In America, on school and work days, breakfast in most homes is often a hurried meal of milk, bread, juice or coffee. Some people even don’t have it in order to get to __1___ or school on time. Others just stop at coffee shops for coffee. But on weekends, ___2___ are quite different. People usually get up late, and they have enough time to have a large breakfast with eggs, home-fried potatoes and bread.

Lunch is just a ___3___ break from the day’s work rather than a large, long meal. It usually lasts ___4___ half an hour or an hour, so family members do not have time to ____5___ home. Most people have a sandwich or a hamburger , and fruit or ice cream for lunch. ___6____ people either take their lunches to work in the brown paper “lunch bag”, ___7___ eat a sandwich at a fast food restaurant. Children ____8____ to bring the “lunch box”.

Dinner is the most ___9___ meal of the day in the United States. At this meal, most American families can sit down ____10___. It is usually a hot, large meal and it is quite different from lunch. Lunch is often cold and quick. ____11___ usually cooked dinner for their families in the past. Nowadays, ___12____, with more women working and as a result of “Women’s liberation (解放)”, Men are doing more in the ___13___. Dinners throughout America are quite ____14___, but most people have a meat dish, rice or bread. Milk, water and soft drinks are common at dinner, but wine is only for ___15___ occasions (场合). Dinner is usually eaten between 5:00 p.m and 7:00 p.m and often later in restaurants. Most Americans enjoy themselves at this time.

1. A. hospital       B. shops         C. work         D. factories

2. A. things       B. activities      C. reports       D. prices

3. A. real         B. long         C. boring       D. short

4. A. only        B. exactly       C. nearly        D. almost

5. A. leave        B. get             C. return        D. drive

6. A. Careful      B. Clever       C. Famous       D. Working

7. A. and          B. or           C. but             D. so

8. A. forget        B. stop         C. prefer        D. decide

9. A. important     B. serious       C. terrible      D. common

10. A. quietly      B. straight       C. early         D. together

11. A. Men           B. Parents       C. Women       D. Children

12. A. whenever   B. however      C. whatever      D. wherever

13. A. dining- room B. kitchen       C. study        D. garden

14. A. strange      B. simple       C. healthy       D. different

15. A. special      B. usual         C. traditional     D. ordinary

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