Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
　　The reporter was talking to them about being important.
　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”
　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
　　The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”
　　The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
　　“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”
【小题1】This story happened in ________.
A. U.N.             B. U.S.A.               C. U.K.      D. P.R.C.
【小题2】There are________in this passage.

先阅读短文,在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式,单词的首字母已给出。

Once I went shopping on my first visit to Macao. Coming from cold and cloudy England, I enjoyed the sun and dressed in a T-shirt and a short skirt. Not having much c_____1. to enjoy the sun in England, my legs were very white. In England this is not a fashionable look at all . Most women spend every sunny day out t_____2. to get darker skin(皮肤). The darker the skin, the better the look. I have tried to get darker but nothing w____3. for me!

   As I walked around one shop, the two shop assistants kept looking at my legs all the time, talking q_____4.to each other in Chinese. I began to feel u____5.and  asked my friend if we could leave. After we left the shop, she asked me what was wrong . I c____6.about the shop assistants being very impolite . They must be talking about my white skin. My friend laughed. “They weren’t laughing at you. They were saying how nice your legs were. Many Chinese women want to have white skin like yours. In fact, there are many beauty products(美容产品)  in the shops to make skin whiter and a lot of money is s_____7. on them.”

   It just s____8. that we are never happy with what we have. The grass is much g______9.on the other side. If the women of the West and East thought the s_____10.way, Western women wouldn’t spend so much money on beauty products that makes skin darker and women from the East wouldn’t need to use cream that makes skin whiter.

Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America．One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York．
The reporter was talking to them about being important．
“How do we know if someone is really important?”the reporter asked the banker．
The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important．”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company．“Do you agree with that?”she asked．
The man shook his head,“No．I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House．You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it．”
The reporter turned to the third man．“Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t,”he said．“I don’t think that makes the visitor important．That makes thePresident important．”
“Then what would make the visitor important?”the reporter and the other two men asked．
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said,‘It’s for you．’”
【小题1】This story happened in_________．

Eating is important to everyone.  1 

“Fast food is easy,” says Sarah Hudson, a 14-year-old high school student from the U.S.A. she is enjoying her lunch at McDonald’s. “It’s quick and delicious.” She eats fast food about twice a week.

Now each American eats about three hamburgers and four bags of French fries(or potato chips) every week. That is 2 520 calories(卡路里).  2 

Most Americans know that fast food isn’t good for them. But it seems that they can’t give it up.  3 and fast food restaurants are part of American life,96﹪ of American school children know McDonald’s   4  In America,33﹪ of them are overweight (or too heavy).That makes it hard for them to move around, go upstairs and even breathe.

   5 Of course it’s not just young people who are getting heavier. It’s all Americans.