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Eating habits are different in different countries. The Chinese have a saying “Eat good things for breakfast, eat a big meal for lunch, but eat less at dinner.” Many people in the USA agree that one starts a day with a good breakfast, but their ideas about lunch and dinner are different.
Most people in America only give themselves a short time to have their lunch, so they eat a small lunch. After work, they can have more time to eat a big dinner. Also a quiet dinner at home with all the family talking about their day is a way to take a good rest after a long, hard day of work.
Eating at restaurants is also different. In China, very often you can hear people talking and laughing loudly, and they are just having a good time. In America it is not like this. They usually eat a good meal far away from the noisy places. If they are making some noise, other people in the restaurants will look at them angrily, even the manager (经理) of the restaurants will ask them to be quiet.

eating habits in different countries
People	Having three at home	at restaurants
Chinese	◇ They have a good breakfast. ◇ They eat a big lunch. ◇ They don’t eatat supper.	◇ They often talk and laugh when they are eating. ◇ They will show happy they are if they do like this.
	◇ They start the day with a good breakfast, too. ◇ They never have their lunch for a time. ◇ They like a big dinner at home, talking about their day after work.	◇ They enjoy their dinner in a place and talk softly at dinner. ◇ If someonesome noise, others in the restaurants will feel unhappy.

Once there is a boy in London. His name is Jimmy. He starts painting when he is three years old, and when he is five years old, he is already very good at it. He paints many beautiful and interesting pictures, and a lot of people buy his pictures. They say, “This boy is going to be famous when he’s a little older, and then we’re going to sell these pictures for a lot of money.”
Jimmy’s pictures are different from others’ because he never paints on the whole of the paper. He only paints on half of it, and the other half is always empty.
“That’s very clever,” people say. “No other painters have ever done that!”
One day someone asks Jimmy, “Please tell me, Jimmy, why do you only paint on the bottom (底) half of the paper, but not on the top half?”
“Because I’m small,” Jimmy says, “and my brushes can’t reach very high.”
How are Jimmy’s pictures?

A．Beautiful.

B．Interesting.

C．Bad

D．Beautiful and interesting.

Which part of paper did Jimmy paint?

A．The whole of the paper

B．The top half.

C．The bottom half

D．The middle part.

Jimmy only paints half of the paper because ____________.

A．he was very clever.	B．he was very short.
C．he was very tall.	D．he was very big.

People eat different things in different countries.
In some countries, people eat rice every day. Sometimes they eat it twice or three times a day for breakfast, lunch and supper. Some people do not eat some kinds of meat. Muslims, for example, do not eat pork.
Japanese eat lots of fish. They are near the sea. So it is easy for them to get fish
In the West, such as England and the USA, the most important food is potatoes. People there can cook potatoes in many different ways.
Some people eat only fruit and vegetables. They do not eat meat or fish or anything else from animals. They eat food only from plants(植物). They say the food from plants is better for us than meat. These people are called vegetarians.
In some countries, people eat _______every day.

A．fish

B．vegetables

C．fruit

D．rice

Why do Japanese eat lots of fish?

A．Because they like fish better than the other food.

B．Because it is easy for them to get fish

C．Because fish can give them lots of calories.

D．Because there is no other food.

What is the most important food in some Western countries?

A．Fish	B．Potatoes
C．Vegetables.	D．Fruit and vegetables.

The underlined word "vegetarians" means "_______" in Chinese.

A．只吃素食的人	B．只吃荤食的人
C．研究素食的人	D．种植蔬菜的人

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In the United States, every year, Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday of November. Because Canada is to the north of the United States and is colder, the harvest comes earlier in a year. In Canada, people have Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October.
The harvest brings a lot of food to people. On Thanksgiving Day, people in Canada and America like to have a big meal with their friends and family just like Chinese people do at the Mid-Autumn Festival. Many Canadians and Americans put flowers, vegetables and fruits around their houses to say "Thank you" for the harvest. At a Thanksgiving Day dinner, many Canadians and Americans eat turkey, potatoes and pumpkin pies. These food are like the food of many years ago. They say "Thank you" for the harvest that comes every year.
In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday of_______.

A．January

B．May

C．November

D．December

Canada has Thanksgiving Day earlier in a year because

A．they like flowers	B．the harvest comes earlier
C．they have a big meal	D．they want to be different

What do people usually say on Thanksgiving Day for the harvest?

A．Good morning.	B．I'm hungry.
C．Hello.	D．Thank you.

This holiday my sister and I went to Shanghai. My sister had just graduated and she wanted to find a job in Shanghai.
My uncle lived in Shanghai, so we lived with him after we got there. On the first day we went to a lot of interesting places, including Waitan and Huangpu Park. We spent the next few days helping my sister find a job. We read many advertisements in newspapers to find one. My sister couldn't get the first job because they said she was too young.
Then we lost our way and couldn't find the second company. We had a map but the city is so big, so we had to ask someone for help and finally found the second company. The boss had a talk with my sister and asked her to wait at home for their decision. A month later we went home. My sister couldn’t find a job in Shanghai because she was not knowledgeable enough or she didn’t have enough experience. In this holiday we learned that if we want to succeed in life, we have to work hard and get a lot of knowledge.
Why did my sister go to Shanghai?

A．She wanted to visit a lot of interesting places.

B．She wanted to visit her uncle.

C．She wanted to find a job.

D．She wanted to have a good time there.

How did we spend the next few days?

A．Helping my sister find a job.

B．Visiting Waitan and Huangpu park.

C．Waiting at home for a job.

D．Reading many newspapers.

Why couldn’t my sister get the first job in Shanghai?

A．Because she was too young.

B．Because she couldn’t find the second company.

C．Because the city is so big that we lost our way.

D．Because she was not knowledgeable enough or she didn’t have enough experience.

The underlined word “knowledgeable” means “______” in Chinese.

A．明白道理的	B．知识渊博的
C．有文化的	D．知识欠缺的

What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．My sister couldn’t find a job in Shanghai because she was not knowledgeable enough or she didn’t have enough experience.

B．If we want to succeed in life, we have to work hard and get a lot of knowledge.

C．Shanghai is so big, so we couldn’t find a job easily.

D．Shanghai is so big, so we lost our way easily.