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　　The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger．The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant．At fast food restaurant, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves．People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes．At some fast food restaurant, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars．

　　There are many kinds of fast food restaurant in the United States．The greatest in number sell hamburger, French fries and so on．They are popular among Americans．Besides, fast food restaurant that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream are very many．The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one．

　　Fast food restaurant are popular because they reflect(反映)American life style．Customer can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place．Second, they are fast．People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it．In fast food restaurant, food is not expensive．Therefore, people often buy and eat at a fast restaurant, while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often．

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　　Henry was an office worker in a big city．He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays．

　　He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper．“Enjoy country life．Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm．Good food．Fresh air．Horse riding．Walking．Fishing．Cheap and interesting．”

　　“This sounds a good idea,” he thought．“I'll spend a month at West Hill Farm．I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing．They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming．”

　　He wrote to the farmer．In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there．Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm．

　　But four days later, he returned home．

　　“What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him．“Didn't you enjoy country life?”

　　“Country life was very good,” Henry said．“But there was another problem．”

　　“Oh．What?”

　　“Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton(羊肉)for dinner．”

　　“What's wrong with that?” Ed asked．“Fresh meat is the best．”

　　“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner．”

　　“Lucky you!”

　　“You don't understand,” Henry said．“on the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner．”

　　“A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “and you are complaining!”

　　“Let me finish,” Henry said．“on the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn't dare(敢)stay for dinner!”

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　　Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation．There are two terms in a school year．The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June．Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old．Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school．

　　But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term．They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class．After class they do all kinds of interesting things．

　　After high school, many students go to college．They may go to a small or a large one．They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education．So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies．

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Mike is a middle school student．He is 16．He had a bad cold last night．He felt bad and couldn't eat anything．So he went to see a doctor．The doctor gave him a bottle of medicine．These are the instructions(用法说明)：

　　Cold Medicine

　　You should shake(摇晃)it before you take．Take it three times a day after meals．

　　Does(剂量)：

　　Age：over 15　2 teaspoonfuls(茶匙)

　　8－15　　　　　1 teaspoonful

　　5－7　　　　　1/2 teaspoonful

　　Children under 5 years old can't take this medicine．

　　Please put it in a cool place．Take it before December 1^st, 2011．

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Birthdays are celebrated all over the world．Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from country to country：candles, cakes and birthday wishes．But there also different ways to celebrate birthdays．Here are a few：

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Tom is a little boy, and he’s only seven years old．One day he goes to the cinema by himself．It is the first time for him to do that．He buys a ticket and goes in．But after two or three minutes he comes out and buys a ticket again．Two or three minutes after that, he comes out and asks for another ticket．The girl selling the tickets asks him, “Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?” Tom answers, “No, I have no friends with me．But the old man always stops(拦住)me at the door and tears up(撕掉)my ticket．”

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　　All students need to have good habits(好习惯)：When you have good study habits, you learn things quickly．You also remember them easily．

　　Do you like to study in the living room? This is not a good place because it is usually too noisy．You need to study in a quiet place, like your bedroom．A quiet place will help you only think about one thing, and you will learn better．

　　Before you begin to study, do not forget to clean your desk．A good desk light(台灯)is important ,too．You’ll feel tired easily if there is not enough light(光线)．

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　　Before you can start speaking and writing in English, your brain must get enough correct English sentences．This is obvious(显而易见的)．

　　There are two ways to get correct English sentences：listening and reading．Both are good, but reading is much easier than listening．With the help of a good dictionary, you will be able to understand English texts much more easily than movies．If you just read one book in English, you will see that your English has become much better．English phrases will just come to you without thinking when you are writing or speaking．

　　This is true for hundreds of words and grammar structures(结构)．If you read in English, you can forget about grammar rules．Throw away your grammar book! You needn't know the rules for the present perfect tense(现在完成时)．Instead, read a few books in English, and soon you will feel that “I have seen Paul yesterday” is wrong．The only difference between you and native speakers is that they have heard and read more English sentences than you have．

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Dear Peter,

　　My name is Frank．I am from America．Here is a picture of my friends．We are in the same grade．Look at the picture, in the middle, you can see my friend Jimmy．He likes all the sports．He likes to eat apples and French fries．You can see Helen in the picture, too．Helen likes math．Her favorite food is meat．But Sandra doesn’t like math．Look, Sandra is here in the picture．She can speak French．She likes ping-pong．Behind her, there is a girl．She is Sally．She is a black girl．She likes to swim．And she likes to eat ice cream．Maria and Rick are behind Jimmy．Maria likes computer very much．She plays computer games very well．Rick is fun．He can play soccer ball．He likes strawberries best．I like math, too．I like to eat bananas．All of us think Beijing Opera is fun．So we go to see it．But we can’t understand the words．So we don’t want to see it again．But my father likes it very much．He often watches it．He can understand it．One interesting thing：two of my English friends can understand it, too．They are Maya and Kelsey．They are not in the picture．They often go to see Beijing Opera like my father．

　　Can you send me a picture of your friends．

Yours,

Frank