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"Uncle Sam," is usually used to refer to the United States or the US government. It is the nickname of the country.It is hard to believe that this nickname became known quite by accident and there was a man 75   "Uncle Sam."However,not many people have ever heard of such a man.Not even most young Americans.
The man was called Uncle Sam Wilson.He was born in Arlington,Massachusetts, September 13, 1776. At the age of 14 Sam joined the American Revolutionary War(美国革命）, and   76    in the army under George Washington until the end of the war.He then moved to Troy, New York states, and began a meatpacking business. He earned a reputation（赢得了声誉）for being honest and hardworking. He was locally respected and admired, thus greeted as Uncle Sam.
One day in 1812,a group of visitors came to Sam's meatpacking plant(肉类加工厂）.Among them was Government official. He 77    the capitalized letters(大写字母） EAUS on the packages of meat and asked what they stood for. A worker man replied that EA stood for Elbert Anderson,the businessman for whom Sam was working.And he added   78  that US(actually it was the short form for United States) stood for Uncle Sam Wilson. Soon soldiers were saying all army supplies were from "Uncle Sam".
In May 1813,this story appeared in a newspaper published in New York.Since Uncle Sam was an example of a hard-working man and a lover of America, the idea of"Uncle Sam" as the name of this kind of man became well-known rapidly.Uncle Sam was ready to help 79   and place the interest of the nation(国家利益）above all---this is in line with (与……符合）the American spirit. This makes the American consider Uncle Sam   80 the symbol of the USA.In 1961 the US Congress made a decision that "Uncle Sam" is the America's national symbol.
小题1:

In many English homes, people eat four meals (餐，饭) a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. People
have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge (粥), eggs or bread. English
people drink tea or coffee at breakfast.
Lunch comes at one o'clock in the afternoon. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon, and
dinner is about seven thirty. First (首先), they have soup (汤). And then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that, they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people like that. Some
of them have their dinner in the middle of (在……中间) the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner and tea.

1. Many English people have _______ meals a day.

A. two
B. three
C. four

2. People may have _______ for breakfast.

A. tea and eggs
B. porridge, eggs, read, ea or coffee
C. tea and coffee

3. People have lunch at _______ o'clock.

A. one
B. eleven
C. twelve

4. People have lunch _______ for their dinner.

A. porridge
B. bananas
C. soup and meat

5. In some English homes dinner can come _______.

A. at one o'clock
B. at any time
C. at noon (在中午)

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It is the middle of the day． Mother and Tom are sitting at the table．They are having their lunch．There is some rice, bread and meat on the table．"I don't like any rice．I don't want to ea it．" Says Tom．Mother says, "All right, don't eat it．"

After lunch mother and Tom work in the fields．In the evening mother gives a bowl of rice to Tom．

"Oh, it is great!" says Tom．

"It's the same rice．" Says mother．

"Is that so?" asks Tom．

1．It is that Tom doesn't eat rice．

A．in the morning B．at noon

C．in the afternoon D．in the evening

2．Tom and his mother are sitting the table．

A．in B．on C．at D．under

3．There is some on the table．

A．bread B．meat C．rice D． all of above

4．After lunch, Tom and his mother work