Do you like eating hamburgers The hamburger is one of the popular foods in America. It’s a kind of bread in which contains wonderful-cut beef. Where do you often eat hamburgers A fast-food restaurant is the ideal place to buy a hamburger. People order their food at fast-food restaurants, wait a short time to get it in front of the counter, carry it to the tables by themselves and eat it. If there is not enough time, people also take away their food out of the restaurant and finish it in their cars or take it in their homes. People can order their food, pay the bill and get it without getting out of their cars at some fast-food restaurants.In America, there are various kinds of fast-food restaurants. Most of them sell hamburgers or some other popular foods to Americans. Furthermore, Chinese food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice cream can be found at many fast-food restaurants. The idea of a fast-food restaurant is very popular, as a result, you can find almost every kind of food in it.The reason why fast-food restaurants are popular is that we can understand the American way of life through it. Firstly, of course, they are not formal restaurants. People can wear any type of clothes when going to a fast-food place, and feel very relaxed. Secondly, fast foods are very fast. When being busy, we do not want to prepare the food or wait for a long time while someone else prepares it. The food is usually ready before the customer even orders it in fast-food restaurants. Finally, nearly every food in a fast-food restaurant is reasonable in price. For this reason, people can often have meals at a fast- food bar with a little money, if they are not able to go to those which are more expensive very frequently. According to the writer, which of the following statements is TRUE about American people().
A. They can’t sleep well.
B. They prefer to eat at home.
C. They do not want to spend too much time on their food.
D. They go to Chinese restaurant very often.
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One day I was having a hearty lunch at a fast-food restaurant when an old couple entered slowly. They (36) a meal at the counter. And then they took a seat and began to (37) food out of the dish. On the table there was one small hamburger, one pair of chicken wings and one orange juice. The elderly man (38) what they had into two halves and put (39) in front of his wife with great care.He tasted the juice. His wife tasted one as well and set the paper cup (40) them. "What a(n) (41) couple! What they can (42) is just one meal for both of them," thought I. (43) the man started eating his chicken wings, I (44) to my feet, went towards them and told them that I was (45) to buy another meal for them. To my surprise, he (46) refused me and said that they considered it a good (47) to share everything they had. (48) . the woman stopped eating. Instead she just sat there and (49) him eat, and taking turns to drink the juice. Once again I (50) to buy them something to eat but they said "No". After a moment, when he was (51) his mouth with a napkin, I (52) not bear it any longer. Therefore, I made an offer a third time.(53) being refused again, I asked the old lady (54) , "Could you tell me why you aren’t eating You said that you both shared everything. (55) are you waiting for on earth" "The teeth," she answered. 50().
A. expected
B. asked
C. intended
D. attempted
Who is smoking a French cigarette().
A. The woman.
B. The man.
C. A new person.
In almost every big university (大学) in the U.S.A, football is a favourite sport. American football is not like soccer. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field(场地). They have four chances(机会)to move the ball ten yards(码). They can carry it or throw it. If they move it to other end of the field, they receive six points(分). This is called a touchdown(底线得分)It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the team try to stop the man who has the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.Each university wants its team to win. Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell (喊加油) for their favourite team. Young men and women called cheerleaders (啦啦队长) come to help the people yell more.Each team plays ten or eleven games. Each season begins in September and ends(结束) in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV. In American football players can ().
A. only kick the ball
B. only throw the ball
C. only carry the ball
D. kick, throw and carry the ball
Rising ChinaThe China boom is by now a well-documented phenomenon. Who hasn’t heard of the Middle Kingdom’s astounding economic growth (8 percent annually), its mesmerizing(令人目瞪口呆的) (51) market (1.2 billion people), the investment ardor of foreign suitors( $ 40 billion in foreign direct investment last year (52) ) China is an economic juggernaut(主宰). (53) Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution, a Washington D. C.-based think tank, "No country has expanded its foreign trade as fast as China over the last 20 years. Japan doubled its foreign trade over (54) ; (55) foreign trade as quintupled. They’re become the preeminent producer of labor-intensive manufacturing goods in the world". But there’s been (56) from the dazzling China growth story—namely, the Chinese multinational. No major Chinese companies have (57) established themselves, or their brands, on the global stage. But as Haler shows, that is starting to change. (58) 100 years of poverty and chaos, of being overshadowed by foreign countries and multinationals, Chinese industrial companies are starting to (59) on the world.A new generation of large and credible firms (60) in China in the electronics, appliance and even high-tech sectors. Some have reached critical mass on the main land and (61) new outlets for their production—through exports and by building Chinese factories abroad, chiefly in Southeast Asia. One example: China’s investment in Malaysia soared from $ 8 million in 2000 to $ 766 million in the first half of this year. (62) China’s export prowess(杰出的才能 ), it will be years (63) Chinese firms achieve the managerial and operational expertise of Western and Japanese multinationals. For one thing, many of its best companies are still at least partially state-owned. (64) , China has a shortage of managerial talent and little notion of marketing and brand-building. Its companies are also (65) by the country’s tong tradition of central planning, inefficient use of capital and antiquated distribution system, which makes building national companies a challenge. 64().
A. What’s more
B. What’s new
C. What’s worse
D. What’s surprise