Question

   In America,on school and work days,breakfast in most families is often a hurried meal. Some people even dont  have it in order to 1 work or school on time. Others just stop at coffee shops for coffee. But on weekends, 2 are quite different. People usually don5t need to go work,so they have e-nough time to have a large breakfast.

    Lunch is just a 3 break from the day's work rather than a large,long meal. It usually lasts 4 half an hour or an hour,so family members do not have time to 5 home. Most people have a sandwich or a hamburger,and fruit or ice-cream for lunch. 6 people either take their lunches to work in the brown paper “l(fā)unch bag”， 7 eat a sandwich at a fast food restaurant. Children 8 to bring the “l(fā)unch box”.

    Dinner is the most 9 meal of the day in the USA. At this meal,most American families can sit down together. It is usually a hot,large meal and it is quite different from lunch. 10 usually cooked dinner for their families in the past. Nowadays,however,with more women working and as a result,men are doing more in the kitchen.

() 1. A. reach to   B. get to   C. goes to   D. reaches to

() 2. A. things   B. prices   C. reports   D. life

() 3. A. long   B. boring   C. short   D. happy

() 4. A. almost   B. nearly   C. only   D. less than

() 5. A. drive   B. leave   C. return   D. walk

() 6. A. Famous   B. Clever   C. Working   D. Poor

() 7. A. or   B. but   C. and   D. nor

() 8. A. forget   B. decide   C. prefer   D. have

() 9. A. important   B. common   C. serious   D. hurried

() 10. A. Men   B. Women   C. Children   D. Cooks

Answer 1

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B

[解析]本文介紹美國人一日三餐的安排。

1. B in order to為了，后跟動(dòng)詞原形。表7K到達(dá)， reach是及物動(dòng)詞不跟介詞to;故選B.

2. A根據(jù)語境可知，在周末事情和平常就不一樣 了，故選A.

3. C考查形容詞，a short break簡(jiǎn)短的休息。

4. C考查副詞，根據(jù)題意可知午飯僅有半小時(shí)到一 小時(shí)。

5. C由于時(shí)間短，沒有時(shí)間回家，return home。

6. C上班的人往往帶食物到工作場(chǎng)所吃，故選C.

7. A考査連詞，根據(jù)語境可知或者是到快餐店吃 漢堡，故用or表選擇。

8. C 考查動(dòng)詞 prefer 的用法，prefer to = like bettei 更喜歡，故選C.

9. A考查形容詞，在美國晚餐是一天中最重要的， 故選A.

10. B考查名詞，以前婦女做飯，如今男士也經(jīng)常做飯了，故選B.