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In America, on school and work days, breakfast in most homes is often a hurried meal. Some people even don’t have it in order to  1  work or school on time. Others just stop at coffee shops for coffee. But on weekends,   2  are quite different. People usually get up late, so they have enough time to have a large breakfast.

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 USA. At this meal, most American families can sit down together. It is usually a hot, large meal and it is quite different from lunch.   10  usually cooked dinner for their families in the past. Nowadays, however, with more women working and as a result, men are doing more in the kitchen.

If you go to a supermarket and find that there is no cashiers (收银员), would you still pay (付钱) for your things? People in our   1  are having a test of honesty(诚信测试) now． The supermarket here has a special area． This area sells    2   things like pens and knives． People need to scan (扫描) their things, and put the    3    into the cash desk all by themselves．   4   watches them． By now, the supermarket runs（经营） very   5   ． People say they enjoy the feeling of being honest．

Once (又一次) I go to the supermarket to buy a note book． When I am ready to pay, I find I have no    6    on me． I am just going to put the note book   7  when a neighbour of mine sees me． He knows what my    8   is． And he says he will be glad to   9  me five yuan． I thank him and pay the note book    10    the money．

Do you think the supermarket is doing a great job? And will you be glad to pay when you are in such a supermarket?

1.                A．school         B．class           C．neighborhood  D．grade

2.                A．important       B．expensive       C．small D．pecial

3.                A．things          B．money         C．price D．name

4.                A．Somebody      B．Nobody         C．Everybody D．Anybody

5.                A．well           B．bad            C．right D．poor

6.                A．change         B．book           C．box  D．pockets

7.                A．away           B．back           C．home    D．in

8.                A．lesson          B．note book       C．problem  D．idea

9.                A．lend           B．take           C．borrow   D．spend

10.               A．for            B．of             C．about D．with

I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed   36 I like, drinking tea and   37   those thick newspapers that are brought  38  the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way, I can catch up with all the   39  I haven’t got time to read during my work time.

When I   40  the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is   41  of the week. There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to   42  and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays, so there is no danger of   43    by the telephone.

  44 spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair   45  boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and   46   when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.  

Then there’s the   47 ahead of me. Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema   48   a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh, there are   49   pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting    50 .

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Dear Dad,

I’m writing to you because it’s not easy to talk about it. I still   1  clearly how my uncle died two years ago. In fact, I seriously want to ask you to stop smoking. I’ve looked up a lot of information about smoking and I found out something   2 .

You know that smoking is bad for your  3  and can cause cancer. I’ve learnt that it causes many other   4  too. Do you know that over ten thousand people die from smoking every year in Britain?

When mum asks you to smoke   5 , you think she’s angry. Well, it’s true that she doesn’t like the   6  of smoke in the house. When you smoke, it’s also   7  for mum and me. In other words, when we   8  in your smoke, it’s like we’re smoking ourselves.   9 , we can also get disease. Doctors are finding that more and more   10  are falling ill because of the others’ smoking.

I know that it’s very   11  to stop smoking, but you must give it up. Please see the doctor and ask him   12  help. We will do anything we can to help you. You must try to   13  your own life. We don’t want to   14  you because you are so important to us.   15  you, who can help me with my maths homework or mend my bike? Please don’t smoke!

Your daughter,

Meimei

In America, parents want their children to do something they can.1., they want them to use2.wisely（精明地）. When the children are still very young, parents will begin telling them different kinds of money. Parents also tell them  what money can3..When the children  become a little4., parents teach them to save  money. If the children want to buy something, they can use5.money. Parents will tell them what they should buy and what they shouldn’t  .

When children use their money, parents often tell them to share（分享）with6.Parents are glad7.their children share their money and help others.8.the children can learn to be helpful. Parents also teach their children to make a plan for9.money. It is good for them.

In America, people often sell some of their old things . If people buy them, they can get some money. Some children help others wash cars10.sell newspapers to get money . But in China, parents have different opinions. Maybe there is something good for us to learn. Do you think so ?

11.               A．For example     B．However       C．Such as    D．Because

12.               A．things          B．computers      C．money    D．time

13.               A．be used to      B．is used for      C．use for    D．be used for

14.               A．big            B．younger        C．older D．old

15.               A．their own       B．of their own     C．his own   D．themselves

16.               A．the others      B．others         C．other D．the other

17.               A．seeing         B．to see          C．looking    D．to look

18.               A．On the way      B．In this way      C．In the way D．By the way

19.               A．spending       B．costing         C．taking D．paying

20.               A．and           B．or             C．but   D．though