Do you like to eat out?Do you like to eat quikly?Do you like cheap food?Some people go to fast –food restaurants for these reasons(理由)．In the past , people usually went to diners for these reasons．Today many people still go to diners for the same reasons．
A man named Walter Scott had the first “diner “ in 1872．It wasn’t really a diner．It was only a simple food cart(大车)．People on the street walked up to the cart to buy food．These carts sold meal．The meal was a sandwich or eggs．In 1887 , Samual Messer Jones built the first diner big enough to allow people to come inside．However , they did not sit down．Later, people built diners with tables and chairs , and people sat down while they ate．Before long ,many diners stayed open around the clock．Diners changed in other ways , too．The old menu(菜单)because bigger．Diners soon became permanent(永久性的)buildings．
Modern diners look similar to the diners of the early 1900s．They are buildings with large windows．People can eat all three meals in them．Today , many people eat in fastfood restaurants such as McDonald’s and Burger King．However , the diner keeps an American tradition(传统),and thousands of people still enjoy eating there．
(1)
What does the word “diner” mean in the passage?
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A．
An important meal．
B．
A person who often eats out．
C．
A kind of fast food．
D．
A place where people eat meals．
(2)
People go to diners because________．
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A．
diners offer fast and cheap food
B．
diners have a long history
C．
they don’t like to cook themselves
D．
they can find a diner easily
(3)
How long have diners been in America?
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A．
For nearly 110 years．
B．
For over 130 years．
C．
since the early 1900s．
D．
Since the late 1880s．
(4)
Which of the following may be true according to the passage?
A：Thanks a lot．Here is the change (找的零钱) for you．Do you need a bag?
B：Yes，please．
A：Here you are．
B：Thank you very much．
A：Thank you，too．
(1)
The customer wants ______．
A．to get a discount (折扣)
B．to use a credit card
C．one bag for each item
D．to pay with a check (支票)
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(2)
How much does the cashier give the customer?
A．￥20．00． B．￥10．50． C．￥10．00． D．￥6．50．
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(3)
The tax is ______．
A．less than a dollar
B．10% of the total
C．fifty dollars
D．more than a price of a notebook
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(4)
“Here you are．” is the same as“______”．
A．This is for me．
B．Please leave．
C．This is your bag．
D．The door is over there．
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(5)
Which of these sentences is true?
A．The store doesn't have any bags．
B．A tape costs more than a pen．
C．The person buys six things．
D．The store doesn't take credit cards．
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阅读理解
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
