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In north America people are always in a hurry．Children have special lessons or sports activities after school．Parents often work late and don't get home until 7 or 8 o'clock at night．More than 50％ of women work at full-time jobs，and many people do part-time work．Most North American families don't have time to eat many meals together．
When a family takes the time to eat a meal together，often there isn't enough time to prepare the food That is why “fast food ”is so popular in North America．People spend about 40％ of their dollars on fast food．Fast food is food such as pizza, sandwiches or fried chicken．People usually buy the food from a restaurant chain(连锁店) such as Pizza Hut，McDonald's，or Kentucky Fried Chicken．Fast food saves time，but it is not very nutritious(有营养的)．
Fast food is popular in many countries．American fast-food companies now have restaurants all over the world．But not everyone is happy about the spread（扩展 of North American fast food．A group of people in Italy want to fight against it．They do not want any more fast-food chains to open restaurants in their country．They also want to fight against the spread of fast food everywhere in the world．
Children in North America _______．

A．don't go home until 7 or 8 o'clock at night

B．often have sports activities after school

C．often do part-time work after school

D．have meals with their parents every evening

The second paragraph tells us ______．

A．something about American women

B．where to have fast food

C．why people often have fast food

D．how to spend one's money on fast food

Which of the following is NOT fast food?
A Pizza B．Sandwiches
C．Fried chicken D．Rice
According to the writer，_______．

A．people in many countries like fast food

B．fast food is not at all popular in North America

C．people in North America spend most of their money on fast food

D．fast food is becoming more and more popular in the world

The passage is mainly about _______．

A．fast food	B．history of fast food
C．fast food in Italy	D．fast food restaurants

If you go to a fast food restaurant, you will probably see a lot of teenagers. Today, many teenagers are overweight, and reason of this is because of their bad eating habits. Most teenagers love fast food with a lot of fat, oil, salt and sugar. People often call this kind of food “junk food”.
But bad eating habits go beyond fast food. We find many teenagers eat unhealthily. Some don’t have breakfast before they go to school. During the day, some don’t have a proper meal for lunch. In a recent survey at one school, scientists found that over two thirds of the students didn’t follow a healthy diet. They didn’t like vegetables, and many of them didn’t like to eat fruits. They preferred to eat food with a lot of salt, sugar, or fat.
Parents today also worry about their children’s diet. Some doctors give the following advice:
Teenagers shouldn’t eat too much junk food.
Teenagers shouldn’t eat food with too much salt. Salt can cause high blood pressure（高血压）in the future.
Teenagers should eat food with less fat, oil, and sugar.
Teenagers need to eat some fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins（维生素）and have little fat.
Teenagers need to drink more milk. Milk will help their bones grow.
Teenagers need to eat breakfast every day. This is good for their body and mind.
“Junk food” contains（包括）a lot of _____.

A．milk and sugar	B．fruits and sugar
C．vegetables and salt	D．fat, oil, salt and sugar

In a recent survey at one school, scientists found many students liked _____.

A．vegetables	B．fruits
C．healthy food	D．unhealthy food

What does the underlined word “beyond” mean in Chinese in this passage?

A．超出

B．不如

C．相等

D．在后面

In this passage doctors think that teenagers should eat more _____.

A．food with no vitamins	B．fat and sugar
C．vegetables and fruits	D．salt and oil

The best title for this passage is _____.

A．Bad Habits	B．Junk Food
C．Unhealthy Food	D．Advice on Healthy eating

Here’s a piece of very simple but life changing advice that I first heard from Brain Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.
If you’re a salesman, google for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.
This applies(适用) to all fields, not just the workrelated（与工作相关的）ones. Maybe you want to improve your health, become a more energetic person. Or maybe you want to improve your study, your relations or perhaps do some personal development.
One hour a day is not much. But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that’s about 260 hours a year. That’s a large number of books and a lot of useful advice.
If you follow the ideas, who knows what great things and feelings could come into your life. Also, all that information and advice will start to open up your mind. You will start to see more chances in your life.
Now, you might think something like this:
I really don’t have the money….
Answer: Visit your public library or search the database(数据库). Or look for books that are used in places like amazon.com.
I really don’t have the time….
Answer: Buy audiobooks(有声读物) and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work. Or copy them to your MP3-player and listen while riding your bike/bus to work or school. Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has become popular….
Shut off the TV a little earlier and start reading.
What is Brain Tracy’s life changing advice about?

A．Watching TV.

B．Listening to MP3.

C．Using the Internet.

D．Reading helpful books

What should you do if you really don’t have the money to read?

A．To buy some books from amazon.com.

B．To download MP3 free.

C．To visit the public library.

D．To borrow audiobooks and listen to them.

What is the writer’s idea about audiobooks?

A．They are more useful.

B．Listening to audiobooks is easier than reading books.

C．It’s dangerous to listen to audiobooks while driving or riding.

D．Audiobooks are a good solution to the problem of having no time to read.

Which is NOT true about reading an hour a day?

A．It will open up your mind.

B．You will have about 260 hours a year to read.

C．You will read lots of books and get much useful advice.

D．It will probably bring great things and feelings into your life.

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. There was another building not far from mine. A woman lived there. I had never met her, but I could see her sit by the window each afternoon, drinking or reading.
After several months, I began to find that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “What a lazy woman! I want to know why she doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning, I decided to clean my flat, including the window. I worked the whole morning. When I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Everything in the woman’s flat could be seen clearly. Her window was clean!
I began to understand. I watched the woman’s window from my own dirty window. That’s the problem!
This is quite an important lesson for me. How often do I look at and criticize(批评) others through the dirty window of my heart?
From then on, whenever I want to judge someone, I ask myself first, “Am I looking at him through my dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see others’ world more clearly.
The writer couldn’t see things clearly through the window because .

A．the woman’s window was dirty

B．the writher’s window was dirty

C．the woman lived far away

D．there was something wrong with the writer’s eyes

It’s TRUE that .

A．the writer had never met the woman before

B．the woman often drank and read by the window in the morning

C．they both worked as cleaners

D．the woman lived alone

When did the writer begin to understand he had a wrong idea about the woman’s windows?

A．A few months ago.

B．A few months later.

C．Before he cleaned his windows.

D．After he cleaned his windows.

People use money to buy food, books and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells(贝壳).
In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks(牙), monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of the world. Rice was also a kind of money used by the people in some islands.
The first copper coins(硬币) were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver(银). But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.
Money has had an interesting story from the days of shell money till today.
People usually use money .

A．to buy gold

B．to get something they want

C．to buy shells

D．to buy something expensive

Long, long ago people all over the world used as money.

A．the same metal

B．the same paper

C．different metals

D．all kinds of things

The first paper money .

A．looked like the same as the paper money used today

B．looked interesting

C．looked like a note

D．had a square hole in the center

A．on May 17th , 2000	B．on May 17th ,2001
C．in May 17th, 2000	D．in May 17th, 2001