Warm weather and sunny days mean it’s barbecue (烧烤) season in the US. These days, when people say they’re going to a barbecue, they usually mean that they’re going to an outdoor event where food is cooked over a grill (烤架). Popular foods barbecue include hamburgers, hot dogs, and grilled vegetables.
    Barbecue fans say that this is not real barbecue; it’s just grilling. True barbecue – also called BBQ – is an American tradition that is as old as the country itself.
    The first president of the United States, George Washington, wrote about going to a barbecue. Barbecue refers to meat that is cooked for a very long time (sometimes as long as 24 hours) over low heat from a wood fire. The smell of the burning wood adds flavor(味道) to the meat, which becomes soft as it cooks.
    Different parts of the US have different ways of making barbecue. In Texas, people often use beef. In North and South Carolina, pork is the most common. In Kansas City, pork ribs (猪肋排) are the specialty. Each region says that its own barbecue is the best. There are barbecue contests every year, and even whole magazines about the art of making  great barbecue.
    Most Americans don’t have the time or patience(耐心) to dig a hole, fill it with special wood, light a fire and then cook meat carefully over it all day and night. So when they want real barbecue, they go to restaurants that do the hard work for them. For those who want to have their own, easy barbecues, there’s always grilling.

56. Popular barbecue foods include ___________.
  A. hamburgers          B. hot dogs         C. grilled vegetables         D. all of these
57. Which of the following is TRUE?
  A. BBQ means pork cooked only on an open fire.
  B. When we cook food on the grill we call it barbecue.
  C. People go to restaurants to have barbecue because it’s more delicious.
  D. In Texas, people don’t often have a barbecue.
58. ___________ adds a special flavor to the meat.
  A. Burning wood    B. Cooking a short time  C. Cooking outdoors             D. Digging a hole
59. What does the underlined word “region” mean?
  A. house             B. place           C. people                D. meat
60. What does this text mainly talk about?
  A. How to grill foods.                B. Barbecue culture in the US.
  C. A president and a barbecue.         D. The differences between barbecue and grilling.

In China, a lot of food is wasted every year and the waste food is enough for     people. The food is wasted in restaurants, at home and in schools, etc.

In restaurants or at home, people often order or cook         food. But they can’t eat it up。When they go out of a restaurant, full and happy, they never look back         the uncertain food on the table again. Should Chinese consumers (消费者) feel          for the terrible waste?

In schools, we can often see a lot of students        food away after meals and they only eat the food they like.

Everyone is supposed to have enough food to eat. However, in some places, the food is so little        a lot of people died from hunger. Although China has tried hard to solve       of hunger over the past thirty years, the job is not finished yet. Food is important to us all. We     live without food. So          is necessary for us to love food and try to eat up everything on our plates. When we eat in restaurants, we should pack up the leftovers(剩菜剩饭). We also need to tell other people to stop           food as soon as possible.

1.A. 200 million(百万) B. 200 millions C. 200 million of    D. 200 millions of

2.A. too many         B. many too     C. too much        D. much too

3.A. in                B. at           C. on              D. up

4.A. interested         B. excited      C. happy           D. sorry

5.A. throw             B. threw           C. thrown          D. to throw

6.A. which             B. when         C. where          D. that

7.A. the problem       B. the question   C. the danger      D. the mistake

8.A. can               B. can’t          C. mustn’t        D. may

9.A. it                 B. he            C. she            D. they

10.A. waste            B. to waste.      C. wasting        D. to be wasted

Do you know the word “brunch”? On weekends, many people like to have brunch—late breakfast or early lunch. People usually have brunch between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday because they like to get up late after a week’s hard work and they want to enjoy brunch with their parents, children or friends. That is a relaxing and interesting way of eating for most families.

Today brunch has become the most popular in big hotels. People can ask for it or cook it themselves. To make it look like both breakfast and lunch, people choose to have lots of dishes. You can often see the following food on the table: meat, eggs, fruit, vegetables, orange, and tea.

按要求完成下列各题。

1. When do people usually have brunch? （根据短文内容回答问题）

2.What do people think of eating brunch?（根据短文内容回答问题）

3.Do people usually eat much for brunch?（根据短文内容回答问题）

4. 从短文中找出与下面句子画线部分意思最相近的短语。

Many people like to have brunch.                                               

5.In the passage, the underlined word “it” refers to (指)                           .

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次）

   We have many 1.__________ in China. Every festival 2._______ a long history. Like most Chinese people, my 3.___________ festival is the Spring Festival. It 4._________ in January or February. People are 5.________ for it for a long time. We do some 6._________ and cook a lot of delicious food.

   On the eve of the Spring Festival, we all wear new clothes and go to grandparents’house. Families get 7._________ to have a good time. We are happy 8.________ dumplings and many delicious food. After dinner, we set off firecrackers(燃放爆竹).The children can get red 9.____________ and they give best10.__________ to their grandparents. Everyone is very happy.