With the advent（出现） of fast food chains from the West such as McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut, the Chinese are being introduced to a diet that markedly（明显地） increases the death rate from certain diseases in any population.

The main killers in North America, the degenerative diseases（变性疾病）such as heart attack and stroke as well as colon（结肠） cancer, will become a way of death in this country if the Chinese do not act quickly and compete with these health destroying food chains.

Scientific studies from all over the world show that a diet high in animal foods such as pork, beef, including sugar, white flour, white noodles and even white rice, undermines（破坏） one's health. Deposits of animal fat cling to the walls of arteries(动脉), blocking the blood supply to various organs.

This causes diseases in almost every organ, but in particular it damages two of the most vital ones, the heart and the brain.

Compare these problems with the excellent health one may enjoy if one consumes good Chinese food. The cook goes out every day, procures great-tasting, fresh vegetables, then cooks them for just a few minutes so that their nutritional value is preserved and afterwards serves them in a most artistic and elegant fashion. Please cling to your traditional ways of eating. They are far superior to those of the West.

One reason Western fast food restaurants make money is that the food they serve, which comes from assembly lines（装配线）, will not attract bugs（病菌）or spoil easily.

Western restaurants are clean and tastefully decorated. Moreover, these restaurants also do indeed have "good service and an inviting dining atmosphere". However, Chinese food chains could do likewise（同样地）if they would organize themselves as the Western chains do.

These lessons in management and decoration are the only ones worth learning from the Western fast food chains. In other words only imitate the style of the restau-

rants, not the content of the food or the menus in any way, shape or form.

Do not let the desire for money destroy the wonderful tradition that China has established in producing absolutely fantastically tasty as well as healthful food.

1. They are fast food chains from the West except ________ .

A. McDonald's

B. Kentucky Fried Chicken

C. Pizza Hut

D. Chinese food

2. A diet high in animal foods and refined foods will cause diseases, in particular it damages ________ .

A. the heart and the brain

B. the walls of arteries

C. all organs

D. the blood

3. The reasons Western fast food restaurants make money are ________ .

A. assembly lines that will not attract bugs or spoil easily

B. that they are clean and tastefully decorated

C. good service and an inviting dining atmosphere

D. All of the above

4. What will be worth learning from the Western fast food chains?

A. The content of the food.

B. The menus.

C. The lessons in management and decoration.

D. Shape of the food.

The government has raised the tax on urban building (房产税) with the ______ of controlling the price of buildings.

A. intention    B. introduction       C. purpose             D. development

With the _______ of the new album “Second Round”, May Day is now touring in major cities on the Chinese mainland, including Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.

Section One
The city is an accumulation of human civilization. Just as the American social philosopher Lewis Mumford put it, it is a special system which, fine and compact, has been designed to preserve the fruits of human civilization. Many Western languages have developed their versions of the term “civilization” from the same Latin word “civitas”(meaning “city” ), and it is by no means a coincidence. The city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in human society.
Section Two
The emblem(会徽), showing the image of three people ― you, me, him/her holding hands together, symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character “世” (meaning the world), the design conveys the organizers' wish to host an Expo which is of global scale and which shows the various urban cultures of the world.
Section Three
Created from the inspiration of Chinese character “人”, the design roots deeply in Chinese culture. It tells the world the eternal core (永恒的核心) and theme of Shanghai World Expo will be always human. The mascot “Haibao” will become the messenger for the theme of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China “Better City, Better Life”.
The basic structure of the Chinese character “人” in which each stroke supports each other also shows the concept that the beautiful life should depends on mutual-help（互相帮助）. If the human are willing to support one another, the harmony among human, nature, and society will be available. Such an urban life will be nice.
Haibao’s confident smile is expressing his sincere greeting from China ― “World Expo 2010 Shanghai China welcomes you!”
【小题1】The underlined word “it” in Section One refers to ______.

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A.	Section One	Section Two	Section Three
B.	Section Two	Section Three	Section One
C.	Section Three	Section Two	Section One
D.	Section Three	Section One	Section Two

He was faced with the    of whether or not to return to his country after he got the doctor's degree in America．

A．situation          B．circumstance       C．environment       D．dilemma