Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly unless it is a social, business or family occasion. The evening meal is usually longer and a time for families to gather. Rushing through daytime meals is part of the fast in American. Another reason for rushing through daytime meals is that many people eat in restaurants that are usually crowded with people waiting for a place so that they too can be served and return to work at the proper time. So each one hurries to make room for the next person. As with busy people everywhere, a real difference with meals that are eaten in hurry and those that can be enjoyed slowly with friends.
170. What is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. What time Americans eat dinner. B. Where Americans eat.
C. Why Americans eat in a hurry.
D. Which do meat Americans eat the most slowly.
171. Which of the following is true?
A. Americans hurry at meals because they want to eat dinner slowly.
B. Americans hurry at meals because they don’t like eating in restaurants.
C. Americans hurry at meals because they are very busy.
D. Americans hurry at meals because they don’t like to eat.
172. The passage suggests that Americans__.
A. like eating with friends B. do not nap in the afternoon
C. don’t eat much on weekends D. eat dinner more slowly than lunch
173. According to the passage, Americans__.
A. frequently hurry in the evening B. are always late returning to work
C. eat slower for social and business reasonsD. never eat in restaurants in the evening
A man was tired of living in his old house in the country and wanted to sell it and buy a better one. He tried to sell it for a long time but was not successful. So at last he decided to solve the problem by using an estate agent(财产经纪人) .
The agent advertised the house, and a few days later, the owner saw a very attractive photograph of it, with a wonderful description of its gardens, in an expensive magazine.
After the house owner had read the advertisement through, he hastened to telephone the estate agent and said to him. “I’m sorry, but I’ve decided not to sell my house after all. After reading your advertisement in that magazine, I can see that it’s just the kind of house I’ve wanted to live in all my life.”
174. A man wanted__.
A. to build a house B. to sell the better house C. to sale the better house D. to buy a better house
175. At last the man decided to solve the problem by__.
A. using an estate agent B. advertisement C. a photographD. a newspaper
176. A few days later the owner saw__.
A. a new house B. a photograph of the house C. a famous artistD. an agent in a magazine
177. After reading the advertisement, the man__all his life.
A. wanted to live in the houseB. decided to sell the old houseC. decided to buy a flatD. decided to move a new house
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