A Nice Clean Plate
It’s Saturday evening. Bruce is having a birthday party. There are a lot of children at the party. They play together for an hour. Then Bruce’s mother gives them some food. But she forgets to give Sam any.
Sam feels wronged(委屈) but then he remembers his mother’s words, “Be polite.(礼貌). Don’t ask for food.” So he waits for a few minutes, then he holds his plate up over his head and says loudly, “ Does anyone want a nice clean plate?”
【小题1】What day is it?

Do you go to the movies during the holidays? What do you eat there? Popcorn (爆米花)? Yes, of course! More and more Chinese youth now like to eat popcorn when they watch movies at the theater.
However, it may be the Americans who love popcorn the most. Americans do fun things with their popcorn. They like to put butter on their popcorn. But that's not all; they also like other kinds of things like chocolate, and even cheese! Americans like to eat popcorn as a snack (小吃). These days, there are a lot of "low -fat" kinds of popcorn in US shops to keep people healthy.
Americans started eating popcorn in movie theaters in the 1930s. Before this, they couldn't because movies were silent (无声的) and popcorn made too much noise. When movies got noisier, people could eat noisier food.
Next time you eat popcorn, why not try to eat it American style.
【小题1】Young people like to eat         at the cinema.

根据短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

Someone says, "Time is money." But I think time is  1.  important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. floweret, when time is  2.  it'll never  3.  . That's  4.  we mustn't waste time.

It goes without saying that the  5. is usually limited (有限的). Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do  6.  useful.

But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the  7.  of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and  8. . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own 9. . In a word, we should save time. We shouldn't   10.  today's work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to waste.

Cats are the most popular pets among Americans. So it is not surprising that there are a lot of expressions about cats. Some cats like to catch small birds, like canaries (金丝雀). If someone looks very proud and satisfied with himself, we say “he looks like the cat that ate the canary.”
Sometimes, a cat likes to play with a small animal it catches. So if you “play cat and mouse” with someone, it means that you change between different kinds of behavior when dealing with another person. For example, a girl might offer something sweet to her little brother and then take it away when he reaches for it.
Americans might say that something is “the cat’s miaow” or “the cat’s pajamas(睡衣)” to describe something that is the best or finest. “A copycat” is someone who acts just like someone else or copies another person’s work. “A fat cat” is a person with a lot of money.
If you tell about something that is supposed to be a secret, we say you “let the cat out of the bag”. If you are not able to speak or answer a question, someone might ask you if “the cat has got your tongue(舌头)”
Have you ever watched children in a classroom when their teacher leaves for a few minutes? “When the cat’s away, the mice will play” means people sometimes act badly when there is no supervision (监管).
You may have heard the expression “curiosity killed the cat”. This means caring too much about things that are not your business might cause problems.
If you have ever had cats as pets, you know it is difficult to train them or to get them to do something. Cats are not like Sheep or cows that can be moved in a group. So we say a difficult or impossible job is like “herding (放牧) cats “
【小题1】 What can we learn from the passage?

根据短文内容，选择正确答案
In our city, there is a big zoo. There are a lot of different animals in it. There are some scary(吓人的) tigers and lions. They like eating meat and they eat much meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and a baby(幼崽) one. Children like to ride one of them. The elephants are very kind and friendly. They eat much grass and bananas.
In the zoo, we can see different kinds of bears(熊): brown bears, black bears and white bears. They are all shy and clumsy(笨拙的). They stand on their back legs and lift their front legs to ask for food They like cakes very much.
Do you like pandas? There’s only one in the zoo. Her name is Lingling. She is very cute. She likes eating bamboos a lot. She is kind of shy, She’s very interesting and lovely.
【小题1】__What do tigers and lions like eating?
__They like eating ________.