The most popular food in America was invented because a cook got angry. George Crum was a cook at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. One day in 1853, a customer who had ordered fried potatoes sent them back to the kitchen. He wanted the cook to slice (切片) them thinner and fry them longer. George Crum had a bad temper (脾气), and he thought the potatoes were fine the way he made them. To teach the customer a lesson, he sliced potatoes very thin and fried them until they were crispy (脆的). But instead of being angry, the customer loved the new fried potatoes. He asked for more. Other people who tried them liked them too and customers kept asking for them. For many years, people called them Saratoga chips after the town where they were first made.

Even now, after more than 150 years, potato chips are very popular. At least one of every ten potatoes grown in the United States is made into potato chips. So if you like potato chips, be thankful that George Crum had a bad temper!

The customer sent the fried potatoes back to the kitchen because ______.

A. he wanted to make George Crum angry

B. he liked thinner potatoes fried a longer time

C. he knew the cook would invent potato chips

D. he didn’t want to pay for the food

George Crum cooked the potatoes in a special way in order to ______.

A. teach the customer a lesson

B. invent the potato chips

C. make the potato chips crispy

D. please that customer

What’s the best title for this story?

A. A cook with a very bad temper.

B. A clever customer.

C. Potato chips — the most popular food in America.

D. The invention of potato chips.

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Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.

When my three children were young, my husband, Roy, and I were very .

 “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky   . “Please.”

I had said no so many times in the  months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could wait. To her , I agreed.

I prepared a few sandwiches and a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy

. My eleven-year-old twin sons put the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some time together as a family.

About the time I got the lunch out on the table, Roy arrived on the .

That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with

. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school for so many months. Roy and the boys rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table, God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

That night as our went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and realized what a wonderful life I had.

As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you .

Even though the kids have now grown up and from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

Maybe today would be a good time to potato salad, call all of my grown kids, feed some hungry     and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a .

A. old                     B. poor                     C. busy                     D. miserable

A. begged          B. asked                       C. doubted                    D. wondered

A. coming                  B. recent                      C. following                 D. later

A. doubt                    B. disappointment         C. sadness                     D. surprise

A. supplied         B. provided               C. combined                 D. filled

A. off work         B. at home                    C. at work                    D. on business

A. unhappy         B. quality                            C. quantity                   D. sad

A. spread                   B. taken                       C. made                    D. cooked

A. scene                     B. view                        C. event                 D. landscape

A. sadness                B. expectation               C. hope                     D. laughter

A. orders               B. charges                    C. activity                    D. responsibilities

A. missed                 B. took                   C. skipped                    D. left

A. praying              B. praising                    C. thanking                   D. trusting

A. family                B. children                   C. friends                 D. parents

A. lifestyle              B. time                      C. world                   D. family

A. enjoy                   B. own                      C. have                        D. love

A. left alone             B. passed away              C. ran away                  D. moved away

A. supply                 B. cook                       C. watch                       D. plant

A. ducks                  B. children                   C. family                  D. people

A. salad             B. life                       C. picnic                D. hope

Every person needs water and a diet of __36_ foods. These foods should contain some fat, some fiber, a little salt and so on.

People need energy  37 . They eat different kinds of food which change into _38___. The energy is __39__ in calories. Even when you  40 , you are using energy – about 65 calories an hour.  41__  you are at school, or walking home, your body is burning up 100 calories an hour. When playing football or basketball, you  42  be using 400 calories an hour. On Sports Day, during the relay race, you will use most of all,  43  as much as 650 calories an hour.

The Chinese diet is considered to be the healthiest in the world. It contains a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is  44  in fiber and low in sugar and fat. The Chinese eat less sugar than many other countries in the world. That is  45  lots of people in China have healthy white teeth.

People in the Western world do not eat  46  healthy foods. They eat  47  fat and sugar  48   don’t take enough  49 . Because of this, they  50  weight very easily. Their diet contains a lot of fat in the  51   of potato crisps, potato chips, __52_, cream and chocolate. They eat a lot of sugar which exist in cakes, soft drinks,  53  and so on. The result is that many of them become fat.  54  some have bad teeth. In some parts of Britain, one person in ten,  55  the age of thirty, has no teeth left.

36.A. healthy   B. health       C. cheap       D. expensive

37. A. for life   B. live       C. to live with   D. for a living

38. A. fat      B. energy       C. power       D. strength

39. A. measuring  B. taken    C. measured   D. measure

40. A. are asleep  B. fall asleep   C. go to sleep      D. go to bed

41. A. While   B. During   C. As    D. If

42. A. must   B. can    C. need    D. might

43. A. surely   B. usually   C. perhaps   D. hardly

44. A. rich   B. poor    C. good    C. bad

45. A. how   B. why    C. what    D. that

46. A. so     B. such    C. quite    D. very

47. A. much too  B. many too   C. too many   D. too much

48. A. and     B. but        C. so       D. because

49. A. exercises  B. food    C. work    D. exercise

50. A. put on   B. gain on   C. get on    D. put up

51. A. type   B. form    C. kind    D. sort

52. A. vegetables  B. tomato  C. butter   D. rice

53. A. sweets   B. sweet    C. candy bar   D. sweet thing

54. A. But   B. Or    C. And    D. So

55. A. at    B. for    C. with    D. by

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Whenever I recall my childhood, there is one thing I remember clearly. My father used his   36  to let my mother   37   her parents who lived far away. There was just my younger brother and myself in the   38  . One evening, our father came home and there was no   39  , not even a piece of bread. My father had no money and he was as   40   as we were. My brother and I went to bed without having anything.

   41   I knew from the expressions on my father’s face that he could not    42   us be hungry for long. He left the house, and about two hours later he   43   and woke us up. He had two small potato pies in his hands. I didn’t know where he got the money for the food but somehow he   44   to find a way. It was clear that he wanted to get his children    45  .

My father did not eat and had    46   all day but he sat there and felt   47   at seeing us eat. This has always stuck in my   48  . At that moment, I felt moved   knowing that he tried his best not to let us   49  , and he wanted us to know he was always there ____50______ us.

In   51   times, I think, it is important not to   52   weakness but strength.   53   the mother is the cement(黏合剂)that   54   a family together, then the father is the steel that strengthens(加固) that cement.

It is his values and    55   that have carried me forward and helped me deal with my own problems in life.

1.

A. car

B. ticket

C. savings

D. right

2.

A. call

B. visit

C. bring

D. invite

3.

A. classroom

B. office

C. house

D. farm

4.

A. food

B. drinks

C. electricity

D. gas

5.

A. poor

B. hungry

C. angry

D. sleepy

6.

A. So

B. Till

C. But

D. Since

7.

A. hear

B. let

C. remember

D. prevent

8.

A. lost

B. hid

C. found

D. returned

9.

A. managed

B. forgot

C. needed

D. refused

10.

A. something

B. nothing

C. anything

D. everything

11.

A. bargained

B. worked

C. searched

D. prepared

12.

A. lucky

B. sorry

C. happy

D. regretful

13.

A. mouth

B. teeth

C. mind

D. chest

14.

A. change

B. share

C. wait

D. suffer

15.

A. of

B. on

C. in

D. with

16.

A. difficult

B. dangerous

C. interesting

D. comfortable

17.

A. admit

B. show

C. discuss

D. understand

18.

A. Unless

B. If

C. Though

D. Until

19.

A. designs

B. places

C. takes

D. holds

20.

A. permission

B. hobbies

C. actions

D. attitudes

 

 

 

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