题目内容
steak
|
A．thread |
B．meant |
C．leaves |
D．Break |
D steak [steik] thread [θred] meant [ment]
leaves [li:vz]break [breik]
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For a small town, Manhattan, Kansas has some big surprises. And one of them is the Holiday Inn Hotel, with rooms built around a swimming pool and a friendly family atmosphere.
The Holiday Inn is where Manhattan people often go for a special party, or a night out. A lot of them choose to eat in the brightly lighted restaurant near the pool. And many of them will be served by Ellen Logan, who has worked as a waitress here for more than two years.
Ellen, like most of the waitresses, is also a student. She comes from Nebraska, but she’s planning one day to be a veterinary surgeon, and to care for small animals. But in order to support herself at college, she works twenty hours a week at the Holiday Inn.
Ellen soon learned what every waitress finds out. Your best friend has a good pair of shoes. She paid forty -five dollars for hers, much more than she would usually spend. She’s discovered something else too. You don’t have to know much about food to be a good waitress, but you do have to know a lot about people.
“A lot of business people always stay here when they come to Manhattan,” she explains. “They like you to recognize them and remember their favorite dishes. But some couples come for a night out together. They just want to be left alone. Then there are people who can’t make up their minds. They look down the menu and say‘What do you suggest?’So I ask them how hungry they are. If they say, ‘Not very’, I suggest the salad bar, with soup, salad, bread, and a fruit plate. But if they say they’re very hungry, I suggest a Kansas Strip Steak, with potatoes or rice. You get salad and bread as well. It’s very nice. Real good value.”
Ellen may get tired feet sometimes, but at least she’s learning too much about people. She’ll probably make a good animal doctor, but if she find she doesn’t like it after all, she can always become a psychiatrist（心理医生）instead.
【小题1】A good title for this passage is______________.
| A．Ellen Logan at the Holiday Inn | B．American Holiday Inn |
| C．A Special Holiday Inn Hotel in Manhattan | D．How to Deal with People |
| A．an animal doctor. | B．an animal trainer | C．a hotel manager | D．a food expert |
| A．waitresses in the Holiday Inn are all students |
| B．waitresses are required to buy a good pair of shoes before they go to work |
| C．waitresses should be familiar with the food there |
| D．it is more important for the waitresses to know much about people than food |
| A．The Holiday Inn hotel is one of the big surprises in Manhattan. |
| B．Businessmen like to be recognized by the people and suggested what to eat. |
| C．Some couples prefer to be left alone without being bothered too much. |
| D．One of the reasons why people like to eat in the hotel is that it is full of a friendly atmosphere. |
Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs（爬楼梯）. She was soon out of breath.（气喘吁吁）
“I think I had better go to the doctor, ” she thought.
She went to the doctor and told him her problem.
“I’m not at all surprised, ”he said. “It’s obvious （明显的）what your problem is.”
He examined her and then gave her some advice.“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said. “You will have a heart attack（心脏病）. It could kill you.”
Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that would not be easy and it would take time.
The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop（肉店）.
“I’d like ten pounds of steak (大块肉片), please,” she said.
“Certainly, madam,” the butcher(屠夫) answered and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale(秤).
“That’s just ten pounds,” he said.
“That’s big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.
The butcher worked out(计算) the price.
“At $ 4.99 a pound that will be $ 49.90, please. Would you like me to cut it into small pieces for you?”
“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.
“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher said angrily, “Why did you ask me to get it for you?”
“My doctor told me that I am overweight (超重的)and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked liked.”
【小题1】. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?
| A．She had a heart attack. | B．She had a problem with her health. |
| C．She was unhappy about her weight. | D．She could not sleep well. |
| A．she wanted to buy some for dinner. | B．She wanted to lose weight |
| C．Her doctor had told her to eat steak. | |
| D．She wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like. |
| A．She ate too much steak. | B．She weighed too much. |
| C．The doctor didn’t know. | D．She could not walk very quickly. |
| A．she might put more on weight. | B．She might stop eating too much. |
| C．She might have a heart attack. | D．She might go to another doctor. |
Timetable
【小题1】Which of the following is true of the membership card?
| A．Its number is l0865 305305. |
| B．It belongs to Mr. E. M. Driscoll. |
| C．It is valid through the year of 2010. |
| D．It gets the owner a discount when used. |
| A．11：45 | B．11：15 | C．10：35 | D．10：05 |
A．French Slam® | B．Chicken-Fried Steak® |
| C．The Super Bird® | D．Sandwich with Salad or Soup® |
| A．the percentage of the Spanish families with a computer rose 35 points |
| B．the percentage of the White families with a computer remained unchanged |
| C．the number of the Black families with a computer was on the decrease |
| D．the number of the Asian families with a computer showed the sharpest increase |
Some people don’t mind being fat. Other people can keep slim 
(苗条) without any effort. But a lot of people do put on too much weight and don’t like it. The question is, what can thy do about it?
Some believe exercise can be helpful. But the trouble is that it only makes you want to eat more. You might sweat out a couple of pounds playing tennis or climbing a mountain, but you put it all back on again with a big steak or bread and jam.
A helpful way is food choosing. But what sort of food should you choose? Some believe that the less they eat, the slimmer they will be. They don’t eat anything until they become weak with hunger. Some stick to milk and bananas. You’ll find you need a lot of bananas, and unless you live where they grow, they aren’t cheap. Another says that if you eat things like hard-boiled eggs, and apples with their skins on which are hard for your stomach to digest (消化), the more you eat, the thinner you get. This is because you use up the fat in your body to get the energy to digest the food.
For most of us these methods are too extreme (极端的). The simplest way is just to cut down on the carbohydrates (糖
类) that means not eating bread, potatoes, cakes, sugar, rice, and so on and eating anything else you like. It’s straight forward and often quite effective.
Still others like to be more scientific. They are calorie countries. They get a table, which tells them that, for example, 100 grams of roast let of lamb gives you 330 calories and a 50 gram helping of Yokshire pudding gives you 130 calories.
【小题1】.
. According to the passage, the best way to keep slim is ______.
| A．exercising | B．hunger | C．food-choosing | D．eating milk and bananas |
There seems nothing wrong with exercise except that ______.
| A．it makes you sweat | B．it’s hard work |
| C．it tires you out | D．it makes you eat more |
. The practical method suggested here means ______.
| A．sticking to bananas | B．not eating many carbohydrates |
| C．eating as little as possible | D．eating things that are hard to digest |
. Which of the following do you think is the best title for the passage?
| A．Don’t Eat Too Much | B．Various Ways of Losing Weight |
| C．Ways to Keep Fit | D．Food and Health |