Americans usually eat three meals a day. Breakfast usually comes before eight o’clock in the morning. They usually have eggs, some meat, bread, fruit juice and coffee. Lunch is between twelve and one o’clock. It is like a light meal and working people must take lunch with them or get it near workplace.

Children in school take sandwiches, fruit, and cookies with them or eat in school. Supper, the main meal, is between six and eight in the evening. People cook it carefully. They may have meat or chicken, turkey and duck. They may all have potatoes or rice, vegetables or salad. The drink is coffee, tea or milk. Then comes the dessert.

1. Americans have breakfast ________.

A. after eight o’clock B. at eight o’clock

C. before eight o’clock in the morning D. in the morning

2. _______ is the most important meal in a day.

A. Breakfast B. Lunch C. Meals D. Supper

3.What does “light” mean in Chinese? _______

A. 重的B. 有用的C. 轻的D. 不太重要的

4.Americans usually have breakfast and supper at ______.

A. home B. office C. inn D. work place

5.When Americans have supper, _______ comes last.

A. drink B. meat C. dessert D. vegetables

     Have your ever had   56    (问题) in your life and didn’t know how to be happy? If so, you will find the book Being a Happy Teenager    57   (有用). In the book, the writer, Andrew Matthews, tells us how to live a happy life and he   58    (也) answers the questions of teenagers.       

     The book mainly   59    (处理) with many subjects such as problems with parents, friends or teachers. The book says we should stop being   60    (生气的) with others and learn to forgive. The book teaches us some    61    (技能). For example, you can turn what you have   62    (学) into pictures to make your memory better.

     Many teenagers think that happiness comes from a good exam result or praise (表扬) from other people. But you can still be happy even though there   63    (有) no such good things.

     If you can learn from problems, you will have success in the future.

     Some school students have such problems as being too tall or too short. But Matthews says that happiness comes from thinking in a positive way. If you are tall, maybe you will be a basketball player. If you are short, your clothes and shoes take    64   (较少) room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most    65   (重要) lesson : you choose to be happy!