Monday is the f______ work day of the week. On Monday people are usually very busy. Men and w______ are busy going to work, while 　　children are busy going to school. Some of them t______ buses. Many r______ bicycles. Others like to walk. Streets in big cities are always full. Buses, cars and bicycles have to move s______ along them.

　　　　Most American families are smaller than t______ in other countries. Most families have one or two parents and one or two　children each.

　　　　Children in the US will leave their p______ homes when they grow up. They usually live far away from their parents. They often go to visit their parents on h______.

　　　　Parents usually let their c______ choose their own jobs.

　　Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by t______.

　　　　Alice and Jane are c______ books in the bookstore. Alice has got a science fiction book. It's about man's f______ life. Both of 　　them like detective stories b______ they are the m______ interesting stories of all. They t______ they must read different kinds of books.

　　Mr and Mrs Clerk are b______ teachers. They teach in a big 

school. They go to school b______ car. They leave home at eight 

o'clock in the morning and c______ back home at four in the afternoon.

They h_______ two children. One is Mike, the o______ is Jane. Both

of them are students. 

　　　　Most animals like warm weather. They don't like too hot or too cold weather. For e______, when winter comes, some birds fly to a warm p______ to live. They usually t______ in a large group to protect themselves. Bears and some other animals hide in a hole u______ the ground and s______ throughout the winter.