So Americans eat food from many different countries. When people moved to
America, they brought their cooking styles (方式、类型) with them. That"s why you can find almost every
kind of ethnic (民族) food in America. In some ways, Americans have taken foods from other countries as
favorites. Americans love Italian pizza, Chinese egg rolls. But the American ones don"t taste quite like the food
where it comes from.
As any large country, the US has several special regions (地区). Each region is proud of its own special
style of food. Visit the South and enjoy country-style cooking. Take a trip to New England and taste delicious
seafood dishes. Travel through Midwest for tasty baked food. Travel over Southwest and try good treats.
Finish your food tour in Northwest with some wonderful coffee.
Americans are living at a fast pace (步速). Fast food restaurants offer people on the run everything from
fried chicken to fried rice. Half-done dinners and fast food make cooking at home very easy. One of the most
popular quick meals is sandwich. If the meat or cheese can be put between two pieces of bread, Americans
probably make a sandwich.
Americans on the go also eat a lot of "junk food". Potato chips, candy bars, soft drinks and so on are
popular treats. Many people eat too much of these unhealthy food. But others choose for more healthy eating
habits. Some even go "all natural". They refuse to eat any food prepared with chemicals.
American culture (文化) is a good example of the saying, "You"re what you eat."There is different
background and ways of thinking. The kind of foods enjoyed in the US shows all kinds of personal tastes.
The food may be international and regional. Sometimes it"s fast, and sometimes it"s not so fast. It might be
junk food or maybe it"s natural food. No matter what it is, the style is all-American.
My mum was (and still is ) a fast-food cook. My dad worked in a factory. When I was a little girl, my
sister and I saw them come home very tired night after night. We knew how hard they worked and we
appreciated (满意) everything we received.
On the other hand, my kids see me work at the computer in the comfortable home. We live in a town
where most children get pretty much everything they want. Heartfelt thanks are few. So how do we make sure
the kids understand the value (价值) of all that they have?
◆It"s important to explain (解释) to them why you can"t buy expensive presents. Today"s newspapers
and TV programs seem to be calling on children to ask for everything, so it helps to discuss what"s really
possible and what"s not.
◆It"s also necessary to show them not all presents come from a shop. For example, next holiday they can
make cakes for all their friends and decorate the boxes themselves.
◆Give older children chances to serve in kitchens, tell them about people who have nothing on cold wet
nights and tell them about parts of the world where food cannot be found.
◆Encourage them to give some of their pocket money to others. Give away unwanted clothes and toys
to those who need them.
◆Set time to have them write down things they are thankful for. Then they will know all they have. And
teach them to say thank you for any present they receive.
◆In the end, the most important thing is you should do everything you ask your kids to do.
1. Does the writer have any children?
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2. Who is the passage written for?
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3. How many pieces of advice (建议) does the passage give us?
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4. What"s wrong with today"s children?
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5. Why do today"s children have the problem?
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Name: Edward Scott |
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| I"m having a great time in Hong Kong, although I have to be honest and say that I 1 Shanghai. Still, it"s a great place to 2 and I"m lucky to be here for my six-month English course. Some other students are learning Japanese. I might like to learn some too. I like to be a person who speaks different 3 . There is just so 4 to see and do in Hong Kong. Last night I went to a Chinese musical concert. Most of my friends like loud music that they can dance to. I prefer quiet, traditional music 5 the concert suited me just fine. I love great concerts and restaurants. Before the concert we went for Italian 6 . There"s lots of different kinds of food here. I don"t know what to try next. My host family is taking me over to an Indian film festival next weekend. I"m not sure what to expect because I"ve 7 seen an Indian film. Some people say they"re boring, others say they"re great. |
| 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 |
| Hi! My name"s Wang Mang. I"m fifteen years old, and I"m a Grade 3 student in Shangjing in the year 2053! I expect you find that pretty hard to believe. Let me explain. This book is a journal I wrote last month for a very special competition. I won the first prize, which was that my book would become part of the first ever experiment in time travel. It would be put in a time capsule to be sent back almost fifty years into the past. So, if everything went according to the plan, you should be reading this in about the year 2005. Do you know what time capsules are? They are usually containers made of some very strong material so strong that it should last for hundreds or thousands of years without being destroyed. Inside these containers, you put things that are typical of the place in which you live. For example, in 2005 you might put a copy of a popular comic, a CD by a famous musician, videos of television programmes-all sorts of things. The idea is that when people in another century open up the time capsule. They"ll be able to see what life was like in the past. Until now, all time capsules have been left for people in the future to find. This one is the first that has been sent from the future to the past. I don"t understand how it"s going to be done, but I think it"s a really cool idea. If it works, my own grandparents will be able to read this when they were secondary school students! But if my grandparents did read this, why haven"t they ever mentioned it to me? |
| 1. If we believe what the passage says, this book was written ______. |
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| A. last month B. about fifty years ago C. in the future D. by a time traveler |
| 2. Time capsules are usually _______. |
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| 请阅读下列三位志愿者的简历，完成任务。 |
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| （A）根据所提供的信息，将志愿者的姓名填入相应的空白处，并阐明选择该工作的原因，同时选择符合句子的代词。 1. 例：Jennifer can help to fix up the machines in a poor elementary school because she (he, she) likes fixing up things. 2. ________ can help work in an animal hospital because ________ (he, she) likes ______. 3. ______ can sing and dance to cheer up the old people because _________(he, she) likes ________. 4. _______ can help the kids at local elementary schools to finish their schoolwork on Sunday because (he, she) likes ________. （B）请阅读Jennifer的来信，仿照下面的范文替John或Mary写一封自荐信。 |