In the USA, there are many kinds of restaurants.
Fast food restaurants are very famous. You can find McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many countries around the world. You look at a menu (菜单) on the counter (柜台), and say what you’d like to eat. You pay the person who brings food to you. You take your food and sit down or take it away. There’s no need to leave a tip (小费).
In a coffee shop, you sit at the counter or at a table. You don’t wait for the waitress to show you where to sit. She usually brings you coffee when you sit down. You tell her what you’d like to eat and she brings it to you. You pay the cashier (收银员) as you leave.
In a family restaurant, the waitress shows you where you can sit. Often the waitress tells you her name, but you don’t need to tell her yours. If you can’t finish eating everything, your waitress gives you a doggy bag to take the rest of food home. You should add (增加) fifteen per cent to the bill (账单) as a tip.
In top class restaurants, you had better order before you come, and you need to arrive on time. The waiter shows you where to sit. If you have wine there, he may ask you to taste it. You can only refuse it if it tastes bad. When you get your bill, check it and then add fifteen to twenty per cent to it as a tip for the waiter.
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Tips |
Fast food restaurants |
You can look at the menu and then You can eat your food there or take it away. |
You don’t |
In a coffee shop |
After you sit at the counter or at a table, the waitress will bring you You pay the cashier as you leave. |
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In a family restaurant |
The waitress shows you your She tells you her name, but you needn’t tell her your You can take away the rest of food. |
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In top ___ |
you had better order first, then the waiter will show you where to sit. You can refuse the wine if it doesn’t taste |
●If your bill is $200, you can give the waiter a tip from $30 to $ |
Today ,I want to tell you a story about something I did when I was 14 years old. I made some friends in school they turned out to be bad. They were some boys who stole(偷盗) and sold them. Whenever we were stealing a bike , a boy named John would break the lock two other boys were watching out. Then one of us would the bike to a cave (洞穴). The next day ,we would meet there and repaint the bike. When we stole four or five bikes ,we would sell them a few hundred dollars.
One afternoon ,we went to an apartment in Bukit Batok. We found a bike on the fifth floor and started to work on the . It was hard to break. We spent 10 minutes it. We were about to escape with the bike when the owner of the bike came out of the elevator. “ My bike !” he .
We dropped the bike and ran down but two policemen nearby us. We were taken to the police station. Our parents were called and our teachers were told what had happened. The police took down what we had done. The next day ,a bright Sunday, I to the Boys’ Home.
Life in the Boys’ Home was very hard but it me a very important lesson. I learnt that stealing was not right. At the Boys’ Home ,the officers helped me and encouraged me my ways. I decided to stealing.
To this day , I feel so for what I have done. I hope you will learn something from my story.
A.and B.or C.but D.so
A.bikes B.books C.Suitcases D.backpacks
A.When B.while C.since D.after
A.fetch B.Pull C.fill D.take
A.To B.with C.by D.for
A.Tuesday B.Friday C.Saturday D.Sunday
A.floor B.lock C.elevator D.bike
A.breaking B.to break C.break D.broken
A.said B.walked C.Shouted D.stopped
A.saw B.pointed C.impressed D.caught
A.sent B.was sending C.was sent D.would send
A.offered B.taught C.told D.passed
A.to change B.change C.to keep D.keep
A.pick up B.put up C.look up D.give up
A.scared B.sorry C.confident D.excited
Be yourself
We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that lie or she is special.____ ____ , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not good enough just as we are.
Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they________us to others. By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They mean well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else, but we are often_______.There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is ______ for us to be better than everyone else all the time.
We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have________us the very things that we want. These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, ______sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. Anyway, it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.
A.Again B.Next C.Besides D.However
A.describe B.compare C.introduce D.prefer
A.lonely B.forgetful C.disappointed D.nervous
A.helpful B.impossible C.necessary D.unfair
A.inside B.among C.around D.for
A.friends B.scientists C.parents D.doctors
A young man went to visit a wise man living deep in the mountain for the wisdom of life.
“Excuse me! Could you please tell me what the most day in our lives is?Is it the day when we were born or the day we ?Is it the day when we fall in love or the day we succeed?”The young man asked.
“ The most important day in our lives is today. ”The wise man replied calmly.
“Why?”The young man felt more than . “Is it because there is a moving event taking place today?”
“No. Nothing has happened today. ”
“Is it because of my visit?”
“Even if nobody visited me today, today is very important because today is the only wealth we have. No matter how memorable yesterday is, it has gone by like a ship going down into the sea; no matter how bright tomorrow may be, it is yet to come; but no matter how common today is, it is our control (控制). ”
The young man still wanted to ask something, while the wise man him and said, “When we are talking about the meaning of today, we have a lot of it. ”
The young man nodded and then went down the mountain.
Actually, today is the only we have. So, what we should do now is to yesterday and tomorrow and catch fast today!
A.important B.necessary C.comfortable D.funny
A.miss B.die C.grow D.start
A.Nothing B.None C.No one D.Neither
A.awful B.pleased C.surprised D.excited
A.yet B.already C.ever D.still
A.for B.under C.on D.with
A.stopped B.refused C.encouraged D.ordered
A.treasured B.handed C.wasted D.avoided
A.excuse B.way C.chance D.plan
A.forget B.remember C.call D.treat
Early in the morning, at noon, or in the evening in big cities and in the countryside, all over the United States, you can see Americans running — men and women, young and old. People run — along the beaches of California, Central Park in New York, down quiet streets in small towns or at the gym. Some people even run in living rooms.
Running wasn’t so popular in the past. In the 1960s, runners were mostly athletes and healthy strong people. When people saw a runner, they used ,“Hey, what’s the hurry for?”or they might say to ,“Is he crazy?”At that time, women almost never ran. If they did, they might be laughed at. But today all these have Men and women of all enjoy running.
Doctors say many of the health problems in the United States these bad habits: eating too much, smoking cigarettes, and taking exercise. Doctors tell us,“Eat less, don’t smoke, and exercise more. ”Running is a good exercise it helps build strong hearts and lungs. It also helps most people lose weight.
A.anywhere B.somewhere C.everywhere D.nowhere
A.among B.through C.with D.on
A.our B.your C.his D.their
A.to asking B.to speak C.to speaking D.to ask
A.them B.themselves C.their D.they
A.changed B.stopped C.worked D.done
A.people B.cities C.villages D.ages
A.come from B.look for C.care for D.think of
A.few B.many C.much D.little
A.how B.where C.because D.until
“It’s raining cats and dogs!”Grandpa shouted.
Little Richie came running to the window. He wanted to see the ____falling from the sky. He looked out of the window, but is was ____that there were no cats or dogs. He only saw small pools of water on the ground.
“Man, it’s really coming down out there!” Uncle Bob agreed____he looked out of the window, too. Richie scratched his head(挠头). What was coming down? First they talked about cats and dogs that ____ be seen. Now someone said it “it”. What was going on with these ____?
“Wow!” Aunt Susie shouted as she looked out of the window. “It’s raining really hard.”
Richie____his aunt. “It is raining hard,” he agreed, “but ____are the cats and dogs?”
Grandpa laughed. “Richie, that just____it’s raining really hard.”
“So why didn’t you just say that?” Richie ____. It was irritating (恼人的) when people like they were not speaking English at all.
“We did. You just didn’t understand these____.” Richie’s cousin said with a big smile.
“Well, now I do.” Richie said.
A.tigers and lions B.pigs and sheep C.cats and dogs D.chickens and ducks
A.important B.possible C.necessary D.strange
A.unless B.after C.till D.though
A.couldn’t B.shouldn’t C.needn’t D.mustn’t
A.days B.animals C.ideas D.people
A.shouted at B.looked at C.laughed at D.pointed at
A.what B.how C.where D.who
A.explains B.proves C.means D.shows
A.ordered B.thought C.repeated D.asked
A.saying B.questions C.objects D.stories