later?\beer, and so on, if we prefer these to coffee, American restaurants cannot serve beer, wine, or liquor unless they are licensed to do so.
The main dish in American meals is usually meat, chicken or fish, but more than one of these is hardly served at the same meal. * 5
Most Americans eat quickly during the day-that is, breakfast and lunch-unless it is a social, business, or family situation. The evening meal, however, is usually a family time. Racing through daytime meals is part of the \important.
The nationwide fast-food restaurants are suitable for the ways of American eating. The standard (标准的) products, of nearly the same price, are served quickly, and taste the same whether bought in New York City or in Los Angeles.
McDonald's is a popular restaurant. It offers many choices of hamburgers, French fries and \These foods are rich in fats, sugar and salt. Often, they are the major meal of the day of many young working people.
1. \in Chinese.
A. 减肥者 B. 观察者 C. 称重者 D. 参与者 2. In American restaurants which of the following is NOT true?
A. Many American people like salads. B. Coffee can be served after a meal.
C. One can order tea if he doesn't like coffee. D. All restaurants can sell beer and wine.
3. At the same meal, American people usually ___________. A. have meat, chicken and fish B. have either meat or chicken or fish C. drink a lot of beer, wine or liquor D. sit down together around a table
4. Usually American people have breakfast and lunch quickly because ___________.21 5 A. the food doesn't have a thick taste B. they are all too busy to eat slowly C. they think work time is important D. they want to keep their weight down
5. In American restaurants, the standard foods
___________.
A. have different prices
B. taste different from place to place C. are very expensive D. can be served quickly
6. This passage mainly talks about ___________. A. American restaurants and people B. American eating culture C. American working situation D. American food and price B
During the 1800s, African Americans worked long days in the fields of the American South. They sang songs that they had brought from Africa while working. One person sang a line. Then a group of workers repeated it. The songs' words told of the hardships (艰苦) that people suffered. They clapped their hands and stomped (跺) their feet to the music.
In the 1860s, the music changed greatly. African American music took new forms. It was also influenced by dance music, which had great rhythm (节奏). Banjos (班卓琴) became popular. A blues singer usually sang a line and
then played the banjo in reply. By the early 1900s, the guitar had taken the place of the banjo in the blues music. The blues music has many obvious characteristics. One of them is that the musical notes (音调) are often \That is, they are changed slightly to give a song more strength.
Lyrics are the words of a song. Blues lyrics describe everyday life. The lyrics are often about the relationships between men and women. They tell about sadness and overwork. They tell about finding and losing love, having money or being poor, being happy or sad and lonely. They almost always use the rhythms of everyday speech. A group of blues lyrics usually has three lines. The second line repeats the first line. The third line has different words. By the 1940s, a large number of African Americans moved to Chicago. There, a new kind of \began. The new music was excellent dance music. Chicago blues led to the birth of a new music style-rock and roll.
7. This passage is mainly about ___________. A. the blues music
B. the life of African Americans
C. the blues lyrics
D. the rhythms of different music
8. What information does the passage NOT provide? A. How the blues music developed as time went by. B. What the blues lyrics are mostly about.
C. When African Americans moved to the American South.
D. How long the banjo was popular in the blues history. 9. Which of the following is the most likely taken from a blues song?
A. You have to help me. I’ll die if you don't. You have to help me.
B. You have to help me. You have to help me. I'll die if you don't.
C. I'll die if you don't. You have to help me. You have to help me.
D. I'll die if you don't help me. You have to help me. Please help me.
10. What fact does the passage lead you to believe? A. African Americans sang songs after a long day's work to relax in the 1800s.
B. The blues singers in the 1860s usually played the