【题目】 Do you like stir-fried potato slices(炒 土豆丝)? It is very popular in China. People in some English-speaking countries also like potatoes and cook them in different ways.

In the USA, you can find French fries everywhere. They are a kind of deep fried potato. People like eating them with friends and families. Together with ketchup (番茄酱),they are great snacks to kill time. Potato chips are also popular.

You can find potatoes in the national dish of the UK---fish and chips. People often buy fish chips from a fish and chip shop. Every year, UK shops sell over 250 million fish and chip meals. Jacket potatoes are also a favorite food in Britain. It's easy to make it at home with just an oven (烤箱).A jacket potato has a soft inside and a hard skin. You can enjoy it with butter and cheese. It's delicious!

Australians cook potatoes in many ways. They cook cold potatoes as a salad. If you want some hot potatoes, you can boil, bake (烘烤)or fry them. One kids' favorite is potato wedges(.土豆块).They are thick potato chips. People bake or fry them and eat them with sour(酸的)cream and sweet chili sauce.

1How many English-speaking countries can you find in the passage?

A.2B.3C.4

2People in the USA eat French fries with ___- .

A.KetchupB.cheeseC.butter

3 is the national dish of the UK.

A.French chipsB.Fish and chipsC.Jacket potatoes

4Which of the following is TRUE?

A.It is not difficult to make jacket potatoes at home with an oven.

B.People in the UK enjoy fish and chips with butter and cheese.

C.Australians cat potato wedges with sour cream only.

5What's the passage mainly(主要地)about?

A.The stir-fried potato slices in China

B.Potato chips around the world

C.Different ways to cook potatoes in English-speaking countries

【题目】 Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每格限填一词,首字母已给)

There are many cities in most countries. But every country has one special city --- the capital. For example, China’s capital city is Beijing. The capital of UK is London.

The capital city is very important. It is home to a country’s central government (中央政府). Leaders of a country w1 and live there. It is often the centre of a country’s economy (经济) and culture too.

The capital city is very special, so countries do not often change it. But Indonesia (印度尼西亚) is going to b2 a new capital on the island of Borneo. Jakarta, the capital is sinking (下沉) into the sea now. The city has taken out too much groundwater.

People cannot change the capital city easily in a few months. It will take around 10 y3 and cost about $32 billion (十亿).

There are some interesting things to know about capital cities around the world.

Capitals are u4 large cities, but not always the largest city in a country. For example, Canberra (堪培拉) is the capital of Australia, but the largest city in Australia is Sydney.

Some countries have over o5 capital. For example, South Africa has three and Bolivia has two.

Some s6 countries take the whole country itself as the capital, such as Singapore (新加坡) in Asia. It just has an area of 719 square kilometers, while Beijing is 16410 square kilometers.

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