In America, almost(几乎)every book shop sells(出售)books about food and cooking. Most(大部分)newspapers and magazines talk about Americans' eating habits.(饮食习惯)．Many books write about where to eat. So we can see eating is very important to every American.

    Salads are very popular and they have them all year round(一年到头).Americans enjoy coffee. Most of them drink coffee or tea before or after every(每一)meal. Many Americans have coffee or tea with their meals. The main food in American meals is usually meat, fish or chicken, but people don't eat them together at the same meal. Seafood is something they eat as the first course(第一道菜)．

    Most Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly, but the evening meal is longer and a time for the family to get together. This is main meal in a day. On Sundays or holidays, Americans like to oversleep. They get up very late in the morning, so they have to eat their brunch(．早中饭)

1.In the USA, people can buy books about food and cooking_______.

A. in a food shop                                         B. everywhere   

C. in most of the book shops                   D. in all the shops

2.Which statement(叙述)do you think is right?

A. To all of Americans eating is very important.

B. All magazines always talk about Americans' eating habits.

C. People in America don't mind（介意）where to eat.

D. Most of Americans like hot food very much.

3.What does the underlined word "oversleep" mean in Chinese?

A．不睡觉                       B．睡懒觉．    C．朝上睡    D．打瞌睡，

4.Most American families_______.

A. spend（花费）a long time eating breakfast.   

B. sometimes get together when they have dinner

C. get up early on holidays   

D. go out for a walk on Sunday morning.

5.From the article(文章),we can know that_______.

A. Americans have quite different eating habits from Chinese.

B. Chinese eating habits are just the same as those in the USA.

C. we must learn from Americans' eating habits.

D. Americans' eating habits are the best of all in the world.

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　　In the thirteenth century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people didn't use paper money until the fifteenth century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the seventh century.

　　A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost two thousand years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put this pieces of paper together and made them into a book.

　　Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about two thousand and eight hundred tons of paper in our city. It takes seventeen trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly forty-eight thousand trees every day. Since it takes more than ten years for tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don't, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.

　　So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.

　　Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.

1．When he was in China, Marco Polo ________.

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A．discovered Cai Lun invented paper.

B．learned to make paper

C．saw many wonderful things

D．read a lot of books

2．People in western countries first used paper money in the ________ century.

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3．About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.

[　　]

4．Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper?

[　　]

A．To use both sides of every piece of paper.

B．To use the paper bags from shops more than once.

C．To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones.

D．To grow more trees.

5．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

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A．If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use.

B．The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries.

C．About forty-eight thousand trees can be used to make two thousand and eight hundred tons of paper.

D．It is never too late to plant trees for paper.

　　In the 13th century（世纪）,the famous Italian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China. During he stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.

　　Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2 800 tons（吨）of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48 000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don't, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.

　　So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs（手帕）and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.

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(1)When he was in China, Marco Polo ________.

A．discovered Cai Lun invented paper

B．learned to make paper

C．saw many wonderful things

D．read a lot of books

(2)People in western countries first used paper money in the ________ century.

(3)About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.

(4)Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper?

A．To use both sides of every piece of paper.

B．To use the paper bags from shops not more than once.

C．To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones.

D．To grow more trees.

(5)Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use.

B．The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries.

C．About 48 000 trees can be used to make 2 800 tons of paper.

D．it is never too late to plant trees for paper.

(6)Which is the best title（题目）of the passage?

A．Saving Paper

B．The History of Paper

C．Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again

D．Cai Lun, the Great Inventor

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　　In the 13th century, the famous Italian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people didn’t use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.

　　A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2, 000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.

　　Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are n0 trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2, 800 tons(吨)of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48, 000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.

　　So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs(手帕)and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.

　　Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.

1．When he was in China, Marco Polo ________.

[　　]

A．discovered Cai Lun invented paper

B．learned to make paper

C．saw many wonderful things

D．read a lot of books

2．People in western countries first used paper money in the ________ Century.

[　　]

3．About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.

[　　]

4．Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper?

[　　]

A．To use both sides of every piece of paper.

B．To use the paper bags from shops more than once.

C．To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones.

D．To grow more trees.

5．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．If we keep on wasting paper, we will have 130 paper to use.

B．The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries.

C．About 48,000 trees can be used to make 2, 800 tons of paper.

D．It is never too late to plant trees for paper.

6．Which is the best title of the passage?

[　　]

A．Saving paper

B．The history of paper

C．Cotton handkerchiefs back again

D．Cai Lun, the great inventor