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.

A lot of books for learning English discuss problems of the modern world：pollution，too much traffic．Venice（威尼斯）has some of these problems．But the city has its own problems．For example，there are no cars in Venice，and very few people can drive．The traffic problem is caused by the boats．They go too fast and make the water damage the buildings．

Every year，between April and September，the water covers a lot of places the city．It goes into all the shops which are on the ground floor．And，of course，into people’s houses．In November 1979，the water rose more than a metre above the normal（正常的）level．This happened every day for a whole week．On some days，it happened twice．

People in Venice usually wear rubber boom（胶鞋）．In some places，there are high platforms（平台）to walk along．Sometimes offices have to close because the water can damage computers and machines．And，of course，it is terrible for old people．

Other problems in Venice are caused by too many tourists in summer．They move in large groups，and boats usually get very crowded．Prices in the hotels and restaurants arc often high．

However，people still think Venice is a good place to live in because it is a human city．

1．Why can very few people in Venice drive?

2．What happens from April to September every year?

3．How high was water in November 1979?

4．Why are boats very crowded in summer?

Scientists (科学家) think that many animals cannot see colours. The world is black and white to them. Scientists want to find out if (是否) dogs can see colours. When the scientists give the dogs food, they show them a certain colour every time. The dogs get ready to eat when they see this colour. The scientists then show the dogs another colour. Again the dogs get ready to eat. The colours are all the same to them.

Colours are not all the same to monkeys. For example, if we put food in a red box, and do this every day, a monkey will always go to the red box to get food. If we put food in a blue box, the monkey won’t go to it.

1.Scientists show the dogs colours ____________.

A. to tell them to eat

B. to find out if they can see black and white things

C. for fun

D. to find out if they can see colours

2.The dogs get ready to eat when they ____________.

A. hear different pieces of music     B. see the monkeys

C. see black things                D. see all the colours

3.Colours are _____________.

A. all the same to monkeys          B. not all the same to dogs

C. different to dogs                D. not all the same to monkeys

4.If we put food in a blue box and do this every day, a monkey will always go to ____________.

A. the red box to get food            B. the blue box and put food in it

C. the blue box to get food           D. the red box and put food in it

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Scientists find that dogs don’t like colours.  

B. Dogs like to hear different pieces of music.

C. Monkeys like the food in the box.

D. Monkeys will not go to the blue box if we don’t show them before.

C
Like many people ,I have no clear idea about heroes . A t some point , we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.
Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage  and make us want to learn from them.
A hero does something worth (值) talking about, A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just person with great fame (声誉).
A hero has power(力量) larger than himself . Some people want to live like a hero. And they have to experience life with new and further meaning .A sure test for would- be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If their answer suggests they serve only own fames, they may be famous persons but not heroes.
A hero has a vision from the mountain top .He has the power to move people . He creates new possibility. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain, Without Martin Luther King .Jr, Americans might take different parks , and shop in different stores of the different colors of their skins.
There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of the change would be rather slow . Thanks to heroes in history ,they make the society develop so rapidly.
【小题1】` According to this passage , a hero is a person who always ____