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Nearly all kids have had the same experience. They are eating in a restaurant with their parents. They finished the spaghetti minutes ago. Now, they are bored. Their little brother is kicking them under the table. He is also complaining about the desserts(餐后甜点). Yet their parents are still eating and talking…and talking…and talking.
“Be patient.” One parent says. “We’ll have dessert soon.”
All kids know what happens next. After dessert, their parents drink coffee. Then they talk some more. Again, the children must wait. They have been in school all day and would rather be running and playing. Instead, they must sit in a chair and stare at a wall.
Going to a restaurant doesn’t have to be this way. Many restaurants say they are “family-friendly”. Family restaurants, such as fast-food restaurants should play areas for children. At these restaurants, almost every play area is a big room full of climbing equipment. The room is usually, packed with happy kids. Parents can eat while the children play. Everyone is happy.
The real problem begins when families want to eat a fancier meal(大餐). The parents don’t want to hurry through the meal but talk to each other. They do not have bored children pestering(烦扰) them about leaving. That’s no fun for kids either. For them, going to a nicer restaurant means just one thing: sit still and be quiet.
On family blogs across the Web, dozens of parents post the same question all the time; are there any nicer restaurants with play areas for kids? Research shows that some nicer restaurants do have play areas. In warmer cities, it is easier for restaurants to build play areas outside. For example, at one restaurant kids can sail tiny little motor boats in a small, shallow pond. Parents can sit on a beautiful yard and watch the kids play. Some nicer restaurants even have indoor play areas. Research also shows that these restaurants serve more than just burgers, chickens and fries.
So, it’s possible for a restaurant to provide both food and a place where kids can play. These restaurants seem to be popular, too. For some, families must have reservation days in advance. For others, families might be forced to wait in long lines. Clearly, quality food and safe play areas are both good for business.
小题1:Why do children get unhappy at the restaurant?
小题2:What is the real problem mentioned in the passage?
小题3:What conclusion can we draw from the research?
小题4:What does the writer mainly want to tell us?
“Be patient.” One parent says. “We’ll have dessert soon.”
All kids know what happens next. After dessert, their parents drink coffee. Then they talk some more. Again, the children must wait. They have been in school all day and would rather be running and playing. Instead, they must sit in a chair and stare at a wall.
Going to a restaurant doesn’t have to be this way. Many restaurants say they are “family-friendly”. Family restaurants, such as fast-food restaurants should play areas for children. At these restaurants, almost every play area is a big room full of climbing equipment. The room is usually, packed with happy kids. Parents can eat while the children play. Everyone is happy.
The real problem begins when families want to eat a fancier meal(大餐). The parents don’t want to hurry through the meal but talk to each other. They do not have bored children pestering(烦扰) them about leaving. That’s no fun for kids either. For them, going to a nicer restaurant means just one thing: sit still and be quiet.
On family blogs across the Web, dozens of parents post the same question all the time; are there any nicer restaurants with play areas for kids? Research shows that some nicer restaurants do have play areas. In warmer cities, it is easier for restaurants to build play areas outside. For example, at one restaurant kids can sail tiny little motor boats in a small, shallow pond. Parents can sit on a beautiful yard and watch the kids play. Some nicer restaurants even have indoor play areas. Research also shows that these restaurants serve more than just burgers, chickens and fries.
So, it’s possible for a restaurant to provide both food and a place where kids can play. These restaurants seem to be popular, too. For some, families must have reservation days in advance. For others, families might be forced to wait in long lines. Clearly, quality food and safe play areas are both good for business.
小题1:Why do children get unhappy at the restaurant?
| A．Because they can’t join in their parents’ talk. |
| B．Because the dessert isn’t served in time. |
| C．Because they can do nothing but wait. |
| D．Because the food there isn’t delicious. |
| A．Children don’t like eating fancier food. |
| B．Not many nicer restaurants provide play areas. |
| C．Parents don’t trouble to comfort their bored kids. |
| D．People have to wait for seats in nicer restaurants. |
| A．It’s common for nicer restaurants to provide good food and play areas. |
| B．Building play areas is more difficult for restaurants in colder cities. |
| C．Serving more kinds of foods may help restaurants to make more money. |
| D．It’s possible for restaurants to find a balance to make both happy. |
| A．Cities need to help develop restaurant business. |
| B．Children are supposed to be much more patient. |
| C．Restaurants are supposed to give kids some space. |
| D．Parents need to care more about their kids when eating. |
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Do you have a headache? Take an aspirin or eat bird brains. Do you want beautiful skin? Use skin cream or eat pearls. Is your hair turning gray? Color your hair or eat black rice.
“Eat bird brains, pearls, and black rice?” some people ask. “How strange!” But for many Chinese people, bird brains, pearls, and black rice are not strange things to eat. Instead, they are good medicines.
Food that people use for medicines is called medical(药用的) food. The Chinese have eaten medicinal food and spices(香辛料) for centuries. Ginger, for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking. Ginger gives food a nice flavor. The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago. They used ginger not because it tasted good. They used ginger because it was medicinal. Ginger, they thought, was good for the digestion. It also helped people who had colds. Pepper and garlic, too, were probably medicines a long time ago.
Some people don’t believe that food and spices are good medicines. They want to buy their medicine in drugstores, not in supermarkets. Other people want to try medicinal food. They say, “Maybe medicinal food can’t help me. But it can’t hurt me, either.”
People can try medicinal food at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California. The restaurant serves medicinal food. The menus at the restaurant have a list of dinners. Next to each dinner there is information about the food. The information helps people order “Queen’s Secret,” for example, is one dinner at the restaurant. This dinner has meat from chickens with black feathers. It is for women who want to look young.
小题1:All of the followings are common spices in Chinese cooking EXCEPT .
小题2:What do you know about medicinal food?
小题3:Why did the Chinese begin to use ginger many years ago?
小题4:Which answer to the following questions can be found out from the passage?
小题5:What can we infer (推测) according to the passage?
“Eat bird brains, pearls, and black rice?” some people ask. “How strange!” But for many Chinese people, bird brains, pearls, and black rice are not strange things to eat. Instead, they are good medicines.
Food that people use for medicines is called medical(药用的) food. The Chinese have eaten medicinal food and spices(香辛料) for centuries. Ginger, for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking. Ginger gives food a nice flavor. The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago. They used ginger not because it tasted good. They used ginger because it was medicinal. Ginger, they thought, was good for the digestion. It also helped people who had colds. Pepper and garlic, too, were probably medicines a long time ago.
Some people don’t believe that food and spices are good medicines. They want to buy their medicine in drugstores, not in supermarkets. Other people want to try medicinal food. They say, “Maybe medicinal food can’t help me. But it can’t hurt me, either.”
People can try medicinal food at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California. The restaurant serves medicinal food. The menus at the restaurant have a list of dinners. Next to each dinner there is information about the food. The information helps people order “Queen’s Secret,” for example, is one dinner at the restaurant. This dinner has meat from chickens with black feathers. It is for women who want to look young.
小题1:All of the followings are common spices in Chinese cooking EXCEPT .
| A．ginger | B．pepper | C．garlic | D．pearls |
| A．The Chinese have eaten medicinal food for a long time. |
| B．Many Chinese believe medicinal food tastes good. |
| C．Medicinal food may be bad for your health. |
| D．Medicinal food is served all over the world. |
| A．Because it gave food different flavors. |
| B．Because it made food more delicious. |
| C．Because it was good for people’s health. |
| D．Because it made people feel cold. |
| A．When did the Chinese start to eat bird brains? |
| B．Why do women like “Queen’s Secret”? |
| C．What is the advantage of using pepper? |
| D．How do Chinese people stop a toothache? |
| A．More foreigners will learn more about medicinal food. |
| B．All the Chinese will believe black rice stops hair turning gray. |
| C．Ginger will be more and more popular in China. |
| D．Medicinal food will be sold in drugstores and supermarkets. |
When I was a child, my mother often told me, “Don’t run around, or bad uncles
will grad（抓住） you. And you know what? You will never see Mum and Dad again.”
“Why, Mama? Why would these uncles grab me?” I would ask. “The city is a dangerous place and we don’t trust any strangers, ”she would reply.
Well, that might answer the question of why my second brother never picks up calls from an unknown person either on his mobile or his home phone. It seems that he doesn’t care if he misses an important call. because he thinks that all unknown calls are from bad persons.
So, have we given too much protection to our young kids? Perhaps it is so. But the adults’ thoughts are indeed easy to understand. The kids meet swindlers sometimes as we adults tell them. Also they get some news about cheating（欺骗） in newspapers or on TV every day. That makes the kids believe that they just cannot trust strangers.
Let’s look at an example from everyday life. Say, if someone carrying a wooden stick（棍子） comes nearer to you, will you try to run away at once even before he or she starts talking to you? Will you guess this person’s intentions（意图） and think that he or she wants to rob（抢劫） you of something? Think of the answer for yourself.
Of course, the kids should look after themselves, but overprotection can sometimes stop them from making new friends. Sometimes it’s not good for their new friendships.
Trust is like a mirror. When we offer trust to people, they might just show you trust in return.
1 What do “swindlers” probably do?
A. They cheat other people.
B. They often call other people.
C. They rob people of something.
D. They teach children to protect themselves.
2 Which of the following is NOT the reason why children don’t trust strangers?
A. Their parents tell them not to trust strangers.
B. They get to know some news about cheating in newspapers or on TV every day.
C. Strangers always have bad intentions.
D. They sometimes have experiences of being cheated.
3 What does the writer want to tell us?
A. Children should always follow their parents’ advice.
B. We should never talk to strangers.
C. Parents should learn to protect their children.
D. People should try to 
trust each other.