Many visitors finds the fast pace at which American people move very troubling. One’s first impression is likely to be that everyone is in a rush. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going and are very impatient if they are delayed even for a short moment.
At first, this may seem unfriendly to you. People will push past you as they walk along the street. You will miss smiles, brief conversations with people as you shop or dine away from home. Do not think that because Americans are in such a hurry they are unfriendly. Often, life is much slower outside the big cities, as is true in other countries as well.
Americans who live in cities often think that everyone is equally in a hurry to get things done; just as city people do in Tokyo, Singapore or Paris, for example. But when they discover that you are a stranger, most Americans become quite kindly and will take great care to help you. If you need help and say, "I am a stranger
A. offer his help
B. stop smiling at you
C. help you find the way
D. reply that he is pleased to meet you
Many visitors finds the fast pace at which American people move very troubling. One’s first impression is likely to be that everyone is in a rush. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going and are very impatient if they are delayed even for a short moment.
At first, this may seem unfriendly to you. People will push past you as they walk along the street. You will miss smiles, brief conversations with people as you shop or dine away from home. Do not think that because Americans are in such a hurry they are unfriendly. Often, life is much slower outside the big cities, as is true in other countries as well.
Americans who live in cities often think that everyone is equally in a hurry to get things done; just as city people do in Tokyo, Singapore or Paris, for example. But when they discover that you are a stranger, most Americans become quite kindly and will take great care to help you. If you need help and say, "I am a stranger
A. America is a highly developed country
B. Americans are impatient and unfriendly people
C. the fast pace in American life often causes much trouble
D. American city people seem to be always in a rush
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life, many families can not eat together around the family table every evening.
Many people have to be at work during the normal dinner hours. For this reason, fast food restaurants have become very popular. These restaurants serve foods such as hamburgers, tacos, French fries. Fast-food restaurants are really fast. You don’t have to wait a minute or two for your food. They are also convenient. You may dress casually, and in some places you can even order from your car and drive away with your food without going to the restaurant. Finally, fast-food restaurants are inexpensive. Fast food has its shortcoming, too. Most fast-food meals are not very healthy. They are often high in fat and cholesterol(胆固醇), and low in other important nutrients(营养). It is advisable not to eat too much those fast food. A. hate to dine with their family B. like fast food’very much C. don’t have enough time to eat dinner together with their family D. live on fast food [单项选择]How many fast food restaurants are there in the USA
A. One hundred B. Seventy thousand C. Seventeen thousand D. Seven hundred [单项选择]Including the Macdonald’s, how many fast food companies altogether are brought to court
A. 4 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6 [单项选择]If the test taker finds an item to which an answer is not known, it may be wise to leave it blank and go on with the test.（）
A. valuable B. advisable C. considerable D. probable [单项选择]Electronic computers, which have many advantages, cannot carry out creative work and replace man.（）
A. 尽管电子计算机有许多优点，可是它不能理解创造性工作，也不能代替人类。 B. 有许多优点的电子计算机也不能代替人类去做创造性工作。 C. 电子计算机有很多缺点，既不能进行创造性工作，也不能代替人类。 D. 尽管电子计算机有许多优点，可是它不能进行创造性工作，也不能代替人类。 [单项选择]He finds himself（）by too many phone calls every day.
A. troubling B. troubled C. be troubled D. been troubled [单项选择]The whole industrial process which makes many of the goods and machines we need and use in our daily lives, is bound to create a number of waste products which upset the environmental balance or the ecological(生态的)balance as it is known. Many of these waste products can be prevented or disposed(处理) of sensibly, but clearly while more and more new goods are produced and made complex, there will be new, dangerous wastes to be disposed of, for example, the waste products from nuclear power stations. Many people therefore see pollution as only part of a larger and more complex problem, that is, the whole process of industrial production and consumption of goods. Others see the problem mainly in connection with agriculture, where new methods are helping farmers grow more and more on their land to feed our ever-increasing population. However, the land itself is gradually becoming worn out as it is being used, in some cases, too heavily, and artificial fertilizers(人造肥料) cannot bring back the
A. the less pollution we have B. the harder pollution can be done away with C. the more pollution there will be D. the more easily pollution can be controlled 我来回答: 提交
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