The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurant, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurant, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars. There are many kinds of fast food restaurant in the United States. The greatest in number sell hamburger, French fries and so on. They are popular among Americans. Besides, fast food restaurant that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream are very many. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.

Fast food restaurant are popular because they reflect(反映) American life style. Customer （顾客）can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurant, food is not expensive. So people often buy and eat at a fast restaurant, while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often.

1.In the United States the favorite food is __________.

A. Chinese food B. Mexican food

C. French fries D. the hamburger

2.Americans like to fast food restaurant because__________.

A. they can easily find fast food restaurant

B. they like to eat hamburger and French fries

C. they are so busy that they don’t want to spend time preparing or waiting

D. they are so rich that they don’t want to do cooking themselves

3._____ of fast food restaurant sell hamburger, French fries.

A. All B. Most C. Few D. None

4.The food in fast food restaurant is _________ ready before the customers order it.

A. always B. usually C. seldom D. never

5.The best title for the passage is _____.

A. The Fast Food Restaurant in the USA.

B. The Hamburger in the U.S.A.

C. American Life Style

D. All Kinds of Food in the U.S.A.

You must stop _______. My father is sleeping.

A. talk B. talking C. to talk D. talks

— Do you have _______ to say today? —No, nothing.

A. something important B. nothing important

C. important something D. anything important

It’s easy to make friends, but it’s difficult to keep the ________ longer.

A. days B. friendship C. classmates D. life

I _______ a museum with my friends at this time yesterday.

A. am visiting B. was visiting

C. visited D. will visit

My _______ is keeping pets. I am _______ in dogs.

A. interest; interested B. interests; interested

C. interest; interesting D. interests; interesting

The songs of Jay Chou are very popular _______ young people.

A. between B. during C. of D. with

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If you ask me,“Who is your favorite singer?”, I will tell you,“Larry Mullen”. If you ask me, “Which band do you like best?” , I will tell you: U2.

U2 is the name of a band from Dublin, Ireland. ① It is one of the most famous rock bands in the world .

Larry Mullen was 17 years old in 1978. He was a student and studied in a high school. He showed great interest in music. His dream was to have his own band . So he began to look for musicians to form a band. At last, in the fall of that year, he found another three boys and they ② set up a band. They named their band U2. No one knows for certain what U2 means. Some people guess it refers to You ,too. Maybe it means We are together.

They did a lot of traveling and gave concerts in many countries . More and more people got to know them and love their music. Many of their songs were very popular. Beautiful Day and Walk On is one of them . I like it best.

This band won several Grammies (格莱美奖) and became famous in the year 1980s.

Many years has passed. But the four members of the band are still close friends. They’re still making music; they are still giving concerts in different countries; they’re still welcomed all over the world. I’m still enjoying the songs of this band. I think it is a Never old band in my heart.

根据短文内容，完成任务。

任务一：判断正（T）误（F）。

1.U2 is a music group.

2.U2 won Grammy once.

任务二：将①处画线句子翻译成中文。

3.

_________________________________________________________________。

任务三：写出②处画线短语的中文意思。

4.__________

任务四：选择正确答案。

5.There are _______ members in U2.

A. one B. two C. three D. four

--- My dream is to build university on the moon some day.

--- It sounds like unusual dream. I wish you could realize it.

A. a; a B. an; a C. a; an D. an; an

Tan Dun is best known winning an Oscar a world-famous composer.

A. for; as B. for; for

C. as; as D. for; to be